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Google promises it will not build alternate identifiers to track users after phasing out third-party tracking cookies — Google says it wants a ‘privacy-first web’ — Google is slowly phasing out third-party tracking cookies, and today, it's making it clear that it won't just replace …
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Publicly traded identity management company Okta says it is acquiring Auth0, one of its biggest challengers, in an all-stock deal valued at $6.5B — Covering venture capital, software and startups — Publicly-traded identity management company Okta is acquiring one of its leading challengers …
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Arizona House passes bill HB2005, which would force Apple and Google to let apps in its app stores use alternative payment methods; bill now heads to AZ Senate — The bill, HB2005, opens the door for alternative payment systems on iOS and Android — The Arizona House of Representatives …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix launches Fast Laughs, a TikTok-like feed in its mobile apps that presents a string of comedy clips from its stand-up specials, TV series, and movies — Netflix just made its iPhone app a little more funny-looking. — The streaming giant Wednesday launched Fast Laughs … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple debuts a service to let users transfer iCloud photos and videos to “another participating service” like Google Photos, initially in US and select markets — Apple this week introduced a new service that's designed to make it quick and easy for iCloud users to transfer their stored photos and videos to Google Photos.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Brave acquires Tailcat, an open source search engine made by the team behind the Cliqz anti-tracking browser, and shares plans to launch Brave Search — Brave, the privacy-focused browser co-founded by ex-Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, is getting ready to launch an own-brand search engine for desktop and mobile.
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Indie.vc, a six-year-old effort by O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures to invest small amounts in bootstrapped businesses, shuts down after results left LPs unimpressed — Indie.vc, an effort launched six years ago to invest small amounts in bootstrapped businesses, announced on Tuesday that it's winding down.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft warns users a new Chinese state-sponsored threat actor is exploiting four previously undisclosed zero days in Exchange Server; patches are available — Microsoft is warning customers that a new China state-sponsored threat actor is exploiting four previously undisclosed security flaws …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Comcast says peak US internet traffic rose 32% in 2020 over pre-pandemic traffic, while video streaming rose 70% compared to 2019 — Comcast said that peak internet traffic rose 32% in 2020 over pre-pandemic levels, with some markets rising 50% in some markets in March 2020.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook says that on Thursday it will lift the ban on political and social issue ads in the US, imposed after the November election — Facebook will finally allow advertisers to resume running political and social issue ads in the U.S. on Thursday, according to a company update.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Emails show US surveillance company Flock has rolled out a nationwide network of cameras with AI-powered license plate reading tech via 500+ police departments — Hundreds of pages of emails obtained by Motherboard show how little-known company Flock has expanded from surveilling individual neighborhoods … | Alexandra Sternlicht / Forbes: |
Deliverr, operator of a shipping logistics platform for e-commerce in the US, raises $170M Series D led by Coatue, bringing its total raised to $240M — This past year was an unprecedented one for e-commerce sales, which grew 44% in the pandemic. While giants like Amazon and Walmart … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Snowflake reported Q4 FY 2021 revenue of $190.5M, up 117% YoY, vs. $178.5M expected, and a net loss of about $199M, up from $83M in Q4 FY 2020 — - Snowflake called for a decline in product revenue in the current fiscal year, as analysts had expected. — The company went public in September.
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Interview with the head of Intel Labs, Dr. Richard Uhlig, on Intel's moonshot ideas involving integrated photonics, neuromorphic and quantum computing, and more — Some analysts consider Intel to be a processor company with manufacturing facilities - others consider it to be a manufacturing company … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is testing a new style of displaying tweets that link to e-commerce product pages, after it was spotted by a Twitter for Android user in Qatar — Twitter confirmed it's testing a new way to display tweets that link out to e-commerce product pages — like products on a Shopify store, for example.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Five senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, ask Amazon about its use of AI-equipped cameras to monitor delivery drivers, after a Feb. report — - Five senators wrote a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday, demanding more context around the company's recent deployment … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
After dropping a federal antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, Parler sues in WA state court alleging defamation and breach of contract for AWS account termination — The service sued to force Amazon Web Services to restore its account — Parler has withdrawn its antitrust lawsuit against Amazon … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Microsoft Mesh, a mixed-reality platform on Azure, and demos a meeting service to let users join virtual rooms using devices like HoloLens 2 — Mesh is Microsoft's vision for the future of mixed reality — Last week, Microsoft's Alex Kipman, the inventor of Kinect and HoloLens …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Vestiaire Collective, an online marketplace for pre-owned luxury and fashion items, raises $216M led by luxury group Kering and is now valued at $1B+ — Vestiaire Collective announced a new funding round. The company has raised $216 million, or €178 million — it has reached a valuation above $1 billion, making it a unicorn.| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero: |
A look at “Sharp Eyes”, a computerized video surveillance program that aims to surveil 100% of Chinese public spaces and relies largely on reports from citizens — The program turns neighbors into agents of the surveillance state — One of China's largest …
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