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Source: Apple is planning a $3,000+ mixed-reality headset with 8K displays, eye-tracking tech, and 12+ cameras to track hand movements and show the real world — A mixed-reality headset Apple is developing will be equipped with more than a dozen cameras for tracking hand movements …
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Google says Pixel users will be able to use their phone cameras to measure pulse and breath rates through the Google Fit app, starting next month — Like many of us, Google is getting more interested in our health. The company is announcing today new features that will allow …
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Amazon is quietly transitioning its US warehouse workers to 10-hour graveyard shifts; labor experts say the move is to cut costs and pay for fewer benefits — The company has been quietly transitioning warehouse workers at Amazon warehouses nationwide to a 10-hour graveyard shift, known as the “megacycle.”
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Viva, an employee intranet with LinkedIn integration, access to communication tools like SharePoint and Yammer, training content, and more — Microsoft today launched Viva, a new “employee experience platform,” or, in non-marketing terms, its new take on the intranet sites … | Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Snap says Apple's changes to IDFA will interrupt demand; Unity says IDFA changes will affect how mobile game developers “optimize lifetime customer value” — - Snap and Unity Software, which reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell Thursday, both warned of the upcoming impact …
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CNET, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Financial Times, The Information, AdExchanger, Ad Age, Reuters, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @garettsloane, @mtatsis, @modestproposal1, @munster_gene, and @munster_gene
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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Sources: Google is exploring a less-stringent Android alternative to Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature, resembling planned Chrome changes — - Internet giant mulls bringing web privacy approach to Android — Google balancing user privacy with developer, advertiser needs
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Gizmodo, SlashGear, Social Media Today, MacDailyNews, XDA Developers, The Verge, Trusted Reviews, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Google, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, and OSnews
Tweets: @joshuaswingle, @johnwilander, @markgurman, @lukemiani, and @jessedamiani
| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
In a NLRB filing, the Alphabet Workers Union accuses Google vendor Adecco of violating US labor law by forbidding contract workers from discussing their pay — - New labor group accuses Google vendor of violating labor law — Worker says Facebook post got her suspended by contractor
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Bloomberg, Insider, Forbes, CNET, and The Verge
Tweets: @josheidelson, @mattdpearce, @econ_marshall, @googlewalkout, @josheidelson, and @gigworkersrise
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter took coordinated action to take down top members of account hijacking forum OGUsers and seized hundreds of accounts — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms.
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New York Times, VICE, Wired, Reuters, Input, The Verge, Bloomberg, CyberScoop, and Engadget
| Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: |
Incoming head of Senate antitrust subcommittee Amy Klobuchar introduces an antitrust bill that would raise the bar for tech acquisitions — Incoming head of Senate panel proposes broad changes as Democrats press issue of perceived monopoly power — WASHINGTON—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D. … | Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Apptopia: since Trump was banned from Twitter, daily use of Twitter has remained remarkably consistent — Trump's presence on Twitter had no impact on how much people used it, contrary to the popular narrative. … For as long as Donald Trump was president, there was a common misconception that Twitter's fate was tied to his.
Tweets: @elipariser, @philnobilejr, @randfish, @beltzner, @digiphile, @sarthakgh, and @elliotturn
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google starts rolling out Google News Showcase in Australia, paying local and regional publishers, amid an ongoing dispute over Australia's proposed media rules — Google has a $1 billion plan to pay publishers for content that appears in a cross-service “News Showcase” product.| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Five high-ranking Google engineers propose new rules for developers working on “critical” open source projects, including no unilateral code changes — If your open-source software project is considered “critical”, you could be facing a lot more work and responsibility in the future.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Snap says Spotlight had 100M MAUs in January, two months after its launch, with the feature receiving an average of 175K video submissions per day — A surprisingly successful debut — Snap says its TikTok competitor, Spotlight, had 100 million users in January 2021, just two months after it launched.
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Business Wire, Social Media Today, Hollywood Reporter, and WeRSM
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman and @robinwauters
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
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Snap, Fast Company, and Variety
Tweets: @karissabe, @charliebilello, @richlightshed, @charliebilello, and @megancgraham
| Eric Martin / Bloomberg: |
Biden's nominee for Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says she sees “no reason” Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese companies should be removed from US blacklist — - Gina Raimondo responds to written questions from GOP senators — Huawei, other Chinese companies are also on U.S. Entity List| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google delists the popular Chrome extension The Great Suspender for containing malware and is disabling the extension for those who installed it — This afternoon, Google has delisted the popular extension The Great Suspender for containing malware and is proactively disabling the extension for those who have it.
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XDA Developers, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, GitHub, SlashGear, Chrome Unboxed, The Verge, Android Central, Android Police, HotHardware.com News, and Windows Central
Tweets: @bcrypt, @obrien, and @chrisnelder
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Activision Blizzard reports Q4 net revenue of $2.41B, up 21% YoY, driven by a record year for Call of Duty, which had full year premium unit sales up 40% YoY — Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street's expectations with 21% revenue growth to $2.41 billion for the fourth quarter ended December 31.
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Activision Blizzard, Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Game Rant, Windows Central, Forbes, GameSpot, Wccftech, Twinfinite, Investor's Business Daily, Benzinga, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @slasher
| Kristen V Brown / Bloomberg: |
23andMe to go public through a merger with VG Acquisition Corp., a SPAC founded by Richard Branson, at a valuation of $3.5B — - CEO Wojcicki and SPAC leader Branson each invest $25 million — DNA-testing company has been expanding its health-care profile
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VICE, Silicon Republic, PR Newswire, TechCrunch, MobiHealthNews, The Verge, and ZDNet
Tweets: @antonioregalado, @sorayadarabi, @ashedryden, @kristenvbrown, @bigblackjacobin, and @susanwojcicki
| Felix Salmon / Axios: |
Wikimedia Foundation announces CEO Katherine Maher will step down as of April 15, says its annual budget doubled to estimated $140M in 2021 under her leadership — Katherine Maher, the Wikimedia Foundation's CEO, will step down as of April 15, she tells Axios, leaving the nonprofit … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Ford will increase its investment in autonomous vehicles to ~$7B over 10 years through 2025, $5B of that from 2021 onward, as part of its Ford Mobility efforts — The Blue Oval is putting more money on its electric bet — Ford is increasing its investment in electric and autonomous vehicles … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Twitter will move its offline analytics, data processing, and ML workloads to Google's Cloud after agreeing to an expanded multiyear partnership — Twitter is upping its data analytics game in the form of an expanded, multiyear partnership with Google Cloud.
Tweets: @quinnypig, @googlecloud, and @aaronvalue
| Hamish McKenzie / Substack Blog: |
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