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| Selena Deckelmann / The Mozilla Blog: |
New Firefox update adds support for multiple picture-in-picture windows and “Total Cookie Protection”, to prevent the use of cookies to track users across sites — Beginning last year, the internet began playing a bigger role in our lives than ever before.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google announces new features for Android, including a way to schedule texts and a Password Checkup tool to notify users of compromised credentials — Google today announced the next set of features coming to Android, including a new password checkup tool, a way to schedule your texts …
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| Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
Facebook's Australia news ban shows tech giants don't mind giving up money to appease regulators and business, but will not give up control over platforms — [Warning: Violent and gruesome metaphor ahead.] — In The Usual Suspects (1995), there's a scene in which the true extent …
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| Georgia Hitch / ABC: |
Australia says Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill — Facebook will walk back its block on Australian users sharing news on its site after the government agreed to make amendments …
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| Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Some M1 Mac owners report a worryingly large number of writes to their Macs' SSDs, though in some cases it could be explained by faulty monitoring tools — “If this is accurate, some of these machines aren't going to last half a year” — What you need to know
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| Josh Sisco / The Information: |
Sources: the DOJ is investigating if Apple's use of its “Sign in with Apple” button makes it more difficult for users to switch to a rival device maker — More and more iPhone apps are offering people the option of signing up by using information stored with Apple …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
California's 2018 net neutrality law, SB 822, can go into effect after a California judge declined to grant the telecom industry a preliminary injunction — It survived challenges from Trump's DOJ, and now one from telecom industry too — Net neutrality died a horrible death in 2017 …
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| Square - Investor Relations: |
Square announces it spent $170M to acquire 3,318 bitcoins at an average price of $51,236, following its earlier $50M bet on the cryptocurrency — Square also announced a $170 million purchase in bitcoin as part of its ongoing commitment to the cryptocurrency
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| Emily Bary / MarketWatch: |
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Facebook says it is testing more tools to combat child exploitation on its platform, including one measure alerting users who share “non-malicious” viral memes — Facebook says it is testing more tools to help the social network prevent people from sharing content that — exploits children.
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Draft executive order from Biden admin orders development of a US supply chain strategy less reliant on China, focused on chips, batteries, rare-earth metals — Exclusive: Biden to sign presidential order to bolster chip, battery and rare-earth industries — WASHINGTON/TAIPEI …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Q&A with Spotify's Daniel Ek on growing the number of creators on the service and engaging with them, podcast success metrics, Clubhouse, and more — Spotify hosted an event on Monday to discuss its ambitions in audio, and one message came through loud and clear: the company wants to play …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Internal memo: Amazon SVP Jeff Blackburn, a close lieutenant to Jeff Bezos for more than 22 years, says he is leaving the company, after a year-long sabbatical — Another Jeff is moving on from his longtime Amazon executive role, filling out the picture of what has become a massive leadership transition at the tech giant.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
LG says that it will license its webOS software to other TV brands, such as RCA, Ayonz, and Konka; LG's redesigned webOS 5.0 version will not be included — The modern webOS is no longer exclusive to LG's TV lineup — LG tonight announced that the company's webOS smart TV platform will soon be found on TVs from other brands.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Quill, a messaging app that raised its Index Ventures-led $12.5M Series A in 2019, quietly comes out of stealth to take on Slack — Slack took the workplace communications landscape by storm after it launched its integration-friendly, GIF-tastic chat platform in 2013.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Qualcomm introduces its XR1 Smart Viewer reference design for AR glasses; Lenovo's ThinkReality A3 glasses, set for a mid-2021 release, are based on the design — Lenovo adopted the design for its ThinkReality glasses — Chip maker Qualcomm has introduced a new reference design … | Gene Park / Washington Post: |
Sony says it's developing a VR headset for the PlayStation 5 that will be much less cumbersome than its current PS VR setup, but the device won't launch in 2021 — The PlayStation 5 will have its own virtual reality headset, however, consumers may face ongoing difficulties obtaining a PS5 console given a supply chain shortfall.
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Tweets: @kentbye, @mysticryan, @nextgenplayer, @tim, and @notaxation
| Patrick Tucker / Defense One: |
Report details how China is using tech products, market foothold, and training, to create dependencies in Indonesia, South Korea, UAE, Israel, and Poland — Beijing is using technology products, markets, and training to secure influence with U.S. security partners, a IISS report finds.
Tweets: @ccp_china_watch
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
FCC proposes using $3.2B in emergency funds to subsidize broadband services for low-income families with discounts worth $50/month, or $75/month on tribal lands — A proposal released by the acting chairwoman of the commission is an attempt to close the digital divide.
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Tweets: @jaycuthrell, @realworldrj, @jrosenworcel, @rogerwcheng, @nancyscola, @halsinger, @jennylamlow, @waldojaquith, and @nytimestech
| Tim Copeland / Decrypt: |
Bitfinex and Tether agree to an $18.5M settlement with the New York AG and will stop operating in the state following a two-year probe — Bitfinex and Tether have agreed to stop all trading activity in the state of New York as part of a settlement announced today by New York Attorney General Letitia James.| Hirsh Chitkara / Protocol: |
Inside Chess.com's streaming success, with Twitch users watching 18.3M hours of chess content in January, nearly as much as they consumed throughout all of 2019 — There's something inherently perverse in calling chess “open source.” It's a bit like saying France “pivoted” …
Tweets: @protocol, @timgrieve, @jordannovet, @nabeel, @benpimentel, @chesscom, @chessprof, @mcwm, @simoncarless, @blackatlantic, @didsbury_hockey, and @karynelevy
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
After delaying its plans, Roblox says it will go public via direct listing on March 10; in January, the company was valued at $29.5B after raising $500M+ — Direct listing comes after videogame company delayed IPO late last year and recast financial reports in response to SEC
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Tweets: @saraheneedleman, @frankcatalano, and @mukund
| Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters: |
Sources: a 93-page report from French antitrust investigators says Google breached government orders on how to negotiate with news publishers over copyright — PARIS (Reuters) - French antitrust investigators have accused Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority's orders …
Tweets: @mathewi and @jeffjarvis
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Akamai finds a botnet using bitcoin transactions to put its control server's IP address on the blockchain, making it basically impossible to fully take down — Wallet transactions camouflage the IP address of the botnet's control server. — When hackers corral infected computers into a botnet … Sponsor Posts
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