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| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
Hackers say they breached Verkada, accessing feeds and archives of 150K surveillance cameras inside clinics, police precincts, jails, schools, Tesla facilities — - Hacker group says it wanted to show prevalence of surveillance — Video footage was captured from Sequoia-backed startup Verkada
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Insider, VICE, The Verge, The Hill, BleepingComputer, New York Post, and MUO
| Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: |
In a privacy policy update, T-Mobile says it will automatically enroll all subscribers in an ad program informed by their online activity, starting on April 26 — Wireless carrier tells subscribers it could share their browsing, app data and other online activity with advertisers unless they opt out
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Ars Technica, XDA Developers, CNET, The Verge, Gizmodo, Daring Fireball, PCMag, Engadget, AppleInsider, Android Central, BGR, The Hill, Android Headlines, Light Reading, MacRumors, Pixel Envy, 9to5Mac, and Droid Life
Tweets: @hackylawyer, @karlbode, @chrisbhoffman, @dhh, @dsilverman, and @davidlaz
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google adds features to Chrome OS including Phone Hub, which lets Android users control aspects of their phones, like replying to texts, from their Chromebooks — Chrome OS is getting a bunch of new features to celebrate 10 years — Google is marking 10 years of Chromebooks by unveiling new features for Chrome OS today.
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The Keyword, Google Chromebooks, Fast Company, Macworld, Android Police, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, PCWorld, Android Authority, XDA Developers, Neowin, ZDNet, Pocketnow, Engadget, Tom's Guide, Chrome Unboxed, Android Headlines, MUO, Pocket-lint, and SlashGear. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter's head of consumer product, on focusing on growth, deciding what to prioritize, paying for tweets, Clubhouse, and more — Twitter recently announced that it's going to be building a lot of new things into its product: there's Twitter Spaces …
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Pocket-lint, Techweez, Social Media Today, MUO, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, and The Mac Observer
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox announces plans to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M; DocSend had raised $15.3M and has 17K customers — Dropbox announced today that it plans to acquire DocSend for $165 million The company helps customers share and track documents by sending a secure link instead of an attachment.
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Work in Progress, Business Wire, DocSend, The Register, iTnews, MUO, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, cloudpro.co.uk, Silicon Republic, ZDNet, TechRadar, and Slashdot
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Facebook details a 10-year vision for its AR glasses, imagining they will work alongside a wristband to measure hand and figure gestures, with haptic feedback — Facebook is working on a neural wristband for AR glasses, with haptic gloves in the works — Facebook's first pair of smart glasses is arriving this year.
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Facebook Technology, Gizmodo, VRFocus, and SlashGear
Tweets: @amandhingrayt, @xrandrew, @kavyapearlman, @prvncher, @andrewprojdent, @kentbye, and @scobleizer
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg discusses AR/VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to “teleport” to locations for in-person meetings — - Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that by 2030, people could use advanced smart glasses to “teleport” to other people's homes …
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| Noah Smith / Noahpinion: |
Q&A with Stripe's Patrick Collison on the future of technology, speeding up innovation, how research funding can be reformed, US-China competition, and more — In addition to being a friend and a Noahpinion subscriber, Patrick Collison is one of the world's most successful founder-CEOs.
Tweets: @noahpinion, @jess, @sam__cash, @mattyglesias, @sacca, @sarthakgh, @stand_with_hk, @noahpinion, @noahpinion, @mattyglesias, and @patrickc
| Sidney Fussell / Wired: |
Current and former tech workers of color say companies' “diversity theater” and pledges of support provide cover for hypocritical actions by their superiors — Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung announces its Galaxy Unpacked event will be held on March 17, where it's expected to unveil an updated Galaxy A series lineup — It's only the third month of the year, but Samsung is gearing up for its second big product launch of 2021. The company on Tuesday sent invitations …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google will make it free for hotels and travel companies to appear in hotel booking links on google.com/travel, after doing the same for Shopping and Flights — Last year, Google made a significant change to its Google Shopping destination by making it free for e-commerce retailers to sell on Google … | James Cridland / Podnews podcasting news: |
Apple Podcasts will drop the word “subscribe” in iOS 14.5, substituting the word “follow”; research shows “subscribe” signals a cost for some non-listeners — A small change with a big impact: no more “subscribe” as podcasting moves to “follow”
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| Eugene Kim / Insider: |
Source: 800+ Amazon staffers are now working on its voice command-enabled home robot with multiple cameras, codenamed Vesta, that's the size of “two small cats” — - Over 800 people are now working on Amazon's secretive “Vesta” home robot project.| Chris O'Brien / Sifted: |
Leading French startup association files a privacy complaint against Apple alleging that the latest iOS is collecting users' data without their permission — The allegations would seem to contradict not just Apple's image as a privacy-friendly company, but also the widespread praise iOS 14 has received
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| Politico: |
Sources: Biden plans to nominate Lina Khan, a legal scholar championed by anti-Big Tech activists who wrote “Amazon's Antitrust Paradox”, as an FTC commissioner — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — President JOE BIDEN has decided to nominate LINA KHAN …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google TV adds support for kids profiles with kid-friendly recommendations, screen-time limits, and parental controls, starting in the US this month — You get fun designs, kid-friendly recommendations, and screen-time limits. — It sure sounds like Google is recommitting to the TV space with Google TV …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Flutterwave, provider of payment services for companies operating in Africa, raises $170M Series C led by Tiger Global, valuing the company at $1B+ — The proliferation of fintech services across Africa remains in full swing as investors remain bullish about the opportunities that abound in the sector.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sonos introduces Roam, a $169 portable speaker, now available for preorder; Sonos also sets a goal of $2.25B in annual revenue by FY 2024 — - CEO sees potential for company in car, headphone markets — Company introduces new Roam portable speaker at $169
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Gizmodo, The Verge, TechCrunch, TechHive, Ars Technica, MacRumors, Engadget, AppleInsider, Android Police, CNET, MarketWatch, and CNN
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
EU approves Microsoft's $7.5B deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, without conditions — Microsoft will have 23 first-party game studios — The European Commission has approved Microsoft's $7.5 billion deal to acquire ZeniMax Media …
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Xbox Wire, VentureBeat, ec.europa.eu, Laptop Mag, HotHardware.com News, Windows Central, Engadget, Input, Wccftech, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Ars Technica, Game Rant, Forbes, OnMSFT.com, GameSpot, Digital Trends, MSPoweruser, TrueAchievements, Destructoid, TechRadar, Silicon Republic, Neowin, Stevivor, Dot Esports, GeekWire, SiliconANGLE, and GamingBolt
Tweets: @screenrant, @aarongreenberg, @xboxp3, @darnereddick, @tomwarren, and @geronimo_73
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Dutch and Belgian police say they shut down Sky ECC, a messaging service allegedly popular with criminals, after infiltrating it in Feb, leading to 100+ arrests — Law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands and Belgium have shut down today Sky ECC, a company that provided … | Ari Levy / CNBC: |
The NYSE sets Roblox direct listing reference price at $45 per share ahead of its trading debut on Wednesday — - Roblox almost tripled payouts to developers last year, while revenue didn't quite double, as the company aims to get top creators to spend more of their time building for the app.| Chris Stokel-Walker / Insider: |
Source: TikTok has 3000+ staff in Europe, up from 1600 since September, with plans for 3 London offices, despite calling off London as its global HQ last July — - Tiktok has more than 3,000 staff across Europe, up from 1,600 since it last reported its headcount in September.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Investing app M1 Finance, which says it has surpassed $3.5B in assets under management, raises $75M Series D; CEO says they have yet to use money from Series C — Months after raising a Series C worth $45 million, Chicago-based M1 Finance announced a new round of capital today.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
How Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other tech giants let their work on domestic terrorism threats, like QAnon, lag behind foreign threats, like ISIS — On a Friday in August 2017 — years before a mob of armed and very-online extremists took over the U.S. Capitol — a young Black woman … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Pipe, which helps SaaS companies turn their monthly or quarterly subscriptions into upfront cash flow, raises $50M — A little over one year ago, Pipe raised a $6 million seed round led by Craft Ventures to help it pursue its mission of giving SaaS companies a funding alternative outside of equity or venture debt.Sponsor Posts
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