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US sanctions Russia for 2020 election interference and SolarWinds hack, blacklisting six tech companies that provide support to Russian intelligence services — The United States is hitting Russia with fresh sanctions for interference in the 2020 presidential election … | David Priest / CNET: |
Jeff Bezos says Amazon Prime now has 200M+ subscribers, up 50M from the beginning of 2020, and Amazon's net profit in 2020 was $21.3B — A new letter to shareholders from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed that the tech giant's Prime service now has over 200 million subscribers.
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Executives from Intel, Nvidia, and TSMC say the global chip shortage will likely continue at least into 2022 and maybe into 2023 — Companies reeling from natural disasters and massive demand from OEMs, consumers. — How many years will the ongoing chip shortage affect technology firms across the world?| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google updates Earth with historical 3D time lapses that show the devastating effects of climate change, using satellite photos from the last 37 years — The new feature will be available Thursday — Google Earth is getting a new 3D time-lapse feature that lets you observe how Earth …
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| Vjeran Pavic / The Verge: |
Review of DJI's new $999 Mavic Air 2S: great for beginners with a big one-inch camera sensor but is expensive and there's a significant crop in 4K 60fps — The Mavic Air 2S's camera sensor is the same size as what you get in the higher-end Mavic 2 Pro. It's much larger than the half-inch sensor used in last year's Air 2.
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
International coalition of 35 children's and consumer groups calls on Mark Zuckerberg to scrap plans for an Instagram for children — An international coalition of 35 children's and consumer groups called on Instagram on Thursday to scrap its plans to develop a version of the popular photo-sharing app for users under age 13.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
FBI Director Wray says social media companies play a key role in disseminating the messaging of domestic violent extremists, similar to foreign disinformation — Christopher Wray's warning comes amid rise in homegrown attacks — WASHINGTON—Social-media companies play a central role …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Routable, which enables B2B payments by automating bill payment and invoicing processes, raises $30M Series B led by Sam Altman, and Lattice CEO Jack Altman — Several prominent tech founders also put money in the round — We all know the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital adoption …
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Leaked doc: EU considers a ban on using AI for social credit scores, surveillance, and more; non-compliant companies could be fined up to €20M or 4% of turnover — Non-compliant companies could face a fine of up to €20 million or 4 percent of turnover.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches a Kids Mode for Edge, with two age range options of between five to eight years or nine to 12 years — A free and simple tool for parents — Microsoft is launching a new Kids Mode for its Edge browser today. It's built directly into Microsoft Edge on Windows and macOS …
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[Thread] A Facebook moderator at Accenture who just quit decries inadequate mental health support and says the current system is bad for Facebook itself — A Facebook content moderator contracted through Accenture in Austin quit this morning with a blistering internal note. I've typed it out in full so people can read it for themselves. https://twitter.com/...
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| Bloomberg: |
Federal judge overturns $506M+ in damages that Apple was ordered to pay PanOptis and related companies for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE tech — - Apple should be able to argue whether royalty demand was fair — U.S. judge refuses to overturn liability finding against Apple
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Chili Piper, which makes appointment scheduling software for sales teams, raises $33M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $54M — Chili Piper, which has a sophisticated SaaS appointment scheduling platform for sales teams, has raised a $33 million B round led by Tiger Global.| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
House Judiciary Committee votes to approve a 400-page report accusing Big Tech of buying and crushing smaller rivals, paving the way for future legislation — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has formally approved a report accusing Big Tech companies … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it is testing a News Feed feature in the US to let users tap on topics underneath posts and ads to explore content from related businesses — Facebook announced this morning it will begin testing a new experience for discovering businesses in its News Feed in the U.S. When live … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
In its first update as a public company, Deliveroo says orders rose 100%+ to £71M in Q1 and total transactions rose 130% to £1.65B — - In its first trading update as a public company, Deliveroo said orders more than doubled year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021.
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Apple announces $200M investment fund for forest restoration projects that will develop financially viable initiatives to restore woodland areas — As part of Apple's continued environmental commitments, the company today announced a new $200 million ‘Restore Fund’ that will develop …
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| Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: |
Xwing, which is developing software to enable pilotless flight of small passenger aircraft, raises $40M at a $400M post-money valuation — Xwing has scored another win two months after it completed its first gate-to-gate autonomous demonstration flight of a commercial cargo aircraft.| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Twitter says it will study any “unintentional harms” caused by its algorithms and will make the findings public as part of its Responsible ML Initiative — new plan to study the fairness of its algorithms. As part of the effort, which the company has dubbed the …
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| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Walmart says it is investing in GM's self-driving unit Cruise, bringing its latest round to $2.75B, up from $2B in January when Microsoft invested — - Deal brings Cruise's latest funding round to $2.75 billion — Walmart joins fellow Cruise investors Microsoft and Honda
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Amazon launches a $250M fund in India to invest in startups that focus on helping SMBs automate and digitize their operations — Amazon on Thursday announced a $250 million venture fund to invest in Indian startups and entrepreneurs focusing on digitization of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the key overseas market.| Financial Times: |
KKR-backed mobile gaming company AppLovin, which operates more than 200 games, raises $1.8B in its IPO, giving it a market capitalization of $28.6B — KKR-backed company to make Nasdaq debut on Thursday — AppLovin, the mobile games company that owns hits such as a Matchington Mansion and Wordscapes …
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