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In its first transparency report, TikTok says it received most requests for user data and content takedowns from India and USA, claims zero requests from China — The highest number of requests came from India and the US — TikTok released its first transparency report yesterday …
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IRS amends its deal with tax prep software firms, now barred from hiding free products from search, and ends its ban on making its own online filing system — Finding free online tax filing should be easier this year for millions of Americans. — The IRS announced significant changes Monday … | Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Big trends and takeaways from the 2010s: the “capital as a moat” model has failed, machine learning has become table stakes for tech companies, and more — My friend Steve Kane suggested I take a longer view in my pair of year end posts this year: … And so I will.
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Imagination Technologies says it has inked a new multi-year IP licensing agreement with Apple, replacing an agreement first announced in February 2014 — Today Imagination Technologies has announced that Apple the two companies have signed a new multi-year licensing with the company … | Fox Business: |
WSJ: Cloud Hopper, a hacking campaign by Chinese state-sponsored group APT10, was larger than formerly known, and may have been active as late as November 2019 — The hackers seemed to be everywhere. — In one of the largest-ever corporate espionage efforts, cyberattackers alleged … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Trump signs TRACED Act into law to increase robocall fines, extend statute of limitations from 1 to 4 years, and require carriers to deploy STIR/SHAKEN protocol — The Pallone-Thrune TRACED Act, a bipartisan bit of legislation that should make life harder for the villains behind robocalls, was signed into law today by the president.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sensor Tower: $277M was spent on apps across Google Play and App Store on Christmas Day, up 11.3% YoY; PUBG, the top grossing game, earned $8.5M, up 431% YoY — Consumer spending on mobile games grew 8% to $210 million on Christmas, according to a report by mobile analyst firm Sensor Tower.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
ProtonMail launches E2E encrypted calendar app ProtonCalendar in public beta, tied to users' paid ProtonMail accounts, encrypting event info and participants — Encrypted email provider ProtonMail has officially launched its new calendar in public beta. The move is part of the Swiss …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Twitter execs including VP of Product Kayvon Beykpour talk about their focus on Lists and Topics, which help new users find tweets relevant to their interests — The service now lets you follow subjects you love—from anime to archaeology—and is upgrading its long-dormant lists feature.
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Social Media Today. Tweets: @harrymccracken, @dsgnrsteve, @yun, @carnage4life, @harrymccracken, and @kayvz. Thanks:@technologizer
| Laura Bliss / CityLab: |
A look at how telemetry reshaped urban living in the 2010s when a slew of on-demand services made physical proximity less important — In 1964, scientists in the Galápagos Islands fed radio transmitters wrapped in chunks of food to a bunch of giant tortoises.| Dougal Shaw / BBC: |
A look at dating apps like Lumen and OurTime that cater exclusively to users over 50, who often find being approached by much younger users unsettling — Is your new year's resolution to find true love? If so, you may well be considering a dating app for your phone.
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| Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: VC funding in North American consumer electronics startups was $1.74B in 2019 vs. $2.45B in 2018, with significant slowdown at the Series B stage — Venture investors love technology. But lately they've been much less keen on the kind you buy in a box and take home from the store.Sponsor Posts
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