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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's first VR headset, planned for 2022 with a focus on gaming, video, and communication but with limited AR features, faces development hurdles — Apple Inc.'s first crack at a headset is designed to be a pricey, niche precursor to a more ambitious augmented reality product …
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| Nick Clegg / About Facebook: |
Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend Trump's accounts to the Oversight Board and says the accounts will remain suspended in the meantime — Today, Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend former US President Donald Trump's access to his Facebook …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Raspberry Pi Foundation launches $4 Pico, a tiny microcontroller for hardware projects that uses Raspberry Pi's own RP2040 chip — Meet the Raspberry Pi Pico, a tiny little microcontroller that lets you build hardware projects with some code running on the microcontroller.
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Raspberry Pi Blog, The Verge, HotHardware.com News, Hackaday, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, CNET, Tom's Hardware, Neowin, BetaNews, ZDNet, SlashGear, Engadget, TechSpot, Input, Liliputing, PCMag, TechRepublic, nixCraft, Phoronix, and TechRadar
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Federal judge rejects Parler's demand to be reinstated on AWS — Ruling calls Parler's antitrust evidence ‘dwindlingly slight’ — A Washington judge has denied social network Parler's demand to be reinstated on Amazon Web Services. Following a hearing last week, Judge Barbara Rothstein declined …
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| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
Instacart cuts 1,877 jobs, including its only union roles, as it shifts to new models, like selling its tech to retailers to have their staff prepare orders — Instacart Inc. plans to terminate about 1,900 employees' jobs, including the only unionized positions in the U.S., representing a fulsome embrace of the gig economy.
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VICE, The Instacart Checkout, The Verge, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, CNN, Input, and Slashdot
| April Glaser / NBC News: |
Profile of Jessica Rosenworcel, the second woman to lead the FCC as acting chair and a big proponent of net neutrality and expanding broadband access — President Joe Biden has picked Jessica Rosenworcel to run the Federal Communications Commission in an interim position.
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Business Insider, Washington Post, Government Technology News, Engadget, Telecompetitor, and Android Central
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| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
Biden designates Jessica Rosenworcel, currently a Democratic commissioner at the FCC, as acting chairwoman of the agency — President Biden has designated Jessica Rosenworcel as acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission, according to an agency statement.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Federal Communications …, and CRN
Tweets: @mckra1g, @liberalnavyseal, @kellymakena, @marissarmoss, @sigridellis, @khenidak, @willoremus, @gordonachaffin, @starfire2258, @reckless, and @backlon
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Pebble founder launches Beeper, a $10/month universal chat app promising to bring 15 chat services, including iMessage on Android and Windows, into a single UI — Beeper brings 15 chat apps together into one interface — Beeper is a new universal chat app that's an attempt …
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Tweets: @tsuvik, @steve_holt, @as_w, @osomkeats, @iansherr, @mathewi, @davidjchie, and @tomwarren
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google signs an agreement with French publishers to create a framework of payment for snippet reuse and has reached agreements with three major newspapers — Google has reached an agreement with an association of French publishers over how it will be pay for reuse of snippets of their content.
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Le blog officiel de …, Ars Technica, CNBC, Gizmodo, Engadget, CNN, Bloomberg, EURACTIV.com, Social Media Today, Android Headlines, International Business Times, and Associated Press
Tweets: @adetolaov, @stephenjadler, @mariamamini, @googlenews, @jason_kint, @googlenews, @glenngabe, @rasmus_kleis, @mathewi, @zachdcarter, and @googlenews
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: beautiful screen with high refresh rate and a great camera system but let down by software with ads and subpar Bixby — Samsung's “Ultra” phones are meant to be the absolute pinnacle of the company's (non-folding) mobile technology.
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CNET, 9to5Mac, CNBC, Wired, IGN, Input, The Guardian, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @backlon, @backlon, @mattrosoff, @mundhrashish, and @backlon
| Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero : |
Internal memo: Facebook's VP told staff in December to build products prioritizing privacy, as the public's expectations around privacy have shifted — Facebook VP Andrew Bosworth tells colleagues that privacy matters more than the product experience — Facebook VP Andrew “Boz” …
Tweets: @antonhand and @martinsfp
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Bluesky, Twitter's decentralized social networking project, releases a review of the existing decentralized web ecosystem, says it still seeks a project lead — Bluesky is still seeking a project lead — Bluesky, Twitter's decentralized social networking effort, has announced its first major update since 2019.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Intel beats with Q4 revenue of $20B, down 1% YoY, vs $17.49B est., and Data Center Group revenue of $6.1B, down 16% YoY; stock up 6%+ after hours — - Intel's earnings report on Thursday is the last with Bob Swan in the CEO role. — Former VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger takes over as Intel CEO in February.
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Intel, ZDNet, Business Wire, Engadget, and Thurrott
Tweets: @ericjhonsa, @lamonicabuzz, @stevenrodgersgc, @rogoway, @quinnypig, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, and @markhachman. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Kim-Mai Cutler / Initialized: |
Survey of portfolio companies: 40% of founders say remote or decentralized is best for a new startup, most with offices will have 2 or 3 days in office per week — Where are tech companies going to go once the pandemic subsides as vaccines reach more and more Americans?
Tweets: @kimmaicutler, @brianmcc, @kimmaicutler, @coryweinberg, @kimmaicutler, @sandofsky, @rwsimonetti, and @garrytan
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Hackers and hobbyists have deployed facial recognition on Parler videos taken at the Capitol on Jan. 6, showing the democratization of facial recognition tech — It demonstrates the democratization of facial recognition, but comes littered with ethical issues. — Joseph Cox
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Wired and NBC News
Tweets: @evan_greer, @evanchill, @josephfcox, @michaelsderby, and @weinbergersa
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
TripActions, a booking and management service with insights into business travel and expenses, raises $155M Series E co-led by a16z — TripActions, a booking and management platform that offers enterprises real-time data, automated reporting, and insights into business travel and expenses …
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TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Lightspeed Venture Partners, PYMNTS.com, CTech, Tech.eu, and FinSMEs
Tweets: @tripactions, @tripactions, and @orenzeev
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Soci, which offers tools to help businesses with “localized marketing” across search and social media, raises $80M Series D, bringing its total raised to $110M — Soci, a startup focused on what it calls “localized marketing,” is announcing that it has raised $80 million in Series D funding.
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| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Plaid to seek financing that could triple its valuation to ~$15B according to a source, amid a surge in investor interest following Visa's abandoned acquisition — Normally CEOs that opt to sell their companies aren't happy when the government blocks the deal over antitrust concerns.
Tweets: @amir, @digitallawyer, @henrylmcnamara, @iankar_, and @kateclarktweets
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Podcasters say Anchor's sponsorship feature seems to be seriously lacking in sponsors, and they've received few, if any, ads beyond Anchor or Spotify itself — John Newman is the type of person companies like Spotify want to get involved in podcasting. He has a niche interest …
Tweets: @thebyroncraig, @jake_k, @quinnypig, @mattnavarra, and @ashleyrcarman
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
A large number of laptop flagships in H1 2021 will ship with 16:10 or 3:2 displays, signalling an industry-wide shift toward laptops with taller aspect ratios — For lovers of tall screens, it's a great time to be alive — One of the biggest trends coming out of this year's CES …
Tweets: @raywongy, @stevesi, @stanhoraczek, and @dcseifert
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Omnipresent, which helps companies hire remote workers in 150 countries, raises $15.8M Series A, five months after raising a $2M seed round — Omnipresent, which helps companies employ remote-working local teams worldwide, has closed a $15.8 million Series A funding round.
Tweets: @matthewclifford and @jonnyclifford
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