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EU Parliament passed Digital Services Act, including provisions banning targeted ads based on highly sensitive personal data, limiting dark patterns, and more — A large majority of MEPs voted in favour of the Digital Services Act on Thursday (20 January), after plenary amendments introduced important changes to the text.
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Sources: Apple is readying the widest array of new hardware products in its history this fall; LinkedIn shows Apple car exec Joe Bass has left for Meta — Apple Inc. is nearing its first launch event of the year, with a new iPhone SE and iPad on tap. Also: The company takes another hit …
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There will be no bursting bubble, just a deflating balloon of high growth tech stock valuations returning to normal as factors that inflated them go away — Spoiler: the “Bubble” was a Balloon. And it's deflating. — Note: The below all seems fairly obvious, but given the amount …
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How longstanding disagreements between the FCC and FAA over potential risks to aircraft remained unresolved in the lead up to the 5G C-band rollout in the US — Longstanding disagreements between federal agencies over potential risks to aircraft remained unresolved in the days leading to the 5G debut
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Amid a shift in malware targeting UEFI firmware, Kaspersky details new MoonBounce UEFI bootkit that can survive even after swapping the infected PC's hard drive — Security researchers from Kaspersky said on Thursday that they had discovered a novel bootkit that can infect a computer's UEFI firmware.| Bianca Healey / Business Insider Australia: |
Sydney-based Milkrun, which aims to deliver groceries in 10 minutes or less, raises a A$75M Series A led by Tiger Global, following an A$11M seed in June 2021 — - Milkrun has raised $75 million to expand across the country. — It joins competitors Voly and Send in the race …
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DeFi traders complain about network instability that hit Solana this weekend, four months after its last outage; Solana pushes update to fix “the worst effects” — Jim Greco, like many traders who have had to deal with the Solana network's outage over the last few days, is annoyed.
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Dealogic: Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet announced more acquisitions in 2021 than in any other year in the past decade — - Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon all announced more acquisitions in 2021 than any other year in the past decade, according to Dealogic.| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: AR/VR startups raised nearly $1.9B in Q4 2021, more than any quarter ever, making 2021 the second-best year for AR/VR funding at nearly $3.9B raised — Although the term metaverse has been around for nearly 30 years—coined in the novel “Snow Crash”—Facebook's name change to Meta …
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| Kirsty Needham / Reuters: |
Australian PM Scott Morrison lost control of his official WeChat account months ago, while the still-active account now promotes Chinese life in Australia — Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party lost access to his official WeChat social media account months ago …
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OfficeSpace Software, which lets companies manage hybrid workspaces, desk and room booking, raises $150M from Vista Equity Partners — Workspace management platform OfficeSpace Software has received a $150 million strategic investment from the investment firm Vista Equity Partners, according to a Friday (Jan. 21) press release.| Patricia Allen / EU-Startups: |
Berlin-based Lendis, which helps companies set up and manage employees' equipment and software for hybrid work, raises an €80M Series A in equity and debt — Today, Lendis has just announced an €80 million Series A funding round for its SaaS solution that helps companies to set … Sponsor Posts
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