Thu. 01/27 – Apple To Block Block (Née Square)?
Apple is coming for Block’s Square dongle with a new ability to accept payments just using your iPhone. The dilemma that is the Spotify/Neil Young situation. OpenAI is an interesting raise. Fireblocks is an interesting raise. And why has the r/antiwork subreddit suddenly gone private?
Apple is coming for Block’s Square dongle with a new ability to accept payments just using your iPhone. The dilemma that is the Spotify/Neil Young situation. OpenAI is an interesting raise. Fireblocks is an interesting raise. And why has the r/antiwork subreddit suddenly gone private?
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Links:
- Apple to Rival Square by Turning iPhones Into Payment Terminals (Bloomberg)
- Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum (WSJ)
- Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Venture to Wind Down, Sell Assets (WSJ)
- OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman ridicules start-up fundraising process (CNBC)
- Fireblocks raises $550 million in Series E funding, now valued at $8 billion (The Block)
- Anti-Work Subreddit Suddenly Goes Private to Clean Up After ‘Brigading’ (Bloomberg)
- Anti-work subreddit implodes after rough Fox News interview (Mashable)
- Valve will start selling the Steam Deck on February 25th (The Verge)
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