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January 14, 2021, 2:40 PM
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils $799 Galaxy S21, $999 Galaxy S21 Plus, and $1,199 Galaxy S21 Ultra, available to preorder on January 14 and launching on January 29 — Samsung's latest flagships are here: the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus, and the Galaxy S21 Ultra. The first two — which start at $799 and $999 …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy SmartTag, a $29.99 Tile competitor that works only with Samsung Galaxy devices, available on January 29 — It uses Bluetooth Low Energy and will arrive on January 29th — Alongside the new Galaxy S21 phones and Galaxy Buds Pro, Samsung is announcing …
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| David Carnoy / CNET: |
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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| Rick Osterloh / The Keyword: |
Google completes Fitbit acquisition, vows to protect users' privacy, says “deal has always been about devices, not data” — Google has completed its acquisition of Fitbit. Together, we can make health and wellness more accessible to more people.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Jack Dorsey says Trump ban was the right decision for Twitter but reflects a “failure” to promote healthy conversation and sets a dangerous precedent — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explained in a tweetstorm that the company faced an ‘extraordinary and untenable circumstance’
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| New York Times: |
Review of public posts of dozens of Facebook users sharing extreme right-wing views shows how Facebook rewards their lies and helped incubate the insurrection — Right-wing influencers embraced extremist views, and Facebook rewarded them. — Mr. Thompson is a writer and editor in Opinion.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Sandberg deflected blame for Capitol riot, but fliers and hashtags promoting the pro-Trump rally circulated on Facebook and Instagram weeks beforehand — Fliers and hashtags promoting the pro-Trump rally circulated on Facebook and Instagram in the days and weeks beforehand
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| Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: |
Axios says it will launch AxiosHQ, which lets companies write internal memos styled like Axios newsletters, next month, starting at $10K a year — AxiosHQ communications platform to launch with Delta Air Lines and AT&T among early customers — Punchy news startup Axios is betting … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
BMW announces Digital Key Plus, a keyless access system that uses the UWB chip in iPhones to let users unlock select BMW cars without taking out their phones — Using the ultra wideband chip that debuted in the iPhone 11 — BMW has announced an upgraded version of its mobile car key technology dubbed Digital Key Plus.
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| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
A group of health and tech companies, including Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle, says it is developing a digital COVID-19 vaccination “passport” — - A digital Covid vaccination passport is being jointly developed by a group of health and technology companies who anticipate that governments …
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Business Wire, The Hill, TechCrunch, The Irish Times, Business Insider, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @cnbcjulianna, @thomas_m_wilson, @nt_ctannenbaum, @teddyboylocsin, @lay_overs, @valaafshar, and @whatthebit
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A leak of a near-final version of Windows 10X shows a strong similarity to Chrome OS, with the Start button centered on the taskbar, lack of Live Tiles, more — A new lightweight version of Windows to take on Chromebooks — After years of waiting, it looks like Microsoft now has a true answer to Chrome OS.
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Thurrott, Windows Central, Windows Central, Laptop Mag, and Neowin
Tweets: @onmsft, @sean_michael_uk, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, and @backlon
| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
In an interview, Parler CEO John Matze says he is not sure whether the social network will ever return after being cut off by service providers — (Reuters) - Social media platform Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers that accused the app of failing …
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| Bloomberg: |
Norway's consumer protection agency details how Amazon riddles the process of canceling Prime with “dark patterns,” calls on regulators to investigate — - Public Citizen, others ask FTC to probe Prime cancellation — Report says manipulative techniques make it hard to opt out| Sarah Emerson / OneZero : |
The far-right is flocking to MeWe, a privacy-focused Facebook alternative that has Tim Berners-Lee on its board, with membership growing to 15M in recent months — ‘Have you tried to moderate 15 million people?’ MeWe founder Mark Weinstein told OneZero — 'm an American who is sick …
Tweets: @sarahnemerson, @mewe, @mvzelenks, @tim_stevens, @slpng_giants, @jeffhorwitz, @mvzelenks, and @willoremus
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
New research details iOS and Android issues that may allow third parties and law enforcement to access user data and suggests mitigation techniques — New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools.
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, securephones.io, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @z3r0trust, @wired, and @matthew_d_green
| David Jeans / Forbes: |
Sources: TPG invested $47M in HR software startup Greenhouse and spent around $450M buying shares from existing investors including Benchmark and Thrive Capital — Private equity giant TPG has closed on a $500 million investment into HR software startup Greenhouse, taking a majority stake … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Ring says it has fixed a security flaw in its Neighbors app that was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app — A security flaw in Ring's Neighbors app was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Cloud for Retail opens for preview, combining services and features from Microsoft Advertising, Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform — Microsoft's new retail cloud bundle is its second vertical cloud offering, following on the heels of the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
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Tweets: @lschmeiser and @alysataylormsft
| Axios: |
Silicon Valley's leading lobby, the Internet Association, is struggling to manage the competing interests of member companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon — Silicon Valley's leading lobby, the Internet Association, is struggling to manage the competing interests of the companies … | The Guardian: |
Audio and chat logs of walkie-talkie app Zello reveal some Capitol rioters communicated via the app; Zello says it has now deleted 2K+ militia-related channels — Audio and chat logs show insurrectionists communicated via the app, which has avoided proactive content moderation
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Forbes, Zello Blog, and New York Post
| Chris Sanders / Reuters: |
DOJ antitrust chief Makan Delrahim to resign effective Jan 19, a day before the Biden administration takes over — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top antitrust official in the U.S. Justice Department, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, told the White House he will resign effective January 19 … | Shaun Walker / The Guardian: |
After denouncing Trump's social media bans, Poland says it plans to make it illegal for tech companies to take similar actions in the country — Following Trump's Twitter ban, Polish government wants to protect posts that do not break nation's laws — Polish government officials …
Tweets: @shaunwalker7, @adityarajkaul, @liamsd12, @monicalewinsky, @getongab, and @visegrad24
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Cisco says it has struck a new deal to buy Acacia Communications for around $4.5B, boosting the original purchase price by 64% — Networking-equipment giant boosts purchase price by 64% in deal that values Acacia at about $4.5 billion — Cisco Systems Corp. said Thursday that it has struck …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Poshmark opens up more than 130% on its first day of trading, valuing the company at more than $3B, after raising $277M in its IPO — - Poshmark opened its first day of trading on the Nasdaq. — On Wednesday, Poshmark priced its IPO at $42 a share, giving it an initial valuation of more than $3 billion.| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
Experts say widespread adoption of RISC-V, which was partly developed with DARPA's backing, could help China reduce its dependence on Western chip technology — New approach to semiconductors, developed partly with the Pentagon's backing, could threaten Intel and Arm's dominanceSponsor Posts
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