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Source: Apple is planning a $3,000+ mixed-reality headset with 8K displays, eye-tracking tech, and 12+ cameras to track hand movements and show the real world — A mixed-reality headset Apple is developing will be equipped with more than a dozen cameras for tracking hand movements …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Viva, an employee intranet with LinkedIn integration, access to communication tools like SharePoint and Yammer, training content, and more — Microsoft today launched Viva, a new “employee experience platform,” or, in non-marketing terms, its new take on the intranet sites … | Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Google says Pixel users will be able to use their phone cameras to measure pulse and breath rates through the Google Fit app, starting next month — Like many of us, Google is getting more interested in our health. The company is announcing today new features that will allow …
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Amazon is quietly transitioning its US warehouse workers to 10-hour graveyard shifts; labor experts say the move is to cut costs and pay for fewer benefits — The company has been quietly transitioning warehouse workers at Amazon warehouses nationwide to a 10-hour graveyard shift, known as the “megacycle.”| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
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Sources: Google is exploring a less-stringent Android alternative to Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature, resembling planned Chrome changes — - Internet giant mulls bringing web privacy approach to Android — Google balancing user privacy with developer, advertiser needs
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The Verge, OSnews, Social Media Today, 9to5Google, Trusted Reviews, Pocketnow, MacDailyNews, XDA Developers, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, and MacRumors
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| Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: |
Incoming head of Senate antitrust subcommittee Amy Klobuchar introduces an antitrust bill that would raise the bar for tech acquisitions — Incoming head of Senate panel proposes broad changes as Democrats press issue of perceived monopoly power — WASHINGTON—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D. …
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Axios, Protocol, Washington Post, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, TechCrunch, The Hill, MacDailyNews, Politico, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Unity reports Q4 revenue of $220.3 million, up 39% YoY, on net loss of $83.5M; stock falls 11% after hours on slowing revenue forecast — - Unity reported fourth-quarter revenue growth of 39%, topping analysts' estimates. — Its forecast for the first quarter was in the middle of the expected range.
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Financial Times, VentureBeat, AdExchanger, CNET, Reuters, Barron's Online, Unity Technologies, and CNBC
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter took coordinated action to take down top members of account hijacking forum OGUsers and seized hundreds of accounts — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms.
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google delists the popular Chrome extension The Great Suspender for containing malware and is disabling the extension for those who installed it — This afternoon, Google has delisted the popular extension The Great Suspender for containing malware and is proactively disabling the extension for those who have it.
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XDA Developers, HotHardware.com News, Lifehacker, GitHub, The Verge, Android Police, Android Central, Chrome Unboxed, and Windows Central
Tweets: @bcrypt and @chrisnelder
| Eric Martin / Bloomberg: |
Biden's nominee for Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says she sees “no reason” Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese companies should be removed from US blacklist — - Gina Raimondo responds to written questions from GOP senators — Huawei, other Chinese companies are also on U.S. Entity List| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
In a NLRB filing, the Alphabet Workers Union accuses Google vendor Adecco of violating US labor law by forbidding contract workers from discussing their pay — - New labor group accuses Google vendor of violating labor law — Worker says Facebook post got her suspended by contractor
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Tweets: @josheidelson, @econ_marshall, @googlewalkout, @josheidelson, and @gigworkersrise
| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Five high-ranking Google engineers propose new rules for developers working on “critical” open source projects, including no unilateral code changes — If your open-source software project is considered “critical”, you could be facing a lot more work and responsibility in the future.| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Apptopia: since Trump was banned from Twitter, daily use of Twitter has remained remarkably consistent — Trump's presence on Twitter had no impact on how much people used it, contrary to the popular narrative. … For as long as Donald Trump was president, there was a common misconception that Twitter's fate was tied to his.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google starts rolling out Google News Showcase in Australia, paying local and regional publishers, amid an ongoing dispute over Australia's proposed media rules — Google has a $1 billion plan to pay publishers for content that appears in a cross-service “News Showcase” product.
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The Keyword, ZDNet, Android Police, The Canberra Times, AdNews News, and Associated Press
Tweets: @myllyme, @merryboffin, @kent_walker, @swan_legend, @googledownunder, @sarafischer, @googledownunder, and @timvcm
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Twitter will move its offline analytics, data processing, and ML workloads to Google's Cloud after agreeing to an expanded multiyear partnership — Twitter is upping its data analytics game in the form of an expanded, multiyear partnership with Google Cloud.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Activision Blizzard reports Q4 net revenue of $2.41B, up 21% YoY, driven by a record year for Call of Duty, which had full year premium unit sales up 40% YoY — Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street's expectations with 21% revenue growth to $2.41 billion for the fourth quarter ended December 31.
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Windows Central, Activision Blizzard, Forbes, Bloomberg, Twinfinite, Benzinga, Wccftech, Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, GameSpot, and Investor's Business Daily. Tweets: @slasher
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Kuo: iPhone 13 is now more likely to feature an upgraded Ultra Wide camera with significantly improved low-light performance thanks to a new lens supplier — The iPhone 13 is now more likely to feature an upgraded Ultra Wide camera with significantly improved low-light performance …
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AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Redmond Pie, Wccftech, iMore, and iDownloadBlog.com
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with mobile marketing analyst Eric Seufert on the Facebook-Apple conflict, Apple's real motives for iOS privacy changes, and potential harm to businesses — In yesterday's Article The Relentless Jeff Bezos, I called the Amazon founder “arguably the greatest CEO in tech history.”
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AdExchanger and The Economist
Tweets: @palmerluckey, @eric_seufert, @richlightshed, @mrahmey, @id_aa_carmack, @tjl, @damianburns, @eric_seufert, and @keithepetri
| Kristen V Brown / Bloomberg: |
23andMe to go public through a merger with VG Acquisition Corp., a SPAC founded by Richard Branson, at a valuation of $3.5B — - CEO Wojcicki and SPAC leader Branson each invest $25 million — DNA-testing company has been expanding its health-care profile
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VICE, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, The Verge, PR Newswire, MobiHealthNews, ZDNet, MarketWatch, CNBC, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @antonioregalado, @sorayadarabi, @kristenvbrown, and @susanwojcicki
| Hamish McKenzie / Substack Blog: |
Substack co-founder says Facebook and Twitter getting into paid newsletters is a positive thing for writers and the media ecosystem, implores them to go all in — When Twitter announced that it had acquired the email newsletter provider Revue to create a Substack competitor, I tweeted a smartass response:
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Pinterest reports Q4 revenue of $706M, up 76% YoY and beating estimates of $645.6M, and 459M global MAUs, up 37% YoY and above estimates of 449.4M; stock up 7%+ — - Pinterest reported fourth quarter 2020 results on Thursday. — The company beat on both the top and bottom lines.
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Tweets: @ophirgottlieb, @jbursz, @bnnbloomberg, @jeffmacke, and @mattrosoff
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