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Robinhood says it raised emergency funding of $1B+ from its existing investors, as it faces an onslaught of demands on its cash amid a stock market frenzy — The no-fee trading app, which is popular with young investors, has been strained by the high volume of trading this week in stocks such as GameStop.
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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.| Jesse Westbrook / Bloomberg: |
SEC says it “will closely review actions taken by regulated entities that may disadvantage investors” in trading certain securities — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, making its most specific comments about the recent mania in the stock market …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
After dogecoin spiked 800%+, Robinhood halted instant deposits for crypto purchases and restricted trading in cryptocurrencies on Friday — - Users reported that the trading app had halted instant deposits for crypto purchases on Friday. — Robinhood confirmed the move …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Robinhood says it didn't proactively sell shares of GameStop, AMC, or any other buzzworthy stocks without traders' permission, denying claims made by some users — Traders say they intended to keep holding — No, Robinhood tells The Verge, it didn't sell off full shares of GameStop …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Robinhood has drawn down some of its credit lines with banks, tapping at least several hundred million dollars — Robinhood Markets, the trading app that's popular with investors behind some of this month's wildest stock swings, has drawn down some of its credit lines with banks …
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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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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
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| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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| Tucker Higgins / CNBC: |
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| Akane Otani / Wall Street Journal: |
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| 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 …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Hyundai executives are divided over a potential tie-up with Apple, with some raising concerns about becoming a contract manufacturer — SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Executives in Hyundai Motor Co Group are divided over a potential tie-up with Apple Inc, with some raising concerns …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Investigators say suspected Russian hack extends far beyond SolarWinds, with ~30% of the victims having no connection to the software — Roughly 30% of victims are said to have no connection to the network-management company's tainted software — Investigators probing a massive hack …
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| 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 …
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| Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: |
Canalys: iPad shipments grew 40% YoY to 19.2M in Q4 2020 and across all of 2020 Apple shipped an estimated 58.8M tablets, up 24% YoY from 2019 — Apple retained its top spot in the worldwide tablet industry during the fourth quarter of 2020, shipping an estimated 19.2 million iPad models in the period.| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
A spot check finds a number of apps in Apple's App Store with inaccurate privacy nutrition labels that understate the amount of data they collect — Apple's plan to make iPhone apps be transparent about the data they take falls short of being helpful — or even accurate — You can trust Apple ... right?
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| 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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| 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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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
A look at Global Privacy Control, a new web standard designed to let users opt out of data sharing with all third-party brokers globally, with a single click — On today's internet, information is nearly impossible to control. It's become commonplace for a single website visit to spill …
Tweets: @jason_kint, @el33th4xor, @websmyth, and @cyborgtribe
| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Facebook says it will begin testing “topic exclusion” controls that would help advertisers stop running ads next to topics they want to avoid in News Feed — - Facebook is building tools to help advertisers keep their ad placements away from certain topics in its News Feed.Sponsor Posts
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