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Facebook's NPE division launches BARS, a TikTok-like app for rappers to create and share their raps using professionally created beats, in closed beta — Facebook's internal R&D group, NPE Team, is today launching its next experimental app, called BARS. The app makes it possible for rappers … | Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Inside Google Stadia's failure as sources say it missed targets for controller sales and MAUs by hundreds of thousands after spending tens of millions on games — The tech giant likes to test and tweak. Stadia promised to change the industry and failed to deliver.
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Sources detail Google's troubles with game development as the company couldn't stomach the complicated creative process amid Stadia's poor streaming numbers — The tech giant hired 150 game developers for Stadia Games and Entertainment, only to lay them all off. Sources say it never gave the studios a chance.
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| Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast: |
Advanced deepfakes of Tom Cruise are going viral on TikTok, with the account deeptomcruise amassing 200K+ followers in a few days — FOR THE LOVE OF XENU — Be afraid. Be very afraid. — Three days ago, a TikTok account going by @deeptomcruise began posting video clips …
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| Michelle Price / Reuters: |
Analysis finds bots programmatically hyping “meme” stocks across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, but did not measure their influence — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bots on major social media platforms have been hyping up GameStop Corp and other “meme” stocks …
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| Bloomberg: |
The SEC suspends trading of 15 lesser-known stocks after suspicious social media promotion raised concerns that their stock prices were artificially inflated — - Wall Street watchdog temporarily halts trading in 15 stocks — Regulator says it's actively monitoring online message boards| Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: |
Genealogy tracker MyHeritage releases Deep Nostalgia, a Live Photo-like feature for old photos, which uses AI to show subjects prepping for their portrait — It's hard to feel connected to someone who's gone through a static photo. So a company called MyHeritage who provides automatic AI …
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| CNN: |
In a hearing with US lawmakers, ex-SolarWinds CEO blamed an intern for the “solarwinds123” password leak discovered in 2019 that had exposed a SolarWinds server — FireEye CEO on how the SolarWinds hack was discovered — Washington (CNN)Current and former top executives …
Tweets: @cnn, @jeffelder, @acdha, @joeuchill, @internetofshit, @fuzztech, @internetofshit, @gregmcneilly, @mattmartingft, and @ldrogen
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Robinhood is planning to confidentially file for an IPO as soon as next month — Robinhood Markets Inc., the trading platform behind the boom-and-bust swing in GameStop Corp.'s shares, plans to file confidentially for an initial public offering as soon as March, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tweets: @katie_roof, @fxhedgers, @fedporn, and @newsynick
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Twitter's Super Follows represent a surge of interest in tools that let individuals create real economic value for themselves on social networks — Will Super Follows shake up the media industry? — 16 hr ago — Today let's talk about Twitter's move into subscriptions … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
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| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
The use of “+” to name on-demand services was fine when streaming was new but has become a cliché and a minus — An idea that seemed like a real plus when streaming was newer has fallen into cliché. — First there was e. — Then came i. — Now it's +.| Financial Times: |
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen told G20 ministers that the US will drop its “safe harbor” provision for tech companies, allowing a global deal on digital tax — Biden administration drops insistence on ‘safe harbour’ for companies, opening door to agreement
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
How Anduril and other startups are building military ready, self-piloted drones, away from Silicon Valley, where such projects have become politically untenable — While much has been made of tech's unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, start-ups are still plumbing the industry's decades-long ties to the military.| Todd Feathers / VICE: |
Some schools and organizations are abandoning exam monitoring software made by Proctorio amid a barrage of complaints from students over privacy — Proctorio has cashed in on remote learning since the start of the pandemic. Now, some schools are abandoning the company's controversial software.
Tweets: @motherboard, @fightfortheftr, @eff, @zenalbatross, and @hypervisible
| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Biden admin plans to allow a Trump-era rule in March enabling Commerce Dept. to ban tech business transactions with China it feels are security threats — Biden administration plans to let the Trump-era rule on technology purchases and deals take effect, despite U.S. business objections about its scope
Tweets: @niubi
| John Beck / Rest of World: |
Social media platforms are struggling with how to handle ISIS-related fundraising campaigns, which are often slipping through by disguising as humanitarianism — Social media platforms are struggling to figure out how to deal with fundraising campaigns that flirt with the boundaries of what's legal.
Tweets: @iethics, @restofworld, @restofworld, @charles_lister, @restofworld, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @restofworld
| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google is sharing data about distortions in light waves passing through its undersea cables with seismologists to help them detect earthquakes — That data could one day warn people about tsunamis — The web of undersea cables that transmit data around the world could one day be used … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: SentinelOne, which develops AI-based endpoint security for all devices and services in a network, is preparing for an IPO that could value it at $10B+ — - SentinelOne is interviewing banks and might list this year — Company could seek a valuation of more than $10 billion| Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN: |
Best Buy says it laid off 5,000 workers and will close more stores as it expects 40% of sales to come from online purchases this year, up from 19% two years ago — New York (CNN Business)Best Buy said Thursday that it laid off 5,000 workers this month and is planning to close more stores …
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