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Clubhouse raises a new round of funding led by a16z, says it has 180+ investors, will test options for paying creators and soon begin work on an Android app — Clubhouse is moving quickly today, but in some ways it feels like the journey started a long time ago.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple warns magnets in iPhone 12 models and MagSafe devices may affect pacemakers and should be kept at least 6" away from medical devices or 12" while charging — Since the launch of iPhone 12 models in October, Apple has acknowledged that the devices may cause electromagnetic interference …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
In an interview, Waymo CEO dismissed Tesla as a competitor and argued that Tesla's current strategy, without lidar, wouldn't produce a fully self-driving system — Elon Musk and John Krafcik have very different theories about driverless tech. — Many Tesla fans view the electric carmaker …
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| Crispian Balmer / Reuters: |
Italy tells TikTok to block all unverified user accounts after a 10-year-old girl dies while allegedly participating in the “blackout challenge” on the app — ROME (Reuters) - The Italian data privacy watchdog ordered video app TikTok on Friday to block the accounts of any users …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Hacker leaks data of 2.28M+ users of dating site MeetMindful, including real names, Facebook account tokens, email addresses, and geo-location information — Data belongs to dating site MeetMindful and includes everything from real names to Facebook account tokens, and from email addresses and geo-location information.| Microsoft On the Issues: |
Microsoft confirms it halted all donations of its PAC while it decides by Feb. 15 whether to suspend donations to those who voted against election certification — Microsoft confirmed publicly today, as it announced internally on Jan. 8, that it has halted all donations of its PAC …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Uber laid off ~185 Postmates staff, about 15% of the division's workforce; sources: most Postmates execs including CEO Bastian Lehmann will leave the company — The layoffs include most of the executive team at Postmates, the food delivery app that Uber bought last year.
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Microsoft backtracks on price hike for Xbox Live Gold subscriptions announced Friday and says free-to-play games will also no longer require a Gold subscription — Free-to-play games will also no longer require a Gold subscription — Microsoft has reversed its controversial Xbox Live price increase.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
What's in store for Amazon during Biden admin: more unions, labor protection and oversight, antitrust actions, privacy and facial recognition regulations, more — - Amazon has cozied up to the Democratic Party through donations and its top spokesperson has a longstanding relationship with President Joe Biden.
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| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
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| Dana Hull / Bloomberg: |
As Starlink builds out its satellite constellation, it is enjoying a very warm reception from the early adopters of its internet service in remote areas — - SpaceX's satellite-based service wins over some early adopters — Coverage so far includes rural areas in U.S., Canada and U.K.
Tweets: @xrolet, @sub8u, @richgel999, @business, @economictimes, @economictimes, and @danahull
| Nikkei Asia: |
After Huawei spinoff, Honor confirms partnerships with key chip suppliers such as AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, and MediaTek, launches new smartphone and notebooks — Smartphone maker unveils first handset since splitting from China tech titan — TAIPEI — Honor, the former budget smartphone arm … | Foreign Policy: |
As platforms race to purge harmful content after the Capitol attack, police race to gather evidence, showing the need for international data preservation laws — How we conceptualize the role social media played in the Capitol siege will set the stage for information governance across the globe.
Tweets: @bostonjoan, @foreignpolicy, @kennedy_school, and @marklittlenews
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