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Robinhood says due to “recent volatility” it is restricting trading in some stocks, including GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, and Nokia, to “position closing only” — Amid the flurry of speculative activity in GameStop, brokers took steps to restrict the trading …
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Under the Hood, Adweek, Laptop Mag, CoinDesk, CNET, VICE, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Verge, Bloomberg, BetaKit, PCMag, Slate, Engadget, HotHardware.com News, Politico, The Verge, The Atlantic, Mashable, and SlashGear
Tweets: @robinhoodapp, @aoc, @tedcruz, @arkhondh, @slasher, @motherboard, @rashidatlaib, @jarule, @panzer, @dellcam, @dellcam, @casey, @themaxburns, @austin_rief, @jason_koebler, @arjunsethi, @film_girl, @dellcam, @bgurley, @itsdansheehan, @arjunsethi, @gartenberg, @jasonaten, @jasonaten, @emmakinery, @caseynewton, @reckless, @tedlieu, @pt, @davidsacks, @tedlieu, @sama, @justinkan, @chimeracoder, @mattzeitlin, @mims, @timfernholz, @freemaneric, @heathercampbell, @duffgoldman, @balajis, @bertjwregeer, @rokhanna, @poorlyagedstuff, @nycsouthpaw, @toadsanime, @samueloakford, @tyler, @rebeccajarvis, @artemr, @dcseifert, @profgalloway, @josephfcox, @paleofuture, @mims, @kysportsradio, @holysmkes, @cloud_opinion, @tomwarren, @aricohn, @matthew_d_green, @calbucci, @normative, @bhwags, @carnage4life, @mikeisaac, @jackholmes0, @benthompson, @micsolana, @andyholloway, @micahgrimes, @rubberninja, and @tomgara
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord says r/WallStreetBets members have set up a new server and Discord is helping them with moderation and management of rapid growth — A surprising change of events — Discord is now helping the r/WallStreetBets team moderate its new server. The company originally banned …
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New York Times, The Verge, Reuters, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @josephpalbanese, @slasher, @tomwarren, @jefftutorials, @tomwarren, and @kressaty
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Webull and Public, which restricted transactions of some stocks, cite costs of settling the trades with Apex as the cause and have now removed all restrictions — Three of the popular retail stock market trading apps that have hosted much of the activity related to the Wall Street Bets subreddit-spurred run …
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Forbes, Business Insider, and Politico
Tweets: @zguz, @public, @webullglobal, @webullglobal, @panzer, @panzer, @jgreco, @cfarivar, @matthewstoller, @alexeheath, @panzer, @panzer, and @fmanjoo
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
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Margins, TechCrunch, Markets Weekly, Bloomberg, NBC News, Slate, NPR, Business Insider, Android Police, Bloomberg, Cult of Mac, Gizmodo, New York Magazine, and Variety
Tweets: @profgalloway, @jeneps, @nope_its_lily, @alibreland, @cirnoplusplus, @khoustephanie, @hshaban, @ericbalchunas, @thestalwart, @senwarren, @jbarro, @alexstamos, @cnbcnow, @haymarketbooks, @slasher, @balajis, @broderick, @thestalwart, @tomgara, @mattzeitlin, @jmountfordfp, @charliebilello, @asymco, @zeithistoriker, and @benedictevans
| Tucker Higgins / CNBC: |
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, and NBC News
Tweets: @carolmassar, @senmikelee, @rakeshlobster, @senwarren, @elwasson, @cnbc, and @iansherr
| Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg: |
Tweets: @jbillinson and @justinkan
| The Information: |
Sources: Facebook is preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple for forcing developers to abide by App Store rules that Apple's own apps don't have to follow — A long-simmering public dispute between Facebook and Apple has neared a boiling point. With the aid of outside legal counsel … | Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook tells EU data protection conference that valuing engagement over privacy leads to “polarization” and “violence” and such businesses need reform — Speaking at the EU data protection conference CPDP today, Tim Cook gave the opening keynote with his talk entitled …
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CNBC, YouTube, MacRumors, The Irish Times, Apple Must, MacDailyNews, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Mac Observer, Six Colors, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @jsnell, @dhh, @nat_droz, and @reneritchie
| Dylan Byers / NBC News: |
Facebook's Oversight Board issues first-ever rulings, which Facebook said it will abide by, overturning four out of the five cases it reviewed — Facebook's Oversight Board on Thursday issued its first round of decisions, overturning several of the company's decisions to remove posts …
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Oversight Board, About Facebook, TIME, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Hollywood Reporter, Reuters, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Washington Post, Bloomberg, NPR, and Hindustan Times
Tweets: @oversightboard, @foxcahn, @jeffjarvis, @time, @rmac18, @carolecadwalla, @benioff, @mattnavarra, @kurtwagner8, @jeffjarvis, @emilybell, @hnsgr, @marietjeschaake, @evan_rosenfeld, @carolecadwalla, @martinsfp, @ceciliakang, @jonathanhaynes, @cbradleytweets, @seamushughes, @kurtwagner8, @nabihasyed, @axios, @dylanbyers, @rasmus_kleis, @fbnewsroom, @robpegoraro, and @evelyndouek
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Apple says its App Tracking Transparency feature, which will be enabled by default, will roll out with iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS 14 updates in early spring — Apple has shared a few more details about its much-discussed privacy changes in iOS 14. The company first announced at WWDC …
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Apple, Apple, Wall Street Journal, AdExchanger, AppleInsider, CNBC, GamesIndustry.biz, marketingdive.com, The Hill, Business Insider, Macworld, KnowTechie, ZDNet, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @appleedu, @sdw, @halidecamera, @mrinaldesai, @gregjoz, @laurengoode, and @zackwhittaker
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Coinbase officially announces its intent to become a public company via direct listing — Coinbase has made official its plan to go public by way of a direct listing, according to a blog post released Thursday by the U.S.-based crypto exchange. — “Coinbase Global, Inc. today announced …
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The Coinbase Blog, Crunchbase News, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Bloomberg, Axios, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, CNBC, and NewsBTC
Tweets: @brianroemmele, @panzer, and @eringriffith
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds opt-in biometric fingerprint, face, or iris scan authentication for WhatsApp on desktop or web — WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned popular messaging app with more than 2 billion users, has been getting a lot of heat and losing users in recent weeks after announcing (and then delaying) changes to how it uses your data.
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Engadget, The Verge, Android Police, appleosophy.com, TalkAndroid.com, MakeUseOf, USA Today, iPhone in Canada Blog, WinBuzzer, Windows Central, iMore, NextPit, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @whatsapp
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Telegram launches a tool to let users import chat history from WhatsApp, Line, or KakaoTalk on Android and iOS — This year has seen a spike in interest for secure messaging apps and one of our favorites, Telegram, is seizing the oppurtunity. With its latest update, Telegram is introducing … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
IDC says Apple has shipped 90.1M iPhones in Q1, the largest number of shipments in a single quarter since IDC started tracking smartphones — - The iPhone is booming: Sales were up 17% year-over-year to a whopping $65.6 billion in a single quarter. — Research firm IDC estimates …
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Canalys.com, IDC, Counterpoint Research, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, The Verge, Ars Technica, Pocketnow, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, TechRepublic, MacRumors, iMore, and Gizchina
Tweets: @fjeronimo, @joannastern, and @benbajarin
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: WeWork is in talks to merge with a SPAC at a valuation of around $10B, more than a year after its high-profile failure to launch an IPO — A deal could value the company at some $10 billion — WeWork is in talks to combine with a special-purpose acquisition company …
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Bloomberg and TechCrunch
Tweets: @eliotwb, @sokane1, @davecbenoit, @synopsi, @cgrantwsj, @jasonzweigwsj, @shiraovide, @grantspub, @thekenyeung, and @eringriffith
| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
YouTube is testing the ability to make short clips, from 5 to 60 seconds, of livestreams or videos, starting today on desktop and Android devices — Another standard live-streaming feature makes its way over to the online video giant — YouTube is introducing clipping …
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support.google.com, 9to5Google, Engadget, dexerto.com, and Polygon
Tweets: @youtubegaming, @fwiz, @valkyrae, @brainengineer, and @carthusdojo
| Danny Palmer / ZDNet: |
Europol, the FBI, and other law enforcement agencies worldwide have seized control of malware botnet Emotet's infrastructure and disrupted it from the inside — Europol and FBI among agencies that have taken control of the botnet infrastructure used by cyber criminals behind some of the most prolific malware and ransomware attacks.
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Europol, ZDNet, Krebs on Security, CNN, The Register, Threatpost, CyberNews, Cybereason, Check Point Software, BetaNews, and HealthITSecurity
Tweets: @thejusticedept, @joetidy, @hatr, @dannyjpalmer, @modernhomesla, and @bobbychesney. Thanks:@steveranger
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
US and Bulgarian authorities seize a dark web site used to publish data stolen from victims of NetWalker, which has been among the most rapacious ransomware — U.S. and Bulgarian authorities this week seized the darkweb site used by the NetWalker ransomware cybercrime group to publish data stolen from its victims.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Google pulls popular transit app New York Subway from Play store, after it was found sharing granular user location data with controversial data broker X-Mode — Apple and Google banned apps from sharing location data with a broker with links to U.S. military contractors.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Gowalla, now resurrected as a social AR startup, raises a $4M seed round co-led by Google's venture arm GV and Spark Capital — The newly resurrected Gowalla wants to realize its mobile dreams from the early-aughts in an augmented reality world, and they've raised some new funding to make it happen.
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Going Out Again and 500ish
Tweets: @gowalla, @dens, @dcseifert, @piemonte, @kentgoldman, @nabeel, @mg, and @jw
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Hands-on with Samsung's $30 Bluetooth-enabled SmartTag, which has a button that can be used to ring a connected Galaxy phone and to control smart home devices — Samsung recently came out with Bluetooth-enabled item trackers called SmartTags, beating Apple's rumored AirTags to market.
Tweets: @dsilverman
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
HR software company Workday acquires Peakon, which provides SaaS tools for employee retention, in a $700M all-cash deal — Enterprise cloud software giant Workday has announced plans to acquire data-driven human resources (HR) startup Peakon in an all-cash deal worth $700 million.
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Peakon, FinSMEs, ZDNet, Workday Blog, and Tech.eu
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