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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Amazon resolves the underlying issues that caused an AWS outage that started around 10:45am ET and is “working towards recovery of any impaired services” — Amazon says “many services have already recovered” — Problems with some Amazon Web Services cloud servers …
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Delivery companies and hundreds of Amazon workers say the company's Flex and Dolphin apps for logistics and time tracking are down, 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.
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CNBC, Bloomberg, TechCircle, Forbes, Forbes, Insider, and BleepingComputer
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| 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.| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Tim Cook brokered a secret five-year deal with China in 2016, paving the way for Apple's success by promising to invest $275B+ in the country's economy — Interviews and internal Apple documents provide a behind-the-scenes look at how the company made concessions to Beijing and won key legal exemptions.
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MacRumors, Reuters, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, The Signal, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, Daily Mail, Not the Bee, Pixel Envy, The Hill, iMore, Washington Times, Insider, Ubergizmo, TheStreet, CNET, Fortune, iClarified, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @waynema, @caseynewton, @benthompson, @niubi, @elliosch, @amir, @parismartineau, @mikesington, @benthompson, @zeyiyang, @alexeheath, @marcoarment, @amir, @thurrott, @carnage4life, @joshdcaplan, @willoremus, @bgurley, @caseynewton, @brianfishman, @johnlmacfarlane, @palmerluckey, @carnage4life, and @benthompson
| 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, Senate Commerce Committee, Tech Transparency Project, NBC News, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, TheStreet, New York Post, PetaPixel, Insider, Protocol, and The Verge
Tweets: @senblumenthal, @instagram, @mosseri, @jeremarketer, @jason_kint, @slpng_giants, @mango_press_, @senblumenthal, @roncharles, @karaswisher, @rmac18, @rmac18, @dmccabe, @amyklobuchar, @rmac18, @stevekovach, @donie, @steveschmidtses, @slpng_giants, @gregorynyc, @senblumenthal, @congressmanraja, @rmac18, @hypervisible, @metanewsroom, @rmac18, @swodinsky, @alexvoica, and @andymstone
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter is testing a new process for reporting harmful tweets that lets US users describe what happened, and will use this 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, The Economic Times, Social Media Today, MobileSyrup, Engadget, and The Verge
Tweets: @twittersafety, @twittersupport, @wongmjane, @b_fung, and @mmasnick
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter acquires messaging app Quill, which will shut down and delete all user data on December 11 after launching in February to challenge Slack — In February 9to5Mac reported on the launch of a focus-focused Slack competitor called Quill. Today Twitter is bringing Quill under its wing …
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quill.chat, TechCrunch, Engadget, Social Media Today, TechSpot, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @ludwig, @jonty, @robinwauters, @licuende, @mattbirchler, @martinsfp, @chrismessina, @carnage4life, @kayvz, @can, @justjake, @caseynewton, and @dr
| 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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The Keyword, Google, Agence France-Presse, Engadget, TechCrunch, ZDNet, cybernews.com, The Record, Dark Reading, The Hill, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @business, @briankrebs, @shanehuntley, @robleathern, @karolcummins, @josephmenn, and @kent_walker
| 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.| 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
Tweets: @teddyschleifer
| 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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The Economic Times, Softpedia News, iMore, and MacRumors
Tweets: @dnystedt and @counternotions
| 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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Tweets: @adamserwer, @jeneps, @helaineolen, @coindesk, and @sensherrodbrown
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Stan Chudnovsky, Meta's Messenger chief who is also leading the integration of Meta's messaging services, will leave the company, plans to stay until Q2 2022 — The executive has been overseeing efforts to integrate the company's messaging services — Stan Chudnovsky, the Meta Platforms …
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CNBC, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Protocol, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, and TheStreet
Facebook: Stan Chudnovsky. Tweets: @sal19, @kurtwagner8, @harrymccracken, @mattnavarra, @newsynick, @stevekovach, and @alexeheath
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
The Senate confirms Jessica Rosenworcel to lead the FCC, the first female chair in the agency's history, in a 68 to 31 vote — She will be the first female chair in FCC history — On Tuesday, the Senate voted 68 to 31 to confirm Jessica Rosenworcel's re-appointment to the Federal …
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Axios, CNBC, CNET, Engadget, Ars Technica, Reuters, Variety, Common Dreams, The Hill, Android Central, and Fast Company
| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Equinix acquires West African data center company MainOne, which services businesses in more than 10 African countries, for $320M — The African tech scene woke up today to exciting news about the landmark acquisition of MainOne, one of the region's most important and pivotal tech companies … | Gijong Lee / The Elec: |
Sources: Samsung partnered with Microsoft this summer on a HoloLens project slated to launch in 2024; Samsung will likely be the hardware manufacturer — Samsung Electronics has started an augmented reality (AR) HoloLens project with Microsoft, TheElec has learned.
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Wall Street Journal, PhoneArena, and MSPoweruser
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers discover 27 vulnerabilities in the Eltima SDK, a library used by numerous cloud providers including AWS to remotely mount a local USB device — Researchers have discovered 27 vulnerabilities in Eltima SDK, a library used by numerous cloud providers to remotely mount a local USB device.| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Snap Spectacles, announced in May: lightweight, bold design, and impressive AR, but overheating and a 30-minute battery is why they aren't on sale — Mainstream AR glasses are still years away — It doesn't take long to realize why Snap's first true AR glasses aren't for sale.
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Social Media Today, Platformer, Protocol, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @alexeheath, @scobleizer, @martinsfp, @alexeheath, @roberee, @jank0, @thedextriarchy, @stevekovach, and @edzitron
| Axios: |
Seventeen groups representing ~150 newspapers quietly filed antitrust lawsuits in the past year against Google and Meta for monopolizing the digital ads market — Newspapers all over the country have been quietly filing antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook for the past year …
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Axios, Gizmodo, Raw Story, GeekWire, and Slashdot
Tweets: @sarafischer, @damianradcliffe, @thomaswheatley, and @rajgopal88
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches a website that lets fans buy digital tokens called Stars to tip Facebook creators using Facebook Pay, avoiding app store payment commissions — Meta (formerly Facebook) has found a new way to avoid the app stores' commissions on in-app purchases with the launch of a new website …
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Facebook, Social Media Today, 9to5Mac, Meta, and Adweek
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The BIS, an umbrella group for central banks, says DeFi is built on a “decentralization illusion” and should be “properly regulated” to safeguard investors — - The Bank for International Settlements, an umbrella group for central banks, says it's concerned there's a “decentralization illusion” in DeFi.
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| Emma Rindlisbacher / The Verge: |
As Indian IT firm Infosys ramps up hiring of US workers, some are paid to do nothing for an extended period while they wait for a project assignment — ILLUSTRATIONS BY THOMAS HEDGER — OUTSOURCED TECH JOBS ARE RETURNING TO THE US. SO WHY ARE STAFFING FIRMS HIRING SO MANY YOUNG AMERICANS TO SIT AROUND AND DO NOTHING?
Tweets: @emmajune
| Financial Times: |
Uber is being challenged on multiple fronts in Europe, as European Commission proposals and a UK High Court decision threaten to drive up labor costs — Brussels proposals and UK court ruling put pressure on ride-hailing app — Uber's business model is being challenged on multiple fronts in Europe …
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The Guardian, TechCrunch, London Evening Standard, euronews, The Times, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, and Financial Times
Tweets: @georgemaier and @financialtimes
| Bloomberg: |
Meta's head of research says Meta is restructuring its research department, bringing ~50 employees from teams like WhatsApp and Instagram into a central group — - Shake-up will affect 50 employees studying politics, health — Meta faces pressure over leaked research on hate speech, teens
Tweets: @ubiquity75, @ubiquity75, @ubiquity75, @ubiquity75, and @mer__edith
| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
Hong Kong-listed shares of Weibo opened down 6% in their trading debut, after the company raised ~$385M in its secondary listing — - Hong Kong-listed shares of Weibo opened down 6% in their trading debut on Wednesday. — Shares opened at 256.20 Hong Kong dollars ($32.85) … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord begins testing Premium Memberships, letting creators monetize servers through tiered perks, make channels or servers exclusive to paying users, and more — You'll soon be able to subscribe directly to Discord servers — Discord is starting to test a new Premium Memberships feature … Sponsor Posts
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