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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
EU files antitrust charges against Amazon over its dual role as a marketplace for third-party vendors and a competitor selling its own goods — Vestager says group uses non-public data it gathers on sales on its website to inform its own-label products — The EU has hit Amazon …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
What to expect from Apple's “One More Thing” event: first Apple Silicon powered Macs, a macOS Big Sur release date, and potentially AirTags, over-ear headphones — It seems likely Apple will reveal the first computers powered by its custom silicon
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Silicon Macs will run iOS apps but some developers, including Facebook, Google, and the developers of Candy Crush and Among Us, have already opted out — Apple will hold another special event tomorrow, and we expect to see the first Mac with Apple Silicon chips.
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| The Verge: |
Live blog of Apple's event, where Macs with Apple Silicon will likely be announced — Apple silicon for Macs is finally here — At WWDC in June, Apple announced it would begin a two-year transition to using its own processors on Macs this year. True to its word, it has one last event in 2020 …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Remote, which simplifies hiring remote workers, raises $35M Series A led by Index Ventures, bringing its total raised to $46M — Remote working has become the norm in many offices around the world this year, as organizations do what they can to help contain the rapid transmission of Covid-19 …
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Spotify to buy Megaphone, which offers technology for podcast publishers and advertisers seeking targeted slots on podcasts, for $235M — - Spotify has been on a podcast acquisition tear in the past couple years, striking deals for shows from those including Joe Rogan …
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The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, TechCrunch, Reuters, Business Insider, Variety, Spotify, New.blicio.us, Tubefilter, Financial Times, Adweek, Deadline, Hot Pod News, and Tech News
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
An ex-Microsoft engineer is sentenced to 9 years in prison for stealing $10M in digital currency from Microsoft, in US' first Bitcoin case involving tax fraud — An ex-Microsoft engineer was sentenced to nine years in prison for 18 federal felonies after he stole more than $10 million worth …
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Tweets: @wdwanews and @ninaandtito
| Derek Robertson / The Guardian: |
How AI-powered tools like OpenAI's Jukebox are being used to create deepfake music, which could lead to a host of ethical and intellectual property issues — 'It's Christmas time! It's hot tub time!" sings Frank Sinatra. At least, it sounds like him. With an easy swing, cheery bonhomie …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Facebook removed seven pages, with over 2.45 million followers, tied to Steve Bannon for pushing misinformation about voter fraud and election results — The pages, which promoted the ‘Stop the Steal’ effort and other misleading messages related to the election, were removed over the weekend …
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| New York Times: |
US officials and experts say a crippling cyberattack on election infrastructure did not come to pass due to the pre-emptive steps taken by the US Cyber Command — The 2020 election was the biggest test yet of a new approach of pre-emptive action against adversaries trying to hack election infrastructure …
Tweets: @ohra_aho, @nytimes, @ericgeller, and @john_sipher
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Taiwan's Compal, the second-largest ODM of laptops globally for Apple, Dell, and others, suffered a ransomware attack on Sunday; hackers are demanding $16.7M — Taiwanese laptop maker Compal Electronics suffered a DoppelPaymer ransomware attack over the weekend, with the attackers demanding an almost $17 million ransom.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Nigerian mobile-first challenger bank Kuda raises $10M, the biggest seed round ever raised in Africa, led by Target Global — The African continent is currently one of the fastest-growing regions when it comes to mobile growth, and financial technology companies that are building services …
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Techpoint Africa and New.blicio.us
| Chris Burns / SlashGear: |
Sling Media, a subsidiary of DISH, says it is closing down today and all Slingbox devices and services will become inoperable in November 2022 — Slingbox will no longer function as of November 9, 2022. Sling Media, a subsidiary of DISH, announced that they were closing shop on November 9, 2020.
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Tweets: @harrymccracken, @njdavidd, @bryandfischer, and @matt_mcclure
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max review: terrific camera, battery life, and performance, but it's close to being too big and 60Hz display lags behind the competition — Apple's biggest iPhone brings along an impressive camera — The iPhone 12 Pro Max is a big phone. The biggest iPhone ever made, in fact.
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Tweets: @sdw, @zammpaul, @dcseifert, @stevekovach, @reckless, @bencsin, @caseynewton, @firstadopter, and @panzer
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
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| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
Facebook and Twitter's warning labels during the election were a win for their public relations, but as a tech product, they were too little, too late — This election proved Big Tech still hasn't figured out how to make truth spread faster than lies — It was the equivalent of Big Tech slapping the …
Tweets: @geoffreyfowler, @attorneynora, @jason_kint, @micheldkerrigan, and @rashadrobinson
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Walmart and Cruise partner to launch pilot to deliver orders from a Scottsdale, Arizona store using self-driving cars, scheduled to begin in 2021 — GM-backed autonomous vehicles startup Cruise today announced a partnership with Walmart that'll see Cruise's cars deliver orders from a Scottsdale, Arizona store to customers' homes.
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
EU tightens rules on surveillance tech, forcing companies selling spyware, facial recognition, and tech with military uses to get a license, be more transparent — The goal is to make sales of technologies like spyware and facial recognition more transparent in Europe first, and then worldwide.
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European Parliament, CyberScoop, Axios, EURACTIV.com, TechSpot, Silicon Republic, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @somospostpc and @marietjeschaake
| Mehr Nadeem / Rest of World: |
The Iranian regime begins cracking down on users of Instagram, which is the last open social media platform in Iran and could be a source for political change — After countrywide protests and pandemic lockdowns, Iranian Instagram has taken a decidedly political turn. The authorities are taking note.
Tweets: @caseynewton, @anupkaphle, @sidhubaba, and @cengizyar
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Isovalent emerges from stealth to debut Cilium, its cloud-native networking and security service, after raising $29M Series A round led by a16z and Google — Isovalent, a startup that aims to bring networking into the cloud-native era, today announced that it has raised a $29 million Series …
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| Todd Feathers / VICE: |
A look at exam monitoring software, which uses facial detection, eye tracking, mouse clicks, full room scans, and more to flag students who may be cheating — Using hand mirrors and making 3D room scans are among the bizarre instructions students must follow while using software like ProctorU and Respondus.
Tweets: @johnregehr, @zenalbatross, and @motherboard
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
British startup Hopin, which allows conference hosts to run gatherings online, raises $125M Series B co-led by IVP and Tiger Global at a $2B+ valuation — - Britain's Hopin announced Tuesday that it's raised $125 million in a round of funding that values the firm at more than $2 billion.| Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: |
Take-Two Interactive agrees to acquire British game developer Codemasters for $956M in cash and stock, after disclosing negotiations last week — Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the company behind popular video games including Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K, agreed to buy …
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