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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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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitter announces it is opening up its full tweet archive to academic researchers for free and ups the monthly tweet volume cap for approved applicants to 10M — To help researchers better study online discourse and platform trends — Twitter on Tuesday announced a significant shift …
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports Q2 net income of $15.5B, up 33% YoY, Intelligent Cloud revenue of $14.6B, up 23% YoY, More Personal Computing revenue of $15.1B, up 14% YoY — Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 26, 2021 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …
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New York Times, ZDNet, Windows Central, The Verge, VentureBeat, PCWorld, microsoft.com, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Thurrott, Laptop Mag, CNBC, Game Rant, Dot Esports, MakeUseOf, VentureBeat, Yahoo Finance, TheStreet, Sky News, New York Times, Barron's Online, Engadget, CNN, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, Petri, Neowin, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Wccftech, Financial Times, GeekWire, and Wall Street Journal
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| Thomas Wilde / GeekWire: |
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Windows Central, The Verge, IGN, Gamasutra, OnMSFT.com, Reviews - VGC, GamingBolt, Windows Central, GamesIndustry.biz, GameSpot, and GameSpot. Tweets: @eddiemakuch. Thanks:@toddbishop
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
In today's iOS 14.4 update, Apple fixes three 0-days, tipped by an anonymous researcher, and acknowledges a report that they may have been exploited in the wild — Fixes come after Apple patched another set of three zero-days last November. — Apple has released today security updates …
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Apple Support, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, CNET, CNN, BGR, news.com.au, and MacRumors
Tweets: @metamask_io, @stshank, @bing_chris, @petejkim, @campuscodi, @chrismessina, @bleepincomputer, @zackwhittaker, @jonyiveparody, and @tomwarren
| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
AMD reports Q4 revenue of $3.24B, up 53% YoY, with its Enterprise, Embedded, and Semi-Custom segment revenue up 176% YoY to $1.28B — AMD's first-quarter revenue forecast of $3.1 billion to $3.3 billion is as much as six hundred million higher than analysts' expectations.
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., AnandTech, CRN, Tom's Hardware, SiliconANGLE, PCWorld, Reuters, TheStreet, Barron's Online, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, Benzinga, Investor's Business Daily, and CNBC
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Firefox 85 launches with network partitioning, a new feature to block supercookies by partitioning Firefox's browser cache on a per-website basis — Firefox now joins Chrome and Edge, both of which removed support for Flash earlier this month. — Mozilla has released today Firefox 85 …
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Mozilla Security Blog, Mozilla, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, BetaNews, and Neowin
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Calendly, a popular meeting scheduling service, raises $350M from OpenView Venture Partners and Iconiq at a $3B+ valuation — We're all meeting virtually, and Calendly has raised $350M to help us plan and track it all — One big theme in tech right now is the rise of services …
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Atlanta Business Journal, SiliconANGLE, and Hypepotamus
Tweets: @cope84, @spencerchen, @benblumenrose, @quinnypig, @ingridlunden, @openviewventure, @ourielohayon, @nmasc_, @akumar, and @chrismessina
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Google announces it is shutting down internal development of Tilt Brush VR and is open sourcing it, a month after shutting down Poly, a 3D object library — As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most of their existing projects in that space.
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Google Open Source Blog, The Verge, nwn.blogs.com, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @anshelsag, @tiltbrush, @mhdempsey, @andytouch, @jessedamiani, @sculptrvr, @michaelhazani, @ibrews, @izzzyparkinson, @samnchiet, @ladyespii, @maxweisel, and @estellatse
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
In letter to creators, CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube has paid more than $30B to creators, artists, and media organizations over the last three years — The company still has work to do with creator transparency — YouTube has paid out more than $30 billion to creators, artists …
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Tweets: @rkyncl, @youtubeinsider, @shiraovide, @dylanbyers, @stokel, @susanwojcicki, @nealmohan, and @mikeelgan
| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
A look at content moderation on Clubhouse, where discussions have included homophobia, anti-Semitism, harassment, and the like, as media increases its scrutiny — When Clubhouse, a private social app, debuted in March of last year, it was hard for most people to score an invitation.
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Forbes, likeable.com, PYMNTS.com, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @ellenhuet, @briansolis, @briansolis, @bradstone, @thekenyeung, @ellenhuet, @ellenhuet, @rustybrick, and @joshconstine
| PYMNTS.com: |
Albert, which helps people automate their finances and connect subscribers to financial advisers, raises $100M Series C led by General Atlantic — Financial services startup Albert has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by General Atlantic, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 26).| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Intel launches its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards targeting SMBs and mainstream PCs, after debuting its Iris Xe Max laptop cards in October — Intel's first desktop GPUs in 20 years aren't designed for gaming just yet — Intel is launching its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards today.
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Intel Newsroom, The Next Web, Neowin, SlashGear, and PCMag
Tweets: @starfire2258, @dcseifert, and @tomwarren
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Samsung says its latest OLED screen tech, launching in the Galaxy S21 Ultra, reduces the display's power consumption by up to 16% — When Samsung launched the Galaxy S21 Ultra, it talked about how the device's screen supports refresh rates of 120Hz at both full HD and Quad HD resolutions.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Ant Group plans to sell its Missouri-based biometric security firm EyeVerify ahead of potential fines and restructuring costs following its aborted IPO — Biometric security firm EyeVerify ‘targeted’ as Trump administration turned spotlight on Chinese companies
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Plex is launching game subscription service Plex Arcade, starting at $3 per month, which features classic Atari games and requires users run a Plex media server — Games: the final frontier — Plex, well known as a service for streaming movies, music, and TV shows from your own computer …
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9to5Google, Ars Technica, Plex, TechRadar, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, GameSpot, Android Police, MakeUseOf, Windows Central, and Engadget
| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
Chris DeRusha, an ex-Obama staffer and Biden campaign's CISO, announces he has been appointed as the US CISO, responsible for coordinating cybersecurity policy — The former top cybersecurity official on Joe Biden's presidential campaign said late Monday that he is now in charge of helping protect …
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Federal Computer Week, Government Technology News, and Nextgov
Tweets: @ywxwy, @jeffstone500, and @ericgeller
| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Clash acquires Byte and announces plans to release the companies' short-form video apps together as one product, alongside monetization tools for creators — Now they want to help users make money. — Clash, a short-form video app that became available in August, announced today …
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dexerto.com, Tubefilter, The Verge, and CNN
Tweets: @jesserank, @pathedger18, @brendonmcnerney, @taylorlorenz, @karynspencer, @martinsfp, @thetomwho, @_patmurray, @taylorlorenz, and @shiraovide
| PYMNTS.com: |
Pilot, an automated accounting service for SMBs and startups, raises $60M Series C led by Sequoia, bringing its total funding to $120M — Pilot, which provides back-office services for startups, has raised $60 million through a new Series C funding round, according to a press release.
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Business Wire, Business Insider, and Sequoia Capital
Tweets: @shannen_balogh and @mark_goldberg_
| Penelope Blackwell / Protocol: |
At the World Economic Forum, 13 tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, join coalition to improve racial and ethnic justice in the workplace — The World Economic Forum, or “digital Davos” since moving its convention online, announced that 48 companies joined a coalition committed …
| Rebecca Klar / The Hill: |
House Energy and Commerce Committee head details the GOP Big Tech Accountability Platform to address issues like Section 230, deplatforming, app stores, more — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on Tuesday said Republicans …
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Axios and Techdirt
Tweets: @housecommerce, @steveolson, @berinszoka, @charliemcquade_, @motownmutt, @jess_miers, @berinszoka, @brianweeden, @repgusbilirakis, @b_fung, and @b_fung
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
YouTube says it is extending its suspension of Trump from posting videos to his channel, but did not say how long the extension would last — YouTube on Tuesday said it's again extending its suspension of former President Donald Trump, who's been banned from posting videos to his channel since Jan. 12.| The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance revenue more than doubled last year to $37B, of which $7B was operating profit, up from $4B in 2019, despite India's TikTok ban — You might have thought TikTok's owner ByteDance had a tough year in 2020, what with President Trump trying to ban TikTok and India actually taking that step.
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