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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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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at Positive Technologies, a Russian cybersecurity firm sanctioned by the US, which sources say provides hacking tools and ops support for Russian spies — Washington has sanctioned Russian cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies. US intelligence reports claim it provides hacking tools and runs operations for the Kremlin.
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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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| 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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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.
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Apple's App Store hosted a now-removed kids game called Jungle Runner that became a secret crypto-based casino if launched from Turkey or other non-US locations — Kosta Eleftheriou has found another iOS scam — In popular culture, access to an illicit gambling den is as easy as stumbling …
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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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| 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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| Naaman Zhou / The Guardian: |
Australian Federal Court rules Google misled Android users into thinking it would not collect their location data when they turned location history off — Google collected data on some Android and Pixel phones even when customers ticked ‘No’ or ‘Do not collect’
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Walmart-owned Flipkart says it will acquire India-based online travel and hotel ticketing company Cleartrip; source says the deal values Cleartrip at about $40M — Flipkart said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire online travel and hotel ticketing firm Cleartrip as the Walmart-owned e-commerce firm looks … | 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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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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Under the Hood, CNN, SiliconANGLE, The Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and Crowdfund Insider
Tweets: @jmihaljevic, @reuterslegal, @knieriemen, and @epro
| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
House Judiciary Committee formally approves a 450-page report accusing Big Tech of buying and crushing smaller rivals, a potential blueprint for legislation — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has formally approved a report accusing Big Tech companies …
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| Mars W. Mosqueda Jr / DealStreetAsia: |
Netstars, a payments aggregator and fintech company, raises $60.6M led by KKR; Netstars' StarPay is used by 280K+ merchants in Japan — Netstars Co Ltd, the operator of Japan's largest QR code payment gateway, has raised 6.6 billion yen ($60.6 million) in its latest funding round led …
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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.| 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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