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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
WhatsApp clarifies its new data sharing policy with Facebook, which mostly concerns businesses, after recent backlash and surge in Telegram and Signal downloads — The company is trying to contain fallout over a privacy policy update — WhatsApp has published a new FAQ page …
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| Axios: |
YouTube says it has taken down newly posted video content from Trump for violating its policies against inciting violence, bans new uploads for a week — YouTube said Tuesday that it has taken down newly posted video content from President Trump for violating its policies against inciting violence.
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| Gizmodo: |
GPS metadata from videos posted to Parler on Jan. 6 shows several users deep inside the Capitol; source: FBI has expressed interest in examining the data — At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the hoard of rioters that managed to penetrate deep inside …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Sources: Apple held talks with EV startup Canoo in 2020; Apple was largely interested in Canoo's unique scalable electric vehicle platform — As part of the Silicon Valley giant's secretive push into the automotive space — Apple held meetings with California EV startup Canoo in the first half …
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
A look at those unlucky enough to forget the password to access their bitcoin; Chainalysis says 20% of all bitcoin, or ~$140B, appears to be lost or stranded — Bitcoin owners are getting rich because the cryptocurrency has soared. But what happens when you can't tap that wealth …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Visa is abandoning its $5.3B planned acquisition of fintech firm Plaid after the DOJ sued over antitrust concerns in November — Justice Department sued in November to challenge $5.3 billion deal — Visa Inc. is abandoning its $5.3 billion planned acquisition of Plaid Inc. …
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Report: GitHub fired an employee who used the term “Nazis” in an internal Slack during the US Capitol riot; ~200 staff signed a letter questioning the firing — Roughly 200 employees have signed an open letter asking for answers — GitHub reportedly fired a Jewish employee …
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Interview with Dr. Lisa Su, AMD's CEO, on the new Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile lineup, Apple's M1 chip, supply shortages, AMD's acquisition of Xilinx, and more — Following the keynote press conference, AMD invited a number of key press partners for some Q&A time with Dr. Lisa Su.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
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| Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: |
Europol says it has shut down DarkMarket, the largest online marketplace for illicit goods with 2,400+ vendors, and apprehended a suspect, an Australian man — German law enforcement has shut down an internet market where users bought and sold narcotics, stolen data and hacking tools, authorities said Tuesday.
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| Will Oremus / OneZero: |
Facebook has long embraced a “view from nowhere”, favoring political neutrality, but comments from Instagram's head suggest that agnostic stance is changing — Trump's extremism is forcing tech companies to abandon the pretense of political objectivity — for now
Tweets: @mosseri
| Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop: |
White House launches the National AI Initiative Office, which will implement national AI strategy and coordinate research across gov., industry, and academia — The White House on Tuesday fulfilled its requirement to establish an office responsible for coordinating artificial intelligence research …
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Outdoor grill company Weber has acquired smart oven startup June for undisclosed sum; June worked previously to help develop Weber's smart grilling system — Weber enlisted June, the company behind the June smart ovens, to help it build Weber Connect. That platform powers …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, The Spoon, CNET, SlashGear, and Forbes
Tweets: @mvanhorn, @ryfar, and @peterpham
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Affirm priced its IPO at $49 per share, above the marketed range of $33 to $38 set earlier this week, raising roughly $1.2B — - Affirm attains diluted valuation of about $15 billion — Consumers use Affirm to finance Peloton bikes, other items| Maggie Miller / The Hill: |
European Medicines Agency says that hackers leaked third-party documents on COVID-19 vaccines and medicines as part of a breach discovered late last year — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced Tuesday that hackers had leaked information on COVID-19 vaccines stolen as part of a breach discovered late last year.
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European Medicines Agency, CyberScoop, and ComputerWeekly.com
| Anna Schecter / NBC News: |
How right-wing extremists are using Telegram channels, including some affiliated with Proud Boys, to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20 — Right-wing extremists are using channels on the encrypted communication app Telegram to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20 … | Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia unveils RTX 3060, 3070, and 3080 GPUs, suited for mobile gaming, and says laptops with the RTX 3070 and 3080 will start rolling out this month — Nvidia's Ampere architecture is going mobile. The company revealed its plans and partnerships to bring GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs to more than 70 laptops throughout 2021.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook expands its Access Your Information tool, adding six new categories of data, a search tool, and more, available now on its Android and iOS apps — Facebook today is rolling out an update to its Access Your Information tool with the goal of making the tool easier to both use and navigate …
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About Facebook, Neowin, iMore, Input, MobileSyrup, Adweek, Social Media Today, and MacRumors. Tweets: @alexvoica
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces new projects related to its $100M pledge for racial equity and justice, including a developer academy focused on Black entrepreneurs, and more — Last June, Apple committed $100 million to a Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI). Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google details a sophisticated hacking operation first detected in early 2020 that used several novel Chrome exploits to compromise users on Android and Windows — The attackers used a combination of Android, Chrome, and Windows vulnerabilities, including both zero-days and n-days exploits.
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Project Zero, iTnews, Security Affairs, and Project Zero
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Report: IBM was granted most US patents in 2020 with 9,130, Samsung was second with 6,415, followed by Canon and Microsoft; Samsung leads overall with 80,577 — One year in, the COVID-19 global health pandemic continues to have something of a dragging effect on many aspects of life.
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| Gaurav Laghate / The Economic Times: |
Amazon launches a mobile-only Prime Video plan in India starting at Rs. 89, or ~$1.3, per month, in partnership with Bharti Airtel — MUMBAI: Amazon Prime Video is set to launch mobile-only subscription plans in India for its streaming service in a global first, offering Indian consumers …
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TechCrunch, Livemint, Engadget, XDA Developers, NDTV Gadgets 360, Variety, Neowin, The Indian Express, 91mobiles.com, India Today, TechRadar, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @primevideoin and @etpanache
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