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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers still collect anonymized and aggregated user data 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 to collect data …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, Apple Must, and Patently Apple
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: |
Kuo: Apple's first AR headset, weighing 300g-400g, will enter mass production in late Q4 2022; Apple plans to launch a lighter second-gen headset in 2024 — Apple is already working on its second-generation AR headset, which will feature a lighter design, adopt a new battery system … | Steve Dent / Engadget: |
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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9to5Mac, Social Media Today, XDA Developers, and Facebook
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @mattnavarra, @karinsung_, @shiraovide, @shiraovide, and @slpng_giants
| 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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New York Times, The Verge, Reuters, Redmond Pie, Tom's Guide, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @davidzipper, @nickhasthoughts, @flitteronfraud, @kairyssdal, @pflax1, @vahn16, @thewaroncars, and @willoremus
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
A look at Twitter's Project Guardian, a secretive list of thousands of highly targeted users that helps moderators respond more quickly to their complaints — ‘Project Guardian’ aims to protect prominent tweeters from abuse, harassment — Twitter Inc.'s highest-profile users … | 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, The Verge, Protocol, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, Android Headlines, Pocket-lint, Engadget, and fossbytes.com
Tweets: @twittersafety, @mspec_positive, @twittersupport, @mmasnick, @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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Tweets: @roku, @eshap, and @sarafischer
| 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| 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
| 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
| 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, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, The Block, altfi.com, Crunchbase News, CoinDesk, and The French Tech Journal
| 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, @reckless, @jierlich, and @davidesilverman
| 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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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
| 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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| Andrew Tangel / Wall Street Journal: |
FAA outlines flight restrictions, including restricting bad weather automated landing systems, to avoid interference with the C-band 5G spectrum from January 5 — Agency's order could disrupt air travel with limits to cockpit systems needed in poor weather; new 5G services expected to go live Jan. 5
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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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Tweets: @business, @kent_walker, @briankrebs, @shanehuntley, @robleathern, @karolcummins, and @josephmenn
| 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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PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, Globes Online, FinSMEs, VentureBeat, The Block, CTech, Yahoo Finance, and Enterprise Times
| 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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| 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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| 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
| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Meta says its new AI system, Few-Shot Learner, adapts more quickly to tackle new types of harmful content, including COVID-19 misinformation — Meta, formerly known as Facebook , said Wednesday it has created artificial intelligence technology that can adapt more quickly to new types of harmful content … | 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.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Synthesia, which uses AI to create virtual avatars, raises a $50M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $66.5M — Synthesia, a company leveraging AI to generate videos of avatars, today announced that it raised $50 million in a series B round, bringing its total raised to $66.5 million.
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Forbes, TechCrunch, and Reuters
| 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, The Racket News, cloudpro.co.uk, TechRadar, MeriTalk, and ZDNet. Tweets: @aselipsky
| Financial Times: |
Blackstone and others are trying to shake up the $40T global corporate bond market with computer-driven quant trading that already reshaped the stock market — Corporate credit has been largely untouched by computer-driven trading, but some investors are trying to change that
Tweets: @robinwigg, @antoinegara, and @financialtimes
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
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