Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Google rolls out support for signing in with passkeys on Android and Chrome to beta testers ahead of a wider launch in 2022 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google rolls out support for signing in with passkeys on Android and Chrome to beta testers ahead of a wider launch in 2022  —  Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others in the industry want to replace website/app passwords with “passkeys” that just require you to unlock your device.



What to expect from Microsoft's Surface event: Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, Surface Studio 3, and potentially a mini PC and Surface accessories (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

Jon Fingas / Engadget:
What to expect from Microsoft's Surface event: Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, Surface Studio 3, and potentially a mini PC and Surface accessories  —  - Wildcards: A mini PC and Surface accessories  —  Microsoft is holding its customary fall Surface event on October 12th …



British artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his paintings live on Instagram as part of an NFT project, "completing the transformation" from physical to NFTs (Halisia Hubbard/NPR)

Halisia Hubbard / NPR:
British artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his paintings live on Instagram as part of an NFT project, “completing the transformation” from physical to NFTs  —  British artist Damien Hirst is among the many art-world giants who have set fire to their work, having burned 1,000 of his artworks Tuesday.



Japanese fabless SoC design company Socionext closes up 15.07% in its IPO debut, valuing it at ~$960M, in Tokyo's biggest offering so far in 2022 (Sam Byford/Reuters)

Sam Byford / Reuters:
Japanese fabless SoC design company Socionext closes up 15.07% in its IPO debut, valuing it at ~$960M, in Tokyo's biggest offering so far in 2022  —  Making its market debut on Wednesday, Japan's Socionext Inc (6526.T) bucked softening sentiment toward chips by surging 15% in Tokyo's biggest initial public offering of the year so far.



Blockchain web search startup nxyz, founded by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, raised a $40M Series A in May led by Paradigm; Ramaswamy also runs Neeva (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Blockchain web search startup nxyz, founded by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, raised a $40M Series A in May led by Paradigm; Ramaswamy also runs Neeva  —  - Sridhar Ramaswamy, who led Google's advertising business from 2013 to 2018, has launched a Web3 company called nxyz.



Ukraine seeks more Western air defence help, NATO tightens security

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy continued his appeals to leaders of the Group of Seven nations for more air defence capabilities as the G7 vowed to support Kyiv for "as long as it takes." https://ift.tt/FZEWp8X

Y Combinator appears to have dropped Delve, removing the company's profile from its startup directory, following allegations of fake compliance certificates (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times : Y Combinator appears to have dropped Delve, removing the company's profile from its startup directory, following...