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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Sources: despite iOS ATT changes, Apple still lets Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers collect data from iPhones so long as it is “anonymized and aggregated” — Group's unacknowledged shift lets companies follow a looser interpretation of its privacy rules
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MacRumors, iThinkDifferent, iDownloadBlog.com, Fortune, XDA Developers, iMore, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, Apple Must, MacDailyNews, and Patently Apple
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Appeals court grants a stay in the Epic v. Apple ruling, letting Apple maintain its IAP system as the sole source of in-app payments on iOS as the case proceeds — Apple can maintain its App Store payment monopoly while the case proceeds — An appeals court has paused one of the most consequential parts …
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Tweets: @markgurman and @trevorcroker
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Roku says it has agreed to a multi-year extension with Google for distributing YouTube and YouTube TV apps on its devices; Roku's stock is up 18%+ — Roku and Google have agreed to a multi-year extension for both YouTube and YouTube TV apps to be distributed on Roku.
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Tweets: @roku, @eshap, @richlightshed, @killedbygoogle, and @sarafischer
| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: AirPods Pro 2, the first update since 2019, will launch in Q4 2022 with a Beats Fit Pro-like design, an improved chip, fitness tracking, and more — The AirPods Pro 2, the first update to the AirPods Pro since its debut in 2019, will launch in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo.
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg apologizes for how he handled firing ~900 employees, ~9% of staff, over Zoom, as a report says Better.com is delaying its SPAC — Better.com CEO Vishal Garg apparently realizes he's done wrong. — (As if the barrage of negative publicity wasn't enough evidence of that.)
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| Neal E. Boudette / New York Times: |
After Tesla added over 12 video games that can be played while driving, critics argue the company is compromising road users' safety, on top of Autopilot issues — The feature raises fresh questions about whether Tesla is compromising safety as it rushes to add new technologies.
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MobileSyrup, The Drive, Insider, driving, Bloomberg Law, KnowTechie, The Verge, Input, New York Times, Reuters, Tom's Guide, and Redmond Pie
| C-SPAN.org: |
Livestream of Adam Mosseri testifying before a Senate Commerce subcommittee, in a session examining how Instagram affects young users — Instagram CEO testifies on impact of platform on young users before a Senate Commerce subcommittee.
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Washington Post, The Verge, and Bloomberg
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| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon has emerged as the de facto wage-and-benefits setter as US companies fight to attract workers in a tight labor market, causing ripples across the economy — In local markets throughout America, the e-commerce giant's facilities have an impact on inflation, job markets and labor standards| Reuters: |
Microsoft will change its hiring process after a settlement with the DOJ, which says it found at least six instances of immigration-related discrimination — The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it reached a settlement with Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) resolving allegations … | Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Facebook launches a Professional Mode, letting eligible creators monetize their profiles, and a Reels Play bonus program that offers up to $35K/month — Facebook has launched a new professional mode for profiles that will let eligible creators earn money without the need to create a separate Page.
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Meta, PCMag, The Verge, Protocol, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @alexvoica, @alexvoica, and @alexvoica
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with ConstitutionDAO's Jonah Erlich on how it got started, what would have happened if they had won the auction, and what happens to the ~$47M they raised — Jonah Erlich is one of the core members of a group called ConstitutionDAO, a group that raised money to try to buy …
Tweets: @reckless, @cwarzel, @jierlich, and @davidesilverman
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Kickstarter aims to create a new blockchain-based protocol and transition its crowdfunding site to it in 2022; it will offer tools for others to build on it too — It's creating a new company to develop and distribute the technology. — For more than a decade, Kickstarter PBC has convinced …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter is testing a process for reporting harmful tweets that lets US users describe what happened and will use the 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, The Verge, PCMag, Social Media Today, Gizmodo, Android Headlines, Protocol, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @twittersafety, @mspec_positive, @twittersupport, @mmasnick, @wongmjane, and @b_fung
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
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| Andrew Tangel / Wall Street Journal: |
FAA outlines flight restrictions, including restricting bad weather automated landing systems, to avoid interference with the C-band 5G spectrum from January 5 — Agency's order could disrupt air travel with limits to cockpit systems needed in poor weather; new 5G services expected to go live Jan. 5
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FAA, The Register, PCMag, The Verge, TechRadar, CNN, Reuters, Fierce Wireless, and The Mac Observer
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at the rise of “dark stores”, mini-warehouses in urban retail spaces used by fast grocery delivery companies, and how they erode community life — Mini-warehouses dubbed “dark stores” are quietly taking over urban retail space. Left unregulated, the insatiable demand …
Tweets: @jeffspeckfaicp, @hkanji, @ron_miller, @bpolitics, @hypervisible, @rebeccaspang, and @galeabrewer
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Twitter tests turning its in-app explore page into a TikTok-like feed with For You and Trending tabs, amid similar experiments from Netflix, Spotify, and Reddit — Twitter posted today that its testing a feature that would turn its in-app explore page into a TikTok-like video feed, complete with even a “For You” tab.
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9to5Mac and Tubefilter
| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Meta, Nike, CVS, GM, IBM, Walmart, and others join the Data & Trust Alliance, which has developed an anti-bias scoring system to analyze AI usage during hiring — The organization has created a format for evaluating the technology, which is often used to screen job candidates.
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The Data & Trust Alliance, Protocol, and PR Newswire
Tweets: @hypervisible, @jnelsonldf, @hypervisible, @stevelohr, @stevelohr, @privacymama, @ibmnews, and @thedtalliance
| 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. More:
Google, Metacurity, BBC, HackRead, CSO, The Register, Security Affairs, The Hacker News, SecurityWeek, fossbytes.com, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @business, @kent_walker, @briankrebs, @shanehuntley, @robleathern, @karolcummins, and @josephmenn
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Reddit launches Spotify Wrapped-style annual usage statistics for users, including time spent and popular content; users created 366M posts in 2021, up 19% YoY — Reddit is launching a new personalized Spotify Wrapped-like recap feature for all users tomorrow.
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Benzinga, Reddit Upvoted Blog, The Verge, TheStreet, 9to5Mac, Mashable, MUO, and iMore
Tweets: @reddit, @reddit_uk, and @iamkierrad
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Gaming hardware company NZXT raises $100M led by Francisco Partners, its first outside funding since launching in 2004 — NZXT has raised funding for the first time since it debuted as a PC gaming hardware company in 2004. It's a whopper of a round at $100 million.| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Meta says its new AI system, Few-Shot Learner, adapts more quickly to tackle new types of harmful content, including COVID-19 misinformation — Meta, formerly known as Facebook , said Wednesday it has created artificial intelligence technology that can adapt more quickly to new types of harmful content … | 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, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, altfi.com, The Block, CoinDesk, Finextra, and The French Tech Journal
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Tipalti, which offers cloud-based accounting services, raises a $270M Series F at an $8.3B valuation, after raising $150M at a $2B valuation in October 2020 — Tipalti, once a fintech unicorn, is now nearing decacorn status. — The company, which automates accounts payables for mid-market companies …
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PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, CTech, Enterprise Times, VentureBeat, The Block, FinSMEs, and Globes Online
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Synthesia, which uses AI to create virtual avatars, raises a $50M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $66.5M — Synthesia, a company leveraging AI to generate videos of avatars, today announced that it raised $50 million in a series B round, bringing its total raised to $66.5 million.
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Forbes, TechCrunch, and Reuters
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Claroty, which protects industrial systems, raises $400M led by Vision Fund 2 and others, source says at a ~$2B valuation, and acquires Medigate for $400M — Worried that cyberattacks are “a threat to humanity,” the New York startup claims it's the best-funded company in its field thanks … Sponsor Posts
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