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| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
The FTC sues to block Nvidia's $40B acquisition of Arm, arguing the chip deal is anticompetitive — The agency alleges the semiconductor deal is anticompetitive — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block U.S. chip supplier Nvidia Corp.'s proposed $40 billion takeover …
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| The Verge: |
Report: Google's Pixel hardware group is working on the company's first smartwatch, internally codenamed “Rohan”, which it plans to launch next year — A Pixel Watch is finally in the works — Google is finally making its own in-house smartwatch that's set to launch in 2022 …
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XDA Developers, Laptop Mag, MobileSyrup, Engadget, CNET, Protocol, Android Police, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, KnowTechie, Android Headlines, Phandroid, and Android Central
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
In a filing in the Epic lawsuit, Apple says it “could charge a commission” if developers use a competing payments platform, following a similar Google policy — Although the appeal of the Apple-Epic lawsuit is ongoing, Apple is currently subject to the judge's decision …
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AWS News Blog, Scribd, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, iThinkDifferent, FOSS Patents, Michael Tsai, XDA Developers, MacDailyNews, Cloud Buzz Today, CNET, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @drbarnard, @jeffbarr, @reneritchie, @eric_seufert, @drbarnard, @quinnypig, @randypicker, and @carnage4life
| The Markup: |
Investigation finds US predictive policing tool PredPol, used countrywide, often perpetuates biases by directing police to poor, Black, and Latino neighborhoods — Plainfield, N.J. Plainfield, N.J. Los Angeles — Orange County, Fla.
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Interviews with 16 current and former Apple retail, support, and sales employees detail harsh working conditions, poor pay, and little interest from HR — The company's hourly workers say conditions are untenable. Does Apple care? — Illustrations by Jesse Zhang
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
AI researcher Timnit Gebru, who left Google last year, launches Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research, an institute focused on the responsible use of AI — The researcher, who says Google fired her a year ago, wants to ask questions about responsible use of artificial intelligence.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple, which cut its projected iPhone 13 production targets for 2021 by up to 10M units, tells suppliers that it may not make up the shortfall in 2022 — Apple Inc., suffering from a global supply crunch, is now confronting a different problem: slowing demand.
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PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Fox Business, Redmond Pie, E&T News, CNBC, Light Reading, New York Post, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, iThinkDifferent, TechSpot, and iMore. Tweets: @newsynick
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Facebook makes 2FA mandatory for high-risk accounts, an expansion of Facebook Protect, which covers 1.5M accounts and will be in 50 countries by the end of 2021 — Facebook, a recently added subsidiary of Meta, said it will make two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatory for high-risk accounts likely …
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Meta, Wired, Protocol, ZDNet, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, XDA Developers, The Hacker News, The Record, MobileSyrup, The Hill, 9to5Mac, Neowin, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @politicoryan, @ngleicher, @davidagranovich, and @alexvoica
| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Sources: Goldman Sachs is among a handful of tier-one US banks working on ways to use bitcoin as collateral for cash loans to institutions — Goldman Sachs is among a handful of tier-one U.S. banks figuring out how to use bitcoin as collateral for cash loans to institutions, according to three people familiar with the plans.| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
DeFi protocol BadgerDAO is investigating after security researchers say $120.3M was stolen from users via its compromised front end — Quick Take — DeFi protocol BadgerDAO was exploited earlier today for $120 million. — It appears that its front end was compromised and users were tricked into making unwanted transactions.
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The Register, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, CryptoSlate, Blockworks, Bitcoin News, Bankless Times, and Decrypt
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| David Z. Morris / CoinDesk: |
Square's Block rebranding comes after years of making crypto integrations mainstream, although Block has downplayed the crypto elements so far — As we wrap up a year jam-packed with high-profile adoptions of crypto by big players, yesterday may have given us the concluding exclamation mark.| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
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Square, The Verge, Bitcoin News, TechRadar, TechSpot, Bitcoinist.com, KnowTechie, Bankless Times, Newser, Forkast, BetaNews, BBC, Cryptonews, Coinspeaker, MobileSyrup, Input, Bloomberg, and VICE
| Berber Jin / The Information: |
Crunchbase: investments in crypto-based gaming and commerce startups increased 26x YoY, totaling $3.7B so far in 2021 — Venture capitalists investing in consumer startups are writing more checks for crypto companies than ever before. The deals underscore how blockchain technology …
Tweets: @berber_jin1 and @amir
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces the best apps and games of 2021, across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, and the most downloaded apps of the year — Apple today released its anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of the year across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch.
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Apple, USA Today, Financial Times, Laptop Mag, MacRumors, fossbytes.com, GamesIndustry.biz, BGR India, Pocket-lint, Pandaily, iPhone in Canada Blog, iThinkDifferent, MacStories, iPhone Hacks, Tom's Guide, Macworld, appadvice.com, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @petterkarlsson, @draggles, @cyanworlds, @_fredrik, and @marcsettle
| Hristina Yordanova / DappRadar: |
The four leading virtual worlds recorded over $100M in NFT land sales in the past week, with The Sandbox alone seeing trading volumes of over $86M — The Sandbox alone attracted more than $86 million in land sales — Metaverse land is the new big hit in the crypto community …
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Cryptonews, Bankless Times, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @dappradar, @_portals_, @binancekiller, and @therickpalm
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS announces Amplify Studio, a Figma-connected low-code service to help developers build cloud apps, as an extension of its AWS Amplify service — At its re:Invent conference, AWS today announced Amplify Studio, a new Figma-connected no-code/low-code service that is meant to help developers quickly build cloud-connected apps.
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| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Marketers are reacting to privacy laws and Big Tech policy changes with quizzes and other events to collect their own customer info and build detailed profiles — Marketers are staging sweepstakes, quizzes and events to gather people's personal information and build detailed profiles
Tweets: @jbflint, @digitalshields, and @hypervisible
| Mehnaz Yasmin / Reuters: |
Panther Labs, which helps companies detect and respond to security threats in real time, raises a $120M Series B led by Coatue at a $1.4B valuation — Panther Labs raised $120 million in fresh capital as part of an early-stage financing round led by investment manager Coatue …
| Reuters: |
Grab closes down 20.53% in its Nasdaq debut, after a SPAC merger valuing it at $40B and raising $4.5B, the largest US listing by a Southeast Asian company — Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, makes its market debut on Thursday after a record $40 billion merger …
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TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, Grab Holdings, Tech in Asia, CNN, Forbes, ZDNet, Financial Times, SPACInsider, Defiance ETFs, DealStreetAsia, PingWest, and Crunchbase News
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
DOJ charges an ex-employee of IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti with data theft and for attempting to extort his employer while posing as a whistleblower and a hacker — Nickolas Sharp, a former employee of networking device maker Ubiquiti, was arrested and charged today with data theft and attempting …
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U.S. Department of Justice, The Register, PCMag, Krebs on Security, TNW, SecurityWeek, Protocol, CyberScoop, and IT PRO
Tweets: @bleepincomputer, @randomoracle, @j_opdenakker, and @cr3
| Berber Jin / The Information: |
Sources: Instacart is planning to launch a 15-minute-or-less grocery delivery pilot for US customers, from existing partner stores — For Instacart, the leading U.S. grocery delivery company, being fast may not be fast enough. — The $39 billion-valuation startup is planning to launch …
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Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, 9to5Mac, BGR, Tech in Asia, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @eliotwb and @elizabeth_joh
| Tina Bellon / Reuters: |
Uber says it is launching an optional audio recording pilot program to enhance safety in three US cities this month, following a Latin America rollout in 2019 — Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Thursday said it will launch an optional audio recording pilot program in three U.S. cities to enhance safety …
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CNET, Engadget, PCMag, and TechCrunch
| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
Meta partners with UK nonprofit Revenge Porn Helpline to let victims get their intimate images “hashed” and prevent them from appearing on online platforms — Facebook's parent company, Meta, has worked with the U.K.-based nonprofit Revenge Porn Helpline to build a tool …
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Meta, The US Sun, Neowin, Protocol, PetaPixel, and Mashable
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, and @andymstone
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Five major education publishers sue Shopify for $500M+ over failing to remove pirated textbooks and other content that violate their trademarks and copyrights — Textbook pirates are selling stolen learning materials on the platform, according to a lawsuit| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Jokr, a rapid grocery delivery service in the US and Latin America, raises a $260M Series B at a $1.2B valuation, five months after raising a $170M Series A — Online grocery sales are in single digits right now, but new data suggests it will top 20% by 2026 due to more consumers getting comfortable buying …
Tweets: @brianmcc and @kevinroose
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta's NPE team recently set up an office in Lagos and plans another in Asia as it changes strategy to include making seed investments in small teams — Meta's (formerly, Facebook's) experimental app division, the NPE team, is shifting gears. The group, which first launched in mid-2019 …
Tweets: @mattnavarra
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
London-based Glorify, a Christian app that offers audio prayers and more, raises a $40M Series A led by a16z at a $250M valuation — Glorify attracts investment from VC firms as well as Kris Jenner and Michael Bublé — An app that helps Christians connect to God has attracted investment …
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