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Sources: Apple's first VR headset, planned for 2022 with a focus on gaming, video, and communication but with limited AR features, faces development hurdles — Apple Inc.'s first crack at a headset is designed to be a pricey, niche precursor to a more ambitious augmented reality product …
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| Nick Clegg / About Facebook: |
Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend Trump's accounts to the Oversight Board and says the accounts will remain suspended in the meantime — Today, Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend former US President Donald Trump's access to his Facebook …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google signs an agreement with French media to create a framework for payment for publisher content and has reached agreements with three major newspapers — Google has reached an agreement with an association of French publishers over how it will be pay for reuse of snippets of their content.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: beautiful screen with high refresh rate and a great camera system but let down by software with ads and subpar Bixby — Samsung's “Ultra” phones are meant to be the absolute pinnacle of the company's (non-folding) mobile technology.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Hackers and hobbyists have deployed facial recognition on Parler videos taken at the Capitol on Jan. 6, showing the democratization of facial recognition tech — It demonstrates the democratization of facial recognition, but comes littered with ethical issues. — Joseph Cox
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon says it wants to help the Biden administration's vaccination efforts and non-WFH Amazon staff should be vaccinated “at the earliest appropriate time” — Amazon says it is ready to turn its facilities into COVID-19 vaccination sites and is offering other resources to the U.S. government.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Pebble founder launches Beeper, a $10/month universal chat app, promising to bring 15 chat service into a single UI, including iMessage on Android and Windows — Beeper brings 15 chat apps together into one interface — Beeper is a new universal chat app that's an attempt …
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
A large number of laptop flagships in H1 2021 will ship with 16:10 or 3:2 displays, signalling an industry-wide shift toward laptops with taller aspect ratios — For lovers of tall screens, it's a great time to be alive — One of the biggest trends coming out of this year's CES … | The Information: |
Sources: Patreon is considering an IPO as soon as this year and has recently passed $100M in annualized revenue — Patreon, the online service that allows podcasters, musicians and other artists to receive direct financial support from fans, is considering a public listing as soon as this year …
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Analysts suggest the recent surge in GameStop's stock price, up 1,500% in nine months, is mostly the result of a short squeeze bubble that will pop eventually — New board members and a massive short squeeze cause stratospheric short-term growth. — Nine months ago, GameStop stock bottomed …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
TripActions, a booking and management service with insights into business travel and expenses, raises $155M Series E co-led by a16z — TripActions, a booking and management platform that offers enterprises real-time data, automated reporting, and insights into business travel and expenses …
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| Bloomberg: |
Polish postal locker service InPost prices shares at €14 to €16, suggesting a valuation of €7B-€8B, as it seeks to raise as much as €3.2B in its Amsterdam IPO — - Company marketing shares at 14 euros to 16 euros apiece — Price range equals valuation of 7 billion to 8 billion euros| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Georges, which develops software to automate accounting tasks for freelancers and small businesses, raises €35M and rebrands to Indy — French startup Georges — or Georges.tech — is raising a new round of funding of $42.4 million (€35 million). The company is also getting a new name and will be called Indy going forward.| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
The Biden administration updates WhiteHouse.gov with several new accessibility features, including dark mode, a large text mode, and more — From dark times to dark mode — The official website of the White House, WhiteHouse.gov, has been completely replaced with a new version …
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| Manasa Gogineni / VentureBeat: |
OpenDrives, which provides network-attached storage for enterprise clients, raises almost $20M in Series B led funding by IAG Capital Partners — OpenDrives, which provides network-attached storage solutions for enterprise clients, has raised a series B funding round.
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