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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Amazon says it resolved the underlying issues that caused an AWS outage starting around 10:45am ET and is “working towards recovery of any impaired services” — Amazon says “many services have already recovered” — Problems with some Amazon Web Services cloud servers …
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status.aws.amazon.com, Insider, Financial Times, Gizmodo, TechRadar, Detroit News, PC Gamer, AppleInsider, Insider, Kotaku, Cord Cutters News, Newser, Reuters, iPhone in Canada Blog, Bloomberg, govtech.com, SiliconANGLE, iTnews, HotHardware.com News, EdScoop, Smartsheet Status, Australian Financial Review, Bloomberg, Game Rant, AFTVnews, Associated Press, Polygon, IGN, The Register, MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, iMore, dot.LA, and Engadget
| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
The AWS outage took down Amazon's Flex and Dolphin apps for logistics and time tracking, halting some deliveries — There's a mix of frustration and joy from workers as AWS outages cause chaos with Amazon's delivery infrastructure during its busy season. — Websites and online services …
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CNBC, Bloomberg, TechCircle, Forbes, Forbes, Insider, BleepingComputer, and The Verge
Tweets: @teamcoworker, @stevekovach, @nomadicmatt, @jason_koebler, @josephfcox, @laurenkgurley, @heychelseatroy, @vice, and @motherboard
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Ubisoft will add NFT items into its games, starting with Ghost Recon Breakpoint on the Tezos blockchain, becoming the first major gaming company to do so — In brief — Major game publisher Ubisoft will implement in-game NFT items into its games, starting with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint.| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter is testing a new process for reporting harmful tweets that lets US users describe what happened, and will use this data to improve its responses — Twitter is trying out some changes to the way that users report tweets that they believe might break Twitter's rules.
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Twitter, MobileSyrup, Social Media Today, The Verge, The Economic Times, Engadget, and Pixel Envy
Tweets: @twittersafety, @wongmjane, @b_fung, @mmasnick, @mspec_positive, and @twittersupport
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Tim Cook brokered a secret five-year deal with China in 2016, paving the way for Apple's success by promising to invest $275B+ in the country's economy — Interviews and internal Apple documents provide a behind-the-scenes look at how the company made concessions to Beijing and won key legal exemptions.
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Reuters, MacRumors, Ars Technica, Pocketnow, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, Not the Bee, Pixel Envy, The Hill, Washington Times, PhoneArena, The Signal, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, Daily Mail, Insider, TheStreet, iMore, CNET, Fortune, and iClarified
Tweets: @waynema, @caseynewton, @niubi, @elliosch, @amir, @parismartineau, @mikesington, @benthompson, @zeyiyang, @alexeheath, @marcoarment, @amir, @thurrott, @carnage4life, @joshdcaplan, @willoremus, @bgurley, @caseynewton, @brianfishman, @johnlmacfarlane, @palmerluckey, @carnage4life, @benthompson, and @benthompson
| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
Google sues two Russians it claims help run a botnet that has infected 1M+ devices and uses command-and-control server addresses stored on Bitcoin's blockchain — - Complaint says the two created a sophisticated ‘botnet’ — Glupteba sells stolen logins, credit cards, Google says
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The Keyword, Google, Engadget, fossbytes.com, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Livemint, Dark Reading, cybernews.com, The Record, The Hill, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @business, @briankrebs, @shanehuntley, @robleathern, @karolcummins, @josephmenn, and @kent_walker
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter acquires messaging app Quill, which will shut down and delete all user data on December 11 after launching in February to challenge Slack — In February 9to5Mac reported on the launch of a focus-focused Slack competitor called Quill. Today Twitter is bringing Quill under its wing …
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quill.chat, TechCrunch, BetaNews, The Verge, Social Media Today, TechSpot, Engadget, iTnews, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @ludwig, @jonty, @robinwauters, @licuende, @mattbirchler, @chrismessina, @kayvz, @can, @justjake, @caseynewton, @dr, @martinsfp, and @carnage4life
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report details the supply chain issues that forced Apple to significantly scale down its iPhone and iPad production plans — As Apple's ever-important holiday shopping season continues, the company is facing what a new report from Nikkei Asia describes as the “nightmare before Christmas.”
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iThinkDifferent, Financial Times, The Economic Times, Softpedia News, iMore, MacRumors, and iClarified
Tweets: @nikkeiasia, @ericjhonsa, @dnystedt, and @counternotions
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Parag Agrawal was Jack Dorsey's only serious candidate to replace him as Twitter CEO and Elliott Management did not demand that Dorsey resign — Activist investor Elliott Management cranked up pressure for the social network's board to set a succession plan
Tweets: @teddyschleifer
| Bloomberg: |
Crypto critic Saule Omarova, who was Biden's pick to lead the OCC, withdraws her name from consideration following Senate fights over her background — President Joe Biden's pick to lead a key U.S. banking regulator has withdrawn her name from consideration, according to a statement from the White House.
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New York Times, The White House, CoinDesk, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NBC News, NPR, Politico, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, Financial Times, Reuters, The Independent, Mediaite, New York Magazine, The Week, Axios, MarketWatch, The Hill, and American Banker
Tweets: @mattdizwhitlock, @adamserwer, @jeneps, @helaineolen, @coindesk, and @sensherrodbrown
| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Equinix acquires West African data center company MainOne, which services businesses in more than 10 countries, for $320M — The African tech scene woke up today to exciting news about the landmark acquisition of MainOne, one of the region's most important and pivotal tech companies in the past decade … | David McCabe / New York Times: |
Ahead of a congressional hearing, Adam Mosseri outlines Instagram parental controls coming in March, including monitoring time spent and bulk deleting posts — Adam Mosseri, the head of the company, is expected to face questions from lawmakers this week about whether social media harms children.
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Instagram, Senate Commerce Committee, Tech Transparency Project, NBC News, Bloomberg, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Insider, PetaPixel, and Protocol
Tweets: @senblumenthal, @senblumenthal, @instagram, @mosseri, @jeremarketer, @jason_kint, @slpng_giants, @mango_press_, @senblumenthal, @roncharles, @karaswisher, @rmac18, @rmac18, @dmccabe, @amyklobuchar, @mattnavarra, @rmac18, @donie, @steveschmidtses, @slpng_giants, @gregorynyc, @congressmanraja, @rmac18, @hypervisible, @metanewsroom, @rmac18, @stevekovach, @swodinsky, @alexvoica, and @andymstone
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Stan Chudnovsky, Meta's Messenger chief who is also leading the integration of Meta's messaging services, will leave the company in Q2 2022 — The executive has been overseeing efforts to integrate the company's messaging services — Stan Chudnovsky, the Meta Platforms Inc. executive running Messenger …
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CNBC, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, TheStreet, Protocol, and TechCrunch
Facebook: Stan Chudnovsky. Tweets: @sal19, @kurtwagner8, @harrymccracken, @mattnavarra, @newsynick, @stevekovach, and @alexeheath
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers discover 27 vulnerabilities in the Eltima SDK, a library used by numerous cloud providers including AWS to remotely mount a local USB device — Researchers have discovered 27 vulnerabilities in Eltima SDK, a library used by numerous cloud providers to remotely mount a local USB device.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
The Senate confirms Jessica Rosenworcel to lead the FCC, the first female chair in the agency's history, in a 68 to 31 vote — She will be the first female chair in FCC history — On Tuesday, the Senate voted 68 to 31 to confirm Jessica Rosenworcel's re-appointment to the Federal …
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Axios, CNBC, Engadget, Ars Technica, CNET, Common Dreams, Fast Company, Android Central, The Hill, Variety, and Reuters
| Gijong Lee / The Elec: |
Sources: Samsung partnered with Microsoft this summer on a HoloLens project slated to launch in 2024; Samsung will likely be the hardware manufacturer — Samsung Electronics has started an augmented reality (AR) HoloLens project with Microsoft, TheElec has learned.
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Wall Street Journal, MSPoweruser, and PhoneArena
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches a website that lets fans buy digital tokens called Stars to tip Facebook creators using Facebook Pay, avoiding app store payment commissions — Meta (formerly Facebook) has found a new way to avoid the app stores' commissions on in-app purchases with the launch of a new website …
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Facebook, 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, Adweek, and Meta
| Axios: |
Seventeen groups representing ~150 newspapers quietly filed antitrust lawsuits in the past year against Google and Meta for monopolizing the digital ads market — Newspapers all over the country have been quietly filing antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook for the past year …
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Axios, Transistori, Gizmodo, Raw Story, GeekWire, and Slashdot
Tweets: @sarafischer, @damianradcliffe, @thomaswheatley, and @rajgopal88
| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple's first AR headset will go to mass production in late Q4 2022, and Apple is working on a second gen headset with a lighter design for launch in 2024 — Apple is already working on its second-generation AR headset, which will feature a lighter design, adopt a new battery system …
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iThinkDifferent and 9to5Mac
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
Indonesian startup Flip, which aims to streamline interbank money transfers, raises a $48M Series B, bringing its total funding to $65 million — Flip, an Indonesia-based fintech startup, announced today it has raised $48 million in a Series B to accelerate its growth.
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DealStreetAsia and Tech in Asia
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Snap Spectacles, announced in May: lightweight, bold design, and impressive AR, but overheating and a 30-minute battery is why they aren't on sale — Mainstream AR glasses are still years away — It doesn't take long to realize why Snap's first true AR glasses aren't for sale.
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Social Media Today, Platformer, Protocol, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @alexeheath, @scobleizer, @martinsfp, @alexeheath, @roberee, @jank0, @thedextriarchy, @stevekovach, and @edzitron
| Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
A look at Trump Media & Technology Group, which lacks a product, users, publicly identified executives, and revenue, and its merger with DWAC, valued at $1.85B — In October, former President Trump announced the creation of a new company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG).| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French financial super app Lydia raises a $100M Series C at a $1B+ valuation — Just a few weeks after announcing stock and crypto trading, French fintech startup Lydia is announcing that it has raised a $100 million Series C round. With this funding round, the startup has reached a unicorn valuation …
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Sifted and The French Tech Journal
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The BIS, an umbrella group for central banks, says DeFi is built on a “decentralization illusion” and should be “properly regulated” to safeguard investors — - The Bank for International Settlements, an umbrella group for central banks, says it's concerned there's a “decentralization illusion” in DeFi.
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| Bloomberg: |
Meta restructures its research department, bringing ~50 employees from teams like WhatsApp and Instagram into a group led by research head Pratiti Raychoudhury — - Shake-up will affect 50 employees studying politics, health — Meta faces pressure over leaked research on hate speech, teens
Tweets: @ubiquity75, @ubiquity75, @ubiquity75, @ubiquity75, and @mer__edith
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