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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Judge in Epic v. Apple trial says Apple must comply with an order letting developers link to external payment options, denying Apple's stay request — Apple said the change would be ‘exceedingly complicated’ — Epic v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says Apple must comply with an order …
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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Unity to acquire Peter Jackson's visual effects company Weta Digital, including 275+ engineers, for $1.625B; Weta Digital's FTX artists will form a new entity — Unity has just announced its intent to acquire Weta Digital, the legendary visual effects company co-founded by Peter Jackson, for a massive $1.625 billion.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter Blue rolls out to the US for $2.99/month with Scroll's ad-free articles across 300+ pubs, an undo button, Nuzzel-like “top articles” roundup, and more — And in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, as part of Twitter Blue — Twitter Blue, the company's subscription service …
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| The Verge: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform, with hardware agnostic APIs and support for Unreal Engine 4 and Unity — AR as a ‘second screen’ feature or through dedicated headsets and glasses — While a lot of talk about the metaverse has focused on virtual reality experiences …
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Meta aims to remove ad targeting options based on user interactions with content about health, race, political affiliation, religion, and more, by January 19 — Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, said on Tuesday that it planned to eliminate advertisers' ability …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple backpedals on breaking Face ID after third-party iPhone 13 screen replacements, will release a software update to no longer require a microcontroller swap — A software update is on the way that won't require repair shops to transfer a microcontroller
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| Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg: |
UK's Supreme Court dismisses a lawsuit against Google seeking $4B for allegedly tracking iOS Safari users without their consent between 2011 and 2012 — - Supreme Court sides with Google in case seeking $4 billion — Tech giant was accused of breaching its data-collection duties
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Bipartisan House bill would force tech platforms to offer an “input-transparent algorithm” that doesn't require user data to generate recommendations — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a companion to a Senate bill that would let people use algorithm-free versions …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Meta says it can't keep up with its Oversight Board, which has issued 78 recommendations since January, and that the 30-day response deadline is too tight — Depending on who you ask, Facebook's Oversight Board is either a massive PR stunt to deflect blame away from the company or an ambitious … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Coinbase reports Q3 revenue of $1.31B, up from $315M YoY, vs $1.57B est., monthly transacting users fell to 7.4M from 8.8M QoQ; stock down 10%+ — - Coinbase reported weaker-than-expected revenue for the third quarter. — The number of monthly transacting users dropped from the prior period.
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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash reports Q3 revenue of $1.28B, up 45% YoY, and says it will acquire European food delivery company Wolt in an all-stock $8B+ deal — Deal to acquire Wolt comes amid a wave of consolidation in the competitive food-delivery segment — DoorDash Inc. said it has agreed … | Silvia Amaro / CNBC: |
EU's General Court upholds a €2.42B fine against Google, levied in 2017, for abusing search engine dominance by promoting its own shopping service — - Wednesday's verdict can be appealed and taken to the EU's highest court. — This is not the first time that the EU's General Court …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Meta shares bullying and harassment numbers for the first time, claims the category represents ~0.14% of Facebook content and ~0.05% of Instagram content — The social media giant published several transparency reports on Tuesday. — Facebook published a series of reports on Tuesday …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Jumo, a fintech helping entrepreneurs of SMBs in emerging markets gain access to loans, raises $120M led by Fidelity, report says at a $400M valuation — JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets … | Helen Partz / Cointelegraph: |
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi says it will shut down operations in Singapore by March 2022, after exiting China in September — All Huobi clients in Singapore should close active positions and withdraw their digital assets before March 31, 2022. — 213 Total views — 26 Total shares
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft announces a $249 11.6" Surface Laptop SE, exclusively for schools and students, running Windows 11 SE, and starting with 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage — Microsoft's low-end education PC is official! — What you need to know — Microsoft is adding a new laptop to its Surface hardware portfolio.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
fuboTV to acquire French multiplatform streaming company Molotov for $190M; Molotov co-founder and CEO Jean-David Blanc will become chief strategy officer — fuboTV is making a significant move in Europe with plans to acquire Molotov, a French startup with a leading television streaming service. fuboTV …
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| Julia Fioretti / Bloomberg: |
API Holdings, the parent company of Indian online pharmacy PharmEasy, files for a Mumbai IPO, seeking to raise as much as $843M — - API Holdings seeks 62.5 billion rupees in Mumbai IPO — Indian firm joins flurry of listings amid strong stock rally| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Lusha, a sales intelligence platform for B2B sales, raises a $205M Series B led by equity firm PSG at a $1.5B valuation, bringing its total funding to $245M — For many sales and marketing teams, finding leads is a time-consuming and tedious process. Lusha, a sales intelligence platform for B2B sales …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Anker CEO on EU's proposed USB-C legislation, Apple's MFI program, taking bets on new tech like gallium nitride, building a D2C business on Amazon, and more — Anker is one of those companies that's endlessly fascinating to me — CEO Steven Yang founded it in 2011, and since then … | Sidney Fussell / Wired: |
Consumer advocates say buy now, pay later services like Afterpay and Affirm can be especially confusing for younger users and make it easy to get overextended — Services such as Afterpay, Affirm, and Klarna are soaring in popularity and valuation. But consumer advocates say they make it easy to get overextended.Sponsor Posts
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