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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils $799 Galaxy S21, $999 Galaxy S21 Plus, and $1,199 Galaxy S21 Ultra, available to preorder on January 14 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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Tweets: @jeffbakalar, @backlon, @rquandt, @dcseifert, @stshank, @rquandt, and @dcseifert
| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Samsung confirms Galaxy S21 series and future devices will not support MST for Samsung Pay, which enabled it to be used with legacy magnetic strip terminals — - GALAXY S21- GALAXY S21 ULTRA- GALAXY S21+- NEWS- SAMSUNG — There was some confusion at today's announcement whether …
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| David Carnoy / CNET: |
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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| 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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| 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: @cwarzel, @cwarzel, @saraschaefer1, @stuartathompson, @robertjoseph, @brianstelter, @adrjeffries, @carlquintanilla, @charlttewolters, @taylorlorenz, @craigsilverman, @jason_kint, @mpnye, @jmcdaid, @profcarroll, @anonymousaccord, @marklittlenews, @billwasik, @fboversight, @kevinroose, @aaronhuertas, and @kimmasters
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Sandberg deflected blame for Capitol riot, but fliers and hashtags promoting the pro-Trump rally circulated on Facebook and Instagram weeks beforehand — Fliers and hashtags promoting the pro-Trump rally circulated on Facebook and Instagram in the days and weeks beforehand
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New York Times and Politico
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| Wall Street Journal: |
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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 …
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| 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, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Techdirt, Al Jazeera, Business Insider, International Business Times, and blockchain.news
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| 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, The Verge, The Hill, TechCrunch, and Business Insider
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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, Softpedia News, Windows Central, Thurrott, Laptop Mag, Trusted Reviews, and Neowin
Tweets: @onmsft, @sean_michael_uk, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, and @backlon
| 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, 9to5Google, BMW BLOG, MacRumors, Input, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, and SlashGear
| 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, @mewe, @mvzelenks, @tim_stevens, @slpng_giants, @jeffhorwitz, @mvzelenks, @evelyndouek, @mmasnick, and @willoremus
| 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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iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and securephones.io
Tweets: @z3r0trust and @wired
| 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: @henrikberggren, @thebolditalic, @sandeeroston, @calexity, @mason, @doliver8, @yambhands, @martinsfp, @alexislloyd, @whatthebit, @sarafischer, @keccers, @alex, @caseynewton, and @kerrymflynn
| 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 …
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Reuters. Tweets: @greenhouse, @davidjeans2, @alexrkonrad, and @itunpredictable. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| 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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HotHardware.com News, AppleInsider, Engadget, and ZDNet
Tweets: @dellcam, @techjournalist, @zackwhittaker, and @alfredwkng
| 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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New York Times and Forbrukerrådet
Tweets: @sarahsholder, @scottlincicome, @business, @donswriting, @beuc, and @mattmday
| Shaun Walker / The Guardian: |
After denouncing Trump's social media bans, Poland says it plans to make it illegal for tech companies to take similar actions in the country — Following Trump's Twitter ban, Polish government wants to protect posts that do not break nation's laws — Polish government officials …
Tweets: @liamsd12, @shaunwalker7, @monicalewinsky, @getongab, @visegrad24, and @adityarajkaul
| 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. … | 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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ZDNet, Cisco, CRN, FinSMEs, Light Reading, and Investor's Business Daily
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Cloud for Retail opens for preview, combining services and features from Microsoft Advertising, Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform — Microsoft's new retail cloud bundle is its second vertical cloud offering, following on the heels of the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
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Microsoft Industry Blogs, WinBuzzer, Cloud Computing News, and TechRadar
Tweets: @alysataylormsft and @lschmeiser
| 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 … | Financial Times: |
Researchers: Telegram, which had 11.9M downloads the week of the Capitol riot, began shutting down public white supremacist groups for the first time Wednesday — Use of encrypted platforms such as Telegram spikes after crackdown on Facebook and Twitter — Far-right groups emboldened …
Tweets: @mshannahmurphy
| Axios: |
Silicon Valley's leading lobby, the Internet Association, is struggling to manage the competing interests of member companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon — Silicon Valley's leading lobby, the Internet Association, is struggling to manage the competing interests of the companies … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Harness, a continuous app delivery and integration platform for engineering and DevOps teams, raises $85M Series C led by Alkeon at a $1.7B valuation — Harness, the startup that wants to create a suite of engineering tools to give every company the kind of technological reach … Sponsor Posts
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