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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Starting with iOS 14.5, Apple will proxy the Safe Browsing service in Safari through its own servers instead of Google's to protect user data — Starting with iOS and iPadOS 14.5, Apple will proxy Google's “Safe Browsing” service used in Safari through its own servers instead of relying …
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The 8-Bit, Engadget, Computerworld, MacRumors, appleosophy.com, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, Firstpost Tech, iMore, iPhone Hacks, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @othermaciej, @counternotions, and @ourielohayon
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft drops the price of foldable Surface Duo by $400 to $999 and says it will arrive in the UK, France, Germany, and Canada on Feb. 18, expanding beyond US — The first international release for Microsoft's dual-screen device — Microsoft is dropping the price of its foldable Surface Duo device …
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Microsoft, Thurrott, XDA Developers, Android Police, 9to5Google, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, TalkAndroid.com, MUO, Droid Life, Pocketnow, Windows Central, SlashGear, Neowin, Android Central, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @drasticactionsa, @tomwarren, @backlon, and @tomwarren
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Microsoft president says US and other countries should consider adopting rules like Australia's proposed laws forcing tech companies 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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Microsoft On the Issues, Bloomberg, MSPoweruser, The Keyword, and The Keyword
Tweets: @dinabass, @dinabass, @campuscodi, @stevesi, @msftissues, @caseynewton, @sarafischer, @kylebrussell, @sarafischer, and @fxshaw
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Microsoft made an offer to acquire Pinterest in recent months; source says the talks are not active right now — Microsoft approached Pinterest in recent months about a potential deal to acquire the $51bn social media company popular with hobbyists posting home decor …
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New York Times, The Verge, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, TechSpot, Insider, OnMSFT.com, coinspeaker.com, MUO, cloudpro.co.uk, MSPoweruser, and Windows Central
Tweets: @spottedfirefly, @shivsharma_5, @thekenyeung, @mgsiegler, @tomwarren, @counternotions, @pandodaily, @bdsams, and @carlquintanilla
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Facebook says bullying and harassment takedowns reached 6.3M in Q4 2020, up from 2.8M in Q4 2019, due to increased reviewer capacity and AI improvements — It's ramping up moderation after a COVID-19 dip last year — On Thursday, Facebook released a new moderation transparency report showing …
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Tweets: @wantali_mac, @jules_k83, and @anthonyrjoseph
| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Clubhouse employs an unusually aggressive user onboarding process, pressuring users to upload contacts before ranking those contacts based on total connections — The app pressures you to upload your phone's contacts — and makes them visible in surprising ways
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likeable.com. Tweets: @willoremus, @jeremyburge, @willoremus, @fka_tabs, @bzamayo, @jilliancyork, @_inside, @bdeskin, @willoremus, and @pkafka
| 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 …
| Daniel Goldblatt / The Wrap: |
Facebook says Instagram has removed Robert F Kennedy Jr's account for making false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines — Move comes as the company is expanding efforts to crack down on conspiracy theory content — Instagram removed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s account on Wednesday …
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| Jeremy B. Merrill / The Markup: |
Google says it will update its ad policies after an investigation found advertisers could exclude people who identify as “unknown gender” from job ads and more — Dozens of advertisers instructed the company to not show their ads to people of “unknown” gender …
Tweets: @themarkup
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Microsoft patches a 12-year-old Windows Defender bug that could potentially let an attacker run malicious code, after researchers discovered it last fall — Microsoft has finally patched the bug in its antivirus program after researchers spotted it last fall. — JUST BECAUSE A vulnerability is old doesn't mean it's not useful.| Mordechai Rorvig / VICE: |
Researchers unveil the Ramanujan Machine, a software-based automated conjecturing system that develops new formulas for universal constants in mathematics — Pushing the boundaries of math requires great minds to pose fascinating problems. What if a machine could do it? Now, scientists created one that can.| Naman Ramachandran / Variety: |
HBO Max to launch in Latin America and the Caribbean in June; existing HBO-branded streaming services in Europe will shift to HBO Max later this year — WarnerMedia's streamer HBO Max is set to launch across 39 Latin American and Caribbean territories in June.| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Modern Health, whose app helps employers provide digital mental health care to employees, raises $74M at a valuation of $1.17B, bringing total raised to $172M — Modern Health, a San Francisco-based mental health platform, says it has raised $74 million in a funding round that pushes its valuation to $1.17 billion.| Kerry Flynn / CNN: |
Staffers at Medium in editorial, engineering, design, and product units say they're unionizing; a majority of about 140 employees signed union cards with CWA — New York (CNN Business)Gawker Media made history five years ago for being the first digital news company to ratify a union contract … | Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: |
Source: Amazon Connect, its cloud call center software, had $175M in sales during 2020, up ~150% YoY, and the company expects $1B annual sales by 2022 — A few years ago, Amazon released a cloud service that used some of the same software smarts behind Alexa—its voice assistant … | 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'
Tweets: @williamturton, @bradstone, and @dinabass
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Immunai, which uses AI to analyze the human immune system, raises $60M Series A led by Schusterman Foundation and others — Immunai, a startup developing an AI platform to analyze the human immune system, today announced that it raised $60 million. The company says it will use the funds …
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Sources: EU is considering a deal with TSMC or Samsung to build an advanced semiconductor factory in Europe in an attempt to avoid relying on the US and Asia — - EU wants to boost semiconductor production in the region — Goal is to reduce reliance on Taiwan for cutting-edge chips| Diep Tran / Backstage: |
SAG-AFTRA approves an influencer agreement, extending its coverage to anyone who is paid to advertise products via their social media platforms — If you make your living as an influencer on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, or any other social media platform, you will soon have union protection.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Labelbox, which develops data annotation and labeling software, raises $40M Series C led by B Capital Group, bringing its total raised to $79M — Labelbox, a startup developing a data annotation and labeling platform, today announced that it's raised $40 million, bringing its total raised to $79 million.| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
CBP scanned 23M+ people with facial recognition tech at airports, seaports, and pedestrian crossings in 2020, and reveals it caught zero imposters at airports — U.S. Customs and Border Protection scanned more than 23 million people in public places with facial recognition technology in 2020
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Tweets: @dlberes, @ozm, @freakonometrics, @stilgherrian, @davegershgorn, and @willoremus
| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
A researcher was able to breach 35+ companies, including Microsoft and Apple, using a software supply chain attack that leveraged an open source ecosystem flaw — A researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems, including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix …
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Tweets: @doctorow, @rungrage, @sanjiva, @jacobian, @samnewman, @rdbinns, @benjaoming, @securestep9, @raredata, @knurd42, @youngnick, @adam_k_levin, and @weldpond
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