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Facebook defends its stance in Australia, says it invested $600M since 2018 to support the news industry and plans at least $1B more over the next three years — Last week, in a move that will have felt abrupt and dramatic to many, Facebook announced it was stopping the sharing of news on its service in Australia.
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Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy buys 19,452 Bitcoin, worth $1.0261B, and now holds ~90K Bitcoin, worth ~$4.5B at current prices — Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has purchased 19,452 Bitcoin, worth $1.026 billion, at an average price of $52,765.| Taylor Lyles / The Verge: |
HP says it is acquiring gaming peripheral company HyperX for $425M, giving the company a major foothold in the gaming accessory market — The acquisition means HP owns the HyperX brand — HP has announced that it is acquiring gaming peripheral company HyperX for $425 million.
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| Yimou Lee / Reuters: |
Taiwanese chipmakers are buying water by the truckload for some of their foundries in drought-hit areas as the island widens restrictions on water supply — TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan chipmakers are buying water by the truckload for some of their foundries as the island widens restrictions …
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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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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube to roll out a “supervised” account option in beta in the coming months in more than 80 countries, aimed at kids that are too old for YouTube Kids — YouTube is launching a PG version of the internet's biggest video service. — A new “supervised” YouTube account option …
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Myanmar's draconian draft cybersecurity law follows a yearslong effort to build out Myanmar's surveillance capabilities, following cues from China — As the military seized power again, the generals moved quickly to take the country offline, criminalize online dissent and block social media.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft now lets Word for web and OneNote users embed Pinterest Pins into their documents as interactive content — Microsoft's Pinterest integration is aimed at students — Microsoft is now allowing Word for web and OneNote users to embed Pinterest Pins into their documents.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Amazon Echo Show 10 review: adjustable screen angle, good sound quality, silent motorized movement, but photo/video options heavily reliant on Amazon services — Since its inception in 2015, Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant has always been a disembodied digital form trapped in a box of electronics.
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Emails show how Facebook responds to requests by authoritarian governments to censor content, as happened in Turkey during its military offensive against Kurds — Amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign, Facebook ultimately sided with Turkey's demand to block the page of a mostly Kurdish militia.
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Google says it has been sponsoring two full-time Linux developers at the Linux Foundation for years to improve security and hopes other companies will follow — Plus: Why the Chocolate Factory only uses code it builds from source — Interview Worried about the security of Linux and open-source code …
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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.
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| Selena Deckelmann / The Mozilla Blog: |
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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Portland ends partnership with Sidewalk Labs to track mobility; Sidewalk spin-off Replica says it was unwilling to share granular data requested by the city — A smart city project started by Google's sister firm Sidewalk Labs to track mobility patterns in the US city of Portland has been shelved.
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Facebook says it is testing more tools to combat child exploitation on its platform, including a measure warning users of “non-malicious sharing” of 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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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google makes GameSnacks, a collection of 100+ lightweight HTML5 games, more accessible in Chrome, Pay, Discover, and Assistant in some countries, like India — A year ago, Google's Area 120 incubator launched an HTML5 gaming platform to “test whether lightweight, casual games would resonate …
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Sources: virtual events company Hopin is looking to raise ~$400M Series C at a $5B+ pre-money valuation, after raising $125M at a $2.125B valuation last year — Virtual events platform Hopin is hopin' for a mega valuation. — According to multiple sources who spoke with TechCrunch … | Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
TikTok says it removed 300K+ videos in the US for election misinformation in H2 2020, and 441K videos from its For You recommendation page for misinformation — And another 400,000 were removed from the For You page — TikTok removed over 340,000 videos in the US for breaking … | 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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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Hubilo, which helps businesses host virtual and hybrid events with real-time analytics, raises $23.5M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Hubilo, a platform that helps businesses of all sizes host virtual and hybrid events and gain access to real-time data and analytics … | Bloomberg: |
Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, which controls 14% of the market, has recently expanded into France, Germany, Italy, and Spain — Winston Churchill, it's often said, quipped that you should never let a good crisis go to waste. Tatyana Bakalchuk would agree.| 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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