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Coinbase says it will suspend trading of XRP on January 19, 2021, following the SEC's suit against Ripple — Coinbase said it will suspend trading of XRP, the cryptocurrency the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claimed last week is really a security.
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
FAA issues rules requiring some drones, like those flying over people, to be remotely identifiable and night flying drones to have anti-collision lights — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday said it is issuing long-awaited rules to allow …
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Source: Ant Group is planning to fold its financial operations into a holding company that could be regulated more like a bank — - Financial units face stricter regulation in planned structure — Lifestyle businesses to be excluded from holding company
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| Emma Court / Bloomberg: |
Los Angeles County partners with Healthvana to allow COVID-19 vaccine recipients to be able to show their vaccination status in services like Apple Wallet — - Key is getting people their second dose, official says — Longer-term, the software will be a way to verify vaccinations
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| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Leaked docs: Lens, a supplier for Apple and Amazon, used alleged forced Uighur labor; Apple says it has confirmed that no forced Uighur labor is being used — New documents show Lens Technology, which makes iPhone glass and is owned by China's richest woman, received Uighur Muslim laborers transferred from Xinjiang.
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| Anthony G. Attrino / New Jersey Online: |
Lawsuit claims a New Jersey man was jailed for 10 days based on an erroneous facial recognition match, and prosecutors kept pursuing him for nearly a year — Editor's note: This article has been updated to include a statement from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
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Qualtrics files for an IPO, plans to sell an undetermined number of shares for $20-$24, and could be valued at as much as $14.4B — - IPO may give software maker fully diluted value of $14 billion — Silver Lake to invest $550 million in a private placement
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon says during this holiday season, third-party sales grew 50% globally, compared to the same time period in 2019 — Amazon said it delivered billions of products globally this holiday season as it wraps up what is expected to be a record fourth fiscal quarter amid the ongoing pandemic.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Graphcore, which designs chips designed for AI workloads, raises $222M Series E led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan at a $2.77B post-money valuation — Applications based on artificial intelligence — whether they are systems running autonomous services, platforms being used …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
NY Post source for Hunter Biden laptop stories sues Twitter for defamation, alleging Twitter falsely labeled him a hacker after blocking NY Post content in Oct. — A Delaware computer repair shop owner sued Twitter, alleging the social network defamed him by labeling him a “hacker” …
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| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
DXY, a Chinese online portal for doctors, healthcare organizations, and consumers to share knowledge, raises $500M led by Trustbridge Partners — DXY, a 20-year-old online healthcare community for Chinese consumers and healthcare organizations like Pfizer, announced this week … | Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
Police rely heavily on car sensor and infotainment system data, including GPS and call records, to challenge alibis, thanks to looser privacy standards for cars — On June 26, 2017, the lifeless body of Ronald French, a bearded auto mechanic with once-twinkling eyes, was mysteriously found in a cornfield in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.Sponsor Posts
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