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Tile accused Apple of acting anti-competitively at a House antitrust hearing on Friday, while Sonos testified against Google, and PopSockets against Amazon — BOULDER, Colo. — Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google took a public lashing at a congressional hearing here Friday …
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Sources: Spotify in early talks to buy The Ringer, founded by Bill Simmons, which has a podcast network that had revenue of $15M+ in 2018 — The Ringer, founded in 2016 by former ESPN commentator Bill Simmons, has over 30 podcasts — Spotify Technology SA SPOT -2.31% is in talks to buy sports …
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In a Q&A, Joe Biden says Section 230 should be immediately revoked for Facebook and other platforms and that Zuckerberg should be submitted to civil liability — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Kan Liu, the Director of Product Management for Chrome OS, says Google is working to bring Steam support to Chrome OS — Last week at the CES trade show in Las Vegas, I spoke with Kan Liu, Director of Product Management for Google's Chrome OS. In a wide-ranging discussion about the Chrome platform …
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| Samuel Stolton / EURACTIV.com: |
Leaked white paper: European Commission is considering a 3-5 year ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private or public actors in public spaces — Languages: Ελλην ικά … The European Commission is considering measures to impose …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some FBI officials were stunned by AG Barr's use of the Pensacola case to rebuke Apple as they believe Apple had already provided ample assistance — Attorney general's earlier service, telecom experience shaped his views; some bureau officials were stunned by his rebuke of Apple over Pensacola shooter's iPhones
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| Amy Chozick / New York Times: |
Profile of Adam Mosseri, who sees Project Daisy, which will eliminate public display of Instagram Likes later this year, as a way to “depressurize the app” — Adam Mosseri, chieftain of Instagram, wants to keep the platform a safe, special space. That means learning from the mistakes of its parent company: Facebook.
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| TechCrunch: |
Sources: Eaze, an on-demand pot delivery startup with $166M in funding, raises $15M bridge round, amid struggles with cash and a pivot to selling its own brands — The Uber of pot is almost out of cash — The first cannabis startup to raise big money in Silicon Valley is in danger of burning out.
Tweets: @joshconstine, @samkottler, @thealicemoon, @ingridlunden, @toddhgardner, and @advancednutes
| Usman Pirzada / Wccftech: |
Report: Intel CPU supply shortages are expected to persist through the end of 2020, giving a likely boost to AMD market share — DigiTimes, Taiwan's biggest publication and one of the more reliable sources of information as far as the PC triumvirate are concerned has just published …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
BT, the biggest ISP in the UK, partners with Google to offer a free Stadia Premiere Edition with some of its broadband plans — A boost for Stadia game streaming in Europe — BT is partnering with Google to launch broadband plans in the UK that come with access to the Stadia cloud gaming service.
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| CNBC: |
Second Measure: DoorDash led the 2019 US food delivery market with 33% of total sales, followed by GrubHub with 32%, Uber Eats with 20%, and Postmates with 10% — - DoorDash captured 33% of the U.S. market, Grubhub 32%, Uber Eats 20% and Postmates 10%. — Digital food delivery is projected …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Payments processing and automation company AvidXchange raises $260M Series F from TPG Sixth Street Partners and others — Another day, another big raise by a SaaS company. This time in a state that is increasing its profile as a startup hub as of late. — Charlotte, N.C.-based AvidXchange …
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Sources: Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, S20+ 5G, S20 Ultra 5G will have 6.2", 6.7", 6.9" displays respectively; S20 Ultra gets 108MP camera and 10X optical zoom camera — Samsung will launch the Samsung Galaxy S20 series of smartphones on February 11. So far, we have received plenty of intel surrounding …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
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