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Google has patched an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome 88 update — Google Chrome 88.0.4324.150 released with a fix. Users advised to update. — Google has released today version 88.0.4324.150 of the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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| Harvard Business Review: |
Facebook's claims about the size of losses small businesses will suffer due to iOS 14 privacy changes don't hold up under scrutiny and are likely exaggerated — by - Bart de Langhe and - Stefano Puntoni — Summary. — Apple will soon require consumers to opt in if they want to allow businesses …
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Snap says Apple's changes to IDFA will interrupt demand; Unity says IDFA changes will affect how mobile game developers “optimize lifetime customer value” — - Snap and Unity Software, which reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell Thursday, both warned of the upcoming impact …
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| Ben Gilbert / Insider: |
Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on Clubhouse on Thursday, discussing VR, AR, Facebook's Reality Labs group, and remote work — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on a Clubhouse talk show on Thursday evening. — Zuckerberg appeared on The Good Times Show, a talk show on the buzzy new social networking app.
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| Ashwin Manikandan / The Economic Times: |
PayPal says it will wind down its domestic payment operations in India by April 1 and focus on its existing cross-border trade business — Mumbai: PayPal Inc. will wind down its payment operations in India this year, a spokesperson said on the condition of anonymity.
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| Michelle Chan / Nikkei Asia: |
Users in mainland China are flocking to Clubhouse, a rare space outside the country's firewall where they can speak freely with people from Hong Kong and Taiwan — Audio-based social-media platform becomes free-speech haven for mainland users — The Clubhouse app had two million users globally as of Jan. 24.
Tweets: @wongmjane, @joshschoen, @loh, @harry_jerry, @charlesmok, @kylebrussell, @mikeelgan, @chingrachelwong, @peterguest, @yoda, and @napolitanodean
| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
Democratic senators' SAFE TECH Act will strip Section 230 immunity for any ads, and posts violating civil rights, antitrust, cyberstalking, human rights laws — Three top Democratic senators added to the stack of proposed Section 230 reforms Friday, introducing their own bill …
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| Bloomberg: |
Shares of Kuaishou jumped 161% in its Hong Kong debut, valuing the company at $159B, after the main rival of ByteDance in China raised $5.4B in an IPO — - Tencent-backed short-video startup raised $5.4 billion in IPO — Debut performance is second best globally after Alibaba.com
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| 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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Tweets: @google, @derekmross, @glenngabe, @thekenyeung, @backlon, @jake_k, and @jeff_delgado
| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Metalenz, a Boston-based Harvard spinout developing meta-optic lens chips, raises $10M Series A from 3M Ventures, Intel Capital, and others — Metalenz, a developer of meta-optic technologies for new lenses, has secured a $10 million Series A as the company looks to exit stealth …
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Ad tech company Magnite, formerly Rubicon Project, to acquire SpotX, a platform for connected TV and video advertising, from RTL Group for $1.17B — - Ad tech company Magnite is acquiring SpotX, a platform for connected TV and video advertising, for $1.17 billion in cash and stock.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India is restoring 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir, 18 months after imposing a sweeping communications blackout in the Muslim-majority region — India is restoring 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir, a senior government official said Friday evening, 18 months after imposing … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Snap says its TikTok competitor Spotlight had 100M MAUs in January, two months after its launch, and receives an average of 175K video submissions per day — A surprisingly successful debut — Snap says its TikTok competitor, Spotlight, had 100 million users in January 2021, just two months after it launched.
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Tweets: @robinwauters, @charliebilello, @ashleyrcarman, and @megancgraham
| 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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| 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:| 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.
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