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Microsoft is making a big push to entice Zoom users to Teams with a new free all-day video calling feature with up to 300 people on the web — Microsoft Teams is now free to use for 24-hour video calls all in a browser — Microsoft is making a big push to entice fans of Zoom …
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Apple's AR execs on how iPhones and iPads are becoming world-mapping, object-scanning tools that are laying the groundwork for the arrival of AR headsets — Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Apple will reportedly unveil an augmented- or mixed-reality headset. Apple hasn't discussed any headgear yet.
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Medium, iMore, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @albn, @oscarfalmer, @mattnavarra, and @cnet
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Snap has reportedly acquired Voisey, a UK startup that lets users create short music tracks and videos using their own voice overlayed on custom instrumentals — Snapchat helped pioneer the use of lenses on faces in photos and videos to turn ordinary picture messages into fantastical creations …
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Tweets: @samharrelson and @shonaghosh
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Trump admin is providing only limited cybersecurity assistance to Biden's transition team, which now relies on a standard, paid Google Workspace — The incoming administration is working remotely, operating on a standard, paid Google network — WASHINGTON—When it comes …
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| Bloomberg: |
Facebook responds to Apple's defense of IDFA, saying Apple is using its “dominant market position to self-preference their own data collection” — Apple Inc. on Thursday slammed Facebook Inc. and other internet giants for their ad-targeting practices in response to a letter questioning … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
ContextLogic, owner of mobile commerce app Wish, files for an IPO, says Wish had 108M MAUs and revenue of $1.75B for the first nine months of 2020, up 32% YoY — This morning Wish, a well-known mobile ecommerce startup, filed to go public. It joins Affirm, Airbnb, and Roblox in filing … | Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Congressional staffers say Apple is among companies trying to weaken a bill that would hold US companies accountable for using Uighur forced labor in China — Apple wants to water down key provisions of the bill, which would hold U.S. companies accountable for using Uighur forced labor, according to two congressional staffers
Tweets: @reedalbergotti
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Facebook files a lawsuit against a Turkish national who operated a network of Instagram clone sites that allegedly scraped 100K accounts — Facebook has today filed another lawsuit against a company acting in violations of its terms of service. In this case, the company …
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| Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: |
Apple announces Barbara Whye as its new head of inclusion and diversity starting in early 2021; Whye will arrive from a similar role at Intel — Apple has announced a new vice president of inclusion and diversity. Barbara Whye, who has made a name for herself as Intel's head of D&I, will join the iPhone-maker in early 2021.
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Tweets: @merriew, @erodrigz, @juliechoi, @mineamoore, @ryancarson, @sonjaottley, @mjholthaus, @heykandace, @caro_milanesi, and @lisaspelman
| BBC: |
YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter say they will join forces with fact-checkers, governments, and researchers to tackle COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies from January — Three of the largest social networks have said they will join forces with fact-checkers, governments and researchers to try to come … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Stackline, an online retail intelligence and management startup with clients like Sony, Levi's, and Starbucks, raises $50M Series A from Goldman Sachs — Stackline raised $50 million from Goldman Sachs Growth Equity to fuel its online retail intelligence platform as the e-commerce industry grows rapidly amid the pandemic.| James Pearson / Reuters: |
Source: Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook inside the country if it does not censor more “anti-state” posts on the platform — HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if it does not bow to government pressure to censor …
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Tweets: @sivavaid, @malinka1102, @rafiqcopeland, @evelyndouek, and @carlquintanilla
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Roblox files S-1 for its IPO, reports losses of $206M on $589M in revenue, 31.1M DAU, and 22.2B engaged hours, up 122% YoY, for the first nine months of 2020 — Roblox, a Silicon Valley-based based social gaming platform for tweens and teens, on Thursday filed for a $1 billion initial public offering.
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| Zoë Bernard / The Information: |
Sources: tech jobs site Hired, which was once valued at $500M, is considering winding down its operations after its unsuccessful efforts to sell itself — Hired, a recruitment service for tech jobs, has started a process to sell assets, pay off creditors and wind down the company …
Tweets: @humairawins, @zachtratar, and @jessicalessin
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt steps down as co-CEO, leaving Vlad Tenev as sole CEO ahead of a rumored IPO — Robinhood, creator of the popular stock-trading app of the same name, announced on Friday that Vlad Tenev will be the company's sole chief executive, ending an arrangement …
Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts and @alex
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it has completed a global rollout of RCS and will start testing end-to-end encryption in Android Messages — In mid-2019, Google decided to take over and speed up the launch of RCS. A little over 17 months later, Google announced today that it has completed a global rollout of RCS …
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Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @richardjnieva, @hallstephenj, @backlon, @backlon, @tingftw, @wcathcart, @derekmross, @maxwinebach, @ohmdee, and @backlon
| Jennifer Smith / Wall Street Journal: |
Loadsmart, which uses AI to boost efficiency in logistics operations, raises $90M Series C led by BlackRock's Innovation Capital, at a $400M+ valuation — Backers include a BlackRock investment arm and maritime container line Maersk, which participated in earlier funding rounds
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TechCrunch, PR Newswire, FreightWaves, and VentureBeat
| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Research renews concerns about gender bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon — A new paper renews concerns about bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. — MEN OFTEN JUDGE women by their appearance. Turns out, computers do too.
Tweets: @womenreadwomen, @jessicamalonso, @schemaly, and @amydiehl
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