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Twitter acquires newsletter publishing company Revue; the five-year-old Dutch company has six employees and has raised ~$318K — Twitter on Tuesday said it has acquired Revue, a newsletter platform for writers and publishers. — Why it matters: The deal marks Twitter's first step …
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Twitter debuts Birdwatch, in testing since last year, which lets select users flag and add notes about tweets they think are misleading or false — Twitter unveiled a feature Monday meant to bolster its efforts to combat misinformation and disinformation by tapping users in a fashion similar …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Sources: Signal's rapid growth following WhatsApp privacy changes has raised concerns from Signal staff who worry the service's new features will be misused — SHARE All sharing options — On January 6th, WhatsApp users around the world began seeing a pop-up message notifying …
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| Adam Weidemann / The Keyword: |
Google Threat Analysis Group details a suspected North Korean specialized campaign targeting infosec researchers with fake profiles, blogs and backdoor software — Over the past several months, the Threat Analysis Group has identified an ongoing campaign targeting security researchers working …
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| Apple: |
Apple says John Ternus will now lead its Hardware Engineering org as a member of the executive team; Dan Riccio to move to a role focusing on a “new project” — John Ternus will join the executive team as senior vice president of Hardware Engineering
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook News launches in the UK, partners with Axel Springer and Samsung-owned Upday for curation; announces new partnerships and payments for some publishers — As the United Kingdom prepares to sharpen its focus on how it regulates big tech companies, Facebook is taking a big step …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter unveils a new “standalone, flexible” open source text editor API for iOS developers, similar to what's used in tweet and Fleet composers on its iOS app — Twitter announced today a new “standalone, flexible” open source API for iOS developers that provides a text editor for apps …
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Tweets: @twitteross, @mergesort, @wongmjane, @georgeelsham, @dhmspector, and @thelball
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
W3C, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and others launch Open Web Docs, a new project for Web API documentation that will support MDN Docs following Mozilla's layoffs — Founding members include the W3C, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Samsung Coil, and Igalia — A coalition of tech companies announced today …
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Open Collective, Windows Blog, Mozilla Hacks, WinBuzzer, TechRadar, W3C Blog, MSPoweruser, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @awesomekling, @m_ott, @mozdevnet, @tedmielczarek, @msedgedev, and @campuscodi
| New York Times: |
Norwegian Data Protection Authority fines Grindr ~$11.7M for disclosing user location data to advertisers and effectively tagging users as LGBTQ without consent — The Norwegian Data Protection Authority said on Monday that it would fine Grindr, the world's most popular gay dating app …
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Tweets: @brankamarijan, @finnmyrstad, @natashanyt, @danielollecto, @nytimesbusiness, @privasense, and @daphnehk
| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Amazon launches a feature for allowing Alexa to proactively complete smart home tasks, an energy dashboard, and a $4.99/month ADT-like service, Alexa Guard Plus — New updates bring proactive hunches and Guard Plus to the smart assistant — Amazon is enabling a new feature today …
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The Ambient, PCMag, Gizmodo, CNET, Slashdot, SlashGear, Neowin, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @mdrndad
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired: |
A look at r/WallStreetBets, a 2M-member subreddit that helped push GameStop's stock to record highs and is now facing allegations of harassment — The denizens of the WallStreetBets subreddit helped push the flailing stock to dizzying heights—while a short seller alleged an accompanying harassment campaign.
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Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Paranoid Enough, Financial Times, Bloomberg, YouTube, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Information, IGN, Kotaku, Vox, PC Gamer, The Logic, Destructoid, Forbes, Protocol, and The Verge
Tweets: @delk, @zhugeex, @thestalwart, @ivanthek, @kevinroose, @thestalwart, @thestalwart, @marketstream_io, @thekouk, @quill18, @jdickerson, @josh_wingrove, @theneedledrop, @paultassi, @andrearene, @vinncent, @bopinion, @molleindustria, @film_girl, @carnage4life, @jasonschreier, @ericgeller, @flglmn, @alecstapp, @thestalwart, @lisaabramowicz1, @garrytan, @ceonyc, @patrickmcgee_, @dbrauer, @jessefelder, @jamesrbuk, @michaelbkelley, @mccabe_caitlin, @bloombergtv, @prvncher, @aaronmehta, @zhugeex, @arielbogle, @thestalwart, @nycsouthpaw, @thestalwart, @nkulw, @shiraovide, @joshuatopolsky, @obsoletedogma, @hkanji, @prashanth_krish, @joemccann, @tomgara, and @jrhennessy
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram adds a new “professional dashboard” for creator and business accounts, a dedicated space for analytics, business tools, monetization features, more — Instagram is working on a new feature for business owners and influencers. The app is adding a new “professional dashboard” …
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Instagram for Business, Neowin, Android Headlines, PetaPixel, MakeUseOf, TechRadar, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @vishalshahis, @youngfullye, @medvidekpu, @todmaffin, and @christinasbg
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Source: Clubhouse raised around $100M from a16z at a $1B post-money valuation — Clubhouse, a San Francisco-based audio social network, raised around $100 million led by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz at a $1 billion post-money valuation, Axios has learned.
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Tweets: @thekendallbaker, @jkostecki_rei, @alexeheath, @jakesherman, and @danprimack
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