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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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| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
The FTC sues to block Nvidia's $40B acquisition of Arm, arguing the chip deal is anticompetitive — The regulator alleges the semiconductor deal is anticompetitive — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday challenged Nvidia Corp.'s proposed $40 billion takeover of Arm Holdings …
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Federal Trade Commission, New York Times, The Verge, Engadget, Protocol, CNBC, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Wccftech, and VideoCardz.com
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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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Scribd, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, XDA Developers, PYMNTS.com, FOSS Patents, AppleInsider, CNET, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @drbarnard, @randypicker, @reneritchie, @eric_seufert, @drbarnard, @iansherr, 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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| 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.| 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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9to5Mac and AppleInsider
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| 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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VICE, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, CryptoSlate, Blockworks, Bitcoin News, Bankless Times, and Decrypt
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| 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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Tweets: @petterkarlsson, @draggles, @cyanworlds, @_fredrik, and @marcsettle
| 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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| 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.
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| 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, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Protocol, Wired, XDA Developers, Engadget, MobileSyrup, The Hill, Neowin, The Hacker News, The Record, 9to5Mac, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @davidagranovich, @ngleicher, @politicoryan, and @alexvoica
| 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, Protocol, CyberScoop, TNW, SecurityWeek, IT PRO, and The Record
Tweets: @bleepincomputer, @randomoracle, @kevinmitnick, @magoo, @j_opdenakker, @cr3, @campuscodi, and @troyhunt
| 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: @_portals_, @binancekiller, @therickpalm, and @dappradar
| CNBC: |
Meta expands the number of eligible regulatory licenses for running crypto ads on Facebook and Instagram from three to 27 — - Facebook on Wednesday announced its decision to reverse long-standing policy that prevented most cryptocurrency companies from running ads on its services.
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Facebook, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Blockchain News, Crypto Briefing, KnowTechie, BGR India, Inc42 Media, Blockworks, Bankless Times, Engadget, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @paul__armstrong, @aidanjlarkin, @raypaxful, and @leconcurrential
| 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, PingWest, Grab Holdings, Tech in Asia, CNN, DealStreetAsia, Forbes, ZDNet, Financial Times, SPACInsider, and Crunchbase News
| 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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| 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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PYMNTS.com, BGR, 9to5Mac, Tech in Asia, The Economic Times, and Entrackr
Tweets: @eliotwb, @elizabeth_joh, and @sarthakgh
| 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, PetaPixel, The US Sun, Neowin, Protocol, and Mashable
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, and @andymstone
| Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Gaming Platform for Android gaming devices, partners with Razer on a handheld dev kit with a 6.65" 120Hz OLED display — Snapdragon's G3x is Qualcomm's fantastically exciting bid to embrace the gaming market — a brand new reach for the manufacturer …
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Qualcomm, THE ELEC, Korea …, SamMobile, Android Headlines, PCMag, UploadVR, and Qualcomm. Tweets: @snapdragon_uk
| 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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TechCrunch, PR Newswire, and Tech News
| 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| 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 …
Tweets: @jack_naglieri
| 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
| Michelle Singletary / Washington Post: |
The CFPB's rule that lets debt collectors send texts, emails, and private social media messages to debtors, and requires opt-out instructions, goes into effect — Federal regulators have given debt collectors the okay to pursue debtors via email, text messages and social media sites
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Consumer Financial …. Tweets: @jamesfrye, @esqfowlkes, @cfpb, @athertonkd, @gaymermage, and @gossithedog
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