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Clubhouse raises a new round of funding led by a16z, says it has 180+ investors, will test options for paying creators and soon begin work on an Android app — Clubhouse is moving quickly today, but in some ways it feels like the journey started a long time ago.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Google pledges $150M in grants to promote COVID-19 vaccine distribution and converts some of its facilities into vaccination sites — Google will convert some of its facilities into COVID-19 vaccination sites starting in New York City, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Kirkland, Washington.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple warns magnets in iPhone 12 models and MagSafe devices may affect pacemakers and should be kept at least 6" away from medical devices or 12" while charging — Since the launch of iPhone 12 models in October, Apple has acknowledged that the devices may cause electromagnetic interference …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches Time to Walk for Apple Watch and Fitness+, offering 25 to 40 minute episodes of original audio from influential people, available today — Apple has officially unveiled its new Time to Walk feature for Apple Watch and Apple Fitness+ subscribers.
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Google workers across the world announce Alpha Global, an international union alliance comprising 13 unions representing workers in 10 countries — Alpha Global includes workers from 10 countries, including the United States and Germany — Google workers across the world are coming together to form a global union alliance.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Huawei is in early stage talks to sell its premium smartphone brands P and Mate to a Chinese consortium led by state-backed investment firms — (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is in early-stage talks to sell its premium smartphone brands P and Mate …
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Tweets: @thouse_opinions, @thetechchap, @frankie_tech, @reuters, @ccp_china_watch, @qpigpig, and @somospostpc
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
In an interview, Waymo CEO dismissed Tesla as a competitor and argued that Tesla's current strategy, without lidar, wouldn't produce a fully self-driving system — Elon Musk and John Krafcik have very different theories about driverless tech. — Many Tesla fans view the electric carmaker …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
NBCUniversal and Twitter announce a multi-year global content partnership to bring live, trending content, like sports highlights, to Twitter — - Comcast's NBCUniversal and Twitter on Monday announced a multi-year global content partnership. — The deal is an effort to expand … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
German startup Wingcopter, which develops fixed-wing drones capable of vertical take-off and landing, raises $22M Series A led by Xplorer Capital — After bootstrapping for four years, this drone startup is ready to scale fast — German drone technology startup Wingcopter has raised … | Bloomberg: |
Source: Kuaishou Technology, ByteDance's main rival in China, is seeking to raise as much as $5.4B through an IPO in Hong Kong and is slated to list on Feb. 5 — - Kuaishou attracted cornerstone investors including GIC — The video startup could be valued at as much as $61 billion
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Research shows that hundreds of SPACs are looking to acquire tech companies in the coming months, heating up competition for startups and inflating deal values — ‘Blank check’ firms known as SPACs are in pursuit of America's hottest startups. Is the invasion a sign of a market euphoria that can't last?
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Crowdfund Insider. Tweets: @wolfmetric, @kmcpartland, @blaketoliver, @zortrades, @dougjossem, @jessefelder, and @aaronlucchetti
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Hacker leaks data of 2.28M+ users of dating site MeetMindful, including real names, Facebook user IDs, email addresses, and geolocation information — Data belongs to dating site MeetMindful and includes everything from real names to Facebook account tokens, and from email addresses and geo-location information.
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