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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Tencent and ByteDance are testing a new tool called CAID, developed by the China Advertising Association, to bypass Apple's IDFA ad privacy changes — ByteDance and Tencent see if they can keep tracking iPhone users with solution created by state-backed group
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The Markup, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, phonearena.com, iPhone Hacks, iMore, Ubergizmo, No IDFA? No Problem, and Pixel Envy
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Chinese state broadcaster says Xi Jinping ordered regulators to increase oversight of internet companies, crack down on monopolies, and promote fair competition — - Comments from top leader follows fintech, antitrust actions — Regulators are said to set their sights on Tencent after Ant
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Wall Street Journal, CNN, South China Morning Post, Tech in Asia, TechCrunch, MediaNama, and CNBC
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Instagram says it introducing new policies to limit interactions between teenagers and adults, including banning adults from DMing teens who don't follow them — Teen users will also be shown safety prompts when messaging ‘suspicious’ adults — Instagram is introducing …
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Instagram, PCMag, MacRumors, TechCrunch, CNET, 9to5Mac, BBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, Input, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, Pocketnow, and Engadget
Tweets: @omidyarnetwork, @wongmjane, and @mattnavarra
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Starting July 1, Google will drop its cut of revenue devs generate from Play Store from 30% to 15% on the first $1M earned per year, after Apple's similar move — - Google announced on Tuesday that it will cut Google Play app store fees to 15% on the first million dollars a developer makes …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, BBC, The Next Web, MacRumors, The Economic Times, 9to5Google, CNET, Neowin, iDownloadBlog.com, and Wccftech
Tweets: @nickstatt, @parrots, @marcoarment, @cgartenberg, @jenn_elias, and @stroughtonsmith
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Signal app and website are unavailable in China but the app is still available in the App Store; Greatfire says Signal's website was banned on March 15 — Chinese users of the instant messenger Signal knew that the good times wouldn't last long. The app, which is used for encrypted conversations …
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CyberScoop, South China Morning Post, ABC, Softpedia News, Android Police, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, CNBC, Wccftech, Reuters, MacRumors, BGR, The Next Web, Engadget, Protocol, and iMore
Tweets: @ritacyliao, @joshchin, @jchengwsj, @bangxiao_, @greatfirechina, @zackwhittaker, and @csuwildcat
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces second-generation Nest Hub with sleep tracking, powered by a Soli radar chip, for $100, shipping from March 30 — In deciding to not put a camera on what was initially called the Home Hub, Google made its first Assistant Smart Display ideal for nightstands.
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The Keyword, TechCrunch, The Guardian, The Verge, Android Police, Thurrott, ZDNet, The Ambient, techadvisor.co.uk, Android Police, PCMag, Protocol, Gizmodo, B&H Explora, The Next Web, Engadget, USA Today, CNBC, Tom's Guide, MSPoweruser, Phandroid, SlashGear, and Android Central
Tweets: @joannastern, @joannastern, and @jjvincent
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Facebook will begin testing its publishing platform, including website and newsletter tools, with a small group of writers, some of whom will be paid — Facebook will soon begin testing partnerships with a small group of independent writers for its new publishing platform, sources tell Axios.
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Engadget and The Verge
Tweets: @dylanbyers, @joshsternberg, @zephyrteachout, @sarafischer, and @emilybell
| Bloomberg: |
French data protection watchdog says it is investigating Apple after a complaint by lobbying group France Digitale about Apple's personalized ad features — - Apple set to get French antitrust ruling as soon as Wednesday — Software update plan aims to curb web tracking in privacy push
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Reuters, The Irish Times, CNBC, MacDailyNews, and iMore
| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
Internal FTC docs: 2013 decision not to pursue a Google antitrust investigation was based on faulty logic and a misunderstanding of the internet's potential — A decade ago, a surging Silicon Valley giant was making plans to dominate the internet. Given a chance to stop it …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia confirms that a now-removed driver for developers to test the Windows Subsystem for Linux could unlock RTX 3060's Ethereum cryptomining performance — Nvidia probably didn't mean to do this — Nvidia implemented a special system to reduce the hash rate of Ethereum mining on its new RTX 3060 graphics card last month.
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The Verge, Tom's Hardware, AnandTech, HotHardware.com News, TechSpot, Cointelegraph, bit-tech.net, ExtremeTech, Tom's Guide, coinspeaker.com, VideoCardz.com, XDA Developers, Overclock3D.Net, and Wccftech
Tweets: @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, and @eidelweiss
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Intel's 11th Gen desktop chips launch, with the flagship Core i9-11900K sporting eight cores, two less than last gen, and boosted clock speeds of up to 5.3GHz — Rocket Lake-S looks to combine the best parts of Intel's 14nm process with its 10nm designs — Intel's next-generation desktop chips … | Bloomberg: |
Huawei says it will start charging Apple, Samsung, and other manufacturers royalties for 5G patents, a potentially lucrative scheme as US sanctions bite — - Executives pledge to charge rates below its competitors — Company is keen to expand its clout in global 5G networking
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CNET, Reuters, Thurrott, Android Central, AppleInsider, South China Morning Post, iMore, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, CNBC, 9to5Mac, Huawei Central, and Nikkei Asia
| Brianna Provenzano / Gizmodo: |
California approves new regulations under CCPA to prohibit the use of “dark patterns”, tricks deployed by websites and apps to frustrate or mislead users — New regulations were approved under California's Consumer Privacy Act on Monday that will prohibit the use of so-called dark patterns …
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State of California, Laptop Mag, The Verge, and Fossbytes
Tweets: @agbecerra, @agbecerra, and @ohmdee
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple will let the Russian government pre-install iOS apps in accordance with a new law; users can deselect the apps during setup and delete them after — Starting next month, Apple will allow the Russian government to pre-install apps on iPhones, iPads and other devices starting next month.| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Trading platform eToro says it will go public via SPAC, valuing the company at $10.4B and raising $650M — Quick Take — The investment platform is merging with FinTech Acquisition Corp. V — The SPAC merger follows years of speculation about the fintech firm going public
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GlobeNewswire, FinLedger, Haaretz, Yahoo Finance, Decrypt, CoinDesk, Reuters, Protocol, Cryptonews, PYMNTS.com, Finance Magnates, Crypto Briefing, Reuters, and CTech
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
ByteDance has posted at least 12 job listings related to semiconductors, including hardware and software engineers in Shanghai and Beijing — The standout Chinese startup ByteDance Ltd. has begun hiring employees for a possible push into semiconductors, exploring an expansion well beyond … | Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 14.5 beta code suggests Apple is working on a method for delivering standalone iOS security updates — Among all the new features introduced with iOS 14.5, which had its fourth beta released today to developers, there are also some changes hidden in the operating system's internal codes.
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9to5Mac, Android Authority, XDA Developers, Pocket-lint, Android Central, KnowTechie, phonearena.com, TechRadar, AppleInsider, iMore, Ubergizmo, iPhone Hacks, The Mac Observer, The Mac Observer, Softpedia News, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @icecooltech and @idevicehelpus
| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
In a secret 2016 NLRB settlement in Virginia, Amazon swore off threatening and intimidating workers, tactics that it has deployed to dissuade workers in Alabama — In a secret settlement in Virginia, Amazon swore off threatening and intimidating workers. As the company confronts increased labor unrest …
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Engadget. Tweets: @tiffanydcross, @justinjm1, @blackamazon, @jimmyvanbramer, and @justinhendrix
| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Dropbox says Dropbox Passwords, a management tool introduced in 2020 for businesses, will be free for Basic accounts starting in April, with a 50 password limit — Maybe an upsell, maybe a introduction to password security — Dropbox is adding a new feature on top of its usual offerings …
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The Next Web, ZDNet, Work in Progress, MacRumors, PCMag, Engadget, iClarified, MUO, and iPhone Hacks
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A growing number of Apple device owners say they are receiving FaceTime group calls from spammers and the built-in tools to deal with such spam are inadequate — Apple doesn't provide tools that effectively ease a major headache for FaceTime users. — FaceTime users are getting bombarded …
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BGR, KnowTechie, The Mac Observer, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, phonearena.com, iMore, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Cult of Mac
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Boston-based Appfire, which develops apps to enhance collaboration tools like Atlassian's Jira and Confluence, raises $100M, following $49M in June 2020 — Appfire, a Boston-based provider of software development apps, announced Tuesday that it has received a $100 million investment from growth private equity firm TA Associates.| News Corp: |
News Corp says it has reached a three-year deal with Facebook to provide news to Facebook users in Australia through the Facebook News product — Expands News Corp-Facebook Connection, Which Began With Deal In US — New York, NY (March 15, 2021) - News Corp announced today that it has reached …
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Financial Times, New York Times, The Economic Times, Engadget, BBC, iTnews, Politico, Reuters, The Register, MediaNama, WRAL TechWire, Tech Xplore, SiliconANGLE, The Irish Times, Variety, Gizmodo, news.com.au, and The Verge
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft releases one-click Exchange On-Premises Mitigation Tool to help businesses that don't have expertise easily patch recently disclosed vulnerabilities — Microsoft has released a one-click Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) tool to allow small business owners to easily mitigate …
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Microsoft Security …, GitHub, The Hacker News, ZDNet, OnMSFT.com, Petri, MUO, The Record, SecurityWeek, and TechRadar
Tweets: @navbassi, @carmencrincoli, @kimzetter, @briankrebs, and @gossithedog
| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Report: UK tech startups raised a record $15B in 2020, higher than any country besides US ($144B) and China ($44.6B), and $8B in the first three months of 2021 — Tech sector pulls away from France and Germany despite pandemic and Brexit challenges — The UK tech sector attracted record investment …
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Forbes, Dealroom, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, and Kane Fulton
Tweets: @technation, @technation, @technation, @technation, and @technation
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Report: iPhone 12 lineup lags behind 25 Android phones in 5G download speeds; Samsung accounts for 60% of top 25 5G performers with Galaxy S21 5G at the top — A new report from Opensignal paints a rough picture for how 5G performance on the iPhone 12 lineup stacks up against Android smartphones in the US.Sponsor Posts
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