A look at India's pilots for a retail and wholesale CBDC, planned for a national launch by the end of 2023, and differentiating the project from the UPI system (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk:
A look at India's pilots for a retail and wholesale CBDC, planned for a national launch by the end of 2023, and differentiating the project from the UPI system  —  India launched two CBDC pilots last year, a wholesale CBDC and a retail CBDC.  —  Join the most important conversation in crypto …

The Bank of England publishes two papers on a new digital pound, seeming to favor centralized databases over a blockchain and imposing a £10K limit per person (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Jack Schickler / CoinDesk:
The Bank of England publishes two papers on a new digital pound, seeming to favor centralized databases over a blockchain and imposing a £10K limit per person  —  The Bank of England has set out technical features of its central bank digital currency, which officials have said is likely to be needed.

Mozilla says the company is doing "exploratory work" for a Gecko-based browser on iOS in case Apple drops its WebKit requirement, after a similar move by Google (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Thomas Claburn / The Register:
Mozilla says the company is doing “exploratory work” for a Gecko-based browser on iOS in case Apple drops its WebKit requirement, after a similar move by Google  —  Work on a Gecko-based version of Firefox for iOS is underway, again  —  UPDATED Mozilla is planning for the day when Apple …

Bengaluru-based Entropik, which uses AI to analyze consumers' expressions, eye gaze, and more, raised a $25M Series B in equity and debt led by Bessemer and SIG (Bhavya Dilipkumar/Moneycontrol)

Bhavya Dilipkumar / Moneycontrol:
Bengaluru-based Entropik, which uses AI to analyze consumers' expressions, eye gaze, and more, raised a $25M Series B in equity and debt led by Bessemer and SIG  —  Entropik is planning to use the funds raised towards bringing innovation in consumer research for global brands and for expanding …

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.

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