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Danny Nelson / CoinDesk : Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says the messaging app plans to build a decentralized crypto exchange and noncustodial wallets   —  The messaging app is pushing ahead with its buildout of crypto infrastructure.  —  Messaging app Telegram has sold $50 million in usernames in less than a month through … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/lOyBNqc via IFTTT

Bumble has experimented with many ways to help its users engage with each other beyond tapping and swiping on miscellaneous profiles. Today, Bumble launched a message-before-match feature, “Compliments,” allowing users to send a note before they decide to connect. Users can send one Compliment per day, and there’s a 150-character limit per Compliment, a spokesperson told TechCrunch. Compliments can be seen on the user’s main Encounters page as well as their Beeline, which is a perk for Premium members. Users will also get notifications for unread Compliment messages upon opening the app. The purpose of the new feature is for users to stand out and “be even more intentional about starting the conversation in a positive way,” Bumble wrote in its announcement. In a growing pool of online daters, sending a compliment to a potential match could be a nice bonus for users. “Compliments answer the what and why of dating. What is it about a person that you find fascinating? Why do you want t

Taylor Locke / Fortune : Uniswap Labs launches an NFT marketplace aggregator with listings from OpenSea, LooksRare, NFTX, and others, after acquiring the aggregator Genie in June   —  Though sales of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, have dropped substantially amid the ongoing Crypto Winter, Uniswap Labs remains bullish on the future of the market. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/qBnH8eA via IFTTT

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority With Samsung’s new foldable Galaxy phones performing better than ever in the market, there are plenty of savings available on the line, as well as many of the past Galaxy S and Note lines. If you don’t mind going with a slightly older flagship, you can save even more. We’ve gone ahead and rounded up the best Samsung Galaxy deals around, from the Galaxy S21 to the Galaxy S9 . Whether you’re on the hunt for a premium foldable device, the more budget-friendly A series, or the still-powerful Galaxy S20 family, you’ve come to the right place. The best Samsung Galaxy deals Galaxy S22 deals Galaxy Z Flip deals Galaxy Z Fold deals Galaxy S21 deals Galaxy S20 deals Galaxy Note deals Galaxy A deals 1. Samsung Galaxy S22 deals Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy S22 series now represents the best-of-the-best from the company. These phones have the best cameras, fastest processors, and most inno

We’re just about one week away from achieving liftoff for TC Sessions: Space — a full day jam-packed with the latest space science, tech and trends. Join us on December 6 in Los Angeles to hear from and connect with the startups, researchers, investors and technologists forging the future of space. A word (or two or three) about our partner companies. They play a vital role at TechCrunch events. As subject-matter experts, they show up and present sessions with relevant content designed to help early-stage founders succeed. And yes, we’re about to showcase one of them. Beat the price hike: The moon is not made of cheese, but if you act quickly enough, you’ll save a chunk of cheddar. Buy a $199 pass before December 2 at 11:59 pm (PST) . The price goes up to $495 at midnight, December 2. Today, we’re excited to highlight Antaris, a cloud-based satellite software platform dedicated to simplifying satellite design and deployment while reducing cost and time-to-orbit. Be in the room

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez / Fortune : In an interview, SBF claims he donated about the same amount to both parties this year, but the millions he gave to Republicans were “dark” money donations   —  SARAH SILBIGER—BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES  —  Sam Bankman-Fried's donations to Democrats are well documented. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/TqUr5Ha via IFTTT

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch : AWS launches Clean Rooms, a service to help users inside an advertising or marketing organization share data without inadvertently sharing raw or personal data   —  AWS today launched a new service that will help users inside an advertising or marketing organization share data with other employees inside … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/tAnxe40 via IFTTT

Sara Dorn / Forbes : Republicans Ron DeSantis, Ken Buck, Mike Lee, Marsha Blackburn, others mention legislative action to curb Apple's app market power after Musk tweets about Apple   —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of Republicans criticizing Apple after Twitter owner Elon Musk claimed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/yeTPIW6 via IFTTT

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch : AWS unveils Amazon Security Lake, a service that automatically centralizes an organization's security data from cloud and on-premises sources into a data lake   —  AWS today announced Amazon Security Lake, a new purpose-built data lake for security-related data. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3qhGTZk via IFTTT

Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority An Xbox is a great way to pass the time and game with friends or alone, especially with the days getting shorter. We’ve scoured the web for the best Xbox deals that are available right now. See also: Xbox Series X buyer’s guide from Android Authority https://ift.tt/eUnf5oG via IFTTT

As companies build more complex machine learning models, the cost of training and running these models becomes a real issue. AWS has created a series of custom instances to help bring down the cost, and today it introduced a preview of an all-new Inf2 instance for EC2 designed to process data from larger workloads more efficiently. AWS CEO Adam Selipsky made the announcement today at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas As Selipsky explained, “Inf1 is great for small-to-medium complexity models, but for larger models, customers have often relied on more powerful instances because they don’t actually have the optimal resource configuration for their inference workloads,” he told the AWS re:Invent audience. They did this because up until now, there simply wasn’t another solution available to help bring down the cost and complexity of processing these larger workloads. “You want to choose the solution that is the best fit for your specific needs, which is why today I’m excited to announce a pre

Plenty of companies that launched during downturns went on to be phenomenally successful. During the Great Depression, Stanford grads David Packard and William Hewlett famously set up shop in a Palo Alto garage. Microsoft was founded as the U.S. was recovering from a years-long oil embargo that hobbled the economy. Slack, Airbnb, Uber and Square all rose from the ashes of the Great Recession. As of September 2022, investors have amassed almost $300 billion in dry powder, and VC funds are still raising money by the boxcar. That’s because even during recessionary times, VC funds tend to outperform public markets. Which explains why I’ve never heard an investor say it’s a bad time to launch a startup. But ask a few entrepreneurs, and you may get a different story. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. According to a pre-seed report by DocSend , founders took an average of 52 meetin

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters : Sources: Microsoft will likely soon offer the EU concessions regarding the Activision deal; source: the main remedy would be a 10-year licensing deal to Sony   —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) is likely to offer remedies to EU antitrust regulators in the coming weeks to stave off formal objections … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/VJTi0fM via IFTTT

It’s me! Hi! (I’m not the problem, just the podcast’s host, here to bring you the latest greatest in startup and tech news this fine Monday morning). Welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. And for those of you who hummed the first sentence of this post, extra points to you. I’m starting things off this week as a test run before Alex heads on paternity leave. We have lots to get to, so shake off the holiday feels and let’s remember how this ecosystem works? Here’s what we got to:  The markets are broadly down, due to COVID-19 protests breaking out in China.  Blockfi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Our crypto reporter Jacquelyn Melinek has more on what happened – and she explains just how intertwined this universe is. I’ll also get to notes I took from our recent crypto conference and how the reality may be looking like Web 2.5 before it looks like Web 3.0. We also talk about Amazon’s

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The iPad may be the most popular tablet, but it’s far from the only option. Samsung has been fine-tuning the Galaxy Tab line for a few years now, and it’s led to some great Android Tablets, such as the flagship Galaxy Tab S8 Plus . However, the top tablets can get pretty pricey. That’s why we’ve put together a list of the best Samsung Galaxy Tab deals to help you out. See also: Your guide to the best tablets from Android Authority https://ift.tt/8u97YHa via IFTTT

Juli Clover / MacRumors : Musk says Apple threatened to withhold Twitter from App Store “but won't tell us why”, as he calls out Apple over lower Twitter ad spend and alleged censorship   —  Apple has cut back on its Twitter advertising, according to Twitter CEO Elon Musk. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/huxA6eD via IFTTT

Financial Times : Source: Musk sought to call some brands' CEOs to berate them for advertising less on Twitter; others lowered spend to the minimum needed to avoid confrontation   —  Top brands abandon social media platform as billionaire owner berates chief executives who have curbed spending from Techmeme https://ift.tt/EeI0WD2 via IFTTT

Legal trouble may be brewing for Microsoft in the European Union where an assessment by a working group of German data protection regulators that’s spent around two years looking into a swathe of privacy concerns attached to its cloud-based 365 productivity products — including by engaging directly with the tech giant to try to get it to fix compliance issues — has found Microsoft has still not been able to resolve any of the compliance problems they’ve raised with it. The working group’s update could crank up pressure on Microsoft 365 customers in Germany — and elsewhere in the European Union where the same data protection framework applies and other regulators are also investigating cloud services’ GDPR compliance — to reassess usage of its software and/or seek out less compliance-challenged alternatives. The EU’s data protection supervisor (EDPS), which oversees the bloc’s own institutions’ GDPR compliance, has been looking into the European Commission’s use of Microsoft Office 3

Cyber Monday is here, but we’re sure loads of you have already placed orders online. After all, there are plenty of products on special right now, ranging from smartphones and PCs to audio goods and more. We’re curious about what happens after placing your order though. What are your habits when it comes to tracking your delivery? Do you obsessively check the tracker or do you perhaps even forget about your order? Let us know via today’s featured poll below. from Android Authority https://ift.tt/Ll0qxE1 via IFTTT