Journals

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sony is testing PC support for the PlayStation VR2 headset, which currently works exclusively with a PS5, and hopes “to make this support available in 2024”  —  Sony’s PlayStation VR2 headset is designed to work… Read More »Sony is testing PC support for the PlayStation VR2 headset, which currently works exclusively with a PS5, and hopes “to make this support available in 2024” (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Michael McCarthy / Front Office Sports: Sources: Amazon paid $120M for exclusive rights to show a 2025 NFL playoff game on Prime Video; NBCU paid $110M for the January 2024 NFL payoff game on Peacock  —  Out of the Big… Read More »Sources: Amazon paid $120M for exclusive rights to show a 2025 NFL playoff game on Prime Video; NBCU paid $110M for the January 2024 NFL payoff game on Peacock (Michael McCarthy/Front Office Sports)

Abhirup Roy / Reuters: A California regulator delays Waymo’s application to expand robotaxi services to parts of the Los Angeles area and San Francisco’s peninsula until June 19, 2024  —  A California regulator has put on hold until June 19… Read More »A California regulator delays Waymo’s application to expand robotaxi services to parts of the Los Angeles area and San Francisco’s peninsula until June 19, 2024 (Abhirup Roy/Reuters)

Bloomberg: EigenLayer, which facilitates crypto “restaking” to build Ethereum projects via a points system, raised $100M from a16z, after raising $50M in March 2023  —  – VC firm was the sole investor in EigenLayer’s funding round  — Crypto venture investments… Read More »EigenLayer, which facilitates crypto “restaking” to build Ethereum projects via a points system, raised $100M from a16z, after raising $50M in March 2023 (Bloomberg)

Andrew Goudsward / Reuters: The US DOJ names Princeton University professor Jonathan Mayer as its first chief AI officer, as well as chief science and technology adviser, to monitor AI  —  The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday named its first… Read More »The US DOJ names Princeton University professor Jonathan Mayer as its first chief AI officer, as well as chief science and technology adviser, to monitor AI (Andrew Goudsward/Reuters)

Andy Mukherjee / Bloomberg: The RBI’s crackdown on Paytm, Visa, and others seems driven by sketchy actors riding speed and scale, underpinned by issues of identity, tech, and competition  —  The central bank is worried whether the country’s 50 million… Read More »The RBI’s crackdown on Paytm, Visa, and others seems driven by sketchy actors riding speed and scale, underpinned by issues of identity, tech, and competition (Andy Mukherjee/Bloomberg)

Reuters: Downdetector: users of AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and other networks report ongoing cellular outages across the US, starting at around 4:30AM ET  —  Large swathes of the U.S. were hit by a cellular outage early on Thursday, with thousands of… Read More »Downdetector: users of AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and other networks report ongoing cellular outages across the US, starting at around 4:30AM ET (Reuters)

Shivam Patel / Reuters: X reports taking down accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government, which local media tied to farmers’ protests, and disagrees with the action  —  Social media platform X said on Thursday it took… Read More »X reports taking down accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government, which local media tied to farmers’ protests, and disagrees with the action (Shivam Patel/Reuters)

Bloomberg: Sources: the Sequoia-Klarna spat stemmed from co-founders Sebastian Siemiatkowski and Victor Jacobsson, which dragged Michael Moritz and Sequoia into the fray  —  – Disputes within Klarna spilled over into high-profile VC drama  — Sequoia backtracked on plans to boot… Read More »Sources: the Sequoia-Klarna spat stemmed from co-founders Sebastian Siemiatkowski and Victor Jacobsson, which dragged Michael Moritz and Sequoia into the fray (Bloomberg)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Samsung plans to roll out One UI 6.1 in “late March” for the Galaxy S23 series, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, and Tab 9 series, adding the full Galaxy AI suite and more  —  Samsung’s… Read More »Samsung plans to roll out One UI 6.1 in “late March” for the Galaxy S23 series, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, and Tab 9 series, adding the full Galaxy AI suite and more (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)