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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils $799 Galaxy S21, $999 Galaxy S21 Plus, and $1,199 Galaxy S21 Ultra, available to preorder on January 14 and launching on January 29 — Samsung's latest flagships are here: the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus, and the Galaxy S21 Ultra. The first two — which start at $799 and $999 …
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Tweets: @backlon, @verge, @stshank, @dcseifert, @stshank, @backlon, @jake_k, and @tomwarren
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung announces, Galaxy SmartTag, a $29.99 Tile competitor that works only with Samsung Galaxy devices, available on January 29 — It uses Bluetooth Low Energy and will arrive on January 29th — Alongside the new Galaxy S21 phones and Galaxy Buds Pro, Samsung is announcing …
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TechCrunch, XDA Developers, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Android Authority, Android Police, Engadget, Business Insider, phonearena.com, and SlashGear
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| David Carnoy / CNET: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Buds Pro with a new design, active noise cancelation, an Ambient mode, and 360 Audio, available now for $200 — The latest earbuds from Samsung feature active noise canceling and a totally new design. … While most of the details of Samsung's …
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9to5Google, The Verge, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, Business Insider, TechRadar, Wccftech, Android Central, Digital Trends, Mashable, and MSPoweruser
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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| Rick Osterloh / The Keyword: |
Google completes Fitbit acquisition, vows to protect users' privacy, says “deal has always been about devices, not data” — Google has completed its acquisition of Fitbit. Together, we can make health and wellness more accessible to more people.
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Tweets: @ceciliakang, @ceciliakang, @ceciliakang, @producthunt, @adrianweckler, @martinsfp, and @google
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Jack Dorsey says Trump ban was the right decision for Twitter but reflects a “failure” to promote healthy conversation and sets a dangerous precedent — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explained in a tweetstorm that the company faced an ‘extraordinary and untenable circumstance’
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Snapchat says it will permanently ban Trump's account on January 20 in the interest of public safety and based on repeated violations of Snapchat's guidelines — Snapchat will permanently ban President Trump's account on Jan. 20, Axios has learned, after locking it indefinitely last week following the Capitol siege.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Sandberg deflected blame for Capitol riot, but fliers and hashtags promoting the pro-Trump rally circulated on Facebook and Instagram weeks beforehand — Fliers and hashtags promoting the pro-Trump rally circulated on Facebook and Instagram in the days and weeks beforehand
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| New York Times: |
Review of public posts of dozens of Facebook users sharing extreme right-wing views shows how Facebook rewards their lies and helped incubate the insurrection — Right-wing influencers embraced extremist views and Facebook rewarded them. — Mr. Thompson is a writer and editor in Opinion.
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
In an interview, Parler CEO John Matze says he is not sure whether the social network will ever return after being cut off by service providers — (Reuters) - Social media platform Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers that accused the app of failing …
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| Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: |
Axios says it will launch AxiosHQ, which lets companies write internal memos styled like Axios newsletters, next month, starting at $10K a year — AxiosHQ communications platform to launch with Delta Air Lines and AT&T among early customers — Punchy news startup Axios is betting … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
New research details iOS and Android issues that may allow third parties and law enforcement to access user data and suggests mitigation techniques — New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools.
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and securephones.io
Tweets: @z3r0trust, @wired, and @matthew_d_green
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
BMW announces Digital Key Plus, a keyless access system that uses the UWB chip in iPhones to let users unlock select BMW cars without taking out their phones — Using the ultra wideband chip that debuted in the iPhone 11 — BMW has announced an upgraded version of its mobile car key technology dubbed Digital Key Plus.
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BMW Group, BMW BLOG, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, SlashGear, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, and iMore
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Cloud for Retail opens for preview, combining services and features from Microsoft Advertising, Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform — Microsoft's new retail cloud bundle is its second vertical cloud offering, following on the heels of the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
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Microsoft Industry Blogs, WinBuzzer, Cloud Computing News, TechRadar, SiliconANGLE, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @lschmeiser and @alysataylormsft
| The Guardian: |
Audio and chat logs of walkie-talkie app Zello reveal some Capitol rioters communicated via the app; Zello says it has now deleted 2K+ militia-related channels — Audio and chat logs show insurrectionists communicated via the app, which has avoided proactive content moderation
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Zello Blog, Forbes, and New York Post
| Shaun Walker / The Guardian: |
After denouncing the deactivation of Donald Trump's social media accounts, Poland plans to make it illegal for tech companies to take similar actions there — Following Trump's Twitter ban, Polish government wants to protect posts that do not break nation's laws
Tweets: @monicalewinsky and @visegrad24
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Harness, a continuous app delivery and integration platform for engineering and DevOps teams, raises $85M Series C led by Alkeon at a $1.7B valuation — Harness, the startup that wants to create a suite of engineering tools to give every company the kind of technological reach …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Airbnb says it is canceling and blocking reservations made for the week of Biden's inauguration in the Washington, DC metro area — - Airbnb is canceling and blocking future reservations in the Washington, D.C., metro area during the week of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, the company said Wednesday.
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
Experts say widespread adoption of RISC-V, which was partly developed with DARPA's backing, could help China reduce its dependence on Western chip technology — New approach to semiconductors, developed partly with the Pentagon's backing, could threaten Intel and Arm's dominance| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Swedish startup Minna, developer of a subscription management app, raises €15.5M Series B round led by Element Ventures, bringing its total funding to €23M+ — Swedish startup Minna, creator of an eponymous subscription management app, has raised €15.5 million in a Series B round led … | Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger: |
LendingPoint, which provides lending software tools for e-commerce, merchants, lending institutions, and other customers, raises $125M from Warburg Pincus — Online lender LendingPoint announced Thursday morning that it has received a $125 million preferred equity investment from private equity giant Warburg Pincus.| Reuters: |
PayPal has become the first foreign operator with 100% control of a payment platform in China, after buying the remaining 30% stake in GoPay on December 31 — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - PayPal Holding Inc has become the first foreign operator with 100% control of a payment platform in China … | Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Crypto startup Anchorage says it has received a federal bank charter, making it easier for big banks to use Anchorage to offer cryptocurrencies to customers — A startup called Anchorage announced on Wednesday that it has become the first cryptocurrency company to receive a federal charter … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Chinese driverless car startup WeRide raises $310M led by commercial vehicle manufacturer Yutong Group — - Chinese driverless car start-up WeRide has raised $310 million in a new round of funding as it pushes to commercialize its technology. — Tony Han, CEO of WeRide said the funding …
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DealStreetAsia, Tech in Asia, Nikkei Asia, The Robot Report, VentureBeat, and Tech News
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Ring says it has fixed a security flaw in its Neighbors app that was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app — A security flaw in Ring's Neighbors app was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app.
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