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Australia passes news bargaining code that will require digital platforms like Google and Facebook to pay local media outlets and publishers for their content — Australia on Wednesday passed a new media law that had generated noisy pushback from internet giants Google and Facebook …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Tech retailer Fry's Electronics announces it will cease operations effective immediately, blames industry changes and the pandemic for the shutdown — Your best buys are no longer at Fry's, guaranteed — Fry's Electronics, one of the last big brick-and-mortar electronics store chains …
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KRON4, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Wired, Fast Company, GeekWire, New York Times, The Register, Newsweek, Mercury News, Looper, East Bay Times, NBC New York, New York Times, SFGATE, International Business Times, MacDailyNews, Silicon Valley Business …, Game Rant, TechSpot, CNET, GameSpot, AppleInsider, USA Today, and SlashGear
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| Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal: |
Biden signs executive order mandating a 100-day review of supply chains, including for semiconductors used in products from cars to phones and rare-earth metals — The president signed an executive order with the aim of eventually increasing domestic production of critical materials| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
GameStop shares closed up nearly 104% on Wednesday, halting twice for volatility; GameStop said on Tuesday its CFO will resign; stock up 80%+ after hours — - GameStop announced Tuesday that its chief financial officer Jim Bell will resign on March 26. — Sources familiar …
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Tweets: @jon_bois, @jamestitcomb, @caroljsroth, @linuswilson, and @levynews
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
ViacomCBS says Paramount+ will cost $5/month with ads and $10/month without ads; the ad tier will be available in June while the ad-free tier starts on March 4 — ViacomCBS has a ‘mountain of content’ on the way to streaming, including a ‘Halo’ series and ‘Beavis and Butthead.’
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Microsoft announces industry cloud packages for financial services, available in March, and for manufacturing and nonprofits, available in June — new Industry Cloud service with a suite of tools for the healthcare sector last year and unveiling a Retail-specific version in January, Microsoft is ready to introduce more areas of focus.
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The Official Microsoft Blog, Protocol, Microsoft, TechRadar, Cloud Computing News, VentureBeat, and TechRepublic
Tweets: @satyanadella and @jp_courtois
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube to roll out a “supervised” account option in beta in the coming months in more than 80 countries, aimed at kids that are too old for YouTube Kids — YouTube is launching a PG version of the internet's biggest video service. — A new “supervised” YouTube account option …
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YouTube Official Blog, Bloomberg, Engadget, Pocketnow, MUO, and TechRadar
Tweets: @youtube, @youtubecreators, @xpangler, and @tweetinjules
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Optimism, which plans to help scale the Ethereum blockchain with a Layer 2 protocol, raises $25M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz — Optimism, a startup focused on the scalability of the Ethereum blockchain network, has raised a $25 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
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Andreessen Horowitz, Cointelegraph, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @optimismpbc, @ariannasimpson, @a16z, @optimismpbc, and @ljxie
| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Nvidia beats with Q4 revenue of $5B vs. $4.8B expected, up 61% YoY, data center revenue of $1.9B, up 97% YoY, and gaming revenue of $2.5B, up 67% YoY — The GPU maker beat Q4 market expectations with record sales in its two key areas of business. — Nvidia on Wednesday published fourth …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Amazon says its Luna cloud gaming service is available to try for free in the US on select Fire TV devices, after launching as invite-only last year — And anyone in the US can also buy a Luna Controller — Amazon's cloud-gaming service, Luna, is now available to try for free in the US …
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Amazon Luna, SlashGear, AFTVnews, Thurrott, Pocket-lint, and Engadget
| Bloomberg: |
FCC reveals that for its 5G licenses auction, Verizon spent the most of any carrier with $45.5B, followed by AT&T with $23.4B, and T-Mobile with $9.3B — - AT&T is second at $23 billion in bids, followed by T-Mobile — FCC releases results of so-called C-band airwaves sale
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The Verge, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Federal Communications Commission, Light Reading, phonearena.com, Android Central, Reuters, MarketWatch, and Executive Gov
Tweets: @dcseifert, @sub8u, @notdan, and @backlon
| Scott Chipolina / Decrypt: |
Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy buys 19,452 Bitcoin, worth $1.0261B, and now holds ~90K Bitcoin, worth ~$4.5B at current prices — Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has purchased 19,452 Bitcoin, worth $1.026 billion, at an average price of $52,765.
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MicroStrategy, CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine, TechSpot, Ethereum World News, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @friarhass and @asegpi
| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Beijing joins Hong Kong, Thailand, and the UAE to explore cross-border payments for digital currencies, like the digital yuan — The People's Bank of China is joining the Multiple Central Bank Digital Currency Bridge, a project exploring cross-border payments using distributed ledgers …
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Emails show how Facebook responded to requests by Turkey to censor content during the authoritarian government's 2018 military offensive against Kurds — Amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign, Facebook ultimately sided with Turkey's demand to block the page of a mostly Kurdish militia.
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Engadget and Platformer
| Tim Anderson / The Register: |
Google says it has been sponsoring two full-time Linux developers at the Linux Foundation for years to improve security and hopes other companies will follow — Plus: Why the Chocolate Factory only uses code it builds from source — Interview Worried about the security of Linux and open-source code …
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Tweets: @linuxfoundation and @nathanchance
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon announces general availability of Lookout for Vision, a cloud service that spots defects and anomalies in manufactured goods using computer vision — Amazon today announced the general availability of Amazon Lookout for Vision, a cloud service that analyzes images using computer vision …
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Business Wire and SiliconANGLE
| Rafael Frankel / About Facebook: |
Facebook says it banning all Myanmar military and military-controlled entities from Facebook and Instagram, and ads from military-linked commercial entities — Myanmar military banned from Facebook and Instagram with immediate effect. — Today, we are banning the remaining Myanmar military …
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ZDNet, Bloomberg, Washington Post, New York Times, Reuters, and Associated Press
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @howelloneill, @jcameronpeters, @rachelkleinfeld, @ngleicher, @fbnewsroom, and @ronan_lee
| Jeff Cox / CNBC: |
US Federal Reserve's systems that let banks send money back and forth went down for several hours, impacting its automated clearinghouse system and more — Fed operational error brings down payment system — The Federal Reserve's system that allows financial institutions to send money …
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CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Block, BleepingComputer, BBC, Bitcoin Magazine, CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, Gemini Exchange Status, The Register, BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, ZDNet, Ars Technica, and Kraken Status
Tweets: @emmakinery, @iancrossland, @macaesbruno, @ivanthek, @wongmjane, @1funnymike, @benpopper, and @northmantrader
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
iRobot, which makes Roomba vacuums, says a software update to fix issues with i7 and s9 models will take several weeks, after users reported them acting “drunk” — Users have reported their robotic helpers acting ‘drunk’ — iRobot, maker of the robotic Roomba vacuums …
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Android Police and USA Today
Tweets: @chrisderose, @robaeprice, @deviantollam, @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl, @internetofshit, and @cwarzel
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spain-based Wallapop, an online classifieds marketplace for used items and crafts, raises $191M at an $840M valuation led by Korelya Capital — Through all of the last year's lockdowns, venue closures, and other social distancing measures that governments have enacted and people have followed …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Cloud unveils Autopilot, an operating mode for its Kubernetes Engine that turns over management of its clusters to Google's engineers and automated tools — Google Cloud today announced a new operating mode for its Kubernetes Engine (GKE) that turns over the management …
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Google Cloud Blog, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, ZDNet, 9to5Google, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @googlecloudtech and @kelseyhightower
| Taylor Lyles / The Verge: |
HP says it is acquiring gaming peripheral company HyperX for $425M, giving the company a major foothold in the gaming accessory market — The acquisition means HP owns the HyperX brand — HP has announced that it is acquiring gaming peripheral company HyperX for $425 million.
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HP Inc., Forbes, Notebookcheck.net, Liliputing, Game Rant, Gizchina, eWeek, Windows Central, Gizmodo, MUO, PC Gamer, BetaNews, ZDNet, PCWorld, GameSpot, PCMag, 9to5Toys, XDA Developers, AnandTech, and Polygon
Tweets: @amandafarough, @italianclownz, @starfire2258, @trihex, @kylebrussell, @emanuelmaiberg, and @whatthebit
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Source: Dispo, a retro photo sharing app co-founded by YouTube star David Dobrik, raises $20M Series A led by Spark Capital at a $200M valuation — Dispo, a retro photo-sharing app co-founded by YouTube star David Dobrik, recently raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Spark Capital …
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The Information, Insider, dot.LA, and Protocol
Tweets: @caseynewton, @parkerortolani, @every, @martinsfp, @kateclarktweets, and @willoremus
| Reuters: |
Thomson Reuters says it will spend $500M-$600M over two years to develop its AI and ML tools as it transitions to a “content-driven technology company” — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp will streamline technology, close offices and rely more on machines to prepare … Sponsor Posts
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