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Many customers complain that T-Mobile and Verizon have failed to deliver promised rebates for promoted Apple products in a straightforward manner — Some customers are finding that wireless carriers are denying rebates used to promote Apple Inc.'s newest iPhones, iPads and watches.
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Alibaba says it will appoint a new CFO and reorganize its e-commerce businesses under two new divisions, one domestic and one international — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK) said Toby Xu, will succeed Maggie Wu as the company's chief financial officer from April, a move it described … | Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Crypto exchange BitMart says it was hacked, resulting in the loss of ~$150M in crypto after its Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain hot wallets were breached — Crypto exchange BitMart said late Saturday that it has suffered a hack, resulting in the loss of $150 million worth of crypto.
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| Ben Smith / New York Times: |
A document from TikTok's engineering team in Beijing details the product's addictive algorithm, which optimizes for “retention” and “time spent” — It's the most successful video app in the world. Our columnist has obtained an internal company document that offers … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile all have programs that collect additional data, like app usage and web history, on their customers, and they are generally opt-out — Verizon says it's to better “understand your interests” — The My Verizon app might be collecting information about your browsing history … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google is investigating a report that a Pixel 5a, sent to an official repair center in Texas, was used to bypass 2FA on several of the owner's accounts — Google says it's investigating the latest report — After game designer and author Jane McGonigal sent her Pixel 5a in for repair at Google …
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| Julian E. Barnes / New York Times: |
The head of US Cyber Command says the US military has “taken actions” against ransomware groups, the first public acknowledgement of the offensive measures — Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, the head of Cyber Command, said a new cross-functional effort has been gathering intelligence …
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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Some Amazon sellers are backdating books to fool Amazon's algorithms into changing where they appear, often allowing the sellers to charge exorbitant prices — A 2011 thriller was supposed to cost $15. One merchant listed it at $987, with a 17th-century publication date.| Benedict Evans / Benedict Evans/Presentations: |
Overview of macro tech trends, with a focus on Web3, metaverse, and the move to the cloud, which is just beginning as on-prem IT spend still dwarfs cloud spend — The most exciting themes in technology today are transformative visions for 2025 or 2030: crypto, web3, VR, metaverse... and then everything else.| RT: |
Apple sues Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service challenging the order to let developers inform App Store users about alternative payment options — US technology giant Apple has brought legal action against Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in an effort to challenge the request to …
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Reuters, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Patently Apple, PhoneArena, Beyond Search, iThinkDifferent, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @carnage4life, @timsweeneyepic, and @elkmovie
| Alistair Gray / Financial Times: |
GroupM: global ad revenue will reach $763B in 2021, up 18.7% from 2019; Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon control 80-90% of the digital ad market outside China — Alphabet, Meta and Amazon have doubled their share of ad revenues in past 5 years, industry estimates| Katie Schoolov / CNBC: |
Amazon's shipping investments, like chartering cargo ships, making its own containers, and chartering long-haul planes, are helping it avoid supply chain chaos — How Amazon is beating supply chain chaos with its own containers, chartered... For years, Amazon has been quietly chartering …
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