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| Stephen Totilo / Kotaku: |
Google says it will close its two Stadia game studios, in LA and Montreal, and Stadia head Jade Raymond is leaving; the closure will affect ~150 developers — Google Stadia, the late 2019 streaming platform that promised to revolutionize gaming by letting users stream games without needing …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Uber says it is buying alcohol delivery startup Drizly for $1.1B in cash and stock; Drizly co-founder and CEO Cory Rellas is expected to remain with Uber — Uber on Tuesday announced an agreement to buy Drizly, a Boston-based alcohol delivery startup, for $1.1 billion in cash and stock.
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
In a report, NYU researchers call conservative claims of social media censorship “a form of disinformation” and warn against completely repealing Section 230 — A new report concludes that social networks aren't systematically biased against conservatives, directly contradicting Republican claims … | Casey Newton / Platformer: |
The unedited nature and serendipity of conversations makes Clubhouse a compelling platform for productive discussions on otherwise fraught topics — Elon Musk disrupts podcasting. PLUS: Robinhood's big mistake — I. Andreessen Horowitz and the backdoor pilot — Hey, did you hear Elon Musk went on Clubhouse?
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Kuo: Apple Car will use Hyundai's E-GMP battery electric vehicle platform; new models could be built in association with GM and European manufacturer PSA — Noted TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo weighed in on “Apple Car” on Monday, saying Apple will work in close cooperation with Hyundai …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches “about this result” menu item to its search results to give users more information about the sites they are about to visit — Google regularly tweaks its search results pages and tries out new designs. It's not that often, though, that it adds new features to those results …
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| Federal Trade Commission: |
FTC says Amazon will pay $61.7M to settle charges that it withheld some customer tips from Flex drivers over 2.5 years; FTC will use the sum to pay the drivers — Settlement prohibits Amazon from misrepresenting driver earnings, pay or percent of tips paid to drivers, changing its handling of tips without drivers' consent
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Google to pay $2.5M to 5,500+ female engineers as well as female and Asian job applicants to settle pay and hiring discrimination allegations — The US Department of Labor alleges systemic pay and hiring discrimination — Google has agreed to pay $2.5 million to more than 5,500 employees …
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| Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon unveils plans for part of its HQ2 in VA, including three 22-story office buildings and the Helix, a 350-foot building with spiraling outdoor walkways — Centerpiece of design is a 350-foot building dubbed the Helix, which features two spiraling outdoor walkways
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Apple releases the first iOS 14.5 beta, which lets users unlock their iPhones with Face ID while wearing a mask if they are also wearing an Apple Watch — The feature debuts in a new developer beta, available now — While the full release won't arrive for some time … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Any US legislation to ban anonymity online will be unconstitutional, will not work, and most importantly will put many marginalized/vulnerable people at risk — There's an idea that pops up every so often among people who are upset about misinformation online but don't actually understand …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Robinhood plummets back to one-star rating on Google Play Store; Google says current reviews are compliant with its policies and won't be removed — Following thousands of negative reviews — Investment app Robinhood has plummeted back down to a one-star rating on Google Play, thanks to a flood of thousands of new negative reviews.
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| Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico: |
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| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Steven Sinofsky talks about publishing his new book “Hardcore Software”, a first-person account of his time at Microsoft, in a serialized form on Substack — Steven Sinofsky, who ran the Windows division at the peak of the PC revolution, plans to use a popular newsletter platform … | Swetha Gopinath / Bloomberg: |
UK-based online greeting cards service Moonpig surges as much as 29% on its London debut, after raising £491M during its IPO — - Company prices IPO at 350 pence each, top end end of range — Company, shareholders sell 140.3 million shares in offering
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Divvy, which buys and rents homes while setting aside ~25% of monthly payments toward the renter's future down payment on the house, raises $110M Series C — Despite all the headaches that come with it, homeownership is still the American dream for many. — Divvy Homes - a startup …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Oyster, which develops HR software for a distributed workforce, raises $20M Series A, bringing its total raised to about $24M — The growth of remote working and managing workforces that are distributed well beyond the confines of a centralized physical office — or even a single country … | Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
A profile of Kuaishou, a Chinese TikTok rival, which is likely to hit a valuation of over $60B during its IPO this week, roughly one-third of ByteDance — Video sharing app is pivoting business model to advertising and ecommerce — Gu Jing spends two hours a day filming himself skinning pigs … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Network security provider SonicWall says hackers are exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in its SMA 100 networking devices, and a patch is due Tuesday — “Highly sophisticated threat actors” exploit flaws in coordinated attack on SonicWall. — Network security provider SonicWall … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
UK Treasury proposes stricter regulations for “buy now, pay later” services like Klarna, including affordability checks before lending — - The U.K. Treasury said buy now, pay later (BNPL) firms would come under the supervision of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Chainalysis: ransomware gangs made at least $350M in 2020, up 311% YoY, with the Ryuk strain as the year's top earner, followed by the now-defunct Maze — The figure represents a 311% increase over ransomware payments recorded the previous your, in 2019. — Ransomware gangs … | Alex Heath / The Information: |
Source: Sriram Krishnan, known for holding product leadership roles at Facebook, Twitter, and Snap, has joined Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner — Sriram Krishnan, a well-known tech investor and former product leader at Twitter, has joined the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Soda, which develops a data monitoring service to help make sure data is verifiable and trustworthy, raises €11.5M Series A led by Singular — Brussels-based Soda has secured €11.5 million in fresh funding to bolster its data monitoring platform.
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