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Microsoft reports Q2 net income of $15.5B, up 33% YoY, Intelligent Cloud revenue of $14.6B, up 23% YoY, More Personal Computing revenue of $15.1B, up 14% YoY — Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 26, 2021 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …
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In today's iOS 14.4 update, Apple fixes three 0-days, tipped by an anonymous researcher, and acknowledges a report that they may have been exploited in the wild — Fixes come after Apple patched another set of three zero-days last November. — Apple has released today security updates …
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Counterpoint and CyberMedia say that Apple has shipped 1.5M iPhone units in India last quarter, doubling its market share in the country to 4% — When Apple reports its earnings on Wednesday, you can expect mentions of India on the call. — Apple shipped more than 1.5 million iPhone units …
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Twitter announces it is opening up its full tweet archive to academic researchers for free and ups the monthly tweet volume cap for approved applicants to 10M — To help researchers better study online discourse and platform trends — Twitter on Tuesday announced a significant shift …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
New docs from Epic vs. Apple lawsuit reveal internal Apple discussions on fees to charge paid TV and streaming channels and how that may affect the App Store — In Apple and Epic's ongoing court battle over App Store fees, one of the key sticking points has been Apple's insistence on maintaining …
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| Jay Bonggolto / Neowin: |
Sony announces Xperia Pro 5G, which has an HDMI input that lets content creators turn the smartphone into an external monitor, shipping now for $2,500 — Sony announced today its newest 5G smartphone with an HDMI input, the first of its kind to include that feature.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Firefox 85 launches with network partitioning, a new feature to block supercookies by partitioning Firefox's browser cache on a per-website basis — Firefox now joins Chrome and Edge, both of which removed support for Flash earlier this month. — Mozilla has released today Firefox 85 …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Google announces it is shutting down internal development of Tilt Brush VR and is open sourcing it, a month after shutting down Poly, a 3D object library — As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most of their existing projects in that space.| PYMNTS.com: |
Albert, which helps people automate their finances and connect subscribers to financial advisers, raises $100M Series C led by General Atlantic — Financial services startup Albert has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by General Atlantic, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 26).| Maziar Motamedi / Al Jazeera: |
Iran blocks Signal after Iranians flocked to the messaging service due to privacy concerns about WhatsApp — With Signal shut down, WhatsApp and Instagram remain the only two unblocked major social media platforms. — Tehran, Iran - Iran's government has moved to block Signal …
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| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
AMD reports Q4 revenue of $3.24B, up 53% YoY, with its Enterprise, Embedded, and Semi-Custom segment revenue up 176% YoY to $1.28B — AMD's first-quarter revenue forecast of $3.1 billion to $3.3 billion is as much as six hundred million higher than analysts' expectations.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
DriveNets, which provides software-based routing tools to service providers, raises $208M Series B at a $1B+ valuation — People and businesses are relying on the internet to get things done more than ever before, an opportunity but also an infrastructure headache for service providers … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources reveal that sidelining of Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, from management responsibilities in 2019 was because he bullied staff — Google's parent, Alphabet, has waded through one controversy after another involving its top researchers and executives in the field| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Playvox, which makes software to monitor quality of customer service, raises $25M Series A from Five Elms, and acquires Agyle Time, a workforce monitoring tool — It's not every day you see a Latin American startup funded by a U.S. venture capital firm based in the midwest.| Michael Schwirtz / New York Times: |
Telegram, which helped fuel democracy movements in Iran and Belarus, faces scrutiny as far-right extremists flock to it amid crackdowns by Facebook and Twitter — The app has helped fuel democracy movements in Iran and Belarus but now faces scrutiny as extremists and conspiracy theorists flock …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Plex is launching game subscription service Plex Arcade, starting at $3 per month, which features classic Atari games and requires users run a Plex media server — Games: the final frontier — Plex, well known as a service for streaming movies, music, and TV shows from your own computer …
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Intel launches its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards targeting SMBs and mainstream PCs, after debuting its Iris Xe Max laptop cards in October — Intel's first desktop GPUs in 20 years aren't designed for gaming just yet — Intel is launching its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards today.
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Booksy, a salon appointment app that also runs a marketplace for beauty products, raises $70M Series C led by Cat Rock, bringing its total raised to $119M — Beauty and wellness appointment booking apps have proliferated of the last few years, but it appears the race is still on as today one of the leaders …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Splashtop, a remote access and support service for businesses, raises $50M led by Sapphire Ventures at a $1B valuation — Splashtop, a remote access and support platform for businesses, has raised $50 million in a round of funding led by Sapphire Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion.
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A look at content moderation on Clubhouse, where discussions have included homophobia, anti-Semitism, harassment, and the like, as media increases its scrutiny — When Clubhouse, a private social app, debuted in March of last year, it was hard for most people to score an invitation.
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