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After a monthslong campaign, the union election for Amazon workers in Bessemer, AL, has concluded and vote counting begins on Tuesday, overseen by the NLRB — - A tussle over ballot eligibility could last for several days — With stakes high, Amazon and union waged testy information war
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| Alan Suderman / Associated Press: |
Sources: SolarWinds hackers gained access to emails of Trump administration's top DHS officials, including acting Secretary Chad Wolf and cybersecurity staff — Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration's head of the Department …
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| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
The official PHP Git repository was hacked, adding a backdoor RCE to the PHP source code; PHP maintainer says the changes were reverted within a few hours — In the latest software supply chain attack, the official PHP Git repository was hacked and the code base tampered with.
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| Corbin Davenport / XDA Developers: |
Xiaomi unveils €1,200 Mi 11 Ultra, with a rear-facing 1.1-inch AMOLED screen, and the Mi 11i, Mi 11 Lite series, Mi Band 6, and an AirPower-like charging pad — Xiaomi released the Mi 11 already in Europe last month following its debut in China at the end of last year.
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| Noor Zainab Hussain / Reuters: |
Visa says it will allow the use of cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network and has launched a pilot program with Crypto.com — (Reuters) - Visa Inc said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
T-Mobile says it's ending TVision live TV offerings, partnering with Philo, YouTube TV; Google Messages will be default messaging app for customers on Android — T-Mobile will make Google Messages its default messaging app for customers on Android devices, provide new backup and storage options via …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
OpenAI says GPT-3 is being used in more than 300 apps, by “tens of thousands” of developers, and produces 4.5B words per day — Robot-generated writing looks set to be the next big thing — One of the biggest trends in machine learning right now is text generation.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot that it says can move up to 800 boxes an hour in warehouses — Stretch can shift up to 800 boxes an hour, comparable to a human — Boston Dynamics is best known for its robot dog Spot, a machine designed to work in a range of environments, from offshore oil rigs to deep underground mines.
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| The Information: |
Sources: Ramp, a Brex rival offering corporate cards and tools to manage staff expenses, is close to raising two rounds, one led by Stripe valuing it at $1.6B — Ramp, a two-year-old startup that offers corporate cards and software tools for managing employee expenses …
Tweets: @kateclarktweets and @austin_rief
| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
Eight current and former members of the American Bar Association's antitrust section say it's heavily influenced by lawyers from Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google — One of the most trusted institutions in the decades-long debate over antitrust law in America is dominated by lawyers tied …
Tweets: @birnbaum_e, @protocol, and @birnbaum_e
| Bloomberg: |
Overview of chip industry bottlenecks causing huge increases in lead times, which at Broadcom grew to 22.2 weeks, up from 12.2 weeks in February 2020 — A six-decade-old invention, the lowly chip, has gone from little-understood workhorse in powerful computers to the most crucial …
Tweets: @thestalwart, @liamspradlin, @bradstone, and @business
| Nikkei Asia: |
Source: Japan plans to issue digital certificates to those inoculated against COVID-19, joining China, the EU, and others embracing app-based vaccine passports — Certificate aims to enable travelers an easy way to prove they are inoculated — TOKYO — Japan will issue digital health certificates …
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Apptopia: apps including Pinterest, YouTube, and Snapchat have seen sustained growth during the pandemic, while Zoom's DAUs hit a peak in US around Sept. 2020 — Some internet companies are already losing mobile users in the post-pandemic recovery, while other services are sticking
Tweets: @martinsfp and @business
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