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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it will shut down App Maker, G Suite's low-code environment for building custom business apps, on January 19, 2021 — Google today announced it is killing off yet another service: App Maker, G Suite's low-code environment for building custom business apps.
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G Suite Updates Blog, 9to5Google, support.google.com, Business Insider, XDA Developers, Thurrott, SiliconANGLE, Neowin, The Register, and IT Management
Tweets: @draginol, @rizzn, @epro, @maxlynch, and @jonathoda
| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
As China tries to contain the coronavirus, the sheer volume of criticism of the government overwhelms censors and tests China's ability to control the narrative — The sheer volume of criticism of the government, and the sometimes clever ways that critics dodge censors, are testing Beijing's ability to control the narrative.
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ZDNet, ZDNet, Business Insider, and Quartz
Tweets: @jchengwsj, @nythealth, @dealbook, @andrewserickson, @kathrynacullen, @howelloneill, @jeffjarvis, @anthpb, @edbott, @kenroth, @alfonslopeztena, and @jessepesta
| Danny Palmer / ZDNet: |
UK government proposes new IoT rules: firms must tell consumers how long security updates will be provided, ship individual devices with unique passwords, more — Proposed laws from the UK for Internet of Things security and suggests vendors will need to follow new rules to be considered secure.
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GOV.UK, BBC, SiliconANGLE, Threatpost, Financial Times, and Computer Business Review
Tweets: @dcms, @campuscodi, @gossithedog, @ryanaraine, @beauwoods, @dannyjpalmer, @beauwoods, @margimurphy, and @margimurphy
| Azeem Azhar / Exponential View: |
As Alphabet and Microsoft clamor for regulation of tech like facial recognition, potential new rules and their obstacles pose existential threats to startups — You couldn't have missed it. The world's largest tech companies have started to clamour for regulation in this hugely under-regulated sector.
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Wall Street Journal and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @chrisduncania, @azeem, @constantijn14, @dom_hallas, and @mdudas
| Reuters: |
Sources: Turkey-backed hackers have used DNS hijacking to obtain login credentials, targeting ~30 EU and Middle East governments and organizations since 2018 — LONDON (Reuters) - Sweeping cyberattacks targeting governments and other organizations in Europe and the Middle East are believed …
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Slashdot. Tweets: @mervetahiroglu, @evacide, @akinunver, @bing_chris, @bing_chris, @reuters, @likethecoins, @dakami, @donie, @bing_chris, @jshermcyber, @bing_chris, @bing_chris, and @reuters
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
FCC unlocks 3.5GHz band of spectrum used by Citizens Broadband Radio Service, enhancing connectivity via “OnGo” services in the latest iOS and Android phones — Following six years of private and public collaboration to open up some of the United States' most valuable wireless spectrum …
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Input, Android Police, Engadget, and The Mac Observer
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Bird adds $75M to its Series D, bringing the total raised in the round to $350M, acquires European scooter-sharing startup Circ that was previously called Flash — The micromobility market consolidated a bit today in what might be a harbinger of contraction.
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TechCrunch, Axios, The Verge, CNET, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, and PYMNTS.com
| Tara Duggan / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Grubhub admits to adding restaurants without their permission, after restaurateur found her Thai restaurant had a page on Grubhub and its subsidiary Seamless — Pim Techamuanvivit was managing her Michelin-starred Thai restaurant in San Francisco, Kin Khao, around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday when she got an unexpected call.
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VICE. Tweets: @taraduggan, @sfchronicle, @hingeloss, @dtunkelang, @skilletdoux, @noyokono, @adrjeffries, @alex_danco, @sfc_foodhome, @artguy1, @hypervisible, and @ericmkingsbury
| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
Consumer IoT is in trouble because normal people can't be expected to manage a house full of smart things or keep track of their bugs and looming obsolescence — The everything-computerized-and-always- connected smarthome is a work in progress. This slow pace is a good thing because it gives us …
Tweets: @johnlmacfarlane, @dylanljmartin, @lesv, @jpmens, @sebvalic, @stshank, @donal888, and @counternotions
| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Experts say tech has made US labor laws obsolete and in need of a massive overhaul to benefit organizing workers, such as requiring safe digital meeting spaces — In the 1930s, at the time of the writing of the Wagner Act—the law which grants workers the right to form unions and collectively bargain …
Tweets: @hypervisible, @vice, @motherboard, @k4kats, @teamcoworker, and @workerpowerlaw
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Documents reveal that Avast has sold its users' internet browsing data, through a subsidiary called Jumpshot, to clients like Pepsi, Google, and Microsoft — An antivirus program used by hundreds of millions of people around the world is selling highly sensitive web browsing data …
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PCMag, MIT Technology Review, The Verge, Input, Engadget, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, PCWorld, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, ExtremeTech, Extensions, security …, Windows Central, KnowTechie, CNET, BetaNews, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @josephfcox, @campuscodi, @jason_koebler, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @wadhwa, @sivavaid, @karlbode, @derektmead, @ow, @jamesrbuk, @josephfcox, @tprstly, @moonalice, @mmasnick, @nicolasmagand, @gossithedog, @josephfcox, @karlbode, @jasonfalter, @dhh, @josephfcox, @timmarchman, @ericlaw, @pcmag, @carnage4life, @woganmay, @josephfcox, @alfredwkng, @josephfcox, @hootwheelz, @stuartathompson, @hackylawyer, @modooborahae, @iblametom, @veronicaripson, @pcmag, @pcmag, @natlseccnslrs, and @josephfcox
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
SuperAwesome, which offers tools for kid-safe advertising, parental controls, and more, raises $17M from Microsoft's M12, says it had $55M in revenue in 2019 — Kidtech startup SuperAwesome has raised an additional $17 million in funding, which includes a new strategic investment from Microsoft's venture fund, M12.Sponsor Posts
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