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| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Robinhood says due to “recent volatility” it is restricting trading in some stocks, including GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, and Nokia, to “position closing only” — Amid the flurry of speculative activity in GameStop, brokers took steps to restrict the trading …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Robinhood to allow “limited buys” on restricted stocks from Friday, says halting purchases was a risk-management decision and not a response to outside pressure — Halting purchases was ‘a risk management decision,’ the company said in a blog post
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Under the Hood, Reuters, The Information, Engadget, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, CNBC, CNET, Wccftech, Tech News, and SlashGear
Tweets: @gamespot, @imranzomg, @tomgara, and @mims
| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Facebook took down the “Robinhood Stock Traders” group with 157K users; a notification said the group violated polices on “adult sexual exploitation” — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc took down a popular Wall Street discussion group, Robinhood Stock Traders …
Tweets: @virushuo, @brianroemmele, @reclaimerrob, @ggreenwald, @yoalexrapz, @subtooptimus, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, and @caseynewton
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord says r/WallStreetBets members have set up a new server and Discord is helping them with moderation and management of rapid growth — A surprising change of events — Discord is now helping the r/WallStreetBets team moderate its new server. The company originally banned …
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, Game Rant, Reclaim The Net, Input, Gizmodo, Engadget, and The Defiant
Tweets: @josephpalbanese, @tomwarren, @slasher, @maxkennerly, @slasher, and @jefftutorials
| Tucker Higgins / CNBC: |
Lawmakers, including AOC and Ted Cruz, criticize Robinhood; Reps. from both the Senate and House say they will hold hearings on the state of the stock market — - AOC, Ted Cruz, Ro Khanna and other lawmakers criticized Robinhood after it restricted trading in GameStop and other companies targeted …
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Bloomberg, Protocol, VICE, SiliconANGLE, Wired, and TechCrunch
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| Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg: |
Robinhood is telling some users it may close out some of their positions as part of measures it is taking to reduce account risks — Robinhood Markets told users of its popular stock trading app that it may close out some of their positions as part of measures it's taking to reduce account risks.
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @jbillinson, @jbarro, @lklatt11, @devlinbarrett, @themaxburns, @ashbennington, and @justinkan
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
In an apparent swipe at Zuckerberg, Tim Cook says that valuing engagement over privacy leads to “polarization” and “violence” and such businesses need reform — Speaking at the EU data protection conference CPDP today, Tim Cook gave the opening keynote with his talk entitled …
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Tweets: @patrickmcgee_, @tim_cook, @pt, @marcbodnick, @pt, @pt, @pt, @jsnell, @pkafka, @stevekovach, @nat_droz, @jeffnesbit, @anildash, @mikeelgan, @reneritchie, and @reneritchie
| The Information: |
Sources: Facebook is preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple for forcing developers to abide by App Store rules that Apple's own apps don't have to follow — A long-simmering public dispute between Facebook and Apple has neared a boiling point. With the aid of outside legal counsel …
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| Dylan Byers / NBC News: |
Facebook's Oversight Board issues first-ever rulings, which Facebook said it will abide by, overturning four out of the five cases it reviewed — Facebook's Oversight Board on Thursday issued its first round of decisions, overturning several of the company's decisions to remove posts …
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Oversight Board, About Facebook, TIME, TechCrunch, Oversight Board, Lawfare, Financial Times, Washington Post, and Bloomberg
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Telegram launches a tool to let users import chat history from WhatsApp, Line, or KakaoTalk on Android and iOS — This year has seen a spike in interest for secure messaging apps and one of our favorites, Telegram, is seizing the oppurtunity. With its latest update, Telegram is introducing …
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Telegram, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Softpedia News, and Android Police. Tweets: @telegram
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Coinbase officially announces its intent to become a public company via direct listing — Coinbase has made official its plan to go public by way of a direct listing, according to a blog post released Thursday by the U.S.-based crypto exchange. — “Coinbase Global, Inc. today announced …
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The Coinbase Blog, TechCrunch, Axios, Crunchbase News, Reuters, and Cointelegraph. Tweets: @panzer
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Epic says its Games Store has 160M+ PC users, up from 108M in 2019, with DAUs up 192% YoY to 31.3M; gamers spent $700M+ in 2020, with $265M on 3rd-party games — And Epic confirmed it'll keep giving away games in 2021 — Epic Games Store released a bevy of stats to show off …
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Epic Games, Blue's News, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, GameSpot, and GamingBolt
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google Project Zero researcher discovers and details new security system on iOS 14 named BlastDoor, which provides an improved sandbox system for iMessage data — iOS 14 shipped with BlastDoor, a new sandbox system for processing iMessages data. — With the release of iOS 14 last fall … | Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
YouTube is testing the ability to make short clips, from 5 to 60 seconds, of livestreams or videos, starting today on desktop and Android devices — Another standard live-streaming feature makes its way over to the online video giant — YouTube is introducing clipping …
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support.google.com, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, Pocket-lint, dexerto.com, Tubefilter, and Polygon
Tweets: @youtubegaming, @fwiz, @traysold, @baekdal, and @valkyrae
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds opt-in biometric fingerprint, face, or iris scan authentication for WhatsApp on desktop and the web — WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned popular messaging app with more than 2 billion users, has been getting a lot of heat and losing users in recent weeks after announcing (and then delaying) changes to how it uses your data.
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Engadget, WinBuzzer, Android Police, iDownloadBlog.com, Android Headlines, and MakeUseOf
Tweets: @whatsapp and @wcathcart
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft reports it has “high confidence” the hacking campaign targeting infosec researchers is linked to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group — Earlier this week, Google disclosed that a North Korean government-backed hacking group has been using social networks to target security researchers.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Snap announces a new digital literacy program on Snapchat, covering data privacy and security — Snapchat on Thursday unveiled a new digital literacy program aimed at educating its users about issues like data privacy and security. — Why it matters: Snapchat intends to help …
Tweets: @futureofprivacy
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
A PR error by Google is drawing criticism from digital rights activists after it implied its new cloud region in Saudi Arabia would store private Snap user data — A few days before Christmas, Google published a blog post announcing that it was expanding its cloud network in Chile, Germany and Saudi Arabia.
Tweets: @issielapowsky
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Facebook is developing newsletter tools for journalists and writers, including tools to help build followers, curate email lists, and offer paid subs — Facebook is working on newsletter tools for journalists and writers, according to three people familiar with the company's plans …
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @tedstein, @jeffhauser, @bradesposito, @parismarx, @caseynewton, @kantrowitz, @rafat, @kimmaicutler, @athertonkd, @brandyljensen, and @daveleeft
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