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Facebook launches a Professional Mode, letting creators monetize their profiles, and a Reels Play bonus program, offering eligible creators up to $35K/month — Facebook has launched a new professional mode for profiles that will let eligible creators earn money without the need to create a separate Page.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @mattnavarra, @karinsung_, @shiraovide, @shiraovide, and @slpng_giants
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers continue to collect anonymized and aggregated data on users for targeted ads, despite Apple's ATT changes — Group's unacknowledged shift lets companies follow a looser interpretation of its privacy rules — Apple has allowed app developers …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iMore, Patently Apple, and Apple Must
Tweets: @michellemanafy and @danjokaz00ie
| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: AirPods Pro 2, the first update since 2019, will launch in Q4 2022 with a new design similar to Beats Fit Pro, improved chip, and more — The AirPods Pro 2, the first update to the AirPods Pro since its debut in 2019, will launch in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo.| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, Appleosophy, BGR, iPhone Hacks, TechRadar, AppleInsider, iMore, and iThinkDifferent
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter is testing a process for reporting harmful tweets that lets US users describe what happened and will use the data to improve its responses — Twitter is trying out some changes to the way that users report tweets that they believe might break Twitter's rules.
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Twitter, Protocol, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, Android Headlines, Pocket-lint, Engadget, fossbytes.com, and The Verge
Tweets: @twittersafety, @mmasnick, @mspec_positive, @twittersupport, @wongmjane, and @b_fung
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Roku says it has agreed a multi-year extension with Google for distribution of YouTube and YouTube TV apps on Roku devices; Roku stock up 8%+ — Roku and Google have agreed to a multi-year extension for both YouTube and YouTube TV apps to be distributed on Roku.
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The Verge, Engadget, Protocol, CNET, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Tech Advisor, Android Authority, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Android Police, TechHive, Bloomberg, Reuters, Barron's Online, Android Headlines, Cord Cutters News, The Streamable, The Wrap, Variety, Deadline, Phandroid, The Hollywood Reporter, and Droid Life
Tweets: @roku, @eshap, and @sarafischer
| Neal E. Boudette / New York Times: |
After Tesla added over 12 video games that can be played while driving, critics argue the company is compromising road users' safety, on top of Autopilot issues — The feature raises fresh questions about whether Tesla is compromising safety as it rushes to add new technologies.
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The Verge, Reuters, Redmond Pie, Tom's Guide, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @davidzipper, @nickhasthoughts, @flitteronfraud, @kairyssdal, @pflax1, @vahn16, @thewaroncars, and @willoremus
| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
As US companies fight to attract workers in a tight labor market, Amazon has emerged as the de facto wage-and-benefit setter, causing ripples across the economy — In local markets throughout America, the e-commerce giant's facilities have an impact on inflation, job markets and labor standards| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
The AWS outage took down Amazon's Flex and Dolphin apps for logistics and time tracking, halting some deliveries — There's a mix of frustration and joy from workers as AWS outages cause chaos with Amazon's delivery infrastructure during its busy season. — Websites and online services …
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Tweets: @nomadicmatt, @heychelseatroy, @stevekovach, @teamcoworker, @motherboard, @jason_koebler, @josephfcox, @laurenkgurley, and @vice
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
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| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
Google sues two Russians it claims help run a botnet that has infected 1M+ devices and uses command-and-control server addresses stored on Bitcoin's blockchain — - Complaint says the two created a sophisticated ‘botnet’ — Glupteba sells stolen logins, credit cards, Google says
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CSO, Google, Metacurity, The Register, BBC, The Hacker News, fossbytes.com, SecurityWeek, infosecurity-magazine.com, Livemint, ZDNet, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @business, @briankrebs, @kent_walker, @shanehuntley, @robleathern, @karolcummins, and @josephmenn
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the proliferation of “dark stores”, mini-warehouses in urban retail spaces used by fast grocery delivery companies, and their impact on community life — Mini-warehouses dubbed “dark stores” are quietly taking over urban retail space.
Tweets: @ron_miller, @jeffspeckfaicp, @bpolitics, @rebeccaspang, @galeabrewer, @hkanji, and @hypervisible
| David McCabe / New York Times: |
Ahead of a congressional hearing, Adam Mosseri outlines Instagram parental controls coming in March, including monitoring time spent and bulk deleting posts — Adam Mosseri, the head of the company, is expected to face questions from lawmakers this week about whether social media harms children.
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Instagram, CNN, Tech Transparency Project, The Verge, Senate Commerce Committee, The Guardian, Washington Post, Gizmodo, CNBC, Politico, Tech Xplore, and BuzzFeed News
Tweets: @senblumenthal, @senblumenthal, @instagram, @mosseri, @senblumenthal, @rmac18, @rmac18, @amyklobuchar, @rmac18, @steveschmidtses, @congressmanraja, @rmac18, @rmac18, @slpng_giants, @donie, @mango_press_, @hypervisible, @dmccabe, @slpng_giants, @karaswisher, @metanewsroom, @jason_kint, @jeremarketer, @roncharles, @gregorynyc, and @stevekovach
| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Meta, Nike, CVS, GM, IBM, Walmart, and others join the Data & Trust Alliance, which has developed an anti-bias scoring system to analyze AI usage during hiring — The organization has created a format for evaluating the technology, which is often used to screen job candidates.
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The Data & Trust Alliance, Protocol, and PR Newswire
Tweets: @thedtalliance, @ibmnews, @stevelohr, and @privacymama
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Ubisoft will add NFT items into its games, starting with Ghost Recon Breakpoint on the Tezos blockchain, becoming the first major gaming company to do so — In brief — Major game publisher Ubisoft will implement in-game NFT items into its games, starting with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint.| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Parag Agrawal was Jack Dorsey's only serious candidate to replace him as Twitter CEO and Elliott Management did not demand that Dorsey resign — Activist investor Elliott Management cranked up pressure for the social network's board to set a succession plan| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report details the supply chain issues that forced Apple to significantly scale down its iPhone and iPad production plans — As Apple's ever-important holiday shopping season continues, the company is facing what a new report from Nikkei Asia describes as the “nightmare before Christmas.”
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Tweets: @nikkeiasia, @ericjhonsa, and @byjasonng
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with ConstitutionDAO's Jonah Erlich on how it got started, what would have happened if they had won the auction, and what happens to the ~$47M they raised — Jonah Erlich is one of the core members of a group called ConstitutionDAO, a group that raised money to try to buy …
Tweets: @cwarzel, @jierlich, @davidesilverman, and @reckless
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French financial super app Lydia raises a $100M Series C at a $1B+ valuation — Just a few weeks after announcing stock and crypto trading, French fintech startup Lydia is announcing that it has raised a $100 million Series C round. With this funding round, the startup has reached a unicorn valuation …
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Sifted, Finextra, altfi.com, Coinspeaker, Crunchbase News, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, The Block, and The French Tech Journal
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Claroty, which protects industrial systems, raises $400M led by Vision Fund 2 and others, source says at a ~$2B valuation, and acquires Medigate for $400M — Worried that cyberattacks are “a threat to humanity,” the New York startup claims it's the best-funded company in its field thanks …
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SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, CRN, CTech, and SecurityWeek
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Reddit launches Spotify Wrapped-style annual usage statistics for users, including time spent and popular content; users created 366M posts in 2021, up 19% YoY — Reddit is launching a new personalized Spotify Wrapped-like recap feature for all users tomorrow.
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9to5Mac, The Verge, Reddit Upvoted Blog, iMore, and MUO
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches AWS Top Secret-West, its second Top Secret Region designed for government workloads requiring Top Secret US security classification level — “Amazon's cloud arm, AWS, announced a new ‘top secret’ region this week, designed specifically for the U.S. government. It is Amazon's second such region.
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Amazon Web Services, cloudpro.co.uk, The Racket News, TechRadar, MeriTalk, and ZDNet. Tweets: @aselipsky
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Tipalti, which offers cloud-based accounting services, raises a $270M Series F at an $8.3B valuation, after raising $150M at a $2B valuation in October 2020 — Tipalti, once a fintech unicorn, is now nearing decacorn status. — The company, which automates accounts payables for mid-market companies …
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Globes Online, FinSMEs, VentureBeat, The Block, CTech, Yahoo Finance, and Enterprise Times
| Elaine Glusac / New York Times: |
US airports are increasingly using biometrics like facial recognition to verify IDs and shorten security procedures for passengers who opt into the programs — Tech-driven changes are coming fast and furiously to airports, including advancements in biometrics that verify identity …
Tweets: @liamspradlin, @nytimes, and @joebotxyz
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Gaming hardware company NZXT raises $100M led by Francisco Partners, its first outside funding since launching in 2004 — NZXT has raised funding for the first time since it debuted as a PC gaming hardware company in 2004. It's a whopper of a round at $100 million.
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| Bloomberg: |
Crypto critic Saule Omarova, who was Biden's pick to lead the OCC, withdraws her name from consideration following Senate fights over her background — President Joe Biden's pick to lead a key U.S. banking regulator has withdrawn her name from consideration, according to a statement from the White House.
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