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Teardown: Apple's HomePod mini has a sensor that measures temperature and humidity, which is currently disabled — Apple Inc.'s HomePod mini speaker launched last November with new features such as a home intercom system. But one part of the device has remained secret: a sensor that measures temperature and humidity.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Long time Google VP Caesar Sengupta, who was in charge of Next Billion Users, Google Pay, and oversaw Chrome OS, is leaving the company after 15 years — One big focus for Google today is making products for what it dubs the Next Billion Users in countries just coming online.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will begin a limited reopening of its Redmond HQ on March 29 and plans a future focus on hybrid workplaces — Microsoft is letting some employees back into the office — Microsoft is planning to start reopening its Redmond, Seattle headquarters later this month.
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Spark Capital decides to “sever all ties” with Dispo after claims of sexual assault against a former Vlog Squad member; David Dobrik departs from Dispo — Dobrik departs from Dispo board and leaves company — Venture capital firm Spark Capital has decided to ‘sever all ties’ with Dispo …
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| Ronn Blitzer / Fox News: |
Trump adviser Jason Miller says Trump is having meetings with “numerous companies” to return to social media with his own platform in two to three months — Jason Miller tells Fox News' ‘#MediaBuzz’ the platform will ‘completely redefine the game’
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| Andy Day / Fstoppers: |
Instead of convincing people merely to buy things that they don't need, NFTs are convincing them to buy imaginary optimism based on a mass enchantment and FOMO — Photographers, filmmakers, and digital artists are falling over themselves to mint NFTs in a get-rich-quick scheme … | Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Facebook says it took down 1.3B fake accounts from October-December and 12M pieces of COVID-19 misinformation; Facebook has 35,000 staff tackling misinformation — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December …
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| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
SCOTUS declined to hear Facebook's appeal to stop a proposed $15B class action lawsuit that accused Facebook of secretly tracking users via the “like” buttons — (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Facebook Inc's bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Zoom announces an SDK to help developers build Zoom video services into other apps, a central developer portal, analytics, and other tools — One clear sign of a maturing platform is when the company exposes the services it uses for its own tools to other developers.| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Deliveroo prices shares at £3.90 to £4.60 ahead of its London IPO, implying a market cap of £7.6B to £8.8B — - Deliveroo set a price range of between £3.90 and £4.60 per share for its upcoming IPO. — That implies an estimated market cap …
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| Mark Kleinman / Sky News: |
Source: Epic Games is finalizing a $1B round at a ~$28B valuation, following a $1.78B round at a $17.3B valuation in July 2020 — Epic Games, which also owns the video chat app Houseparty, is close to concluding another $1bn fundraising, Sky News can reveal. — City editor @MarkKleinmanSky| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Japanese chip maker Renesas says a fire at one its plants has halted production for at least a month, impacting automakers, and estimates losses at $160M/month — Shares of Toyota, Nissan and Honda fell Monday — TOKYO—A fire at a factory of one of the world's leading auto chip makers …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Camunda, which makes open source process automation tools, raises €82M Series B led by Insight Partners and says it has 400 enterprise customers — It's clear that automated workflow tooling has become increasingly important for companies.
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ByteDance says its Nuverse video game unit has acquired Shanghai-based gaming studio Moonton Technology, sources say for around $4B — (Reuters) - ByteDance said on Monday its video games unit Nuverse has agreed to acquire Shanghai-based gaming studio Moonton Technology, as it seeks to further expand into the video games business.
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| Chad Day / Wall Street Journal: |
White House discloses ties between tech companies and its staff, including national security advisor Jake Sullivan, who was a paid Microsoft adviser until 2020 — National security adviser Jake Sullivan served on an advisory council for Microsoft last year
Tweets: @alexthomp and @vmsalama
| Eva Mathews / Reuters: |
JD.com says it will invest $800M in Chinese on-demand delivery service Dada Group for a 51% stake — (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce firm JD.Com said on Monday it will invest $800 million in Dada Group, giving it a 51% stake in the Chinese on-demand delivery platform.
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