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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: faster iPad Pros may come as early as April with better cameras; Apple aims to use MiniLED on at least the 12.9" model and has tested using Thunderbolt — - Company plans updated iPad Pro line with faster processor — Apple's iPad sales have jumped in work-from-home environment
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Tweets: @markgurman, @tapbot_paul, @business, @stshank, @every_daydad, @lukemiani, @stshank, @stevemoser, @jonyiveparody, and @viticci
| Kishan Vyas / XDA Developers: |
Google Chrome adds Live Caption as an accessibility feature in Chrome 89, to transcribe speech in videos — Google first showcased its amazing Live Caption accessibility feature at Google I/0 2019. The feature was first rolled out to the Pixel phones with Android 10 update and subsequently arrived …
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The Verge, Android Central, SlashGear, Android Headlines, TechRadar, and MUO
| Sam Altman: |
AI will drive a new tech revolution, applying Moore's law to everything; to rebalance the newly created wealth, society should favor taxing capital over labor — My work at OpenAI reminds me every day about the magnitude of the socioeconomic change that is coming sooner than most people believe.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook outlines multiple changes for Groups: probation for rule-breaking users, limiting civic and political groups' reach, and requiring more moderation — Ultimately culminating in a ban — Facebook is trying to clean up its Groups experience and limit the reach of potentially problematic users and communities.
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About Facebook, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, USA Today, New York Post, The Irish News, Social Media Today, Mashable, Reclaim The Net, MUO, The Hill, Reuters, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @dnvolz, @ttp_updates, @sunnymegatron, @eculliford, @mattnavarra, and @alexvoica
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
AT&T says it will no longer exempt HBO Max from mobile data caps starting March 25, after a US court upheld CA's net neutrality law; change will apply beyond CA — - AT&T will no longer exempt viewing of its HBO Max streaming service from data caps after a federal court upheld California's …
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AT&T Public Policy, The Verge, FierceVideo, Variety, Bloomberg, CNET, Reuters, and Stanford CIS Blog
Tweets: @evan_greer, @pt, @johnhendel, @richlightshed, and @reckless
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it will expand Amazon Care, a telehealth service piloted on its employees in Seattle, to other companies and the rest of its US employees this year — Amazon.com Inc. is expanding digital medical consultations to its employees across the U.S. and says it will start offering the service to other companies later this year.
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Tweets: @bob_wachter, @chrissyfarr, @sarahkliff, and @chrissyfarr
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube rolls out Checks, a creator tool that scans videos ahead of uploading for copyrighted material; the system relies on YouTube's Content ID — Theoretically, Checks will help with demonetization issues — In an effort to make the process of uploading a video and receiving ad revenue easier …
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support.google.com, XDA Developers, Engadget, Pocketnow, Social Media Today, Input, Gizmodo, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @bowblax
| Substack Blog: |
Substack shares details on its Pro program after criticism, saying 30+ writers with a “diverse set of viewpoints” have signed up, none of whom are anti-trans — In recent days, we've heard from some people who are concerned that we might have been using Substack Pro …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Invstr, an 8-year-old startup with 1M+ app installs that's focused on financial education, raises $20M Series A and adds trading and banking services in the US — One of the biggest gripes about investing apps is that they are not acting responsibly by not educating users properly and allegedly letting them fend for themselves.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung updates its mid-range Galaxy lineup: 6.5" A52 and A52 5G, from ~$415, and 6.7" A72, from ~$535, with 90Hz or 120Hz displays, better cameras, and more — The A-series phones will also include IP67 ratings, brighter screens, and expandable microSD storage
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| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Intel hires Justin Long, who played the “I'm a Mac” role in Apple's Mac vs PC ads, to pitch Intel-based PCs and tout touchscreens and convertible form factors — Intel is reviving the Mac vs. PC ads — Intel has hired Apple's former “I'm a Mac” actor Justin Long to create new ads praising PCs.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Document: surveillance contractor Ulysses Group marketed a tool that tracks 15B car locations using data from automakers and third parties to the US military — 15 billion car locations. Nearly any country on Earth. ‘The Ulysses Group’ is pitching a powerful surveillance technology to the U.S. government.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Snap says it acquired Berlin-based Fit Analytics, which helps shoppers find the right-sized apparel and footwear online and works with 18K retailers — “Snap, Inc. is a camera company,” Snap notes on its homepage, and while a lot of its effort up to now have been about using that camera ethos …
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Fit Analytics Blog, CNBC, Social Media Today, Adweek, Variety, and PYMNTS.com
| Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: |
FBI says $4.2B in losses as a result of cybercrime and internet fraud were reported to its Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2020, up about 20% YoY — American victims reported $4.2 billion in losses as a result of cybercrime and internet fraud to the FBI in 2020, a roughly 20% uptick … | Daniele Lepido / Bloomberg: |
Ghost Data report exposes a multi-million dollar business of wholesalers using Instagram to sell fake Apple accessories such as counterfeit AirPods worldwide — - Report finds Chinese counterfeit Apple goods flood social site — Apple says it urges removal of 1 million online listings
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Ghost Data, MacRumors, The Independent, 9to5Mac, Insider, PR Newswire, iMore, and phonearena.com
| Bloomberg: |
Olo, a provider of food-ordering software for restaurants, closed up 39% in its trading debut, after raising $450M in an IPO, valuing the company at $4.93B — Olo Inc., the food-ordering software company whose board members include Shake Shack Inc. founder Danny Meyer …
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Tweets: @barbariancap and @bluthcapital
| Matthew Leising / Bloomberg: |
Republic, which lets non-accredited investors invest as little as $10 in startups, raises $36M Series A led by Galaxy Digital; Republic has over 1M users — - Republic private investment has risen four times in last year — Broadhaven, Prosus also take part in latest funding round| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
FCC fines two Texas-based telemarketers a record $225M for making around 1B automated robocalls in 2019 — - The Federal Communications Commission fined two Texas-based telemarketers $225 million on Wednesday for making automated sales phone calls, or robocalls, in 2019.
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Federal Communications …, USA Today, New York Post, and CNET
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
A new version of the PACT Act, a bipartisan Section 230 reform bill, remains convoluted and bloated with destructive ideas that will spawn entirely new problems — Last summer we wrote about the PACT Act from Senators Brian Schatz and John Thune — one of the rare bipartisan attempts to reform Section 230.
Tweets: @mindspillage, @billyez2, @mmasnick, @mmasnick, and @mmasnick
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Germany's data protection watchdog tells European Parliament that Germany had “sent 50+ complaints about WhatsApp” to the Irish DPC and none had been closed — Simmering tensions about alleged lack of enforcement by Dublin burst into public — Long-simmering tensions … | Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance is considering launching a group messaging feature on TikTok this year; ByteDance's Douyin has had group messaging since 2019 — SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, people with knowledge … | Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Apple says it has generated 1.2 GW of clean energy and removed an average of 921K metric tons of carbon emissions annually, as part of its $4.7B Green Bond — In a press release today, Apple touted the significant progress it has made as part of its $4.7 billion Green Bond.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, iMore, Neowin, The Mac Observer, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @tim_cook and @lisapjackson
| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Clubhouse co-founder Paul Davison, who previously had built social apps like Highlight and Shorts that nudged people to share more by default — “He's got more momentum than force,” says a former colleague. “Paul is just always moving forward.”
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Wired. Tweets: @stevenlevy, @shaanvp, @ohmdee, @kantrowitz, @fdestin, @wired, @megancaywood, @shaanvp, @ellenhuet, @marcelweiss, @sandraupson, @jeffjohnroberts, @s1guza, @shaanvp, @serrels, @dearsarah, @dearsarah, @business, @charlesarthur, @rustybrick, @hkanji, and @ellenhuet
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