Tuesday, February 7, 2023

IoTechWorld inks pact with SBI for providing loans to its drone customers

SBI will offer collateral-free loans to customers of IoTechWorld Avigation at competitive rates and also provide an interest subvention of 3 per cent on the loans as mandated under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Deepak Bhardwaj, Co-Founder of the Gurugram-based drone manufacturing company, said. https://ift.tt/bo8FkXE

Nintendo cuts its full-year earnings and revenue outlook, including operating income from ~$3.8B to ~$3.6B, and revises Switch sales forecasts from ~19M to ~18M (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Nintendo cuts its full-year earnings and revenue outlook, including operating income from ~$3.8B to ~$3.6B, and revises Switch sales forecasts from ~19M to ~18M  —  Nintendo Co. cut its full-year earnings and revenue outlook, underscoring uncertainty around its aging Switch console and the global gaming environment.



OnePlus 11 India Launch Event Live Updates: OnePlus 11 5G Price, features, availability and more

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Filings: Digital Currency Group begins selling shares in investment vehicles run by its subsidiary Grayscale at a steep discount, seeking to repay creditors (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Filings: Digital Currency Group begins selling shares in investment vehicles run by its subsidiary Grayscale at a steep discount, seeking to repay creditors  —  Digital assets conglomerate sells down holdings in prized investments at a discount to pay creditors



WhatsApp updates Status, adding a Private Audience Selector, Status Reactions, 30-second Voice Status messages, and more, rolling out on iOS, Android, and web (WABetaInfo)

WABetaInfo:
WhatsApp updates Status, adding a Private Audience Selector, Status Reactions, 30-second Voice Status messages, and more, rolling out on iOS, Android, and web  —  WhatsApp has just announced a set of new features for status updates, which will be available to users on both iOS and Android devices over the coming weeks.



An FTC official says the agency does not plan to appeal its US federal court loss over Meta's Within acquisition, but could still appeal to an internal judge (Reuters)

Reuters:
An FTC official says the agency does not plan to appeal its US federal court loss over Meta's Within acquisition, but could still appeal to an internal judge  —  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it will not appeal its loss in federal court in its fight to stop Meta Platforms …



An interview with Apple executives Tim Millet and Bob Borchers on M2, building on M1, transitioning from Intel, the future of Mac gaming, Metal APIs, and more (Matthew Panzarino/TechCrunch)

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
An interview with Apple executives Tim Millet and Bob Borchers on M2, building on M1, transitioning from Intel, the future of Mac gaming, Metal APIs, and more  —  On M2 chips, Mac mini and how the Mac will thrive in gaming  —  Apple's M series chips were incredibly well telegraphed when they arrived in late 2021.



Monday, February 6, 2023

Meta can be sued in Kenya by ex-content moderator, the country's court rules

The lawsuit was filed by one person on behalf of a group and was also filed against Meta's local outsourcing company Sama. It seeks financial compensation, an order that outsourced moderators have the same healthcare and pay scale as Meta employees, that unionisation rights be protected and an independent human rights audit of the office. https://ift.tt/tDjca3I

New look CBDCs and cryptomarket to emerge from turmoil, top BIS official says

Dubbed the central bank to the world's central bank, the BIS has long been critical of cryptocurrencies, likening bitcoin to both a ponzi scheme and a market bubble in the past. https://ift.tt/wBcs2gP

Samsung's password manager now supports Windows 11, 10

At present, the application only supports Windows 11 and Windows 10, and the older versions of Windows will not be compatible. Samsung Pass is a password manager designed to keep track of all of the users' login information for several websites and accounts at once. https://ift.tt/2nuytb4

A profile of Sam Bankman-Fried's psychiatrist Dr. George Lerner, hired as a coach at FTX in early 2022, as prosecutors seek his communications with executives (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Sam Bankman-Fried's psychiatrist Dr. George Lerner, hired as a coach at FTX in early 2022, as prosecutors seek his communications with executives  —  Hired as a coach at the Bahamas-based company, George Lerner was there for its dramatic downfall



A profile of blockchain gaming pioneer Yat Siu, who founded Animoca Brands, valued at $5.9B in September 2022, as he copes with the crypto winter and regulators (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
A profile of blockchain gaming pioneer Yat Siu, who founded Animoca Brands, valued at $5.9B in September 2022, as he copes with the crypto winter and regulators  —  Yat Siu is no stranger to controversy.  Over the years, the serial technology entrepreneur has been kicked off the App Store …



Binance launches a free tool to help users calculate their tax obligations, supporting up to 100,000 transactions, available initially in Canada and France (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Binance launches a free tool to help users calculate their tax obligations, supporting up to 100,000 transactions, available initially in Canada and France  —  The tool, initially available to users in Canada and France, supports reporting of up to 100,000 transactions.



Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions (Gleb Bryanski/Reuters)

Gleb Bryanski / Reuters : Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in i...