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OCC says banks and savings associations can now run crypto nodes and use associated stablecoins for “permissible payment activities” — National banks and federal savings associations can use public blockchains and stablecoins for settlement, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency … | TechCrunch: |
Twitter has acquired social podcasting app Breaker, whose team will join Twitter to help build Twitter Spaces; Breaker app will shut down on January 15 — Twitter has acquired social broadcasting app Breaker, the companies announced today via a combination of blog posts and tweets.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Leak shows Microsoft is working on One Outlook, a version of its Outlook app that will merge existing mail and calendar apps for desktops; release goal is 2022 — Designed to replace the built-in Windows 10 Mail app — Microsoft is testing a new Outlook app that will replace its built-in Mail and Calendar apps on Windows 10.
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| Saniya More / The Block: |
Square says US FinCEN's proposed cryptocurrency regulation will inhibit widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies and hinder current law enforcement efforts — Square is the latest company to go public with its opposition to proposed rulemaking from the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
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| Rebecca Falconer / Axios: |
NYSE says it no longer plans to delist China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, but will continue to evaluate applicability of an US EO to the companies — The New York Stock Exchange announced late Monday it no longer plans to delist three Chinese companies.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Qualcomm announces CEO Steve Mollenkopf is retiring and current president, Cristiano Amon, will take over on June 30 — - Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf is retiring this year, the company just announced. — The company has recently emerged from a thicket of challenges including business model scrutiny …
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| Eileen Yu / ZDNet: |
Singapore now says local law enforcement can access COVID-19 contact tracing data; 78% of its population has adopted the TraceTogether app and wearable token — Under the country's Criminal Procedure Code, the Singapore Police Force can obtain any data — including information gathered …
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| Matt Stoller / BIG: |
SolarWinds hack is an example of private equity firms wrecking software companies and degrading their products' security to the detriment of national security — Private equity monopolist Orlando Bravo made billions by putting our whole society at risk. — 1 hr ago
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
A group of over 200 Google and Alphabet workers have announced their plan to form a union, open to both employees and contractors — A group of more than 200 Google and Alphabet workers have announced the formation of the Alphabet Workers Union, The New York Times first reported.
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Tweets: @alphabetworkers, @ekp, @code_cwa, @raxsha, @ewarren, @berniesanders, @mattyglesias, @pmddomingos, @xor, @nitashatiku, @josheidelson, @tha_rami, @reprokhanna, @blairreeves, @sensherrodbrown, @karlitaliliana, @danpriceseattle, @seth_rosenthal, @jasonschreier, @senatorbaldwin, @grimkim, @rweingarten, @gartenberg, @josheidelson, @joshuatopolsky, @alphabetworkers, @bafeldman, @slpng_giants, @bigblackjacobin, @timnitgebru, @nitashatiku, @zoeschiffer, @alexhanna, @transgamerthink, @alphabetworkers, @alphabetworkers, @vicenews, and @choffmanuni
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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Indonesia's Gojek is in advanced talks for a merger with local e-commerce giant PT Tokopedia; the combined entity would be valued over $18B — - The deal would combine Indonesia's two most valuable startups — Discussions with Grab hit impasse over question of control
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Tweets: @alexcutler247, @clairejiao, @post_market, @mikejcasey, and @davidinglestv
| Stephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Global consumer spending in mobile apps reached a record $111B, up 30.2% YoY, of which $72.3B was spent on the App Store and $38.6B on the Play Store — 2020 was a record-setting year for both mobile games and non-game apps, and consumer spending on Apple's App Store and Google Play soared …
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, iMore, and Pocket Gamer.biz
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Slack confirmed it suffered a widespread outage Monday morning but resolved most problems as of 3pm ET, except for some integrations and email notifications — Users began reporting problems around 10AM ET — Slack is down on the first full work day of 2021.
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Tweets: @slackhq, @slackstatus, @benyt, @connorperrett, @antoniogm, @quinnypig, @mgsiegler, @jcolman, @alexrkonrad, @idiot_girl, @mattzeitlin, @nichcarlson, and @tomwarren
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