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Inside eBay's alleged plot that targeted a blogging duo and a Twitter gadfly using cockroaches, porn, death threats, physical surveillance, and pizza deliveries — “People are basically good” was eBay's founding principle. But in the deranged summer of 2019, prosecutors say …
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| Alex Thompson / Politico: |
Facebook exec says right-wing drives more engagement because its “populism is always more engaging” as it speaks to “an incredibly strong, primitive emotion” — Throughout 2020, Democrats have denounced Facebook with growing ferocity as a “right wing echo chamber” …
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| Financial Times: |
US sets export restrictions on China's biggest chipmaker SMIC, saying exports to SMIC posed an “unacceptable risk” of being diverted to “military end use” — Move further hurts semiconductor sector after penalties on Huawei — The US government has imposed sanctions … | Isobel Asher Hamilton / BusinessInsider: |
Elon Musk voiced his discontent on Twitter that OpenAI is exclusively licensing GPT-3 to Microsoft saying “OpenAI is essentially captured by Microsoft” — - Elon Musk voiced his discontent on Twitter that OpenAI — the AI research firm he helped found — is exclusively licensing …
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| New York Times: |
Amazon, which had struggled to gain a foothold in Italy, benefited from a shift to online shopping during pandemic lockdown as 75% of Italians shopped online — The e-commerce giant had struggled to gain a foothold in a society that prefers to shop in person, with cash, but now Italians are hooked on online shopping.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Fitbit says its OS 5.0 has been developed exclusively for the new Versa 3 and Sense smartwatches, and older devices, including last year's Versa 2, won't get it — Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 start shipping today to customers, and as promised, they're arriving with a new software experience on board.
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| Bloomberg: |
Winklevoss Twins' cryptocurrency exchange Gemini expands to UK after receiving an electronic-money license from the country's Financial Conduct Authority — - Gemini says exchange among the first in registration process — Customers will be able to use the pound for all transactions| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
DOJ files its opposition to TikTok's request to halt Trump ban, says blocking the ban will infringe on Trump's authority, calls ByteDance CEO mouthpiece for CCP — TikTok is seeking to stave off a ban set to take effect Sunday — The Justice Department filed its opposition Friday …
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AppleInsider, NPR, South China Morning Post, Washington Examiner, Reuters, and The Irish Times
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| Matt Leonard / Supply Chain Dive: |
FedEx CEO says the company is working with Reliable Robotics to pilot the use of an unmanned single-engine aircraft for cargo delivery — Dive Brief: — FedEx is working with Reliable Robotics to pilot the use of an unmanned single-engine aircraft for cargo delivery …
Tweets: @supplychaindive
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Pastebin adds two new features, Burn After Read and Password Protected Pastes, that experts say will make it easier to disguise malware operations — The two new features will make it easier to disguise malware operations. — Pastebin, the most popular website where users can share small snippets … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin discloses hack that emptied its hot wallets, with the minimum loss currently estimated at $150M — KuCoin said an intruder drained all its hot wallets today. — Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin disclosed today a mega hack.| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Interviews with Michael Abrash and Andrew Bosworth on the tech behind Facebook's AR glasses, how Facebook will use the personal data from the glasses, more — Imagine your smartphone morphing to wrap around your eyes. But instead of a dark black screen, now it's see-through.
Tweets: @mattk, @harrymccracken, and @hypervisible
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