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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple plans to release a mixed reality headset in mid-2022 for around $1K, followed by AR glasses by 2025 and “contact lens type” devices by 2030-2040 — Apple plans to release its long-rumored mixed reality headset “in mid-2022,” followed by augmented reality glasses by 2025 …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: US plans attacks on Russian networks and new sanctions, in retaliation for SolarWinds hack; Biden curbed Cyber Command's offensive leeway in Jan. 20 EO — The proliferation of cyberattacks by rivals is presenting a challenge to the Biden administration as it seeks to deter intrusions on government and corporate systems.
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Current and former Google employees say the company's HR routinely offers mental health counseling and medical leave when staff complain about racism and sexism — Benjamin Cruz, a former instructional designer in Google's Cloud division, was caught off guard when a colleague told …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
The new Google Pay app that came out of beta this week replaces a perfectly fine service for P2P users with a less-functional service that has more fees — For P2P users, the new app has fewer features, is less convenient, and has more fees. — The new Google Pay app came out of beta this week …
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| New York Times: |
The NYT editorial board calls for federal US privacy legislation mandating opt in as default on data collection practices by tech companies like Facebook — Using an opt-in approach will help curb the excesses of Big Tech. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views …
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Mobile Dev Memo. Tweets: @waltmossberg, @snowjake, @johncornyn, @dangillmor, @marieandreew, @stevejoffe, @thezedwards, @dhh, @incloud, @bpsaa_official, @marietjeschaake, @jason_kint, @frankpallone, @halplotkin, @kenbensinger, and @johnwilander
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple confirms it'll discontinue iMac Pro after supplies end, says 27" iMac introduced in August is the preferred choice for the vast majority of pro iMac users — Apple on late Friday evening added a “while supplies last” notice to its iMac Pro product page worldwide …
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| David Molloy / BBC: |
Some popular YouTubers are building their own video sites, like Floatplane and Nebula, to help other creators publish and monetize niche video content — Whether he's showing off astronomically expensive computer gaming hardware or dumpster-diving for the cheapest PC builds possible …
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Report: in 2020, China overtook the US in the number of AI research citations, fewer AI startups got funded, and the US Congress talked about AI more than ever — China has overtaken the United States in total number of AI research citations, fewer AI startups are receiving funding, and Congress is talking about AI more than ever.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of Chamath Palihapitiya, who has become a public icon of the SPAC and amateur trading booms; sources: Social Capital raised $3.7B for five SPACs in 2020 — Buy! Sell! Tweet! An icon of the amateur trading masses and an evangelist for SPACs, Chamath Palihapitiya is commanding …
Tweets: @kushkatakia, @jessefelder, @hkanji, @julianklymochko, @mohossain, @ivanthek, and @ktbenner
| Erin Carson / CNET: |
Google pledges $25M in grants to non-profits addressing economic inequities faced by women and girls — The tech giant puts out a call for charitable initiatives to help women and girls get ahead. US Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman Shakira will be among those judging applications.| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Reports from Netherlands, UK, EU signal Apple may have lost the strategic battle over antitrust market definition regarding the App Store in those jurisdictions — Never before has there been so much hope that the mobile app store tyranny may come to an end. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Deliveroo filing shows it posted a loss of £223.7M in 2020, down ~£100M from 2019, and gross transaction volume of £4.1B, up 64% YoY — The clock has officially started ticking on Deliveroo's plans to go public in April. After announcing last week that it planned to list …
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