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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils $799 Galaxy S21, $999 Galaxy S21+, and $1,199 Galaxy S21 Ultra, available now to preorder 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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| 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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Samsung Electronics America, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Engadget, CNET, Liliputing, Android Central, SlashGear, Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Business Insider, and MakeUseOf
Tweets: @jonyiveparody, @jeffbakalar, @backlon, @rquandt, @llsethj, @dcseifert, @stshank, @lanceulanoff, @reneritchie, and @rquandt
| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
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Samsung US Newsroom, The Verge, 9to5Google, Android Central, Channel Futures, Android Headlines, news.com.au, Laptop Mag, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @harrymccracken and @maxwinebach
| David Carnoy / CNET: |
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Samsung US Newsroom, The Verge, The Next Web, Digital Trends, TechPP, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Mashable, TechRadar, The Verge, MSPoweruser, and Business Insider
Tweets: @dcseifert, @reneritchie, and @rogerwcheng
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
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XDA Developers, SamMobile, PhoneArena, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @tapbot_paul, @tldtoday, @benwood, @starfire2258, and @geoffreyfowler
| 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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Fitbit Blog, Ars Technica, XDA Developers, CNBC, 9to5Google, iTnews, Android Police, Reuters, Associated Press, Google, TechRadar, Android Authority, Forbes, TechSpot, Bloomberg, The Verge, Input, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, PCMag, Digital Trends, AndroidGuys, AppleInsider, The Mac Observer, Wccftech, MobiHealthNews, MSPoweruser, Chrome Unboxed, BBC, SlashGear, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Thurrott
| 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. — DOMINICK MCGEE DIDN'T ENTER — the Capitol during the siege on Jan. 6.
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Ars Technica. Tweets: @daveyalba, @aoc, @stuartathompson, @cwarzel, @cwarzel, @saraschaefer1, @parkermolloy, @robertjoseph, @brianstelter, @adrjeffries, @carlquintanilla, @charlttewolters, @taylorlorenz, @craigsilverman, @hankgreen, @patrickjmchugh, @jason_kint, @mpnye, @jmcdaid, @profcarroll, @anonymousaccord, @ezraklein, @marklittlenews, and @billwasik
| 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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CNBC, New York Times, New Republic, VICE, The Hill, HuffPost, Newsweek, Business Insider, Techdirt, and New York Post
Tweets: @melissagira, @lopezlinette, and @phmai
| 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 … | Sam Shead / CNBC: |
A coalition of health and tech companies, including Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle, says it is developing a digital COVID-19 vaccination “passport” — - A digital Covid vaccination passport is being jointly developed by a group of health and technology companies who anticipate …
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Financial Times, Business Wire, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, CRN, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, and The Hill
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A leak of a near-final version of Windows 10X shows a strong similarity to Chrome OS, with the Start button centered on the taskbar, lack of Live Tiles, more — A new lightweight version of Windows to take on Chromebooks — After years of waiting, it looks like Microsoft now has a true answer to Chrome OS.
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Windows Central, BleepingComputer, XDA Developers, Softpedia News, Thurrott, PCWorld, Neowin, MSPoweruser, TechRadar, and WinBuzzer
Tweets: @sean_michael_uk, @onmsft, and @tomwarren
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Apple has removed a controversial feature in macOS 11.2 beta 2 that allowed its own apps to bypass third-party firewalls, security tools, and VPNs — The ContentFilterExclusionList has been removed in macOS 11.2 beta 2. — Apple has removed a controversial feature from the macOS operating system …
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Mac Security Tools, MacRumors, Objective Development's Blog, 9to5Mac, Michael Tsai, and SC Media
Tweets: @lapcatsoftware, @lapcatsoftware, @chrismessina, @petercoffee, @campuscodi, and @patrickbeuth
| Sarah Emerson / OneZero : |
The far-right is flocking to MeWe, a privacy-focused Facebook alternative that has Tim Berners-Lee on its board, with membership growing to 15M in recent months — ‘Have you tried to moderate 15 million people?’ MeWe founder Mark Weinstein told OneZero — 'm an American who is sick …
Tweets: @sarahnemerson, @marklittlenews, @mvzelenks, @slpng_giants, @mmasnick, @jeffhorwitz, @evelyndouek, @willoremus, and @tim_stevens
| 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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New York Times, Big Technology, Bloomberg, CryptoSlate, Techdirt, Business Insider, and Reclaim The Net
Tweets: @jack, @jack, @jack, @jack, @jack, @sarahdrinkwater, @lizzadwoskin, @sarahtaber_bww, @tammigaw, @rakeshlobster, @bretweinstein, @revshark, @sonnybunch, @benbajarin, @minhazmerchant, and @realkellyjones
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Facebook says it has filed a suit against the makers of four malicious Chrome extensions used for scraping user data and other info from Facebook's website — Facebook has taken legal action against the makers of malicious Chrome extensions used for scraping user-profiles and other information … | Mike Stone / Reuters: |
The Trump admin adds Xiaomi, along with 8 other Chinese firms, to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, forcing US investors to divest by Nov. 11 — The Trump administration on Thursday added nine Chinese firms to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies …
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Bloomberg, The Verge, SlashGear, XDA Developers, Financial Times, and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Tweets: @vladsavov
| 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, MacRumors, SlashGear, and 9to5Google
| Wall Street Journal: |
TSMC says it will raise capital expenditures to between $25B and $28B in 2021, an increase of at least 47% YoY — The world's biggest contract chip maker plans to boost capex by at least 47% in 2021 — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. , a key chip supplier to Apple Inc. …
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Taiwan Semiconductor …, TheStreet, Financial Times, 24/7 Wall St., Gizmochina, Bloomberg, DigiTimes, Bloomberg, AppleInsider, Nikkei Asia, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @tculpan, @vladsavov, @greg_ip, and @stshank
| Bloomberg: |
Norway's consumer protection agency details how Amazon riddles the process of canceling Prime with “dark patterns,” calls on regulators to investigate — - Public Citizen, others ask regulators to probe Prime rules — Report says manipulative techniques make it hard to opt out
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Forbrukerrådet, Forbes, New York Times, BBC, Metro.co.uk, and Newser
Tweets: @mattmday, @sarahsholder, @scottlincicome, and @beuc
| Kerry Flynn / CNN: |
Medium is acquiring Glose, a digital platform for buying, reading, and discussing books; Glose's 20 employees, most of whom are based in Paris, will join Medium — New York (CNN Business)Substack has become synonymous with writers looking to go independent.
Tweets: @caseynewton, @thebolditalic, @sandeeroston, @calexity, @kerrymflynn, @mason, @doliver8, @yambhands, and @alex
| Bloomberg: |
Netflix diversity report: women make up 47.1% of its global workforce; 8% of US staff are Black, more than 2x the share in 2017; 8.1% of employees are Hispanic — Netflix Inc. has made gains in adding women and minorities to its workforce over the past three years, vaulting it past Silicon Valley peers …
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Quartz, Hollywood Reporter, Forbes, Remezcla, Realscreen, Variety, Fast Company, and The Hill. Tweets: @emilychangtv
| 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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Gizmodo, HotHardware.com News, CyberScoop, Yahoo News, and Lifehacker
Tweets: @dellcam, @techjournalist, @zackwhittaker, and @alfredwkng
| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Source: Sequoia Capital recently bought shares of online automation firm Zapier from its founders on the secondary market, with the sale valuing Zapier at $4B+ — Zapier isn't a household name in Silicon Valley, but the world's top venture capitalists have long been trying to own a piece of the booming enterprise software firm.
Tweets: @acquiredfm, @collins_belton, @kateclarktweets, and @amir
| Jared Council / Wall Street Journal: |
IBM says it will acquire Taos, an IT firm that helps companies migrate from in-house servers to cloud infrastructure; terms of the deal were not disclosed — Deal marks latest step in IBM's mission to bring customers into cloud era, in which software and data are accessed online| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Cisco says it has struck a new deal to buy Acacia Communications for around $4.5B, boosting the original purchase price by 64% — Networking-equipment giant boosts purchase price by 64% in deal that values Acacia at about $4.5 billion — Cisco Systems Corp. said Thursday that it has struck … | Financial Times: |
Researchers: Telegram, which had 11.9M downloads the week of the Capitol riot, began shutting down public white supremacist groups for the first time Wednesday — Use of alternative channels such as Telegram spikes after crackdown on Facebook and Twitter — Far-right groups emboldened …
Tweets: @mshannahmurphy, @mikebutcher, and @discopriest
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