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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers were able to view some of its source code by hacking into an employee account but were unable to modify code or access emails — The hackers gained more access than the company previously revealed, though the attackers were unable to modify code or access emails.
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| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Adobe ends support for Flash today and will start blocking Flash content from January 12; major browsers will block Flash content from Jan. 1 — It's the end of the line — Adobe scheduled its famous Flash software to end on December 31st, 2020, and today is the day.
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| Daniel Victor / New York Times: |
Obituary of FarmVille, which is closing on Thursday but lives on in its growth-hacking techniques that are being imitated by everything from Instagram to QAnon — The game, a phenomenon a decade ago, is shutting down on Thursday. But its legacy — for better and for worse — carries beyond gaming.
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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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| Pei Li / Reuters: |
Report: Apple removed 46K+ apps, including 39K games, from its China App Store on Thursday, as it set a year-end deadline for game publishers to get 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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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Report: 10 ex-members of Apple's supplier responsibility team say it avoids or delays removing suppliers guilty of labor violations when doing so hurts business — A new report today claims that Apple is reluctant to ban suppliers found guilty of labor violations, and can take years to do so, even in the most serious of cases.
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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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| Lauren Hirsch / New York Times: |
Source: Amazon's acquisition of Wondery values the podcasting company, which began in 2016, at roughly $300M — The deal, valued at $300 million, is the latest in a string of acquisitions as streaming platforms expand beyond music and video. — Amazon is acquiring Wondery … | Amazon: |
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| Wired: |
Gebru's firing reveals tech's ability to co-opt and minimize criticism of its AI systems, highlighting the need for tech unions, research protection, regulation — The situation has made clear that the field needs to change. Here's where to start, according to a current and a former Googler.
Tweets: @math_rachel, @dataremixed, @emilymbender, @mmitchell_ai, @wired, @miad, @_alialkhatib, @techwontsaveus, and @gvwilson
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Alphabet's Wing says new FAA drone rules mandating radio-frequency broadcasts for remote identification will erode privacy, suggests internet-based tracking — Alphabet Inc's drone delivery unit Wing criticized Trump administration rules issued this week mandating broadcast-based remote identification …
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Flexiv, a Chinese startup that makes general-purpose adaptive robots powered by computer vision and AI, raises $100M+ Series B from investors including Meituan — As businesses around the world look to automate production lines and supply chains, companies making the robots are attracting great investor interest.
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| Max Zimmerman / Bloomberg: |
NYSE says it will delist three Chinese companies, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, on January 7 to comply with a US EO imposing restrictions — The New York Stock Exchange said it will delist three Chinese companies to comply with a U.S. executive order that imposed restrictions …
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