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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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Under the Hood, VICE, CNET, Reuters, TechCrunch, The Verge, GeekWire, Adweek, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, IGN, Laptop Mag, Business Insider, Politico, PCMag, Game Rant, Forbes, and Mashable
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Robinhood to allow “limited buys” on restricted stocks from Friday, says halting purchases was a risk-management decision and not a response to outside pressure — Halting purchases was ‘a risk management decision,’ the company said in a blog post
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Under the Hood, Reuters, Engadget, The Information, CNBC, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Tech News, SlashGear, and NPR
Tweets: @gamespot, @davidgokhshtein, @nichboy, @caseyjohnston, @imranzomg, and @tomgara
| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Facebook took down the “Robinhood Stock Traders” Group with 157K users; a notification said the Group violated polices on “adult sexual exploitation” — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc took down a popular Wall Street discussion group, Robinhood Stock Traders …
Tweets: @yoalexrapz and @virushuo
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord says r/WallStreetBets members have set up a new server and Discord is helping them with moderation and management of rapid growth — A surprising change of events — Discord is now helping the r/WallStreetBets team moderate its new server. The company originally banned …
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New York Times, Game Rant, Gizmodo, Reclaim The Net, and Forbes
Tweets: @tomwarren, @josephpalbanese, @slasher, @slasher, @debostic, and @mmasnick
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google deleted ~100K reviews for the Robinhood app on the Play Store, bringing its rating back to 4 stars, after users dropped its rating to 1-star — Robinhood is one of the most popular ways for consumers to get in on the stock market, but the app is in some hot water with its users currently.
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Game Rant, The Verge, Chenge.org, Gizmodo, Android Central, CNBC, This is going to be BIG, and Techdirt. Tweets: @salem4congress
| Tucker Higgins / CNBC: |
Lawmakers, including AOC and Ted Cruz, criticize Robinhood; Reps. from both the Senate and House say they will hold hearings on the state of the stock market — - AOC, Ted Cruz, Ro Khanna and other lawmakers criticized Robinhood after it restricted trading in GameStop and other companies targeted …
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VICE, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and Los Angeles Times
Tweets: @newyorkstateag, @senmikelee, @carolmassar, @olaasm, @rakeshlobster, @jalter, @cnbc, @issielapowsky, @kellymakena, and @iansherr
| Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg: |
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @jbillinson, @jbarro, @lklatt11, @devlinbarrett, @themaxburns, and @ashbennington
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
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Margins, TechCrunch, NBC News, The Verge, Cult of Mac, The Ringer, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Business Insider, New York Magazine, CNN, and Vox
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
In an apparent swipe at Zuckerberg, Tim Cook says that valuing engagement over privacy leads to “polarization” and “violence” and such businesses need reform — Speaking at the EU data protection conference CPDP today, Tim Cook gave the opening keynote with his talk entitled …
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YouTube, CNBC, Fast Company, MacRumors, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, MacRumors, GQ, Six Colors, Japan Today, iMore, Associated Press, Daily Mail, Reuters, SecurityWeek, NZ Herald, PYMNTS.com, MacDailyNews, and Engadget
Tweets: @patrickmcgee_, @tim_cook, @jsnell, @martyswant, @kifleswing, @defcon_5, @pkafka, @defcon_5, @pkafka, @pt, @marcbodnick, @pt, @pt, @pt, @stevekovach, @nat_droz, and @jeffnesbit
| 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, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, Ubergizmo, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, NBC News, CNET, PCMag, Apple Terminal, Bloomberg, Michael Tsai, and phonearena.com
| TechCrunch: |
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Apple, Wall Street Journal, GamesIndustry.biz, iMore, Gizmodo, CNBC, Mobile Dev Memo, The Hill, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, and TidBITS
Tweets: @josephfcox, @mcmillan_photo, @josephfcox, @drbarnard, @drbarnard, @eric_seufert, @dinodaizovi, @jason_kint, @reneritchie, @gregjoz, and @hotlinejosh
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google Project Zero researcher discovers and details new security system on iOS 14 named BlastDoor, which provides an improved sandbox system for iMessage data — iOS 14 shipped with BlastDoor, a new sandbox system for processing iMessages data. — With the release of iOS 14 last fall …
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Project Zero, 9to5Mac, SecurityWeek, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, Ubergizmo, and iMore
Tweets: @campuscodi and @ryanaraine
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Facebook is developing newsletter tools for journalists and writers, including tools to help build followers, curate email lists, and offer paid subs — Facebook is working on newsletter tools for journalists and writers, according to three people familiar with the company's plans …
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @allnick, @fed_speak, @hamishmckenzie, @ireneista, @simonowens, @rmondello, @ndimichino, @arielbogle, @ismh, @z_everson, @kirstinestewart, @lainnafader, @eiffeltyler, @skamille, @thekendallbaker, @minimaxir, @seldo, @halophoenix, @morninggloria, @sdw, @mgsiegler, @robpegoraro, @samebrewster, @tedstein, @jeffhauser, @bradesposito, @parismarx, @allen, @caseynewton, @kantrowitz, @rafat, @laurengoode, @mobute, @kimmaicutler, @athertonkd, @brandyljensen, and @daveleeft
| 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, TIME, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Lawfare, The Hill, and Washington Post
Tweets: @oversightboard, @persily, @foxcahn, @benioff, @persily, @jeffjarvis, @ericgeller, @randileeharper, @martinsfp, @ceciliakang, @jonathanhaynes, @cbradleytweets, @seamushughes, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @evan_rosenfeld, @hnsgr, @carolecadwalla, @nabihasyed, @rmac18, @jeffjarvis, @emilybell, @axios, @dylanbyers, @rasmus_kleis, @fbnewsroom, and @robpegoraro
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Coinbase officially announces its intent to become a public company via direct listing — Coinbase has made official its plan to go public by way of a direct listing, according to a blog post released Thursday by the U.S.-based crypto exchange. — “Coinbase Global, Inc. today announced …
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The Coinbase Blog, TechCrunch, Axios, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, and Cointelegraph. Tweets: @yoda
| Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: |
Canalys: iPad shipments grew 40% YoY in 2020, across the year Apple shipped about an estimated 58.8M tablets, up 24% YoY from 2019 — Apple retained its top spot in the worldwide tablet industry during the fourth quarter of 2020, shipping an estimated 19.2 million iPad models in the period.
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Canalys.com, MacDailyNews, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @waltmossberg, @stevesi, @stevesi, and @stevesi
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Telegram launches a tool to let users import chat history from WhatsApp, Line, or KakaoTalk on Android and iOS — This year has seen a spike in interest for secure messaging apps and one of our favorites, Telegram, is seizing the oppurtunity. With its latest update, Telegram is introducing … | Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Epic says its Games Store has 160M+ PC users, up from 108M in 2019, with DAUs up 192% YoY to 31.3M; gamers spent $700M+ in 2020, with $265M on 3rd-party games — And Epic confirmed it'll keep giving away games in 2021 — Epic Games Store released a bevy of stats to show off …
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Epic Games and GamingBolt
| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
YouTube is testing the ability to make short clips, from 5 to 60 seconds, of livestreams or videos, starting today on desktop and Android devices — Another standard live-streaming feature makes its way over to the online video giant — YouTube is introducing clipping …
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support.google.com, 9to5Google, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @youtubegaming, @fwiz, @baekdal, and @valkyrae
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft reports it has “high confidence” the hacking campaign targeting infosec researchers is linked to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group — Earlier this week, Google disclosed that a North Korean government-backed hacking group has been using social networks to target security researchers.Sponsor Posts
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