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Filing: Tesla has bought $1.5B worth of bitcoin and says it will start accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its products in the future — - Tesla announced in an SEC filing Monday that it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. — The company also said it would start accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its products.
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After a flurry of tweets from Elon Musk in recent weeks, dogecoin, which launched in 2013 as a joke, has jumped in price from half a cent on Jan. 1 to ~8 cents — Cryptocurrency that started in 2013 as a joke is suddenly worth a total of more than $6 billion
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Clubhouse is now blocked in China after a brief uncensored period during which it was rapidly gathering steam — Thousands of Chinese users suddenly found themselves unable to access Clubhouse on early Monday evening as the country prepared to start the week-long Lunar New Year holiday.
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Sources: Twitter is building subscription products to ease its dependence on ads, including “tipping” for exclusive content and charging for TweetDeck — - Internal groups are researching options users might pay for — Social network says ‘revenue durability’ is now top priority
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9to5Mac and KnowTechie
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| Bloomberg: |
Hyundai and its affiliate Kia say they are not in talks with Apple to develop an autonomous vehicle; Hyundai shares fell ~8.4% in Seoul, while Kia dropped 14% — - Apple's plans for own-branded EV are being intensely watched — Hyundai's new EV platform can charge cars to 80% in 18 minutes
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Tweets: @shiraovide, @markgurman, @sawyermerritt, @teslaconomics, and @teslaownerssv
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Automattic's enterprise-focused WordPress VIP says it is acquiring content analytics service Parse.ly — WordPress VIP (WPVIP), the enterprise arm of WordPress.com, is acquiring Parse.ly, a content analytics platform that's used by thousands of digital publishers.
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Tweets: @martinsfp, @arctictony, @jeffjarvis, @johnmlevitt, and @sarafischer
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Review: in 200+ charging docs filed in relation to the Capitol siege, 73 reference Facebook, 24 reference YouTube, 20 mention Instagram, and 8 mention Parler — Just after the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook chief operating officer admitted the company's ability to enforce its own rules was “never perfect.”
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's Dan Riccio is focusing on upcoming VR and AR devices after shifting from his role as head of hardware engineering — - Apple moves team working on own screens, cameras to Srouji — Riccio left top hardware job recently to work on ‘new project’| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Xiaomi unveils global version of its Mi 11 flagship with Snapdragon 888, 6.8-inch 1440p OLED 120Hz display, and up to 265GB storage, starting at €749 — The latest Xiaomi flagship to leave China — Xiaomi is announcing the international version of its Mi 11 flagship phone today after an earlier release in China.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Nexthink, which lets businesses monitor software performance on employee devices, raises $180M Series D led by Permira at a $1.1B valuation — Nexthink, a platform used by businesses to monitor software performance on their employees' devices, has raised $180 million in a series D round of funding led by Permira.
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SiliconANGLE, Silicon Republic, Tech.eu, TechCrunch, Insider, Silicon Canals, Nexthink, and Business Wire
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How Figma, which bet on collaborative product design, and Canva, which focuses on helping non-designers excel in marketing design, are succeeding against Adobe — How Figma and Canva are taking on Adobe—and winning — In 2010, Photoshop was ubiquitous.
Tweets: @gavinsbaker, @jalajboy, and @sachinrekhi
| Charles Fitzgerald / Platformonomics: |
Analysis: in 2020, Amazon's capital expenditure grew 69% YoY to $54B, Microsoft's grew 14% YoY to $20.6B, and Google's declined over 5% YoY to $22.3B — It is time for our annual bulletin to CAPEX obsessives (previous updates from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 as well as earlier installments).
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