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Sources: Apple issued rare bonuses of restricted stock worth $50K-$180K to select engineers, after Meta poached ~100 Apple engineers over the past few months — Apple Inc. has issued unusual and significant stock bonuses to some engineers in an effort to retain talent … | BBC: |
Amazon says it has updated Alexa after the voice assistant “challenged” a 10-year-old girl to touch a penny to the prongs of a half-inserted plug — Amazon has updated its Alexa voice assistant after it “challenged” a 10-year-old girl to touch a coin to the prongs of a half-inserted plug.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Some LastPass users say their master passwords were compromised and used in blocked login attempts from unknown IPs; LastPass blames “credential stuffing” — Many LastPass users report that their master passwords have been compromised after receiving email warnings that someone tried …
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| Michail / GSMArena.com: |
Xiaomi unveils the 6.28-inch 12 and 6.73-inch 12 Pro with Snapdragon 8, 50MP camera, up to 12GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD, coming December 31 starting at ~$580 — After months of leaks and rumors, Xiaomi's 12 series is now official with two entries - Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro.
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| Shannon Liao / Washington Post: |
Riot Games agrees to pay $100M to settle a 2018 class-action gender discrimination lawsuit with current and former women employees and California state agencies — “League of Legends” publisher Riot Games announced Monday that it is settling a 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action suit …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Waymo partners with Chinese automotive company Geely to bring a “rider-first” EV with no steering wheel to its US robotaxi Waymo One fleet in the coming years — Waymo One is Alphabet's Lyft/Uber competitor that's live in Phoenix and currently undergoing testing in San Francisco.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Adam Mosseri says in 2022 Instagram will “double down” on video, consolidate its video products around Reels, and focus on creators, transparency, and messaging — In a brief year-end video message, Instagram head Adam Mosseri offered some insight into what's ahead for the platform.| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
The App Store's most popular iOS app on Christmas was Oculus, a promising sign for Meta, which does not disclose how many VR headsets it sells — - Meta, Facebook's parent company, had the most popular app in Apple's App Store on Christmas: the Oculus VR app.
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| Bloomberg: |
Overview of Bitcoin in 2021: continued big price fluctuations, crossed $67,000 in November, 75%+ of circulating supply held by “illiquid addresses”, and more — Cryptocurrency trader Stephane Ouellette has a special alarm that sounds whenever digital-asset prices post sudden outsize declines.
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| sreegs: |
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's struggles with App Store adult content policies, as communication between reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant — Old posts in the archive — alright let's talk about Apple and Tumblr's current predicament.
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| Monica Alleven / Fierce Wireless: |
US appeals court rules in favor of the FCC's decision to designate a large swath of the 6 GHz band to unlicensed users, after AT&T challenged the FCC — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
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| PYMNTS.com: |
MetaMap, formerly Mati, which builds digital trust and reputation tools and APIs to help online services vet consumers, raises a $70M Series B — The FinTech MetaMap has raised $70 million in Series B funding as it plans to expand its operations in India. — The company, a digital trust …
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