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Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service launches on iOS as a web app, bypassing Apple's App Store and allowing iOS users to play Fortnite — Nvidia joins Microsoft in bypassing Apple's App Store — Nvidia is joining its fellow cloud gaming providers in choosing to bypass Apple's App Store …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: state and federal investigators are preparing to bring antitrust charges against Facebook for buying rivals Instagram and WhatsApp — State and federal investigators are preparing to bring antitrust charges against Facebook that will challenge the tech giant's acquisition of two rivals … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
The M1 Macs are astonishingly good and Rosetta is the exemplification of “it just works”, but the iOS app experience ranges from terrible to OK, at best — Better necessarily implies different. — That's one of my favorite axioms. It's both intuitively and undeniably true.
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| Sebastiaan de With / Halide: |
iPhone 12 Pro Max's camera achieves images of quality previously only seen in dedicated cameras that have sensors four times its size — At Halide HQ, we've been busily working away on a very deep, technical analysis of what's new in iPhone 12 cameras this year. All four of 'em.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram revamps its standalone mobile messaging app Threads with an updated navigation and Status tab, support for posting photos and videos to Stories, more — Instagram is continuing to develop its standalone messaging app, Threads. Last month, the company modified the app to make it possible …
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| Eric Geller / Politico: |
CISA is now being led by 15-year DHS veteran Brandon Wales; source says Wales wants to keep operating CISA's Rumor Control site, which debunked election misinfo — Five months before President Donald Trump fired him, federal cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs made a key addition to his leadership team …
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| Amanda Macias / CNBC: |
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils major redesign for Google Pay for iOS and Android and partners with 11 banks to launch a mobile-first bank accounts service called Plex in 2021 — Google is launching a major redesign of its Google Pay app on both Android and iOS today. Like similar phone-based contactless …
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| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Amazon is laying off dozens of R&D and manufacturing staff on its drone delivery project; source says company is seeking help from two external EU manufacturers — Restructuring comes as US tech giant turns to third parties to build component parts of long-awaited drone| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Apple agrees to pay $113M to settle an investigation into iPhone throttling brought by 34 states and District of Columbia — Apple will pay $113 million to settle an investigation by nearly three dozen states into the tech giant's past practice of slowing customers' old iPhones in an attempt to preserve their batteries.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube says channels of all sizes may now see ads on them, though only creators big enough to qualify for its Partner Program will be paid any ad revenue — The company is rolling it out on a ‘limited number of videos’ — Starting today, YouTube will begin running ads on some creators' videos …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger: |
Affirm files its draft S-1 for an IPO; in its fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, Affirm's revenue was $509.5M, up ~93% YoY, while net losses fell to $112.6M — Buy now, pay later innovator has over 6.2 million consumers on its network — Alternative payments provider Affirm Holdings …
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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Over 200 Facebook contract moderators sign an open letter criticizing Facebook, Accenture, and CPL for ending WFH policies and call for better protections — Here's what you need to know: — Facebook moderators forced back to the office raise alarms about Covid-19 protections.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it has completed a global rollout of RCS and will start testing end-to-end encryption in Android Messages — In mid-2019, Google decided to take over and speed up the launch of RCS. A little over 17 months later, Google announced today that it has completed a global rollout of RCS … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Apple debuts a forked version of TensorFlow optimized for macOS, says it trains up to 7x faster on 13" MacBook Pro with M1 than 2020 Macbook Pro 13" with Intel — Google today released a new version of TensorFlow, its AI and machine learning development environment, optimized for Intel Macs and Macs powered by Apple's new M1 chip.
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The TensorFlow Blog, ZDNet, GitHub, Apple Machine Learning …, TechRadar, SlashGear, AnandTech, BetaNews, and InfoWorld
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Symantec says a hacking group believed to be sponsored by the Chinese gov't has exploited the Zerologon vulnerability in companies worldwide since Oct. 2019 — A massive campaign is underway around the globe, with automotive, pharmaceutical and engineering entities top targets.
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Ars Technica, Threatpost, infosecurity-magazine.com, and TechNadu
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Pixelmator releases Pixelmator Pro 2.0, which will run natively on Macs with M1, says features like ML Super Resolution will be up to 15x faster on the new Macs — Plus, a big redesign — Pixelmator has announced Pixelmator Pro 2.0, the newest update to the image-editing software Pixelmator Pro.| Scott Zamost / NBC News: |
Criminals launder coronavirus relief money through Venmo, Cash App, PayPal and other apps; so far 80 have been charged with trying to steal $240M+ from the PPP — Criminals are laundering illegally obtained funds meant for Covid-19 relief through the most popular apps for legally sending …
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| Lananh Nguyen / Bloomberg: |
Nasdaq to acquire Verafin, which develops cloud-based software to help customers detect and report financial crimes, for $2.75B — - Canadian firm helps clients detect fraud, money laundering — Market for combating financial crime expected to grow 17%
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| Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: |
FirstVet, which offers on-demand video consultations with veterinarians to pet owners, raises €29.5M led by Mubadala Capital to support its launch in the US — FirstVet, the company that provides pet-owners with on-demand video consultations from local, qualified veterinarians …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Verbit, which develops AI-assisted transcription and captioning software for professional users, raises $60M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures — Verbit today announced the close of a $60 million series C round that the company says will bolster its product R&D efforts.
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| Maggie Miller / The Hill: |
The Senate passes a bill that would require all internet-connected devices purchased by the US government to comply with NIST's minimum security recommendations — The Senate this week unanimously passed bipartisan legislation designed to boost the cybersecurity of internet-connected devices.| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Google adds family-oriented features to Google Assistant devices, like dictating notes that stay on the display, family location map, and educational options — New and improved features for smart displays and Fi plans — Google has announced new family-oriented updates for Assistant and Fi … | Jake Bright / TechCrunch: |
Chipper Cash, which provides cross-border payments services in Africa, raises $30M Series B led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Bezos Expeditions — African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Ribbit Capital with participation …
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coinspeaker.com and Techpoint Africa
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
SellerX, which buys and grows Amazon's marketplace businesses, raises $118M seed round co-led by Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital, and TriplePoint Capital — As Amazon's Marketplace continues to grow and mature, a new opportunity has emerged in the world of e-commerce for a new breed of startups …
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