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Jamie Feltham / UploadVR : Oculus rolls out v35, adding a mixed reality camera feature that requires an iPhone XS or above, Messenger Calling in VR, a new cloud backup system, and more   —  An upcoming update to the Oculus Quest and Meta Quest 2 will add mixed reality capture via iPhone and calling via Messenger, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2ZEFUUS

Lauren Thomas / CNBC : Adobe: US consumers spent $10.7B online on Cyber Monday, below expectations and down 1.4% from $10.8B in 2020, as many shoppers returned to physical stores   —  - Consumers logged online Monday and spent $10.7 billion, marking a 1.4% decrease from year-ago levels, according to data from Adobe Analytics. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3d4uVHg

Frank Chaparro / The Block : Bitcoin mining firm Griid says it will go public via a SPAC in Q1 2022 at a valuation of around $3.3B, including debt   —  Bitcoin mining firm Griid is preparing to become the latest company in the crypto market to go public, the Ohio-based firm announced Tuesday. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3G027wb

Hugh Son / CNBC : Goldman Sachs partners with AWS to provide its market data and software tools to hedge funds and asset managers as a new service, GS Financial Cloud for Data   —  - The bank is opening up access to its trove of market data and software tools to hedge funds and asset managers in an offering designed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3D4VWF7

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge : Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, with improved camera and AI processing and up to 20% more performance and 30% more power efficiency over the Snapdragon 888   —  Faster performance, better cameras, improved AI, and more  —  Qualcomm has a new flagship smartphone processor … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/31dSACz

Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal : Jana Partners urges Zendesk to abandon its plans to acquire Momentive, which owns SurveyMonkey, rather than wait for shareholder vote; Zendesk closed up 7%+   —  New York activist investor has big stake in Zendesk, wants it to terminate Momentive Global acquisition from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3I5OsW9

Jordan Novet / CNBC : Microsoft shareholders approve a proposal asking the company's board to publish a workplace sexual-harassment report, in a rare win for activists   —  - Microsoft shareholders voted for the proposal, backed by Arjuna Capital, at the company's annual general meeting. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3d3oV1t

Jonathan Greig / ZDNet : Box reports Q3 revenue of $224M, up 14% YoY, vs. $218.5M est., and billings of $231.5M, up 25% YoY, and a net retention rate of 109%, up from 103% YoY   —  The cloud content management firm's net retention rate came to 109%, up from 106% in Q2.  —  Cloud content management firm Box published … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3G4VQzw

Jay Peters / The Verge : Twitch unveils a new tool for streamers and moderators called Suspicious User Detection, which uses ML to detect people attempting to evade bans   —  Suspicious User Detection will be turned on by default  —  Twitch is furthering its efforts to reduce harassment with a new tool … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2ZFRNdl

Kris Holt / Engadget : Twitch rolls out support for SharePlay on iPhones and iPads, allowing up to 32 participants to watch and move between streams together   —  Twitch has rolled out another feature designed to bring viewers closer together.  The livestreaming service now supports SharePlay on iPhone and iPad … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3rnIaex

Tiernan Ray / ZDNet : HPE reports Q4 revenue of $7.35B vs estimates of $7.38B, Compute unit revenue of $3.2B, up 1.1% YoY, and Storage revenue of $1.3B, up 3% YoY   —  HPE reiterated its full-year forecast for profit, cash flow and share buybacks, and a multi-year outlook for recurring revenue. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3lo6ysS

Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch : Salesforce reports Q3 revenue of $6.86B, up 27% YoY, subscription and support sales of $6.4B, up 25% YoY, and Slack “saw another strong quarter”; stock down 5%+   —  Shares fall more than 6% in after-hours trading as fourth-quarter guidance comes in lower than analysts' estimates from Techmeme https://ift.tt/32CBUVY

Jordan Novet / CNBC : Salesforce promotes Bret Taylor to Vice Chair of the Board and co-CEO alongside Marc Benioff, effective immediately   —  - Bret Taylor will be co-CEO alongside Marc Benioff, who built Salesforce into one of the world's largest enterprise software companies.  — Taylor was quickly promoted … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/31ew7pm

Annie Palmer / CNBC : Amazon touts “record-breaking Black Friday through Cyber Monday sales”, in sharp contrast to reports of lackluster sales for the broader e-commerce industry   —  - Amazon said it rang up record-breaking sales between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2ZE1o4e

Lee Mathews / Liliputing : The Amazon Appstore and apps downloaded from it are broken on Android 12, despite the new OS version launching over a month ago   —  As much as we'd like it to be, Installing a major operating system update isn't always the most trouble-free process.  Even if everything does go well with the update itself … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3pdaX2Q

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Amazon announces AWS IoT TwinMaker to help developers create digital twins of real-time systems like buildings, factories, equipment, and product lines   —  Amazon today announced Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT TwinMaker, a new service designed to make it easier for developers to create digital twins … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3o6LY1H

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Microsoft's inclusion of buy-now-pay-later app Zip in Edge is seen by some as heavy-handed, adding bloatware that may lessen the browser's privacy and security   —  “This all feels extremely unnecessary for a browsing experience,” one user says.  —  Microsoft is taking a lot of flak … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3d3GpL8

Ben Thompson / Stratechery : Twitter should consider changing its business model as its ad revenue remains weak, despite its locked-in userbase, indispensability, and impenetrable moat   —  From CNBC: … On one hand, congratulations to Twitter for its first non-messy CEO transition in its history; on the other hand … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3d4RYSp

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch : Amazon unveils SageMaker Canvas, a visual, no-code ML service aimed at business analysts, following similar offerings by Azure and others   —  AWS today announced a new machine learning service, Amazon SageMaker Canvas.  Unlike its existing machine learning services, the target audience … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3ljOPms

Todd Bishop / GeekWire : SEC filing: last week Satya Nadella sold half his Microsoft stock, worth more than $285M, weeks before Washington state implements its new capital gains tax   —  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sold half of his stake in the company in a series of transactions last week, divesting about 840,000 shares … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3d3vVvg

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch : AWS says four of its cloud-based analytics services, Redshift, EMR, MSK, and Kinesis, are now available as serverless and on-demand services as public previews   —  At its re:Invent conference, AWS today announced that four of its cloud-based analytics services, Amazon Redshift, Amazon EMR … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3d7tW9v

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg : David Marcus, the co-creator of Diem who spent the last few years building the Novi wallet, is leaving Meta at the end of 2021 to pursue other projects   —  Marcus, who joined the tech giant in 2014, has struggled to get the Diem currency off the ground  —  David Marcus, one of the top executives … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/318MZhp

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Amazon unveils AWS Private 5G, a service providing hardware, software, and SIMs to help deploy private mobile networks quickly without per-device charges   —  At Amazon's AWS re:Invent conference this morning, the company announced the preview of “AWS Private 5G,” which is a new service … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3rp5N6M

BBC : FIFA will use 10 to 12 cameras, collecting up to 29 data points per player 50 times per second, to make semi-autonomous offside decisions at the Arab Cup   —  The use of technology to help officials make more accurate offside decisions will be tested at the Fifa Arab Cup, which starts on Tuesday. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3d1fFv5

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Developer productivity service Raycast, which helps manage SaaS tools, raises a $15M Series A led by Accel and Coatue   —  Developer-focused productivity tool Raycast has raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by Accel and Coatue.  Also participating in the round were angel investors Johnny Boufarhat … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3EaCo3s