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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 …
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
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?
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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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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook's own ads that display the number of Facebook Dating users in a specific region show the service may have far fewer users than competitors like Tinder — Dawn Hallson has tried nearly every dating app you can think of — Tinder, Bumble, eHarmony, Plenty of Fish, and Match, just to name a few.| 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 … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches a Kids Mode for Edge, with two age range options of between 5 to 8 years or 9 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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| 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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| 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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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Oculus says developers can now sell recurring subscriptions to their Quest apps, and each subscription will have a free trial period — Each subscription will have a free trial period — Developers who have apps or games on the Oculus Store can now sell recurring subscriptions to their titles …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Google's Project Zero updates its vulnerability disclosure policy to include a 30-day cushion before publishing bug details to give users time to apply patches — The Google Project Zero security team has updated its vulnerability disclosure guidelines today to add a cushion of 30 days …
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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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| 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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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
KKR-backed mobile gaming company AppLovin closes down 18.5% on its first day of trading, after raising $2B in its IPO at a valuation of $28.6B — - Nine-year-old AppLovin, which has a portfolio of mobile games and also sells marketing services to game companies, began trading Thursday.
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| Politico: |
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.
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| 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 …
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| Aparna Narayanan / Investor's Business Daily: |
TuSimple, which is developing autonomous trucks, closes flat in its trading debut, after raising $1.35B in its IPO, giving it a market cap of ~$8.5B — TuSimple stock closed unchanged on the Nasdaq Thursday after the self-driving vehicle startup raised more than $1 billion through an initial public offering.| Reuters: |
Massachusetts seeks revocation of Robinhood's broker-dealer license, charging that it encourages inexperienced investors to place risky trades without limits — Massachusetts regulators on Thursday sought the revocation of Robinhood's broker-dealer licenseafter charging …
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| 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 …
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| Marcella McCarthy / TechCrunch: |
C2i Genomics, which claims its software can accurately detect residual cancers by analysing genome sequences, raises $100M Series B led by Casdin Capital — If you or a loved one has ever undergone a tumor removal as part of cancer treatment, you're likely familiar with the period of uncertainty and fear that follows.| 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 … | 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.| 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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