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Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, which helped push GameStop stock to record levels in recent days, is now turning its attention to AMC stock, which is up 200% — An online tug of war continues — Reddit traders who have successfully profited off GameStop (GME) stock are now turning their attention to struggling movie theater chain AMC.
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Tweets: @ericbalchunas, @slasher, @hshaban, @mattzeitlin, @asymco, @zeithistoriker, @mmasnick, @tomgara, @tomgara, @levie, @edmundlee, @b_fung, @malwaretechblog, @malwaretechblog, @brandyljensen, @charliebilello, @9_volt_, @tomgara, @thestalwart, @oneunderscore__, @kylekulinski, @bocxtop, @business, @peterjhasson, @jordanuhl, @axios, @wsj, @miriamelder, @jyarow, @anthony, @tomgara, and @nkulw
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
As r/WallStreetBets causes GameStop, BlackBerry, and others to surge, online trading platforms like Robinhood and WeBull have rapidly climbed US app store ranks — - The flurry of Redditors taking on Wall Street appears to have resulted in a usage boom for share trading apps.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
In today's iOS 14.4 update, Apple fixes three 0-days, tipped by an anonymous researcher, and acknowledges a report that they may have been exploited in the wild — Fixes come after Apple patched another set of three zero-days last November. — Apple has released today security updates …
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
After saying on Jan. 5 that it would add Apple's privacy labels to its apps “this week or the next week”, Google's flagship apps still do not have the labels — Juli Clover, writing a week ago at MacRumors: … One week later and still, none of Google's flagship apps have privacy nutrition info.
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
New docs from Epic vs. Apple lawsuit reveal internal Apple discussions on fees to charge paid TV and streaming channels and how that may affect the App Store — In Apple and Epic's ongoing court battle over App Store fees, one of the key sticking points has been Apple's insistence on maintaining …
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beta.documentcloud.org, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, iMore, and AppleInsider
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon's Ring announces $60 Video Doorbell Wired, its cheapest and smallest doorbell, arriving on February 24 — Available on February 24th, with preorders starting today — Amazon's Ring has debuted its latest video doorbell, the (blandly named) Ring Video Doorbell Wired which, at $59.99 …
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| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
Profile of PE firm Francisco Partners, whose portfolio includes companies like Sandvine and NSO Group, which have both pursued deals with authoritarian regimes — Don Bowman, co-founder of Sandvine Inc., was always aware of the risks his company's products posed.
Tweets: @jshilad, @gwbstr, @techwontsaveus, @bradstone, @aaschapiro, @elinor_carmi, @bw, @natynettle, and @rj_gallagher
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitter announces it is opening up its full tweet archive to academic researchers for free and ups the monthly tweet volume cap for approved applicants to 10M — To help researchers better study online discourse and platform trends — Twitter on Tuesday announced a significant shift …
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Microsoft reports Q2 net income of $15.5B, up 33% YoY, Intelligent Cloud revenue of $14.6B, up 23% YoY, More Personal Computing revenue of $15.1B, up 14% YoY — Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 26, 2021 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …
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| Maziar Motamedi / Al Jazeera: |
Iran blocks Signal after Iranians flocked to the messaging service due to privacy concerns about WhatsApp — With Signal shut down, WhatsApp and Instagram remain the only two unblocked major social media platforms. — Tehran, Iran - Iran's government has moved to block Signal … | Jai Vardhan / Entrackr: |
Sources: ByteDance has decided to wrap up its India operations and is laying off 90%, or over 1,800 employees, following India's permanent ban on TikTok — Bytedance has decided to wrap up its India operations and is cutting a large chunk of its employee base citing an absence of a clear direction …
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| Jay Bonggolto / Neowin: |
Sony announces Xperia Pro 5G, which has an HDMI input that lets content creators turn the smartphone into an external monitor, shipping now for $2,500 — Sony announced today its newest 5G smartphone with an HDMI input, the first of its kind to include that feature.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Firefox 85 launches with network partitioning, a new feature to block supercookies by partitioning Firefox's browser cache on a per-website basis — Firefox now joins Chrome and Edge, both of which removed support for Flash earlier this month. — Mozilla has released today Firefox 85 …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources reveal that sidelining of Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, from management responsibilities in 2019 was because he bullied staff — Google's parent, Alphabet, has waded through one controversy after another involving its top researchers and executives in the field
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
DriveNets, which provides software-based routing tools to service providers, raises $208M Series B at a $1B+ valuation — People and businesses are relying on the internet to get things done more than ever before, an opportunity but also an infrastructure headache for service providers … | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Google announces it is shutting down internal development of Tilt Brush VR and is open sourcing it, a month after shutting down Poly, a 3D object library — As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most of their existing projects in that space.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Counterpoint and CyberMedia say that Apple has shipped 1.5M iPhone units in India last quarter, doubling its market share in the country to 4% — When Apple reports its earnings on Wednesday, you can expect mentions of India on the call. — Apple shipped more than 1.5 million iPhone units …
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| PYMNTS.com: |
Albert, which helps people automate their finances and connect subscribers to financial advisers, raises $100M Series C led by General Atlantic — Financial services startup Albert has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by General Atlantic, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 26).| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Booksy, a salon appointment app that also runs a marketplace for beauty products, raises $70M Series C led by Cat Rock, bringing its total raised to $119M — Beauty and wellness appointment booking apps have proliferated of the last few years, but it appears the race is still on as today one of the leaders …
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| Michael Schwirtz / New York Times: |
Telegram, which helped fuel democracy movements in Iran and Belarus, faces scrutiny as far-right extremists flock to it amid crackdowns by Facebook and Twitter — The app has helped fuel democracy movements in Iran and Belarus but now faces scrutiny as extremists and conspiracy theorists flock …
Tweets: @inteltweet, @timmarchman, @neerajka, @mschwirtz, @bostonjoan, @antontroian, @carnage4life, and @nytimes
| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Profile of Tracy Chou, diversity activist and founder of Block Party, which lets users filter out trolling and harassing Tweets so they can be reviewed later — When Tracy Chou decided to host a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” about online harassment over the summer, she knew it probably …
Tweets: @thisismissem, @bijanstephen, @alexia, @mjb_sf, @primesuspect, @ekp, and @triketora
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Splashtop, a remote access and support service for businesses, raises $50M led by Sapphire Ventures at a $1B valuation — Splashtop, a remote access and support platform for businesses, has raised $50 million in a round of funding led by Sapphire Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
TCV closes a $4B fund, its largest to date, with a focus on e-commerce, education, and cloud tools; over its 25-year history, TCV has invested $14B — The pandemic has spelled economic setbacks for many people and industries, but the capital swirling about the technology world continues to roar along.
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| Swetha Gopinath / Bloomberg: |
Polish postal locker service InPost raised €2.8B in its IPO, Europe's biggest since 2018, selling shares at €16 and valuing the company at over €8B — - IPO prices at 16 euros a share, top end of the initial range — Sale of 35% stake values Polish company at 8 billion euros
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