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Ever since Meta Platforms Inc. rebranded itself from Facebook, the company has been on a trajectory to take the metaverse by storm, and to do that it needs to innovate in augmented and virtual reality headsets. The Verge reported late Tuesday that Meta …
LastPass says malware used to hack DevOps engineer in 2022 password vault breach
Password manager LastPass US LP reeled from multiple data breaches in 2022 when hackers accessed sensitive information from databases, and today the company revealed how attackers used that information to target a senior DevOps engineer with malware to “launch a coordinated second …
Meta plans to form product team to ‘turbocharge’ generative AI work
Meta Platforms Inc. is joining the slew of other companies in the generative artificial intelligence movement by creating a new top-level product team to “turbocharge” work, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Monday. To do this, Meta will …
Google showcases new updates for Android and wearables at MWC
Google LLC announced new features for Android today at MWC 2023 in Barcelona aimed at improving users’ connectivity, productivity and enjoyment across their devices, including phones, wearables and Chromebooks. New features that debuted at the former Mobile World Congress this week include …
Snapchat unveils AI chatbot powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Snap Inc. revealed today that the company plans to jump on the artificial intelligence bandwagon by adding a chatbot powered by OpenAI LLC’s ChatGPT named “My AI” to its multimedia instant messaging app Snapchat. The company unveiled details about the new service …
How 5G will help blaze the trail to the long-awaited metaverse
The metaverse has become a major buzzword as people begin to flock to these immersive digital worlds in virtual and augmented reality, promising to transform how people work, socialize and entertain themselves. But there’s a key obstacle in the way of that …
Galaxy Digital finalizes $44M acquisition of crypto self-custody platform GK8
Crypto-focused financial services firm Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. finalized its acquisition of the digital asset custody platform GK8 Thursday for $44 million after winning an auction to buy the company from bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network. GK8 provides managed self-custody services for …
Dapper Labs cuts 20% more staff in a second round of layoffs
Dapper Labs Inc. announced Thursday that the company is laying off 20% more of its employees as part of a restructuring plan less than four months after the company behind the NBA Top Shot nonfungible token marketplace said it was cutting 22% …
Coinbase introduces Base, a developer-friendly Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. expanded its blockchain developer tools today with Base, an Ethereum Layer 2 network that offers a secure, low-cost and developer-friendly way for builders to construct and deploy decentralized apps. A Layer 2 blockchain is a separate chain …
Israeli startup Chain Reaction raises $70M to build blockchain chips
Chain Reaction, an Israel-based semiconductor startup that develops blockchain and privacy chips, revealed today that it has raised $70 million in new funding to expand its engineering team and focus on the development of a new chip as its first one comes …