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Sources: Stripe will no longer process payments for Trump's campaign website and fundraising efforts, after violations of policies against encouraging violence — Financial-technology company's move follows last week's riot at the Capitol — Stripe Inc. will no longer process payments …
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| Jillian C. York: |
A list of things pundits are getting wrong about “precedent-setting” events like deplatforming Trump, QAnon purge, Parler ban, and no #1984 hashtag on Twitter — Since Twitter and Facebook banned Donald Trump and began “purging” QAnon conspiracists, a segment of the chattering class …
Tweets: @alexvtunzelmann, @doctorow, @jilliancyork, @pjleerssen, @doctorow, @rmack, @sanderphilipse, and @mmasnick
| Washington Post: |
Trump searches for a new social network after his Twitter ban, as a source says the president will spend the final days of his term railing against Big Tech — Twitter's decision to ban President Trump mere days before the end of his term sparked a fierce political backlash among …
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| Bruce Haring / Deadline: |
Parler CEO says the company has been dropped by “every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers”, which could end the business — Parler CEO Mark Matze said today that his company have been dropped by virtually all of their business alliances after Amazon …
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After Parler's ban, a social app called Parlor, which connects users following similar topics, got at least as high as #2 in the Play Store and iOS App Store — Online spaces in which one can freely talk of overthrowing the government in the name of Q and white supremacy are getting harder to come by.| New York Times: |
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| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Report: Hyundai and Apple plan to sign a partnership deal on autonomous electric cars by March and start production in the US as early as 2024 — SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor and Apple Inc plan to sign a partnership deal on autonomous electric cars by March and start production as early …
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Tweets: @asymco, @jgamblin, @detroitborg, @gabrielstephen_, and @detroitborg
| C. Scott Brown / Android Authority: |
HP unveils an HP Elite Folio 2-in-1 tablet with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G chipset, a $999 HP Envy 14 laptop with 11th-gen Intel chips, HP Elite earbuds, more — - At CES 2021, HP launched some new laptops, including the much-anticipated HP Envy 14. — It also launched a new entry …
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt, which helps people control their data, has raised ~$20M to date and is piloting projects with UK's National Health Service and others — Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal.
Tweets: @gilestremlett, @tprstly, @donelson52, and @rschon
| Venessa Wong / BuzzFeed News: |
GoFundMe says it is returning funds to the donors of campaigns that were meant to cover the travel costs of Trump supporters to the January 6 rally in DC — Trump supporters used GoFundMe to fund travel and other costs to attend Wednesday's Trump rally in Washington, DC …
Tweets: @dellcam
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Lenovo unveils ThinkReality A3 Smart Glasses that can show up to 5 virtual 1080p displays, come with 8 MP camera and 2 fish-eye cameras for room-scale tracking — Lenovo has launched a new ThinkReality device for CES 2021, and the company says it's “one of the most advanced and versatile” smart glasses for enterprise customers.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Baidu announces it has formed a strategic partnership with Chinese automaker Geely to create a standalone electric vehicle company — - Chinese internet giant Baidu has formed a strategic partnership with automaker Geely to create a standalone electric vehicle company.
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Tweets: @arjunkharpal and @carnage4life
| Bloomberg: |
China's most popular workout app Keep raises $360M Series F led by SoftBank's Vision Fund with Tencent among investors, as sources value it at ~$2B post funding — - The workout app owner gets $360 million in new funding round — Tencent, Hillhouse are also among investors in latest round
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