Innovations and Challenges in Tech

One good thing about the crypto crash is you can get affordable graphics cards again. Layoffs come to the Metaverse. Samsung is producing the first 3nm chips. Apple wants you to pay for your gas without getting out of your car. Though, you’d still have to get out to pump, I suppose. And, bit of a surprise, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• Genesis Faces ‘Hundreds of Millions’ in Losses as 3AC Exposure Swamps Crypto Lenders: Sources (CoinDesk)
• Nvidia Game Card Prices Fall Along With Crypto Mining Demand (Bloomberg)
• Sources: Unity Laying Off Hundreds Of Staffers [Update] (Kotaku)
• Samsung Electronics starts 3-nanometer chip production ahead of TSMC (TechCrunch)
• Fuel Purchases Directly Within Apple CarPlay to Be Available This Fall (MacRumors)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Did Razzlekhan and Dutch Pull Off History’s Biggest Crypto Heist? (Bloomberg)
• Cyber Pirates Prowling Ship Controls Threaten Another Big Shock (Bloomberg)
• The Accidental Media Critics of YouTube (NYTimes Magazine)
• HOW ONE OF GAMING’S MOST INTIMIDATING GENRES SPAWNED A LEGION OF HITS (The Verge)

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