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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
CES roundup: flexible screens are coming, battle between Intel and AMD to intensify, sex tech is on the rise, tech companies fetishized AI and 5G a little less — iCES is over, and I am quite sure you'll be happy to be done with it. We still have more to come today and perhaps a little next week.
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| Ranjan Roy / Margins: |
Facebook's corporate comms have felt combative and sloppy since late 2018, and now even rank and file employees are facing public vilification — Becoming the villain. — 5 hr — Ranjan here, writing about how Facebook's communication operations feel completely broken and wondering whether …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Facebook shares closed at an all-time high of $218.30 on Thursday, valuing it at $622B and surpassing the previous high of $217.50 reached in July 2018 — Facebook's share price has hit an all-time high, surpassing the peak it reached before a series of privacy scandals in 2018 and despite attacks …
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Wired, Cointelegraph, The Guardian, Business Insider, Telegraph, Adweek, Decrypt, and TechSpot. Tweets: @itstheannmarie
| Jillian D'Onfro / Forbes: |
Alphabet's Chief Legal Officer David Drummond is leaving on January 31; company says he will not be receiving an exit package — Alphabet's controversial chief legal officer, David Drummond, is leaving the company, effective January 31. — Drummond, an employee of nearly 20 years …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out one of the biggest upgrades to Boomerang, an app for creating short looping videos, with trim feature and three new effects including SloMo — TikTok has spawned countless memes formats from its creative effects, challenging Instagram for the filtered video crown.
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Input, International Business Times, Social Media Today, Firstpost Tech, Mashable, 9to5Mac, and Yahoo Finance
Tweets: @wongmjane, @mattnavarra, @techcrunch, and @joshconstine
| Isobel Cockerell / Coda Story: |
Instagram is removing posts and suspending accounts that voice support for slain Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, says it is complying with US sanctions — News agencies, human rights activists and influencers have had their accounts deactivated. — After a U.S. drone strike killed …
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CNN. Tweets: @mathewi, @aaschapiro, @jilliancyork, @antelava, @dmcdev, @isocockerell, @brooklynmarie, @jilliancyork, and @mollymckew
| Raymond Wong / Input: |
Q&A with legendary designer Yves Behar on designing the 4th-gen August Wi-Fi Smart Lock, tech he's excited about, the materials best for sustainability, more — Yves Béhar doesn't really need any introduction. The world-renowned Swiss designer is a frequent creative artist in the gadget realm.
Tweets: @joshuatopolsky and @raywongy
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple launches replacement program for Smart Battery Cases for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR manufactured between January 2019 and October 2019 — Apple today launched a battery case replacement program for Smart Battery Cases designed for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and iPhone XR.
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Official Apple Support, CNBC, Tom's Guide, Mashable, Softpedia News, Wccftech, International Business Times, Redmond Pie, SlashGear, CNET, Engadget, iMore, 9to5Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @creative_rants, @kifleswing, and @iphone_news
| Anya van Wagtendonk / Washington Post: |
A look at problems actors in video games face, including a lack of standard contracts, as the profession falls in a legal gray area between technology and art — In early November, Jessica Jefferies gathered in a room with representatives from Equity UK, the actors union, Spotlight …
Tweets: @martholio, @jessicajcasting, and @newmediarights
| The Straits Times: |
Thai startup Lightnet, which aims to provide remittance services in Southeast Asia through its Stellar-based blockchain network, raises $31.2M Series A — SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - UOB Venture Management, the private equity unit of UOB, has co-led a US$31.2 million (S$42.2 million) … | The Information: |
Sources: Quibi's projections from 2019 show the upcoming streaming service is expected to spend ~$1.5B in its first year; Quibi has raised $1.4B so far — If there's one thing to be said for Quibi, the short-form streaming service coming from Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman this spring …
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Input. Tweets: @trengriffin, @tomgara, @joshconstine, @amir, @gerryfsmith, @alexeheath, @caseynewton, and @jessicalessin
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers: cable modems with Broadcom chips, including an estimated 200M in Europe alone, are vulnerable to the remote exploit codenamed Cable Haunt — Cable modems using Broadcom chips are vulnerable to a new vulnerability named Cable Haunt, researchers say.Sponsor Posts
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