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January 14, 2021, 7:30 PM
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils $799 Galaxy S21, $999 Galaxy S21+, and $1,199 Galaxy S21 Ultra, available now to preorder and launching on January 29 — Samsung's latest flagships are here: the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus, and the Galaxy S21 Ultra. The first two — which start at $799 and $999 …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy SmartTag, a $29.99 Tile competitor that works only with Samsung Galaxy devices, available on January 29 — It uses Bluetooth Low Energy and will arrive on January 29th — Alongside the new Galaxy S21 phones and Galaxy Buds Pro, Samsung is announcing …
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9to5Google, Samsung Electronics America, TechCrunch, Engadget, CNET, Softpedia News, MacRumors, TechSpot, Android Authority, Android Central, SlashGear, Business Insider, MakeUseOf, Android Authority, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @lanceulanoff, @jeffbakalar, @backlon, @rquandt, @dcseifert, @stshank, @rquandt, and @dcseifert
| David Carnoy / CNET: |
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Samsung US Newsroom, The Verge, The Next Web, Digital Trends, TechPP, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Mashable, TechRadar, The Verge, MSPoweruser, Business Insider, Wccftech, and Engadget
Tweets: @rogerwcheng and @dcseifert
| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
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Samsung US Newsroom, 9to5Google, Channel Futures, The Verge, Android Headlines, news.com.au, Laptop Mag, and Gizmodo. Tweets: @maxwinebach
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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Slashdot, phonearena.com, Trusted Reviews, Tom's Guide, Tech.co, and Pocket-lint
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
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XDA Developers, SamMobile, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @starfire2258 and @geoffreyfowler
| Rick Osterloh / The Keyword: |
Google completes Fitbit acquisition, vows to protect users' privacy, says “deal has always been about devices, not data” — Google has completed its acquisition of Fitbit. Together, we can make health and wellness more accessible to more people.
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| Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: |
Axios says it will launch AxiosHQ, which lets companies write internal memos styled like Axios newsletters, next month, starting at $10K a year — AxiosHQ communications platform to launch with Delta Air Lines and AT&T among early customers — Punchy news startup Axios is betting …
Tweets: @stevekopack, @caseynewton, @ewerickson, @benmullin, @bigblackjacobin, @mattdpearce, @mattyglesias, @martinsfp, @qhardy, @carnage4life, @moorehn, @ldrogen, @alex, @stevesi, @nickwingfield, @chrisharihar, @margarita, @mccarthyryanj, @binarybits, @sarafischer, @film_girl, @mradamtaylor, @jz, @emilyinverso, @zackkopplin, @ajs, @studyhallxyz, @katie_roof, @dellcam, @abenedikt, @danprimack, @ourobororoboruo, @sarafischer, and @ahmed
| New York Times: |
Review of public posts of dozens of Facebook users sharing extreme right-wing views shows how Facebook rewards their lies and helped incubate the insurrection — Right-wing influencers embraced extremist views, and Facebook rewarded them. — Mr. Thompson is a writer and editor in Opinion.
Tweets: @aoc, @daveyalba, @stuartathompson, @cwarzel, @parkermolloy, @patrickjmchugh, @stevekovach, @brooklynmarie, @hankgreen, @ezraklein, @cwarzel, @saraschaefer1, @robertjoseph, @brianstelter, @adrjeffries, @carlquintanilla, @charlttewolters, @taylorlorenz, @craigsilverman, @jason_kint, @mpnye, @jmcdaid, @profcarroll, @anonymousaccord, @marklittlenews, @billwasik, @fboversight, @mmasnick, @kevinroose, @moonalice, @aaronhuertas, and @kimmasters
| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
A group of health and tech companies, including Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle, says it is developing a digital COVID-19 vaccination “passport” — - A digital Covid vaccination passport is being jointly developed by a group of health and technology companies who anticipate that governments …
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Financial Times, Business Wire, New York Times, CRN, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Hill, and Business Insider
Tweets: @cnbcjulianna, @valaafshar, @lay_overs, @thomas_m_wilson, @nt_ctannenbaum, @whatthebit, and @teddyboylocsin
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Jack Dorsey says Trump ban was the right decision for Twitter but reflects a “failure” to promote healthy conversation and sets a dangerous precedent — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explained in a tweetstorm that the company faced an ‘extraordinary and untenable circumstance’
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New York Times, Bloomberg, CryptoSlate, Techdirt, Business Insider, and Reclaim The Net
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A leak of a near-final version of Windows 10X shows a strong similarity to Chrome OS, with the Start button centered on the taskbar, lack of Live Tiles, more — A new lightweight version of Windows to take on Chromebooks — After years of waiting, it looks like Microsoft now has a true answer to Chrome OS.
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BleepingComputer, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Softpedia News, PCWorld, Thurrott, Neowin, MSPoweruser, and TechRadar
Tweets: @sean_michael_uk, @onmsft, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, and @backlon
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Ring says it has fixed a security flaw in its Neighbors app that was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app — A security flaw in Ring's Neighbors app was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app.
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Gizmodo, HotHardware.com News, CyberScoop, Lifehacker, Yahoo News, AppleInsider, and Engadget
Tweets: @dellcam, @techjournalist, @zackwhittaker, and @alfredwkng
| Sarah Emerson / OneZero : |
The far-right is flocking to MeWe, a privacy-focused Facebook alternative that has Tim Berners-Lee on its board, with membership growing to 15M in recent months — ‘Have you tried to moderate 15 million people?’ MeWe founder Mark Weinstein told OneZero — 'm an American who is sick …
Tweets: @sarahnemerson, @jeremylittau, @mvzelenks, @slpng_giants, @mmasnick, @jeffhorwitz, @evelyndouek, @willoremus, @tim_stevens, @mewe, @carnage4life, and @mvzelenks
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Apple has removed a controversial feature in macOS 11.2 beta 2 that allowed its own apps to bypass third-party firewalls, security tools, and VPNs — The ContentFilterExclusionList has been removed in macOS 11.2 beta 2. — Apple has removed a controversial feature from the macOS operating system …
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Mac Security Tools, MacRumors, Michael Tsai, 9to5Mac, SC Media, and Computerworld
Tweets: @petercoffee, @campuscodi, @patrickbeuth, and @flugazi
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
BMW announces Digital Key Plus, a keyless access system that uses the UWB chip in iPhones to let users unlock select BMW cars without taking out their phones — Using the ultra wideband chip that debuted in the iPhone 11 — BMW has announced an upgraded version of its mobile car key technology dubbed Digital Key Plus.
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BMW Group, MacRumors, 9to5Google, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, and SlashGear
| Mike Stone / Reuters: |
The Trump admin adds Xiaomi, along with 8 other Chinese firms, to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, forcing US investors to divest by Nov. 11 — The Trump administration on Thursday added nine Chinese firms to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies …
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PingWest, Android Authority, The Verge, XDA Developers, and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Tweets: @adamconwayie
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Facebook says it has filed a suit against the makers of four malicious Chrome extensions used for scraping user data and other info from Facebook's website — Facebook has taken legal action against the makers of malicious Chrome extensions used for scraping user-profiles and other information …
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About Facebook, ZDNet, and Tom's Guide
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
New research details iOS and Android issues that may allow third parties and law enforcement to access user data and suggests mitigation techniques — New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools.
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Input, securephones.io, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @z3r0trust and @wired
| Bloomberg: |
Netflix diversity report: women make up 47.1% of its global workforce; 8% of US staff are Black, more than 2x the share in 2017; 8.1% of employees are Hispanic — Netflix Inc. has made gains in adding women and minorities to its workforce over the past three years, vaulting it past Silicon Valley peers … | Kerry Flynn / CNN: |
Medium is acquiring Glose, a digital platform for buying, reading, and discussing books; Glose's 20 employees, most of whom are based in Paris, will join Medium — New York (CNN Business)Substack has become synonymous with writers looking to go independent.
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TechCrunch. Tweets: @caseynewton, @thebolditalic, @sandeeroston, @calexity, @kerrymflynn, @mason, @doliver8, @yambhands, @alex, @keccers, @martinsfp, @henrikberggren, @alexislloyd, @whatthebit, and @sarafischer
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Cisco says it has struck a new deal to buy Acacia Communications for around $4.5B, boosting the original purchase price by 64% — Networking-equipment giant boosts purchase price by 64% in deal that values Acacia at about $4.5 billion — Cisco Systems Corp. said Thursday that it has struck …
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SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Cisco, FinSMEs, Light Reading, and Investor's Business Daily
| Bloomberg: |
Norway's consumer protection agency details how Amazon riddles the process of canceling Prime with “dark patterns,” calls on regulators to investigate — - Public Citizen, others ask regulators to probe Prime rules — Report says manipulative techniques make it hard to opt out
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Forbrukerrådet and New York Times
Tweets: @mattmday, @sarahsholder, @scottlincicome, @beuc, @business, and @donswriting
| Jared Council / Wall Street Journal: |
IBM say it will acquire Taos, an IT firm that helps companies migrate from in-house servers to cloud infrastructure; terms of the deal were not disclosed — Deal marks latest step in IBM's mission to bring customers into cloud era, in which software and data are accessed online| Chris Sanders / Reuters: |
DOJ antitrust chief Makan Delrahim to resign effective Jan 19, a day before the Biden administration takes over — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top antitrust official in the U.S. Justice Department, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, told the White House he will resign effective January 19 …
Tweets: @karlbode
| Wall Street Journal: |
TSMC says it will raise capital expenditures to between $25B and $28B in 2021, an increase of at least 47% YoY — The world's biggest contract chip maker plans to boost capex by at least 47% in 2021 — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. , a key chip supplier to Apple Inc. … | David Jeans / Forbes: |
Sources: TPG invested $47M in HR software startup Greenhouse and spent around $450M buying shares from existing investors including Benchmark and Thrive Capital — Private equity giant TPG has closed on a $500 million investment into HR software startup Greenhouse, taking a majority stake … Sponsor Posts
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