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Hackers say they breached Verkada, accessing feeds and archives of 150K surveillance cameras inside clinics, police precincts, jails, schools, Tesla facilities — - Hacker group says it wanted to show prevalence of surveillance — Video footage was captured from Sequoia-backed startup Verkada
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Sources: Apple is cutting orders for all iPhones by ~20% compared to its plans in December, with iPhone 12 mini production cut by 70% for H1 2021 — Total iPhone target for 2021 still at 230m units despite global parts shortage — TAIPEI — Apple is slashing its planned production …
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Apple says it will invest €1B in Germany over the next three years and will make Munich its European Silicon Design Center — Apple will make Munich its European Silicon Design Center, the company announced today. Work already being undertaken by Apple in Bavaria's capital is contributing …
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Russia says it is slowing down Twitter for not removing 3,000+ posts containing “illegal content”, threatens a total block if Twitter ignores deletion demands — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it was slowing down the speed of Twitter in retaliation for its alleged failure …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Instagram Lite, an Android app that takes up just 2MB of storage space, in 170 countries, and says Facebook Lite has 200M+ MAUs — Growth for Facebook is coming from the developing world, and so the social network today made another key move to cater better to consumers in those countries.
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TikTok gives users the ability to approve all new comments before they appear and adds in-app prompts to discourage nasty comments — TikTok is introducing new features meant to — reduce bullying and harassment on its platform: new comment controls and in-app prompts to discourage nasty comments.| New York Times: |
To ease its dependence on US, China's new five-year plan calls tech development a matter of national security and pledges to raise R&D spending by 7% annually — Beijing's leaders plot a path to go it alone, vowing to spend big to fill gaps in innovation and avoid dependence on the United States and others.
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Google adds features to Chrome OS including Phone Hub, which lets Android users control aspects of their phones, like replying to texts, from their Chromebooks — Chrome OS is getting a bunch of new features to celebrate 10 years — Google is marking 10 years of Chromebooks by unveiling new features for Chrome OS today.
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Facebook details a 10-year vision for its AR glasses, imagining they will work alongside a wristband to measure hand and figure gestures, with haptic feedback — Facebook is working on a neural wristband for AR glasses, with haptic gloves in the works — Facebook's first pair of smart glasses is arriving this year.
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| James Cridland / Podnews: |
Apple Podcasts will drop the word “subscribe” in iOS 14.5, substituting the word “follow”; research shows “subscribe” signals a cost for some non-listeners — A small change with a big impact: no more “subscribe” as podcasting moves to “follow”
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| Amos Barshad / Rest of World: |
A look at Unit 8200, an elite intelligence unit within the Israeli Defense Forces and a pipeline for the country's sprawling network of cybersecurity startups — The country's hacking software is recognized the world over. Not everyone thinks it's a good thing.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Via, a software and operations platform for cities, buys Remix, which makes mapping software for city transport planning, for $100M in cash and equity — Remix, the startup that developed mapping software used by cities for transportation planning and street design, was born out of a hackathon during a Code for America fellowship.
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DataGrail, which helps companies deal with privacy regulations around the world including GDPR and CCPA, raises $30M Series B, bringing its total raised to $39M — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — DataGrail, a data privacy startup …
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung announces its Galaxy Unpacked event will be held on March 17, where it's expected to unveil an updated Galaxy A series lineup — It's only the third month of the year, but Samsung is gearing up for its second big product launch of 2021. The company on Tuesday sent invitations …
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Bipartisan group of US lawmakers re-introduce a bill that will let news organizations negotiate collectively with Google, Facebook, and others — - News media could band together under bill to bargain with tech — Australia law marked a major victory for news publishers| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
The NYSE sets Roblox direct listing reference price at $45 per share ahead of its trading debut on Wednesday — - Roblox almost tripled payouts to developers last year, while revenue didn't quite double, as the company aims to get top creators to spend more of their time building for the app.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter's head of consumer product, on focusing on growth, deciding what to prioritize, paying for tweets, Clubhouse, and more — Twitter recently announced that it's going to be building a lot of new things into its product: there's Twitter Spaces …
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| Bloomberg: |
Taiwan, undergoing its worst drought in 56 years, says it has enough water to keep its semiconductor industry going until late May, when monsoons are expected — - Government expects rain in 2021 to be slightly less than usual — TSMC sees no impact on production so far, has contingency plan| Shiyin Chen / Bloomberg: |
Epic Games sues Google in Australia, arguing Google forces developers to use its payments system, expanding on lawsuits in US and UK against Google and Apple — - Fortnite maker has already sued Google in the U.S. and U.K. — Dispute centers around fees charged by app store operators
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Israel-based Optibus, which develops an SaaS service to optimize public transport using AI, raises $107M Series C, sources say at a $400M-$500M valuation — Mass transportation is a critical part of how metropolitan areas keep moving, and today a startup that has built an AI-based platform …
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Sources: Grab is exploring going public in the US through an SPAC merger — - Grab has been exploring a traditional IPO in the U.S. — Merging with a SPAC could accelerate Grab's listing plans — Grab Holdings Inc. is exploring going public in the U.S. through a merger …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
New Jersey-based Pathlock, which offers app security tools for businesses, raises $20M — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — Unified access orchestration platform provider Pathlock, formerly Greenlight Technologies …
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Asus unveils ROG Phone 5 Ultimate with 6.78-inch FHD+ OLED screen, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, 144Hz refresh rate, headphone jack, starting at $950 — It'll cost about $1,580 when it launches in May, but less expensive models will come first — Asus is going big with its latest gaming phones.| Bloomberg: |
The crackdown on Jack Ma risks backfiring on Xi's master plan for Chinese tech as founders and investors show concern over heavy-handed suppression — In barely 40 years, China has dramatically opened up its economy and become one of the world's primary growth engines.| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Snyk, which helps fix vulnerabilities in open source dependencies and container images, raises $300M at a $4.7B valuation, 4x its value since start of 2020 — Cybersecurity platform Snyk Ltd. said it has closed a $300 million funding round that gives it a valuation of $4.7 billion, quadrupling its value since the start of 2020.
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