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| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Robinhood says due to “recent volatility” it is restricting trading in some stocks, including GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, and Nokia, to “position closing only” — Amid the flurry of speculative activity in GameStop, brokers took steps to restrict the trading …
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| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
According to a pop-up on Robinhood's app homepage, 56% of its users own at least some GameStop stock — With the market in chaos, even Robinhood has now turned on retail investors pumping dark horse stocks. — Jordan Pearson — Robinhood, the fee-free investment app that has helped Redditors …
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Mediaite, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, theblockcrypto.com, The Hill, Techdirt, Fortune, BGR, SlashGear, Kotaku, and Fast Company
Tweets: @motherboard, @jason_koebler, and @learmonth
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
r/WallStreetBets was made private by moderators for about an hour, but is back online; Discord banned r/WallStreetBets' server, claiming hate speech violations — It went dark for nearly an hour — The r/WallStreetBets subreddit's own moderators made it private for a little less than an hour …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
As r/WallStreetBets causes GameStop, BlackBerry, and others to surge, online trading platforms like Robinhood and WeBull have rapidly climbed US app store ranks — - The flurry of Redditors taking on Wall Street appears to have resulted in a usage boom for share trading apps.
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Tweets: @profgalloway, @jeneps, @nope_its_lily, @alibreland, @cirnoplusplus, @hshaban, @ericbalchunas, @khoustephanie, @thestalwart, @senwarren, @alexstamos, @jbarro, @cnbcnow, @teroterotero, @haymarketbooks, @slasher, @thestalwart, @tomgara, @mattzeitlin, @broderick, @jmountfordfp, @charliebilello, @asymco, @zeithistoriker, @balajis, @b_fung, @senwarren, @mannyfidel, @benedictevans, and @syndicate
| The Information: |
Sources: Facebook is preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple for forcing developers to abide by App Store rules that Apple's own apps don't have to follow — A long-simmering public dispute between Facebook and Apple has neared a boiling point. With the aid of outside legal counsel …
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MacRumors, Business Insider, Engadget, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, CNET, iPhone Hacks, Apple Terminal, iClarified, iMore, and The Mac Observer
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| Dylan Byers / NBC News: |
Facebook's Oversight Board issues first-ever rulings, which Facebook said it will abide by, overturning four out of the five cases it reviewed — Facebook's Oversight Board on Thursday issued its first round of decisions, overturning several of the company's decisions to remove posts …
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Oversight Board, About Facebook, TechCrunch, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Washington Post, USA Today, Bloomberg, The Hill, Associated Press, and Hindustan Times
Tweets: @foxcahn, @oversightboard, @martinsfp, @kurtwagner8, @nabihasyed, @evelyndouek, @axios, @davidakaye, @fbnewsroom, @dylanbyers, @willmcavoyacn, @cbradleytweets, @seamushughes, @shannonpareil, @marjorie_bu, @craigsilverman, @samuelstolton, @nini_politics, @seana_davis, @martinsfp, @jonathanhaynes, @dylanbyers, @rasmus_kleis, @deray, @robpegoraro, and @ceciliakang
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
IDC says Apple has shipped 90.1M iPhones in Q1, the largest number of shipments in a single quarter since IDC started tracking smartphones — - The iPhone is booming: Sales were up 17% year-over-year to a whopping $65.6 billion in a single quarter. — Research firm IDC estimates …
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Canalys.com, IDC, Counterpoint Research, The Verge, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Silicon Republic, The Register, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Android Authority, iMore, Huawei Central, Gizchina, Huawei Central, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @fjeronimo, @munster_gene, @fjeronimo, @benbajarin, and @vladsavov
| Apple: |
Apple reports Q1 revenue of $111.4B, up 21% YoY, with international sales making up 64% of Q1 revenue; iPhone, Wearables, and Services set new revenue records — Revenue up 21 percent and EPS up 35 percent to new all-time records — iPhone, Wearables, and Services set new revenue records
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Apple, Computerworld, Thurrott, ComputerWeekly.com, Axios, MacDailyNews, Six Colors, Yahoo Finance, GamesIndustry.biz, iMore, Macworld, Silicon Republic, MediaNama, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @cnbc, @joannastern, @neilcybart, and @joannastern
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Six Colors, CNBC, O'Grady's PowerPage, coinspeaker.com, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt. Tweets: @denverbitcoin
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds opt-in biometric fingerprint, face, or iris scan authentication for WhatsApp on desktop or web — WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned popular messaging app with more than 2 billion users, has been getting a lot of heat and losing users in recent weeks after announcing (and then delaying) changes to how it uses your data.
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The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, Android Authority, USA Today, AppleInsider, Windows Central, 9to5Mac, WinBuzzer, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, NextPit, 9to5Google, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @whatsapp and @samerkamal
| TechCrunch: |
Apple says its App Tracking Transparency feature, which will be enabled by default, will roll out with iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS 14 updates in early spring — Apple has shared a few more details about its much-discussed privacy changes in iOS 14. The company first announced at WWDC …
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Apple, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Macworld, AppleInsider, CNET, ZDNet, Patently Apple, Business Insider, CNBC, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @mrinaldesai, @zackwhittaker, and @hoofnagle
| Danny Palmer / ZDNet: |
Europol, the FBI, and other law enforcement agencies worldwide have seized control of malware botnet Emotet's infrastructure and disrupted it from the inside — Europol and FBI among agencies that have taken control of the botnet infrastructure used by cyber criminals behind some of the most prolific malware and ransomware attacks.
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Europol, ZDNet, Krebs on Security, Threatpost, HealthITSecurity, CyberNews, BetaNews, ComputerWeekly.com, BBC, Team Cymru, SecurityWeek, Check Point Software, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @europol, @joetidy, @hatr, @dannyjpalmer, @modernhomesla, @bobbychesney, @malwaretechblog, @ergobtc, @ericgeller, and @briankrebs. Thanks:@steveranger
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
US and Bulgarian authorities seize a dark web site used to publish data stolen from victims of NetWalker, which has been among the most rapacious ransomware — U.S. and Bulgarian authorities this week seized the darkweb site used by the NetWalker ransomware cybercrime group to publish data stolen from its victims.| Reuters: |
Samsung reports Q4 earnings with total revenue of ~$55.2B, up 3% YoY, and operating profit of ~$8.2B, up 26% YoY, but sees mobile sales drop 11% YoY to $19.3B — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it expects its overall profit to weaken in the first quarter of 2021 … | Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Walmart Media Group, now Walmart Connect, has launched a demand-side platform that provides data for ad targeting as it seeks to become a top 10 ad company — The retail giant is launching advertising technology that lets brands use Walmart data to buy ads outside its digital platforms| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
HR software company Workday acquires Peakon, which provides SaaS tools for employee retention, in a $700M all-cash deal — Enterprise cloud software giant Workday has announced plans to acquire data-driven human resources (HR) startup Peakon in an all-cash deal worth $700 million.
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FinSMEs, ZDNet, Peakon, Tech.eu, TechCrunch, and Workday Blog
| Facebook: |
Facebook reports Q4: $28.1B revenue, up 33% YoY, 1.84B DAUs, up 11% YoY, 2.6B people used a Facebook service daily, up 15% YoY; headcount up 30% YoY to 58,604 — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020.
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TechSpot. Tweets: @sarahfrier, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @sarahfrier, @benedictevans, @sarthakgh, @baekdal, @atharproject, and @luca
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
YouTube says its TikTok competitor Shorts is getting 3.5B views per day in its test run in India and plans to expand the feature into more markets in 2021 — - YouTube's short video feature is gaining traction in India, the company's CEO, Susan Wojcicki, said Tuesday.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
SAP to acquire Signavio, a Berlin-based business process automation company, reportedly for $1.2B — Rumors have been flying this week that SAP was going to buy Berlin business process automation startup Signavio, and sure enough the company made it official today.Sponsor Posts
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