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Amazon plans to acquire podcast network Wondery, which will join Amazon Music — We've signed an agreement to acquire Wondery, a top-rated podcast creator and producer that entertains and educates listeners. — We're pleased to announce that Wondery—an innovative podcast publisher …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Ticketmaster agrees to pay a $10M fine after admitting to hiring an ex-CrowdSurge staffer and using his credentials to access the rival ticket seller's systems — It used stolen login credentials at a company summit — Ticketmaster has agreed to pay $10 million for breaking into a competitors' network.
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| CoinDesk: |
Binance says US users will not be able to deposit or trade XRP beginning January 13, joining Coinbase and several other exchanges in delisting or suspending XRP — Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is suspending XRP trading for its customers effective next month.
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| Pei Li / Reuters: |
Report: Apple removed 46K+ apps, including 39K games from its China store on Thursday, as it set a year-end deadline for game publishers to obtain a license — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers: NSO Group used location data from thousands of unsuspecting people while pitching its COVID-19 contact-tracing tech to governments and journalists — Researchers say NSO's use of real data “violated the privacy” of thousands of people. — Spyware maker NSO Group used real …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Gadget trade-in site Gazelle, one of the longest running used smartphone buyers in the US, says it will end its core trade-in program on February 1, 2021 — The company's long-running trade-in program will end on February 1st, 2021 — Gazelle, one of the longest-running used smartphone buyers in the US …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
ESPN+ is raising its annual fee for new subscribers from $49.99 to $59.99; renewals for existing subscribers will remain $49.99 through March 2, 2021 — UFC fans are going to pay more to catch the promoter's premiere fights on Disney's ESPN Plus streaming sports package next year.
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| Shakeel Hashim / Protocol: |
Over 66 SPACs were raised in 2020, according to PitchBook, up from 30 in 2019, amid a year of uncertainty that opened tech companies' eyes to an IPO alternative — For many in the tech industry, 2020 was a year of two acronyms. There was COVID, obviously. And then there were SPACs.
Tweets: @hkanji
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Ransomware attacks have transitioned from a model of many small payments from various individuals to a smaller group of large targets with massive ransoms — 2020 was a great year for ransomware gangs. For hospitals, schools, municipal governments, and everyone else, it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Tweets: @salvodan, @iethics, and @andrewrdroste
| Bloomberg: |
The Bay Area won't be displaced as the nation's top tech hub anytime soon but lawmakers need to recognize the dangers of bad governance that is fueling backlash — Silicon Valley remains the world's preeminent tech hub. But that won't last if lawmakers there keep antagonizing businesses.
Tweets: @business, @levinepmc, @bravosfpols, and @paton_adam
| Gamesage: |
Study finds no correlation between growing up playing violent video games and increased levels of aggression 10 years later — A ten-year longitudinal study published in the Journal of Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking on a group in early adolescence from as young as ten years old …
| Mark Sweney / The Guardian: |
Ampere: UK streaming subscribers grew 34% YoY in 2020, with a combined 32.4M for Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+, the top three services — Britons spent 40% of their waking hours watching TV during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, fuelling the biggest year for new subscribers to streaming services.Sponsor Posts
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