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| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
Twitter stock fell 7%+ in first trading since permanently banning Trump; one analyst says Twitter could be inviting regulation by making editorial decisions — - Platform confirmed move in blog post after Capitol violence — Ban shows Twitter is making editorial decisions, says analyst
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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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TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, Forbes, Silicon Republic, New York Post, Crowdfund Insider, coinspeaker.com, The Hill, and CNET
Tweets: @adamparkhomenko, @thekenyeung, @willsmith, @johnstanhunter, @rafranzdavis, @maggienyt, @nytimesbusiness, and @bueti
| 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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New York Times, New York Times, Stratechery, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Fast Company, Washington Post, AVC, and New York Post
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Tweets: @beirutspring, @alexvtunzelmann, @jilliancyork, @pjleerssen, @rmack, @carnage4life, @sanderphilipse, @mmasnick, @doctorow, and @doctorow
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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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| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
A researcher says she archived 99.9% of posts on Parler, many with users' location data, as Apple, Google, and Amazon took the service offline — In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump's supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue …
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Tweets: @johnpaczkowski, @bitburner, @donk_enby, @donk_enby, @donk_enby, @donk_enby, @donk_enby, @donk_enby, @donk_enby, and @cstross. Thanks:@andrewcouts
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
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Tweets: @quinnypig, @davidsacks, @briannawu, @benedictevans, @tburgess57, @silvermanjacob, @briannawu, @quinnypig, @bcarr, @jason, @carnage4life, @davidsacks, @matthewstoller, @mala, @austen, @briannawu, @mala, @toure, @nxthompson, @williampietri, @karaswisher, @matthewstoller, @vinnylingham, @hacks4pancakes, @hacks4pancakes, @amaramarasingam, @alecstapp, @vincefalconi, @katebevan, @kennwhite, @dinabass, @mattaknox, @benedictevans, @mathewi, @kantrowitz, @digiphile, @wiz, @soonaorlater, @jason_kint, @davidu, @davidu, @jason_kint, @repkenbuck, @quinnypig, @campuscodi, @brokep, @antoniogm, @goldietaylor, @petershankman, @b_fung, @mslopatto, and @petefrasermusic
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
LG says Google Stadia and Nvidia's GeForce Now are coming to its latest TVs in the second half of 2021 — Game streaming comes natively to the TV screen — LG has announced that it's bringing two of the leading cloud gaming services, Google Stadia and Nvidia's GeForce Now, to its newest TVs later this year.| 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, @snazzyazzy, @donelson52, @mikemongo, and @rschon
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Intercontinental Exchange says its crypto venture Bakkt will go public via a SPAC merger at a $2.1B valuation — ICE's Bakkt crypto venture plans to roll out an app for trading and making payments with digital assets — Intercontinental Exchange Inc., or ICE, will take its cryptocurrency venture public …
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Business Wire, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, MarketWatch, Finbold, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, Crowdfund Insider, The Block, and CoinGeek. Tweets: @arturo_p_a
| 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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Thurrott, The Verge, HP, XDA Developers, ZDNet, SlashGear, HotHardware.com News, Windows Central, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, Laptop Mag, PCMag, AnandTech, and Gizmodo
| Wilson Rothman / Wall Street Journal: |
As CES kicks off, a look at how the mammoth trade show pivoted to a virtual event this year with ~1,900 exhibitors participating, far shy of 2020's 4,500 — This week's show will be held online—and exhibitors and attendees aren't quite sure what to expect — CES, the world's largest tech show, is quite something to behold.
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CNN, Ars Technica, The Verge, Washington Post, What Hi-Fi?, Wired, CNET, and TechRadar
Tweets: @bdsams and @joannastern
| Bloomberg: |
Turkey starts an antitrust investigation into Facebook and WhatsApp over new data sharing terms that have sparked privacy concerns — Turkey's antitrust board launched an investigation into Facebook Inc. and its messaging service WhatsApp Inc. over new usage terms that have sparked privacy concerns.
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9to5Mac, Neowin, Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, Ahval, and TRT World
| 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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TechCrunch, The Next Web, CNN, Baidu Inc, ZDNet, Financial Times, Engadget, and CyberNews
Tweets: @arjunkharpal and @carnage4life
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