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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: European carriers voice opposition to Apple's Private Relay, as T-Mobile and others begin blocking the VPN-like service in the US and parts of Europe — Earlier today, a report indicated that some European carriers were blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by Apple with iOS 15.
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| Moxie Marlinspike / Signal Blog: |
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike steps down; WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will act as the interim CEO as the search for a permanent replacement begins — It's a new year, and I've decided it's a good time to replace myself as the CEO of Signal. — I have now been working on Signal for almost a decade.
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The Verge, iTnews, VICE, Benzinga, Reuters, Transistori, BGR India, Bloomberg, Platformer, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNET, PCMag, Gizmodo, The Register, Financial Times, Android Police, Android Central, ZDNet, and Protocol
Tweets: @moxie, @corbett, @moxie, @valkenburgh, @evacide, @diakayyali, @howelloneill, @apollozac, @johnhering, @dinodaizovi, @mer__edith, @josephmenn, @seldo, @mcwm, @ariannasimpson, @zooko, @iainthomson, @williamturton, @ncweaver, and @bascule
| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Interview with Microsoft's Phil Spencer on why he thinks the metaverse is an extension of gaming, sexual misconduct allegations at Activision Blizzard, and more — When you walk in the room, do you have sway? — I'm Kara Swisher, and you're listening to “Sway.”
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Tweets: @nytopinion, @italianclownz, @yangcliu, @xcloudtimdog, @rjcc, and @tomwarren
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Take-Two will acquire Zynga for $12.7B, or $9.86 per share, a 64% premium on Zynga's January 7 closing price; Take-Two develops GTA, Red Dead, and other titles — Deal would be about a 64% premium to Zynga's Friday closing stock price — Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. agreed …
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| Bloomberg: |
Profile of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, worth an estimated $96B, as the company generated an estimated $20B+ in revenue in 2021 — The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix draws princes, movie stars and world-famous athletes every year to party on Yas Island, the entertainment hub about 30 minutes from the center of downtown.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple shares 2021 highlights: developers made $260B+ via the App Store since its debut, up from $200B+ YoY, US and Canadian consumers used 30M tickets in Wallet — Apple today highlighted the continued growth and expansion of its services in 2021, including the App Store, Apple Music …
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| Geoff Ralston / Y Combinator: |
YC announces a new standard deal: a $125K investment for 7% of the startup and a further $375K at terms founders can negotiate with future investors — We have a new standard deal at Y Combinator. When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we now invest a total of $500,000.
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
The Associated Press will launch a photojournalism NFT marketplace built by blockchain tech provider Xooa on Jan. 31, with proceeds used to fund its journalism — It's offering collectors ‘exclusive, historic, and stunning visual content’ — The Associated Press, or AP …
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel names Micron's David Zinsner as CFO, replacing George Davis on January 17, and announces the exit of Gregory Bryant as GM of its Client Computing Group — At the close of play today, Intel is announcing two major changes at the top of its organization.
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Court documents show Google ran a campaign from 2018 to 2020 to “convince” staff that “unions suck”; Google refuses a judge's order to produce more documents — New court documents reveal how Google ran its anti-union campaign, ‘Project Vivian,’ between late 2018 and early 2020.
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| Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at China's HSMC and QXIC, now-defunct chipmakers that received hundreds of millions of dollars from the Chinese government yet failed to make any chips — Foundries with ties to a little-known Chinese entrepreneur set out to match TSMC and Samsung, but never commercially produced an advanced semiconductor| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Career Karma, which helps employees find educational resources and courses, raises a $40M Series B as it looks to become a common company-provided benefit — Career Karma raised its first millions off of a pitch that resonates with anyone who has ever googled coding bootcamps … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Android lead Hiroshi Lockheimer says Apple is “holding back” the messaging experience for not just Android but its own users by not supporting RCS in iMessage — Android boss says it's not about iMessage — it's about RCS — On Saturday, Android boss Hiroshi Lockheimer accused Apple of …
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iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, BGR India, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Droid Life, and Digital Trends
| The Guardian: |
EU data watchdog orders Europol to delete much of a vast trove of personal data it obtained unlawfully; internal documents show Europol has at least 4PB of data — EU police body accused of unlawfully holding information and aspiring to become an NSA-style mass surveillance agency
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European Data Protection …, The Record, The Hacker News, The Verge, Blocks and Files, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @sophieintveld, @gabrielazanfir, and @fabiochiusi
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Honor debuts Magic V, its first foldable phone, with 7.9" inner and 6.45" outer displays, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and up to 12GB of RAM, coming to China for ~$1,570 — Releasing in China soon — Former Huawei sub-brand Honor has just announced its first foldable smartphone …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ride hailing and food delivery app Bolt raises €628M at a €7.4B valuation co-led by Sequoia Capital and Fidelity Management — Economies of scale are an essential cornerstone for on-demand companies, and to that end one of the hopefuls in the space has raised a big round to grow its business.| Charlotte Peet / Rest of World: |
As Uber and Didi's 99 grapple with driver shortages and high fuel prices in Brazil, Taxi.Rio, an app developed by the Rio city government, is gaining riders — Rio de Janeiro's Taxi.Rio app has caught up to Uber's technology, now it has a few other aces up its sleeve. — • RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Tweets: @alexgonzor, @restofworld, @charlottepeet11, and @mvzelenks
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Qonto, a French challenger bank focused on business accounts for SMBs and freelancers, raises a $552M Series D led by Tiger Global and CSV at a $5B valuation — French startup Qonto has raised a $552 million Series D funding round (€486 million). Following this investment …
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