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Analysis: lawyers, accountants, consultants, and more have charged $700M+ in fees since 2022 in the bankruptcies of FTX, Celsius, Voyager, BlockFi, and Genesis (New York Times)

New York Times: Analysis: lawyers, accountants, consultants, and more have charged $700M+ in fees since 2022 in the bankruptcies of FTX, Celsius, Voyager, BlockFi, and Genesis — Bankruptcy lawyers and other corporate turnaround specialists have reaped major fees from the bankruptcies of five cryptocurrency companies, including FTX.

Israel-based Upwind, which helps detect and counter cloud infrastructure threats, raised $50M led by Greylock at a $300M valuation, taking its funding to $80M (Marissa Newman/Bloomberg)

Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: Israel-based Upwind, which helps detect and counter cloud infrastructure threats, raised $50M led by Greylock at a $300M valuation, taking its funding to $80M — – Year-old cloud security firm Upwind valued at $300 million — Curry’s Penny Jar joins round led by Greylock, Cyberstarts

Intel and Tower Semiconductor say the Israeli contract chipmaker will invest $300M in Intel’s New Mexico factory, after their $5.4B merger collapsed in August (Yuvraj Malik/Reuters)

Yuvraj Malik / Reuters: Intel and Tower Semiconductor say the Israeli contract chipmaker will invest $300M in Intel’s New Mexico factory, after their $5.4B merger collapsed in August — Intel (INTC.O) will offer foundry services to Tower Semiconductor (TSEM.TA) in a new deal that will see the Israeli contract …

Ring’s former CEO is rebranding Latch to Door.com

Image: Latch Latch, the commercial access company run by the founder of Ring, is expanding beyond smart locks. The company announced today that it’s rebranding to Door.com with the goal of offering an overarching platform that gives independent service workers, like drivers, housekeepers, and dog walkers, a platform to grow their businesses. After founding Ring

How to use iOS 17 iPhone widgets on macOS Sonoma

With widgets finally coming to the desktop in macOS Sonoma, here’s how to use them.

It’s official: The Leica-branded Xiaomi 13T series launches this month

Credit: Eufracio López 502 Xiaomi has confirmed that the Xiaomi 13T series will launch on September 26. The company added that these phones are “co-engineered with Leica.” We’ve known for a while now that the Xiaomi 13T series was on the way. Now, Xiaomi has made it official by confirming a launch date for the

Israeli payments company ThetaRay, which uses AI to monitor financial transactions, raised $57M led by Portage, taking its total funding to $148M (Globes Online)

Globes Online: Israeli payments company ThetaRay, which uses AI to monitor financial transactions, raised $57M led by Portage, taking its total funding to $148M — The investment will allow ThetaRay to capitalize on significant market demand as banks and fintech companies look to replace legacy tools …

Filing: SoftBank prices Arm’s shares at $47 and $51, aiming to raise up to $4.87B by selling 95.5M shares, for a $52B+ valuation and the biggest US IPO of 2023 (Manya Saini/Reuters)

Manya Saini / Reuters: Filing: SoftBank prices Arm’s shares at $47 and $51, aiming to raise up to $4.87B by selling 95.5M shares, for a $52B+ valuation and the biggest US IPO of 2023 — SoftBank Group’s (9984.T) Arm is aiming to raise up to $4.87 billion in the chip designer’s U.S. initial public offering,

Apple Watch could get the iPhone 15 treatment as popular accessory set to be axed

The Apple Watch leather band could be axed in the future. Here’s what we know about it.

Apple backed out of a controversial child protection feature and now we know why

Here’s why Apple ditched plans to scan for known CSAM material when photos are uploaded to iCloud.

Apple’s major OLED iPad upgrade finally gets a release window

According to Digitimes, supply chain sources are ramping up OLED display production for a mid-2024 release of the new iPad Pro.

How Spotify’s $1B+ bet on building a podcast empire has not paid off: most shows are not profitable, debates over exclusivity, cutting original shows, and more (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: How Spotify’s $1B+ bet on building a podcast empire has not paid off: most shows are not profitable, debates over exclusivity, cutting original shows, and more — The prospect of podcast riches led to aggressive investments in celebrity deals and original programming for what appeared a sky’s-the-limit media frontier

TikTok hires UK cybersecurity company NCC to audit its data controls and protections, and provide independent verification, as part of Project Clover (Supantha Mukherjee/Reuters)

Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: TikTok hires UK cybersecurity company NCC to audit its data controls and protections, and provide independent verification, as part of Project Clover — TikTok has hired British cybersecurity firm NCC (NCCG.L) to audit its data controls and protections, and provide independent verification …

Apple to argue iMessage isn’t all that popular as it tries to skirt EU gatekeeper laws

Apple is set to argue that iMessage doesn’t meet the usage figures required to put it on the EU’s gatekeeper list, a new report says.

Indian telecoms giants Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone-Idea ask regulators to consider forcing internet companies to pay for network usage, echoing efforts globally (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian telecoms giants Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone-Idea ask regulators to consider forcing internet companies to pay for network usage, echoing efforts globally — Telecom operators in India, the second largest wireless market, would like internet companies to compensate for using their networks …

We asked, you told us: You really miss small Android tablets

We’ve seen some feature-packed Android tablets in the last few years, but the truth is that virtually all of them have been larger slates. Instead, it seems like we’re seeing fewer and fewer small Android tablets, let alone mid-range or premium-tier small Android tabs. We posted a poll last week asking you whether you missed

Sources detail a tumultuous 12 months for Sequoia: spinning off its highly profitable Chinese arm, its FTX and Twitter bets souring, and Michael Moritz leaving (George Hammond/Financial Times)

George Hammond / Financial Times: Sources detail a tumultuous 12 months for Sequoia: spinning off its highly profitable Chinese arm, its FTX and Twitter bets souring, and Michael Moritz leaving — Silicon Valley’s premier venture firm undergoes ‘profound change’ after China splits and bets on FTX and Twitter sour

Human gerbil steals an iPhone 14 by chomping through retail store security measure

A woman has been arrested in China after chewing through a security cable to steal an iPhone 14 Plus.

It’s time to put oceans to the test in the climate fight, scientists say

A rendering of what ocean-based climate tech could look like. Caltech researchers are developing technology to filter CO2 out of seawater to allow oceans to absorb even more of the greenhouse gas. | Image: Caltech More than 200 scientists have signed onto a letter pushing for “responsible” research into ways to trap planet-heating carbon dioxide

A Billion-Dollar Plan to Fix Farm Emissions Might Make Things Worse

Agriculture is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions, so the US is getting serious about reform. But some scientists say current efforts are misguided.

Entertain Your Cats Automatically with LazerPaw

Most of us would agree that kittens are very cute, but require lots of attention in return. What would you do if you adopted three abandoned cats but didn’t have all day to play with them? [Hoani Bryson] solved his problem by building LazerPaw — an autonomous, safe way to let your cats chase lasers.

Ace Fishing: Crew is an iPhone angling game that‘s well worth casting an eye on

Build up a crew of top-tier fishermen and fisherwomen in this arcade-style sequel.

Apple to take on Chromebook with “low-cost” MacBook even cheaper than the Air

Apple is reportedly planning a new cheap MacBook for 2024, targeting students and Google’s Chromebook.

Reddit hastily replacing some of its long-time mods raises questions about the company prioritizing reopening protesting subreddits over finding the best people (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Reddit hastily replacing some of its long-time mods raises questions about the company prioritizing reopening protesting subreddits over finding the best people — Concerns of Redditor safety, jeopardized research amid new mods and API rules. — Did you know that improper food canning can lead to death?

Interest in GenAI may displace traditional cloud services development

Cloud computing conference season is here, and the theme is clear. Conferences are not focusing on general cloud computing services, such as storage, compute, security, and databases. Instead, they have become generative AI conferences . Please don’t get me wrong—I’m all in on generative AI and its ability to be a true force multiplier for

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