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| Kate Klonick / New Yorker: |
A look at the making of Facebook's Oversight Board, its members, Zuckerberg's rationale for its existence, and criticisms of the endeavor — The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon, it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Oversight Board co-chair says if the project is a success, other platforms and tech companies would be “more than welcome” to work with the board — The Facebook Oversight Board has only been operational for a short time, but the nascent project is already looking ahead.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Google adds some of its Pixel-exclusive photo editing features to Google Photos, but they are paywalled behind Google One — Previously Pixel-exclusive features are coming to other devices — for a price — Google is adding some of its fancy, Pixel-exclusive editing features …
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Sources: US investigators say hardware and firmware of Supermicro servers were tampered with an extra chip loaded with backdoor code to send data to China — In 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense found thousands of its computer servers sending military network data to China …
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| Neil Cybart / Above Avalon: |
According to an estimate Apple Watch reached 100M users in December, 30M of which came in 2020; 35% of US iPhone users wear an Apple Watch — More than 100 million people wear an Apple Watch. Based on my estimates, Apple surpassed the important adoption milestone this past December.
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| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
Some Black medical professionals who are voluntarily countering misinfo on Clubhouse about COVID-19 and its vaccine say they have been harassed and bullied — - Conspiracies flourish on app including about vaccines and 5G — 'Hey, I was skeptical too, but here's where I am now'| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches its first standalone Apple TV+ AR app, with a For All Mankind backstory and exclusive content for the latest iPad Pro and iPhone 12 Pro models — Apple's rumored augmented reality experience for Apple TV+ has arrived in the form of For All Mankind: Time Capsule.
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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Disney says it now has 94.9M Disney+ subscribers — - Disney+ now has more than 94.9 million subscribers. — Last quarter, the company said its streaming service will have 230 million to 260 million subscribers by 2024. — Disney announced Thursday that its streaming platform surpassed 94.9 million subscribers.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US and other countries should adopt Australia's proposed media rules, which require tech firms to pay for news content — Microsoft President Brad Smith told Axios in an interview that the U.S. and other countries should consider adopting media rules …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Facebook says it is limiting the distribution of all content posted by Myanmar's military, which has been using the platform to spread misinformation — detailed how it's handling the political situation Myanmar in a new post, where it has revealed that it's limiting the distribution of all content posted by the country's military.
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| Brad Chacos / PCWorld: |
In order to address the global chip shortage, Nvidia is releasing stock of two older GPUs, the RTX 2060 and GTX 1050 Ti, to its board partners — The rumors are true: Nvidia is supplementing the sky-high demand for GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards by releasing stock of older GPUs to board partners …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Bumble closes up 63.5% on its first day of trading, giving it a valuation of about $13B, after raising $2.15B in its IPO — - Shares of Bumble, which operates a dating app under the same name, began trading Thursday. — The company's stock started trading up nearly 77% at $76 per share.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Twitter changes its position and says it will add labels to the personal accounts of heads of state starting next week — It's also adding more specificity to the text in the labels that identify such accounts — Beginning next week, Twitter will add labels to the personal accounts …
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| Stephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Global consumer spending in top 100 non-game subscription apps grew 34% in 2020 to $13B; spending in App Store grew 32% to $10.3B, Play Store grew 42% to $2.7B — Consumer spending in mobile apps reached new heights in 2020, as did revenue generated from in-app subscriptions.
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, Patently Apple, International Business Times, iMore, AppleInsider, and Cult of Mac
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| Jenny Leonard / BloombergQuint: |
Biden administration says it is working to address the global chip shortage; Biden is expected to sign an EO directing a supply chain review in the coming weeks — (Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is working to address the global semiconductor shortage that has caused auto manufacturers …
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ZDNet, Reuters, CNBC, The Verge, CNBC, iTnews, The Hill, Gizmodo, Liliputing, Nikkei Asia, and Tom's Hardware
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
US House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to Apple raising concerns over reports that App Privacy labels offer “misleading and false information” — The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce this week sent a letter to Apple [PDF] inquiring about the accuracy …
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