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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: European carriers voice opposition to Apple's Private Relay in open letter, as T-Mobile and others begin blocking the VPN-like service, even in the US — Earlier today, a report indicated that some European carriers were blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by Apple with iOS 15.
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| Moxie Marlinspike / Signal Blog: |
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike steps down; WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will act as the interim CEO as the search for a permanent replacement begins — It's a new year, and I've decided it's a good time to replace myself as the CEO of Signal. — I have now been working on Signal for almost a decade.
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| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Take-Two will acquire Zynga for $12.7B, or $9.86 per share, a 64% premium on Zynga's January 7 closing price; Take-Two develops GTA, Red Dead, and other titles — Deal would be about a 64% premium to Zynga's Friday closing stock price — Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. agreed …
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| Bloomberg: |
Profile of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, worth an estimated $96B, as the company generated an estimated $20B+ in revenue in 2021 — The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix draws princes, movie stars and world-famous athletes every year to party on Yas Island, the entertainment hub about 30 minutes from the center of downtown.
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| Geoff Ralston / Y Combinator: |
YC announces a new standard deal: a $125K investment for 7% of the startup and a further $375K at terms founders can negotiate with future investors — We have a new standard deal at Y Combinator. When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we now invest a total of $500,000.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Android lead Hiroshi Lockheimer says Apple is “holding back” the messaging experience for not just Android but its own users by not supporting RCS in iMessage — Android boss says it's not about iMessage — it's about RCS — On Saturday, Android boss Hiroshi Lockheimer accused Apple of …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple shares 2021 highlights: developers made $260B+ via the App Store since its debut, up from $200B+ YoY, US and Canadian consumers used 30M tickets in Wallet — Apple today highlighted the continued growth and expansion of its services in 2021, including the App Store, Apple Music …
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Court documents show Google ran a campaign from 2018 to 2020 to “convince” staff that “unions suck”; Google refuses a judge's order to produce more documents — New court documents reveal how Google ran its anti-union campaign, ‘Project Vivian,’ between late 2018 and early 2020.
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel names Micron's David Zinsner as CFO, replacing George Davis on January 17, and announces the exit of Gregory Bryant as GM of its Client Computing Group — At the close of play today, Intel is announcing two major changes at the top of its organization.
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| Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at China's HSMC and QXIC, now-defunct chipmakers that received hundreds of millions of dollars from the Chinese government yet failed to make any chips — Foundries with ties to a little-known Chinese entrepreneur set out to match TSMC and Samsung, but never commercially produced an advanced semiconductor| The Guardian: |
EU data watchdog orders Europol to delete much of a vast trove of personal data it obtained unlawfully; internal documents show Europol has at least 4PB of data — EU police body accused of unlawfully holding information and aspiring to become an NSA-style mass surveillance agency
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Honor debuts Magic V, its first foldable phone, with 7.9" inner and 6.45" outer displays, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and up to 12GB of RAM, coming to China for ~$1,570 — Releasing in China soon — Former Huawei sub-brand Honor has just announced its first foldable smartphone … | Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Career Karma, which helps employees find educational resources and courses, raises a $40M Series B as it looks to become a common company-provided benefit — Career Karma raised its first millions off of a pitch that resonates with anyone who has ever googled coding bootcamps …
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| Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: |
A look at the US government's growing use of facial recognition, including contracts at agencies like the FBI and ICE with Clearview AI, Trust Stamp, and others — The FBI on Dec. 30 signed a deal with Clearview AI for an $18,000 subscription license to the company's facial recognition technology.
Tweets: @tonyajoriley, @tonyajoriley, and @jeffstone500
| Hema Parmar / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tiger Global Management's hedge fund tumbled 7% last year, its first annual loss since 2016 when it declined 15% — Tiger Global Management's hedge fund tumbled 7% last year, its first annual loss since 2016, according to people familiar with the matter.| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
A look at Norton 360's widely criticized, opt-in crypto miner that takes a 15% cut: an RTX 3060 Ti mined 66¢ of ETH in one night, costing 66¢ in electricity — Some online accusations aren't exactly correct, but that doesn't mean it's a good deal
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