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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.| 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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| 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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GeekWire, Coinspeaker, Quartz, and SiliconANGLE
| 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.| Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin in 2021: a mainstream breakout, crossing $67,000 in November, large price fluctuations, over 75% of its 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.
Tweets: @crypto, @kgreifeld, and @crypto
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Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's difficulties with App Store adult content policies, as communication among 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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The Verge, 9to5Mac, MUO, and Reclaim The Net
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| Scott Chipolina / Decrypt: |
Overview of El Salvador's official yet controversial adoption of bitcoin in 2021, as many citizens have reportedly seen bitcoin vanish from their Chivo wallets — At this year's Bitcoin Conference in Miami in June, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced his country would soon accept Bitcoin as legal tender.
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TechCrunch and Tom's Hardware
| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
129 VC-backed cybersecurity companies were acquired in 2021, shattering 2020's record of 79 deals, while $20B+ funding poured into cybersecurity startups — Even in a year where few cybersecurity startups had problems raising money, a record number of venture-backed companies also saw exits through acquisition in 2021.
Tweets: @tofdaj
| Balaji Srinivasan: |
Exploring the concept of mirrortables, where a company's cap table is mirrored on-chain with Ethereum and ENS or other Web3 tools, to streamline angel investing — Here is what angel investing should be: … If you understand all the concepts in this statement, consider working on this problem or joining a team in the space!
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| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: Tiger Global, SoftBank, and Insight Partners led or co-led rounds totaling $73B in 2021, representing 12% of all venture and PE invested in startups — Tiger Global Management, SoftBank Vision Fund and Insight Partners aren't traditional venture capital investors …
Tweets: @robjebert and @hkanji
| Bloomberg: |
Ant Group will close Xianghubao, a crowdfunding service for medical bills, on January 28, as China cracks down on fintech businesses — - Program to be shuttered Jan. 28 and cost sharing has stopped — Move follows similar closures by peers earlier in the year
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South China Morning Post, ChinaTechNews.com, and Reuters
| Kieran Press-Reynolds / Insider: |
A TikTok moderator sues the company for an unsafe workplace that gave her PTSD; her lawyer says TikTok stopped her from working a day after the suit was filed — - A TikTok content moderator is suing the company, alleging it did not provide a safe workplace.
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Washington Post, Newser, news.com.au, PetaPixel, New York Post, and Gizmodo
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