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January 11, 2022, 5:30 AM
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: European carriers voice opposition to Apple's Private Relay, as T-Mobile and others begin blocking the VPN-like service in the US and parts of Europe — 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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Telegraph. More:
The T-Mo Report, Daring Fireball, Slashdot, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, The Register, AppleInsider, TmoNews, Input, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, MSPoweruser, iPhone Hacks, XDA Developers, and PhoneArena
| 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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The Verge, Engadget, VICE, ric.eth newsletter, Reuters, iTnews, The Hacker News, Benzinga, Platformer, The Register, Android Police, Android Central, ZDNet, PCMag, Transistori, BGR India, Financial Times, CNET, Bloomberg, Protocol, Gizmodo, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @moxie, @corbett, @evacide, @diakayyali, @howelloneill, @apollozac, @johnhering, @dinodaizovi, @moxie, @mer__edith, @valkenburgh, @josephmenn, @seldo, @mcwm, @ariannasimpson, @zooko, @iainthomson, @williamturton, @ncweaver, and @bascule
| 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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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
The Associated Press will launch a photojournalism NFT marketplace built by blockchain tech provider Xooa on Jan. 31, with proceeds used to fund its journalism — It's offering collectors ‘exclusive, historic, and stunning visual content’ — The Associated Press, or AP …
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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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| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Interview with Microsoft's Phil Spencer on why he thinks the metaverse is an extension of gaming, sexual misconduct allegations at Activision Blizzard, and more — When you walk in the room, do you have sway? — I'm Kara Swisher, and you're listening to “Sway.”
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Tweets: @nytopinion, @italianclownz, @yangcliu, @tomwarren, @xcloudtimdog, and @rjcc
| 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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TechCrunch, The Information, Things I Write. ✍ …, BetaKit, Newcomer, and San Francisco Business Journal
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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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| David Cohen / Adweek: |
Mozilla's data sharing project Rally and The Markup launch Facebook Pixel Hunt, a study to investigate Meta's data collection and tracking practices — Firefox users who opt into ‘Facebook Pixel Hunt’ will use tools in the Rally browser extension
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The Mozilla Blog and The Hill
Tweets: @juliaangwin, @baekdal, @jkosseff, @mmasnick, @jason_kint, @rsbutner, and @mediaevan
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Brex, which offers online financial tools for SMBs, raises a $300M Series D-2 at a $12.3B valuation, bringing its total funding to $1.2B — In the latest fintech megaround, Brex has confirmed that it has raised $300 million in a Series D-2 round that ups its valuation to $12.3 billion.
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Protocol, FinSMEs, CTech, and Business Wire
| 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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New York Times, Wired, and CNN
Tweets: @jenn_elias, @bigblackjacobin, @migueldeicaza, @lorenzofb, @jordanuhl, @dealbook, @josephfcox, @alexhanna, @_jack_poulson, @dabeard, @daiwaka, and @mer__edith
| 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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Qonto, a French challenger bank focused on business accounts for SMBs and freelancers, raises a $552M Series D led by Tiger Global and CSV at a $5B valuation — French startup Qonto has raised a $552 million Series D funding round (€486 million). Following this investment … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Meta delays a full return to the office until March 28 and will require COVID-19 booster shots for returning staff — - Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Monday that it will require Covid-19 booster shots for employees. — It is also delaying employees' return to U.S. offices until March 28 from Jan. 31.
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Wall Street Journal, Neowin, CNET, Bloomberg, The Verge, Reuters, Engadget, Insider, and Protocol
Tweets: @epro, @markgurman, @kurtwagner8, and @tomaxwell
| The Korea Herald: |
Apple will let developers use alternative payment systems in South Korea, complying with a law banning app store operators from forcing their own IAP systems — Apple will allow alternative payment systems in South Korea in compliance with a new local law that bans app store operators …
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iThinkDifferent, TechCrunch, Livemint, Reuters, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @timsweeneyepic
| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
Pakistan seeks records from Binance as part of a probe into a scam alleging Binance wallets and integrated apps were used to defraud ~$100M from Pakistani users — The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of Pakistan has sent an inquiry to Binance as part of a criminal investigation into a scam … | Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: |
Supply chain visibility company Project44 raises $240M led by TPG, Thoma Bravo, and Goldman Sachs at a $2.4B valuation — Project44, a startup that enables the world's largest companies to track shipments across the global supply chain, reached a $2.4 billion valuation after raising $240 million … | 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 …
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Honor Newsroom, GSMArena.com, YouTube, Fossbytes, BGR, MobileSyrup, Neowin, Ubergizmo, and Engadget
| Charlotte Peet / Rest of World: |
As Uber and Didi's 99 grapple with driver shortages and high fuel prices in Brazil, Taxi.Rio, an app developed by the Rio city government, is gaining riders — Rio de Janeiro's Taxi.Rio app has caught up to Uber's technology, now it has a few other aces up its sleeve. — • RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Tweets: @alexgonzor, @restofworld, @charlottepeet11, and @mvzelenks
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