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Microsoft cancels in-person plans for CES, joining Google, Meta, Amazon, Twitter, and others, amid ongoing concerns over COVID-19 — Microsoft joins Intel, GM, Amazon, and Google in canceling — Microsoft is the latest company to drop a physical presence at CES, as the increased prevalence of COVID-19 spooks exhibitors.
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Dutch antitrust regulator orders Apple to let dating apps in the App Store offer alternative payment systems by January 15 or face up to a €50M fine — The Netherlands' top competition regulator on Friday said Apple Inc (AAPL.O) broke the country's competition laws and ordered changes … | Reuters: |
Russian court fines Google ~$98M and Meta ~$27M for repeated failure to delete content it deems illegal, Russia's first two revenue-based fines of their kind — A Moscow court on Friday said it was fining Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) 7.2 billion roubles ($98 million) for what it said was a repeated failure … | Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Analysis: Terra becomes the 2nd largest blockchain for DeFi protocols by total value locked at $18B+, up 42,000% from Dec. 2020, surpassing Binance Smart Chain — Decentralized payments network Terra is now the second-largest blockchain for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in terms of total value locked (TVL).| Aamir Siddiqui / XDA Developers: |
Leaked Android 13 “Tiramisu” screenshots show features like per-app language selection, runtime permissions for notifications, and lock screen clock layouts — Android 12 is the current flavor of the season as OEMs go on to update their skins with this new release as their base.
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| Ari Paparo Dot Eth / @aripap: |
[Thread] For media and advertising, Web3's focus on decentralization and tokenization solves few, if any, problems and is the last thing ad tech needs — This web3 shit is starting to annoy me, so here's a thread with my opinions on the relevance to media and advertising. 1/21 🧵
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| Andrew Martin / Bloomberg: |
The White House invites major software companies and developers to discuss improving open-source security, starting with a one-day event in January — White House officials are asking major software companies and developers to work with them to improve the security of open-source software, according to an administration official.
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In January, DoorDash is reinstating its WeDash policy that has all employees, including the CEO, make deliveries or shadow customer service workers once a month — Delivery service is reinstating WeDash program that requires every worker — up to and including the CEO — to perform delivery or other duties once a month| Neal E. Boudette / New York Times: |
Tesla agrees to release a software update that blocks its Passenger Play gaming feature while the vehicle is in motion, after the NHTSA opened an investigation — Tesla has agreed to modify software in its cars to prevent drivers and passengers from playing video games on the dashboard screens …
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Pregnancy app What to Expect says it invested significantly in content moderation, as vaccine misinformation rises in the community sections of pregnancy apps — How the What To Expect site managed to clean up its big anti-vaccine problem — For generations of parents …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Research: centralized crypto exchanges reported over $14T in 2021 trading volume, up 689% YoY; Binance facilitated 67% of the total volume, or over $9.5T — Centralized crypto exchanges, which hold customers' private keys unlike decentralized exchanges, reported more than $14 trillion …
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Privoro, which makes security devices for smartphones, including a case with intelligent audio masking and camera blocking, raises a $30M Series B — Privoro, a Chandler, AZ-based mobile security hardware company, raised £40M in Series B funding. — The round was led by Tracker Capital Management.Sponsor Posts
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