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Amazon announces a record-breaking holiday season with the number of voice-activated shopping orders placed using Alexa rising 3X YoY — Shoppers are increasingly using their voices to buy products online. — Amazon on Wednesday said that the number of voice-activated orders placed via …
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Reid Hoffman says he wasn't aware of disinformation campaign in Alabama race, apologizes for funding group linked to it; source says Hoffman invested $750K — Internet billionaire Reid Hoffman apologized on Wednesday for funding a group linked to a “highly disturbing” effort …
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Analysis: SEC and state regulators brought 90+ crypto-related cases in the past two years, recovering just ~$36M; cases increased as the market crashed — SEC and state regulators have brought more than 90 crypto cases over the past two years, but tracing funds is hard because of the elusive nature of the currency
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India tightens rules for e-commerce firms like Amazon, banning exclusive agreements with sellers and the sale of products from firms the platform has a stake in — Aftab Ahmed, Sankalp Phartiyal — NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India will ban e-commerce companies such as Amazon.com …
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Google says Android TV has now been deployed by 100+ pay TV operators worldwide and is used by “tens of millions” of customers, mostly in Europe and Asia — Google's open video operating system proliferates as AT&T readies deployment of set-top powered by platform in the U.S.
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Crypto mining startup Bitmain confirms layoffs, which, source says, may affect half of its total headcount, with some departments being laid off entirely — Months after it filed an application to go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Beijing-based cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain …
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| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
As some prominent creators leave in protest after Patreon bans anti-feminist for hate speech, a look at its approach to policing speech with human moderators — Sam Harris, the polemical atheist neuroscientist known for his popular podcast “Waking Up,” was making tens of thousands of dollars … | Max Read / New York Magazine: |
The internet now feels increasingly fake as trust declines and users begin to appreciate how bots fake page views, conversations, and more — In late November, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight people accused of fleecing advertisers of $36 million …
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| Nisha Chittal / Vox: |
How indie bookstores are thriving by using Instagram to build communities and creating “Instagram walls” that often lead to viral photos and free marketing — Stores like Books Are Magic and the Last Bookstore are benefiting from love on #bookstagram. — The internet is killing independent bookstores.| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Chinese startup Yuanfudao, which provides a homework help app, live courses, and a database of exam problems, raises $300M led by Tencent at a $3B+ valuation — Academic exams are a big deal in China as they determine the kind of universities, high schools and elementary schools that students … | Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Snapchat adds lenses specifically for dogs, after launching lenses for cats last month, available now — Now your dog can up his or her social clout, too — Snapchat first made users fall in love by creating lenses that could turn them into dogs. Now, the company is going full circle, and adding lenses specifically for dogs.
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
In 2018, smartphone makers, users, and some academics began to appreciate the affects of excessive smartphone use, leading to iOS' Screen Time and other tools — But will we actually reclaim our time from smartphones? — At the beginning of this year, I was using my iPhone to browse … | Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
As Huawei comes under government scrutiny worldwide, a look at the company's aggressive culture that encouraged employees to bend the rules, up to a point — SHENZHEN, China — Earthquakes, terrorist attacks and low oxygen levels on Mount Everest could not hold them back.
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