Thursday, January 5, 2023

Satya Nadella meets PM, assures cooperation for Digital India campaign

Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation Satya Nadella on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing it as an "insightful meeting". https://ift.tt/zmDsvLp

Philips Hue owner Signify launches a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs, available for $130, effectively a software version of the $250M Play HDMI Sync Box (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Philips Hue owner Signify launches a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs, available for $130, effectively a software version of the $250M Play HDMI Sync Box  —  Signify, owner of the Philips Hue brand, is launching a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs.



Dune Analytics: 630K+ wallets created 2.82M Ethereum Name Service domains in 2022, including 430K in September, the most, and 52K in December, the least (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Dune Analytics: 630K+ wallets created 2.82M Ethereum Name Service domains in 2022, including 430K in September, the most, and 52K in December, the least  —  The figure represents 80% of all registrations since the service launched.  —  Ethereum Name Service (ENS) saw a lifetime record number …



Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Bonk, a Shiba Inu-themed coin on Solana issued on December 25, has risen 2,220% in the past week and 150% in the past 24 hours, offsetting some of SOL's decline (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Bonk, a Shiba Inu-themed coin on Solana issued on December 25, has risen 2,220% in the past week and 150% in the past 24 hours, offsetting some of SOL's decline  —  The memecoin is up over 150% in the past 24 hours and have recorded some of the highest trading volumes on Solana-based decentralized exchanges.



Memo: Salesforce plans to lay off around 10% of its staff and close some offices, expecting to incur $1.4B to $2.1B in charges for the restructuring (Nivedita Balu/Reuters)

Nivedita Balu / Reuters:
Memo: Salesforce plans to lay off around 10% of its staff and close some offices, expecting to incur $1.4B to $2.1B in charges for the restructuring  —  Salesforce Inc (CRM.N) said on Wednesday it would lay off about 10% of its employees and close some offices as a part of its restructuring plan …



A look at Samsung's TV updates in 2023: Neo QLEDs converting SDR to HDR, futuristic MicroLED TVs, improvements to The Frame, and software and AI updates (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge:
A look at Samsung's TV updates in 2023: Neo QLEDs converting SDR to HDR, futuristic MicroLED TVs, improvements to The Frame, and software and AI updates  —  Last year, Samsung radically shook up the TV market with the introduction of its first OLED model in many years.



Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; ...