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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a thinner and lighter 13-inch high-end MacBook Air with MagSafe charging and next-gen processors to launch as soon as this year — Apple Inc. is working on a thinner and lighter version of the MacBook Air, the company's mass-market laptop, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Alphabet says that it is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon project, calling it “a successful experiment” but not a viable one — Plus: The moonshot's launch, health care for the mask-less, and a new era's inaugural meme. — DO you detect something missing?
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is increasing the prices of Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, up $1 to $10.99 per month and up $5 to $29.99 for a three-month membership — Xbox Live Gold prices are going up for monthly subscribers — Microsoft is increasing the prices of its Xbox Live Gold subscription soon.
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| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
In an Australian Senate hearing, a Google executive said that a law forcing Google to pay news outlets for links could prompt it to stop offering Search — As Google and Facebook face Senate committee, poll finds three in five Australians agree social media companies should prioritise news in feeds
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Samsung is considering building a $10B chipmaking plant in Texas, a major investment it hopes will help it catch up with industry leader TSMC — - It's looking to build a cutting-edge wafer fab in the U.S. — It would follow TSMC's decision to build a new site in Arizona
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Aside from Facebook Oversight Board's binding decision on Trump, Nick Clegg says it'll be interesting if it has guidance for similar situations in the future — Facebook's decision to ask its new independent Oversight Board to review the company's indefinite suspension of former President Trump … | Nick Clegg / About Facebook: |
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller files a complaint with US and EU antitrust authorities after Google and Apple reject his COVID-19-related game — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A German app developer has filed a complaint with European Union antitrust authorities against Google and Apple …
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| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
AWS will maintain an open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana, after criticism from Elastic which changed its licensing terms to monetize cloud-service use — Fed up with what he sees as unfair competition from AWS, Elastic CEO Shay Banon felt he had no choice but to restrict …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, on starting and scaling one of the biggest YouTube tech channels to 13.5M subscribers, day-to-day work, and future of his business — Marques Brownlee is one of the best reviewers I know, and also one of the most savvy and successful YouTubers.
Tweets: @lanceulanoff and @reneritchie
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Intel says it's investigating the leak of an infographic related to its Q4 earnings report, which prompted its release ahead of stock market close on Thursday — Breach forces chipmaker to release earnings early — Intel said it was the victim of a hacker who stole financially sensitive information …
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Washington Post, BleepingComputer, Reuters, CyberScoop, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @quinnypig and @swagitda_
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
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Intel, ZDNet, Wccftech, ServeTheHome, PCWorld, bit-tech.net, TechRadar, Silicon Republic, and AnandTech
Tweets: @servethehome, @stshank, @ericjhonsa, @lamonicabuzz, @stevenrodgersgc, @rogoway, @quinnypig, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, and @markhachman. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Lyft is testing a “priority mode” offering drivers more rides in exchange for a 10% pay cut; some drivers call it “poverty mode”, saying their earnings dropped — Lyft calls its feature “priority mode.” Drivers call it “poverty mode.”
Tweets: @darakerr, @bigblackjacobin, and @cfarivar
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Despite the pandemic, Amazon wants Alabama warehouse workers to vote in person on a proposal to form a union, objecting to NLRB's decision to allow vote by mail — - Company says labor regulator erred in ordering mail vote — Yes vote would be first union win at a U.S. Amazon facility
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The Verge. Tweets: @brandonmagner, @thestalwart, @ledgerstatus, @josheidelson, and @hypervisible
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
European Parliament invites CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Alphabet to a Feb. 1 hearing in Brussels on EU Commission's tech regulation proposals — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers have invited the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to a Feb. 1 hearing in Brussels …
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