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Microsoft rolls out the Amazon Appstore Preview, offering over 1,000 Android apps, in the Microsoft Store, alongside other tweaks to Windows 11 — Last October, Microsoft began testing Android apps on Windows 11 PCs in partnership with Amazon and its app store.
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Windows Blog, ZDNet, The Verge, Softpedia News, CNET, The Verge, BleepingComputer, Android Headlines, iPhone in Canada Blog, PCWorld, SlashGear, AFTVnews, Neowin, Gizmodo, Thurrott, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, Ars Technica, BetaNews, and iTnews
Tweets: @film_girl and @panos_panay
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Google announces early access to Chrome OS Flex, a version of Chrome OS for businesses and schools that is designed to run on old PCs and Macs — It's made for schools and businesses — Google has announced early access to a new version of Chrome OS called Chrome OS Flex.
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OSnews, Cloud Blog, SiliconANGLE, Windows Central, Macworld, Thurrott, PCWorld, Ars Technica, Digital Trends, Engadget, Android Police, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, XDA Developers, PCMag, Computerworld, Apple Must, Washington Post, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Android Central, CNET, TechCrunch, Forbes, Liliputing, About Chromebooks, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @kdrag0n, @dsccross, @conpower, @mishaalrahman, @film_girl, and @googleforedu
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Facebook rebrands News Feed to just Feed after more than 15 years — The ‘News Feed’ is now just the ‘Feed’ — Meta is changing the name of Facebook's News Feed, the primary part of the service that users scroll through to see what their friends and family have shared.
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The Guardian, Protocol, Android Headlines, Android Central, Social Media Today, Nieman Lab, iMore, Engadget, and TechCrunch
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Mark Zuckerberg outlines changes to Meta's corporate values, including “Move Fast Together”, “Live in the Future”, and “Meta, Metamates, Me” — Meta. Metamates. Me. — At a virtual all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Facebook escalated its attempts …
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @alexeheath, @rmac18, @dellcam, @epicciuto, @timmaughan, @accountabletech, @hkesvani, @alexjohnlondon, and @martinsfp
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Roblox misses with Q4 revenue of $568.8M vs. $604M est., up 83% YoY, average DAUs of 49.5M, up 33% YoY, and average bookings per DAU of $15.57; stock down 14%+ — Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its bookings for the fourth quarter ended December 31 were $770.1 million …
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| Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat: |
Akamai says it will acquire cloud hosting company Linode, which positions itself as an AWS alternative for SMBs and independent developers, for $900M — Akamai Technologies announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform provider Linode …
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Linode, SiliconANGLE, CRN, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Barron's Online, and IT Management. Tweets: @quinnypig. Thanks:@kylealspach
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Intel agrees to acquire Israeli chip company Tower Semiconductor for around $5.4B, or $53 per share; the deal is expected to close in 12 months — Intel Corp. agreed to acquire Tower Semiconductor Ltd. for about $5.4 billion, part of Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger's push into the outsourced chip-manufacturing business.
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Tweets: @dnystedt, @pgelsinger, @seattletimes, @intelnews, @iancutress, @intelnews, @hatemdhiab, and @iancutress
| Maxwell Strachan / VICE: |
A look at the self-righteous anger in the Web3 community over the identification of the founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection — The self-righteous anger over the identification of the founders of a popular NFT club says a lot about the web3 battles to come in the years ahead.
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Crypto Girls Newsletter. Tweets: @maxwellstrachan, @mccarthyryanj, @samfbiddle, @uglygame, @hkesvani, @cobie, @cobie, @ahcastor, @cobie, @timmarchman, @ryanlcooper, @will_humphrey, @caseymalone, @alisoncroggon, @tommyk_eth, @lil_smush, @taylorlorenz, @maxwellstrachan, @s_m_i, @cwarzel, @jason_koebler, @mikebeas, @motherboard, @maxwellstrachan, @alex, and @martinsfp
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the SEC is probing if Binance properly disclosed to consumers the relationship between its US arm and two market makers with ties to Binance's founder — Regulator is interested in trading firms with links to Binance's founder, people familiar with the probe say
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Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, and Blockworks
Tweets: @gulovsen, @kowsmann, @ahcastor, @jbenton, @helaineolen, @mayazi, @joesaluzzi, and @readdanwrite
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter expands a beta test of Safety Mode, which temporarily blocks accounts using harmful language in replies, to 50% of users in the US and 5 other markets — Twitter is broadening access to a feature called Safety Mode, designed to give users a set of tools to defend themselves … | Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: TSMC's first US chip plant is three to six months behind schedule due to labor shortages and difficulty obtaining licenses — Taiwan chip titan faces fight for workers as Intel also builds in Arizona — TSMC's construction delay in Arizona does not necessarily mean the schedule …
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The Verge, Computerworld, Tom's Hardware, iPhone in Canada Blog, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iMore, and TechSpot. Tweets: @mikepeeljourno
| Bloomberg: |
India bans 54 more apps it says are of Chinese origin, including Sea's lucrative Free Fire game, leading the company to a loss of $16B+ in market value — Sea Ltd. lost more than $16 billion of value in its biggest daily market drop after India abruptly banned its most popular mobile gaming title.
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The Economic Times, TechCrunch, The Economic Times, Bloomberg, JOMO, Inc42 Media, Benzinga, Game Developer, GamesIndustry.biz, Channel NewsAsia, Al Jazeera, Emerging World, Dot Esports, Reuters, South China Morning Post, Livemint, and ZDNet
Tweets: @refsrc, @pelstrom, @oliviapohtech, @shilparanipeta, and @timsweeneyepic
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Docs updates, including a pageless format announced in May 2021, AI-powered summaries, and Maps embedded previews — One of the first major announcements at I/O 2021 was Google's initiative to offer a more integrated and interactive Workspace experience.
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SiliconANGLE, Engadget, ZDNet, and Fast Company
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Instagram will let users send a private like in response to a Story, expanding on DMs or emoji reactions — Meta's Instagram is introducing a new way for people to interact with Stories. Starting today, you can send a private like when someone shares an image or video that catches your eye.
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PhoneArena, KnowTechie, Android Central, Android Headlines, iThinkDifferent, iMore, Pocketnow, Fossbytes, and Mashable
Tweets: @mosseri, @latermedia, @wizmonifaaa, @billywhistance, @dajanaepalmer, @christinasbg, and @timiolaifa
| Mumbi Gitau / Bloomberg: |
After an animal rights group described Neuralink's tests as “invasive and deadly” for 23 monkeys, Neuralink defends testing on animals — Neuralink, the brain-computer interface company founded by Elon Musk, pushed back against criticism of its treatment of monkeys in research …
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Neuralink, New York Post, Input, Fortune, BBC, Futurism, The Verge, The Daily Beast, Metro.co.uk, Boing Boing, The Independent, Futurism, Gizmodo, and Observer
| Andy Bounds / Financial Times: |
The European Commission approves plans for a €6B satellite internet system to rival SpaceX and others, despite previous objections from its internal watchdog — Brussels seeks standalone coverage despite internal watchdog previously raising doubts over proposals| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Airbnb Q4: revenue of $1.53B, vs $1.46 est., and 73.4M nights and experiences booked, down 8% QoQ, vs 75M est., but expects Q1'22 bookings to far exceed Q1'19 — - Airbnb beat Wall Street estimates on earnings and revenue in its fourth quarter. — The company reported 73.4 million nights …
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Seeking Alpha, StreetInsider.com, Airbnb, and Benzinga
| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Israeli startup Sharegain raises a $64M Series B led by WestCap for its securities lending service that helps financial institutions lend stocks, ETFs, and more — The Israeli startup has developed a Securities Lending as a Service (SLaaS) solution, which enables online brokers, private banks …
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securitiesfinancetimes.com, Finextra, and Bloomberg
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