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| Selena Deckelmann / The Mozilla Blog: |
New Firefox update adds support for multiple picture-in-picture windows and “Total Cookie Protection”, to prevent the use of cookies to track users across sites — Beginning last year, the internet began playing a bigger role in our lives than ever before.
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| Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
Facebook's Australia news ban shows tech giants don't mind giving up money to appease regulators and business, but will not give up control over platforms — [Warning: Violent and gruesome metaphor ahead.] — In The Usual Suspects (1995), there's a scene in which the true extent …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
LG says that it will license its webOS software to other TV brands, such as RCA, Ayonz, and Konka; LG's redesigned webOS 5.0 version will not be included — The modern webOS is no longer exclusive to LG's TV lineup — LG tonight announced that the company's webOS smart TV platform will soon be found on TVs from other brands.
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| Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Some M1 Mac owners report a worryingly large number of writes to their Macs' SSDs, though in some cases it could be explained by faulty monitoring tools — “If this is accurate, some of these machines aren't going to last half a year” — What you need to know
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
California's 2018 net neutrality law, SB 822, can go into effect after a California judge declined to grant the telecom industry a preliminary injunction — It survived challenges from Trump's DOJ, and now one from telecom industry too — Net neutrality died a horrible death in 2017 …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google announces new features for Android, including a way to schedule texts and a Password Checkup tool to notify users of compromised credentials — Google today announced the next set of features coming to Android, including a new password checkup tool, a way to schedule your texts …
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| Maggie Miller / The Hill: |
At Tuesday's SolarWinds hearing, Microsoft and FireEye urged Congress to create mandatory breach reporting requirements for companies — Top executives from Microsoft and FireEye on Tuesday urged Congress to create mandatory breach reporting requirements for companies following …
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| Square - Investor Relations: |
Square announces it spent $170M to acquire 3,318 bitcoins at an average price of $51,236, following its earlier $50M bet on the cryptocurrency — Square also announced a $170 million purchase in bitcoin as part of its ongoing commitment to the cryptocurrency
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| Emily Bary / MarketWatch: |
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Facebook says it is testing more tools to combat child exploitation on its platform, including a measure warning users of “non-malicious sharing” of viral memes — Facebook says it is testing more tools to help the social network prevent people from sharing content that — exploits children.
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| Josh Sisco / The Information: |
Sources: the DOJ is investigating if Apple's use of its “Sign in with Apple” button makes it more difficult for users to switch to a rival device maker — More and more iPhone apps are offering people the option of signing up by using information stored with Apple …
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Draft executive order from Biden admin orders development of a US supply chain strategy less reliant on China, focused on chips, batteries, rare-earth metals — Exclusive: Biden to sign presidential order to bolster chip, battery and rare-earth industries — WASHINGTON/TAIPEI …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google makes GameSnacks, a collection of 100+ lightweight HTML5 games, more accessible in Chrome, Pay, Discover, and Assistant in some countries, like India — A year ago, Google's Area 120 incubator launched an HTML5 gaming platform to “test whether lightweight, casual games would resonate … | Casey Newton / Platformer: |
The rise of TikTok, Clubhouse, and Substack shows that social networks have gotten competitive again, amid antitrust pressure on Facebook from the US government — Facebook's surprising new challengers in audio, video, photos, and text — Lately, the consumer internet …
Tweets: @caseynewton, @ingridlunden, @s8mb, @sarthakgh, @hamishmckenzie, @alecstapp, and @justinkramp
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Internal memo: Amazon SVP Jeff Blackburn, a close lieutenant to Jeff Bezos for more than 22 years, says he is leaving the company, after a year-long sabbatical — Another Jeff is moving on from his longtime Amazon executive role, filling out the picture of what has become a massive leadership transition at the tech giant.| Tim Copeland / Decrypt: |
Bitfinex and Tether agree to an $18.5M settlement with the New York AG and will stop operating in the state following a two-year probe — Bitfinex and Tether have agreed to stop all trading activity in the state of New York as part of a settlement announced today by New York Attorney General Letitia James.| Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters: |
Sources: a 93-page report from French antitrust investigators says Google breached government orders on how to negotiate with news publishers over copyright — PARIS (Reuters) - French antitrust investigators have accused Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority's orders …
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