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TechCrunch+ roundup: Big Data’s cloud backlash, CVC pitch tips, de-risking hardware startups

TechCrunch

For most of the Information Age, companies that wanted to scale invested in server farms and hired teams to keep them running. Soon after, when I worked at a publicly traded company, our on-prem data center was resilient enough to operate through a moderate earthquake.

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Daily Crunch: Apple’s M1 chips have an ‘unpatchable’ hardware vulnerability, say MIT researchers

TechCrunch

Pacman on the attack : Carly writes that MIT researchers, while applying a “Pacman attack” test on Apple’s M1 chips, undiscovered a doozy in the way of an “unpatchable” hardware vulnerability that could allow attackers to break through its last line of security defenses. The TechCrunch Top 3. In its response, Apple didn’t seem too worried.

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Daily Crunch: Ledger locks down another $108M to double down on hardware crypto wallets

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Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Crypto wallet in disguise : Ledger, a company that designs and manufactures crypto wallets, is now flush with actual cash. The company just raised $42 million, Kyle reports. It seems we can’t go that many days without more news on a company cutting jobs. Thursdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

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Windmill wants to drag window AC units, kicking and screaming, into 2022

TechCrunch

It’s hard to think of a product category that is less sexy than window air conditioning units. The company raised $10 million to make the ubiquitous AC easier to install, smarter and gentler on the environment. ” Windmill currently has one product, an 8,300 BTU window-mounted unit.

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I could have been happy with Windows

David Heinemeier Hansson

And when I did, I learned that Windows has turned into a wonderful web developer's platform thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). I'm not going to lie and say I loved everything about Windows. Only to fall in love with a quirky piece of hardware from a small company called Framework shortly thereafter.

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Daily Crunch: Google to sunset Stadia in January 2023, will refund hardware purchases

TechCrunch

Travel is back and with it news that TripActions was making a possible play for an initial public offering, which would value the company at $12 billion, Mary Ann reports. The news is a milestone for both companies, Rebecca reports. Image Credits: Richard Drury (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Long live IPOs!

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Prioritizing AI? Don’t shortchange IT fundamentals

CIO

Fundamentals like security, cost control, identity management, container sprawl, data management, and hardware refreshes remain key strategic areas for CIOs to deal with. But rapid hardware advances may mean CIOs need to budget for much shorter hardware refresh cycles in future to stay up to date.