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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: AirPods Pro 2, the first update since 2019, will launch in Q4 2022 with a new design similar to Beats Fit Pro, improved chip, 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: |
Kuo: Apple's first AR headset, weighing 300g-400g, will enter mass production in late Q4 2022; Apple is planning a lighter second-gen headset 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Facebook launches a Professional Mode, letting creators monetize their profiles, and a Reels Play bonus program, offering eligible creators 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.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @mattnavarra, @karinsung_, @shiraovide, @shiraovide, and @slpng_giants
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers continue to collect anonymized and aggregated data on users for targeted ads, despite Apple's ATT changes — Group's unacknowledged shift lets companies follow a looser interpretation of its privacy rules — Apple has allowed app developers … | 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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Tweets: @twittersafety, @mmasnick, @mspec_positive, @twittersupport, @wongmjane, and @b_fung
| 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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| 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.| 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| 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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| Elaine Glusac / New York Times: |
US airports are increasingly using biometrics like facial recognition to verify IDs and shorten security procedures for passengers who opt into the programs — Tech-driven changes are coming fast and furiously to airports, including advancements in biometrics that verify identity …
Tweets: @liamspradlin, @nytimes, and @joebotxyz
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches AWS Top Secret-West, its second Top Secret Region designed for government workloads requiring Top Secret US security classification level — “Amazon's cloud arm, AWS, announced a new ‘top secret’ region this week, designed specifically for the U.S. government. It is Amazon's second such region.
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| 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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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Roku says it has agreed a multi-year extension with Google for distribution of YouTube and YouTube TV apps on Roku devices; Roku stock up 8%+ — 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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Protocol, 9to5Google, TechHive, CNET, The Verge, Bloomberg, Reuters, Engadget, The Wrap, Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @sarafischer
| 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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9to5Mac, The Verge, Reddit Upvoted Blog, and MUO
| 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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Tweets: @adamserwer, @mattdizwhitlock, @jeneps, @helaineolen, @coindesk, and @sensherrodbrown
| Financial Times: |
Blackstone and others are trying to shake up the $40T global corporate bond market with computer-driven quant trading that already reshaped the stock market — Corporate credit has been largely untouched by computer-driven trading, but some investors are trying to change that
Tweets: @robinwigg, @antoinegara, and @financialtimes
| 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 … | 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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| 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.| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
As US companies fight to attract workers in a tight labor market, Amazon has emerged as the de facto wage-and-benefit setter, 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
Tweets: @cfishman, @cfishman, @conorsen, @kenjeyaretnam, @sarthakgh, @sarthakgh, @dseetharaman, @jc_econ, @jimpethokoukis, @bradnews, @mvolpe, @jimpethokoukis, and @jasonrdean
| Samuel Gebre / Bloomberg: |
Research: African startups will raise $5B in 2021, more than the past three years combined, creating four unicorns, including Andela, Flutterwave, and OPay — - There's been greater interest from U.S., China investors — African startups ecosystem has come of age, says investor
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| 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: @jierlich, @davidesilverman, and @reckless
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Security-focused IoT service Afero, raises a $50M Series C led by Crosspoint Capital Partners, bringing its total funding to an estimated ~$100M — With the Samsara IPO heading toward pricing, it's a good moment to spend a little more time digging into the IoT market.
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| 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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VentureBeat, The Block, CTech, Yahoo Finance, and Enterprise Times
| 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 …
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