After criticism from users, Discord CEO Jason Citron says it has no plans to add crypto and NFT tools to the service (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
After criticism from users, Discord CEO Jason Citron says it has no plans to add crypto and NFT tools to the service  —  Discord founder and CEO Jason Citron sought to reassure users Wednesday that the company doesn't have impending plans to shift its business toward NFTs.

South Korean K-pop management agency Hybe partners with crypto exchange Dunamu to create a US-based platform for NFTs, including for BTS, launching next year (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean K-pop management agency Hybe partners with crypto exchange Dunamu to create a US-based platform for NFTs, including for BTS, launching next year  —  Hybe Co., which last week announced a new blockchain business offering digital assets, is already contemplating expanding …

Netflix Rolling Out AV1 Streaming on Select TVs, PS4 Pro

Netflix has started rolling out the AV1 codec to TVs following Android devices. Since the AV1 takes more time to encode, Netflix will initially encode its popular titles. During playback, Netflix said... https://ift.tt/3c4xN6J

WhatsApp Rolling Out New UI for Contact, Group Info: Report

WhatsApp has reportedly started rolling out a new privacy feature, allowing users to choose which users can view information. It is also releasing a new interface for Contact Info and Group Info, and... https://ift.tt/3chA8vj

Researcher details how hacker-for-hire group RocketHack infiltrated the email and Telegram accounts of ~3,500 individuals, including politicians and journalists (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Researcher details how hacker-for-hire group RocketHack infiltrated the email and Telegram accounts of ~3,500 individuals, including politicians and journalists  —  An unprecedented peek inside an underground hacker-for-hire operation reveals 3,500 targets, including Belarusian presidential candidates …

Sources: Sony has cut PS5 production targets from 16M to 15M by March 2022, due to component and logistics constraints, as PS5 first-year sales fall behind PS4 (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)

Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Sources: Sony has cut PS5 production targets from 16M to 15M by March 2022, due to component and logistics constraints, as PS5 first-year sales fall behind PS4  —  - Full-year PS5 sales goal at risk from production snags  — Sony CFO warned Covid-19 still affecting output and supply