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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15% for any developer that earns less than $1M in revenue per year from their apps, starting January 1 — Any developer that earns less than $1 million in revenue per year is eligible — On Wednesday, Apple announced a reduction to its longstanding App …
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| Amanda Macias / CNBC: |
Trump says he has fired CISA Director Christopher Krebs, calling Krebs' previous statement on the security of the 2020 election “highly inaccurate” — - President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Twitter that he has “terminated” top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs.
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Deep dive on the fan-cooled M1 chip in the Mac mini: performance is “outstandingly good”, besting Intel's chips and on par with AMD's new Zen 3 line — Last week, Apple made industry news by announcing new Mac products based upon the company's new Apple Silicon M1 SoC chip …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Zuckerberg says Facebook won't moderate Trump differently once he leaves office but spokesman says he'll be fact-checked; Twitter will end special treatment — Many world leaders generally have wider latitude on Twitter and Facebook because their comments and posts are regarded as political speech …
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| Evelyn Douek / Wired: |
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki should have been at Tuesday's Senate hearing alongside Dorsey and Zuckerberg, given YouTube is also a major vector for disinformation — YouTube is a major vector for election and other disinformation. But its CEO isn't with Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey on Capitol Hill today.
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| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
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| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Fortnite now offers Houseparty video calls on PC, PS4, and PS5; users need the Houseparty app installed on an iOS or Android device, which functions as a webcam — Houseparty wants to change the way that people communicate while playing video games. The company, which offers …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter rolls out Fleets, its ephemeral Stories feature, globally, and says it plans to test an audio-based social networking feature similar to Clubhouse — Twitter this morning is launching its own version of Stories — aka “Fleets” — to its global user base.
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SoundCloud says it's rolling out verified badges for users who are “well-known and/or highly searched-for artist, collective, DJ, label, curator or podcaster” — Big news: SoundCloud is rolling out profile verification. Official blue checkmarks will now show up in search and on profiles of verified creators.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Robinhood is asking banks to pitch for roles in an IPO, aiming to go public as soon as the first quarter of 2021 — Robinhood Markets, the trading platform that's proved popular with novice investors, has asked banks to pitch for roles in an initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google Maps updates with pandemic-oriented features like takeout tracking, public transport crowd info, and additions to COVID-19 overlay like local case counts — Updates to COVID overlay, takeout tracking, and public transport crowds — Google has announced a handful of improvements coming …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 83 arrives with HTTPS-Only Mode, pinch-to-zoom support, up to 15% better page load performance, and memory usage reduced by up to 8% — Mozilla today launched Firefox 83 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 83 includes an HTTPS-Only Mode, performance improvements, and a handful of new developer features.
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Tweets: @fluffypony, @letsencrypt, @glenngabe, and @firefoxsupport
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French social app Yubo, with 40M+ users, announces a $47.5M Series C led by existing and new investors including Iris Capital and Gaia Capital Partners — French startup Yubo is the biggest social media app you've never heard of — unless you're a teen. With a focus on young people under 25 …
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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Trust & Will, a digitally native will and estate planning startup, raises $15M Series B, led by Jackson Square Ventures — Let's get something morbid out of the way right up front: estate planning is a growth business in 2020. Whether you need to create or update a will, build a family trust …
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LinkedIn and Milwaukee Business Journal
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The Los Angeles Police Department issues a moratorium on using commercial facial recognition software following inquiries about its use of Clearview AI software — The Los Angeles Police Department has banned the use of commercial facial recognition systems, following inquiries from BuzzFeed News … | Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Microsoft announces Pluton, its new project with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm, to create x86 and ARM CPUs that integrate a dedicated security component — Microsoft teamed up with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm to create a T2-like co-processor — The next Windows PC you buy could come …
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Microsoft Security and TechPowerUp
Tweets: @panos_panay, @satyanadella, @tomwarren, and @msftsecintel
| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
OXIO, which lets big brands offer telco-type services by turning mobile data into a tradeable digital asset using tokens on blockchains, raises $12M Series A — OXIO wants to use blockchain to make “Telecom-as-a-Service” as common as SaaS. — To that end, the New York-based startup … Sponsor Posts
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