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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: |
After reports of all of Parler's data being downloaded by third parties, analysis shows Parler lacked basic security measures to prevent such a data breach — The “free speech” social network also allowed unlimited access to every public post, image, and video.
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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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Tweets: @youtubeinsider, @sachabaroncohen, @randfish, @violetblue, @caseynewton, @vmsalama, @epro, and @hawaiidelilah. Thanks:@inafried
| 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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Bloomberg, Sony, iPhone Hacks, Micromobility Industries, Nikkei Asia, Ubergizmo, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Apple Terminal, Pocket-lint, AppleInsider, iMore, iClarified, and iMore
Tweets: @micromobilityco, @asymco, @siracusa, @asymco, @sokane1, @asymco, @asymco, @dcseifert, @sokane1, @carnage4life, @thiccteddy, @backlon, @sokane1, @auto_schmidt, @nikkeiasia, @detroitborg, and @siracusa
| 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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Tweets: @arampell, @regulatorynerd, @hserunjogi, @mark_goldberg_, @mdudas, @anthony, @lucasmtny, @rickyang, @peter, @leah_nylen, and @joeysolitro
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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NVIDIA, NVIDIA, Tom's Hardware, The Official NVIDIA Blog, NVIDIA, The Verge, CNET, ZDNet, 9to5Toys, ExtremeTech, CRN, SiliconANGLE, MSPoweruser, AnandTech, Windows Blog, PCWorld, PCMag, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Laptop Mag, Gizmodo, Gizmodo, Polygon, The Official NVIDIA Blog, Engadget, and Engadget
| 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, SlashGear, CNET, Forbes, and The Spoon
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, Security Affairs, and iTnews
| 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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CoinDesk, Gizmodo, The Guardian, DW.COM, ABC, SiliconANGLE, The Hacker News, Neowin, Bloomberg, The Times, Infosecurity Magazine, Washington Times, GovInfoSecurity, Telegraph, VICE, news.com.au, Security Affairs, ZDNet, The Verge, BeInCrypto, iTnews, and Bitcoin Magazine
Tweets: @doberah and @zackwhittaker
| 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
| 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, Social Media Today, Input, iMore, MobileSyrup, Adweek, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @alexvoica
| 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, Project Zero, iTnews, and Security Affairs
| Pew Research Center: |
Survey of 9,220 US adults: 53% get news from social media at least sometimes; 36% regularly get news from Facebook, 23% from YouTube, 15% from Twitter — Facebook stands out as a regular source of news for about a third of Americans … As social media companies struggle to deal …
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Social Media Today and Nieman Lab
Tweets: @pewjournalism, @pewjournalism, @jasminramsey, @getongab, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @epro, and @pressgazette
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Ajaib, an Indonesia-based stock trading and investment app that claims to have 1M monthly active users, raises $25M Series A led by Horizons Ventures — Ajaib Group, an online investment platform that says it now runs the fifth-largest stock brokerage in Indonesia by number of trades …
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South China Morning Post, Tech in Asia, and DealStreetAsia
| Deepti Sri / Tech in Asia: |
Report: Grab led SE Asia's food delivery market in 2020, which grew 183% YoY to $11.9B, with $5.9B of gross merchandise value; Foodpanda had $2.5B+, Gojek $2B — Ride-hailing giant Grab contributed nearly half of Southeast Asia's food delivery gross merchandize value in 2020, hitting US$5.9 billion.
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The Low Down and KrASIA
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Source: Chinese video platform Bilibili files for a secondary Hong Kong listing, which could raise over $2B — - Chinese video platform Bilibili has confidentially filed for a secondary listing in Hong Kong, a source close to the matter told CNBC. — CNBC reported last week that the listing could raise over $2 billion.| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Amazon says it will begin removing QAnon products from its site and third-party merchants attempting to list QAnon goods may have selling privileges revoked — The e-commerce company will block sales in the coming days of products that reference the baseless conspiracy theory whose adherents …
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NBC News, Reuters, CyberNews, New York Times, The Wrap, Decrypt, STAT, and Platformer
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