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Court docs detail Google's user location data collection, efforts to make popular privacy settings harder to find, pressure on partners like LG to do the same — - Google made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private, according to newly unredacted court documents.
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel unveils a refresh of its 11th-Gen Tiger Lake-U chips aimed at laptops and debuts a 5G modem developed with MediaTek that supports 5G on slower, sub-6 GHz — Due to the global pandemic, this year's annual Computex event in Taiwan is being held virtually, but all the big-name companies …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Xiaomi demos fully charging a 4,000mAh battery in eight minutes over a 200W “HyperCharge” system or in 15 minutes with 120W wireless charging — New ‘world records’ in wired and wireless charging — Xiaomi has shown off its latest fast charging tech demo …
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Quic, a UDP-based protocol designed by Google to replace TCP, has been published as a standard by IETF, indicating it's mature enough for mass market adoption — It's been eight years since Google first announced the technology to replace the internet's seminal TCP standard.| Kellie Mejdrich / Politico: |
As big financial industry players like Fidelity Investments push SEC to approve Bitcoin-linked ETFs, crypto lobbying efforts meet resistance from US lawmakers — A strong push by Wall Street to open up access to Bitcoin investment is meeting resistance from a bipartisan group of lawmakers …
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| Matt Stoller / BIG: |
Via Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, and its Buy Box algorithm, Amazon forces third party Marketplace sellers to keep prices high for consumers across the web — A new antitrust case shows that Prime inflates prices across the board, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’ that is anything but free.
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| Andreas Kolbe / The Daily Dot: |
The Wikimedia Foundation is financially healthy and nearing a $100M endowment target five years ahead of schedule, yet fundraising appeals imply it's struggling — The site is way richer than it wants you to know. — The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the non-profit that owns Wikipedia …
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| Neil Cybart / Above Avalon: |
Through its custom silicon, integrated sensors, design-led focus on user experience, and broad ecosystem, Apple is a decade ahead of rivals in wearables — Last week, Apple quietly unveiled one of the more remarkable pieces of technology that has been developed in the past few years.| Aidan Moher / Wired: |
Amid a boom in retro gaming, enthusiasts are scouring online marketplaces for old CRTs, as modern displays can't replicate the unique characteristics of CRTs — Thanks to a retro gaming renaissance, enthusiasts are scouring online marketplaces for 20-year-old CRTs.| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
A bull case for Ethereum, which is the backbone and a settlement layer of a decentralized internet that continues to grow as DeFi and NFTs explode in popularity — A Bull Case for Ethereum … Hi friends 👋 , — Happy Monday! Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good.
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| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Stockholm-based digital healthcare provider Doktor.se raises €50M and says it is planning an IPO in Q1 2022 — Stockholm-based digital healthcare platform Doktor has raised €50 million in a new investment round that saw participation from Consensus Asset Management, Norron …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Chipper Cash, which provides cross-border payments services in Africa and says it has 4M users, raises $100M Series C led by SVB Capital — Fintech in Africa is a goldmine. Investors are betting big on startups offering a plethora of services from payments and lending to neobanks … Sponsor Posts
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