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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
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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| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
Police say a computer in a water treatment plant in FL, set up for remote access, was breached; the intruder tried raising sodium hydroxide levels in the water — The hacker tried to drastically increase sodium hydroxide levels in the water, Pinellas County, Florida, officials said on Monday.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Sources: Mark Cuban is co-founding Fireside, a podcast app where hosts can talk to fans live and monetize their conversations, with plans to launch this year — Fireside is launching this year — Mark Cuban is getting in on the audio and podcasting hype.
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Insider, 9to5Mac, and SlashGear
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| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
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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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
A dev whose own app was targeted by a scam ripoff finds that scam apps are flourishing on Apple's App Store, fueled by lax enforcement of rules and fake reviews — Over the last several weeks, developer Kosta Eleftheriou has been highlighting many apparent scam applications on the App Store.
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| TechCrunch: |
Clubhouse is now blocked in China after an uncensored period during which it grew rapidly — 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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| Taha Broach / The 8-Bit: |
In the iOS 14.5 beta, Apple has finally added the ability to set a default music streaming service, including Spotify, when using Siri to play songs — Apple launched the initial beta versions of iOS 14.5 to developers and public beta testers last week. Among the list of new features …
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @viticci, @backlon, and @caseynewton
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's Dan Riccio is focusing on future VR and AR devices, and the group working on in-house screens and cameras is now under chip chief Johny Srouji — - Apple moves team working on own screens, cameras to Srouji — Riccio left top hardware job recently to work on ‘new project’
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Tweets: @markgurman, @raywongy, and @lanceulanoff
| 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, @sawyermerritt, @teslaconomics, @teslaownerssv, and @markgurman
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Facebook expands policies to take down more posts with vaccine-related misinformation, including assertions that vaccines cause autism — Facebook said on Monday that it plans to remove posts with erroneous claims about vaccines from across its platform, including taking down assertions …
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| Bloomberg: |
SoftBank's Vision Fund hires Nagraj Kashyap, the head of Microsoft's M12 VC fund, as managing partner, its first major addition following a spate of departures — SoftBank Group Corp.'s Vision Fund is hiring the head of Microsoft Corp.'s venture capital business as managing partner …
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TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, Axios, and TechCrunch
| Jem Aswad / Variety: |
Universal Music Group unveils a global agreement with TikTok, days after pulling its music catalog from TikTok-rival Triller — Via the agreement, which covers recorded music from artists at UMG's labels and songwriters with Universal Music Publishing Group, “TikTok users will be more empowered …
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TikTok, dot.LA, Social Media Today, Engadget, The Verge, and Tech Xplore. Tweets: @tiktokcomms
| 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.| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Electronic Arts to acquire Glu Mobile, best known for its popular game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, for $2.4B, a 36% premium to Glu's closing price on Friday — The videogame giant looks to expand its presence in mobile gaming, where it has had mixed success
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VentureBeat, The Verge, and GamesIndustry.biz
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Sources: TikTok has briefed advertisers on new e-commerce tools launching in 2021, including letting popular users add links and earn commission — Viral video app set to unveil a suite of new online shopping tools — TikTok is planning an aggressive expansion into ecommerce in the US …
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Gizmodo, Tech.co, Tech in Asia, Social Media Today, coinspeaker.com, Engadget, TechRadar, MUO, PYMNTS.com, and Insider
Tweets: @firstadopter, @mattnavarra, @glenngabe, @mshannahmurphy, @financialtimes, and @rasmus_kleis
| 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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Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, TechRadar, SiliconANGLE, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @arctictony, @jeffjarvis, @martinsfp, @johnmlevitt, and @sarafischer
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