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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Chinese state broadcaster says Xi Jinping ordered regulators to increase oversight of internet companies, crack down on monopolies, and promote fair competition — - Comments from top leader follows fintech, antitrust actions — Regulators are said to set their sights on Tencent after Ant
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CNN, South China Morning Post, Tech in Asia, MediaNama, CNBC, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @bpolitics
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Starting July 1, Google will drop its cut of revenue devs generate from Play Store from 30% to 15% on the first $1M earned per year, after Apple's similar move — - Google announced on Tuesday that it will cut Google Play app store fees to 15% on the first million dollars a developer makes …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, The Economic Times, HotHardware.com News, Entrackr, Android Police, MacRumors, Engadget, XDA Developers, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Bloomberg, The Next Web, BGR India, MUO, MSPoweruser, Pocketnow, iMore, Wccftech, and Neowin
Tweets: @nickstatt, @drbarnard, @parrots, @jenn_elias, @marcoarment, @stroughtonsmith, and @cgartenberg
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces second-generation Nest Hub with sleep tracking, powered by a Soli radar chip, for $100, shipping from March 30 — In deciding to not put a camera on what was initially called the Home Hub, Google made its first Assistant Smart Display ideal for nightstands.
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The Keyword, TechCrunch, CNBC, The Verge, Android Police, TechHive, The Guardian, XDA Developers, Android Police, Releases, B&H Explora, Protocol, ZDNet, The Ambient, techadvisor.co.uk, Tom's Guide, PCMag, Engadget, Android Central, Gizmodo, and SlashGear
Tweets: @joannastern, @dankim, @ianhlake, @jjvincent, @richontech, @reckless, and @joannastern
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Instagram says it's introducing new policies to limit interactions between teenagers and adults, including banning adults from DMing teens who don't follow them — Teen users will also be shown safety prompts when messaging ‘suspicious’ adults — Instagram is introducing …
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Instagram, The Next Web, PCMag, CNET, MacRumors, Neowin, MUO, TechSpot, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, KnowTechie, 9to5Mac, BBC, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @yoda, @instagram, @wongmjane, @mattnavarra, and @omidyarnetwork
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Signal website and app communications are blocked in China, but the app is still available in the App Store; Greatfire: Signal's website was banned on March 15 — Chinese users of the instant messenger Signal knew that the good times wouldn't last long. The app, which is used …
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Wall Street Journal, Reuters, PCMag, Bloomberg, ABC, CyberScoop, Gizmodo, South China Morning Post, Softpedia News, Android Police, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, BGR, Wccftech, Engadget, The Next Web, iMore, and Protocol
Tweets: @ritacyliao, @greatfirechina, @bangxiao_, @zackwhittaker, @csuwildcat, @joshchin, and @jchengwsj
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple will let the Russian government pre-install iOS apps in accordance with a new law; users can deselect the apps during setup and delete them after — Starting next month, Apple will allow the Russian government to pre-install apps on iPhones, iPads and other devices starting next month.
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AppleInsider, Softpedia News, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, iMore, Engadget, Patently Apple, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, The Moscow Times, Wccftech, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @waltmossberg
| Noam Cohen / Wired: |
Wikimedia Foundation debuts Wikimedia Enterprise, a premium service for delivering Wikipedia content to companies like Google, but a free option will remain — The Big Four all lean on the encyclopedia at no cost. With the launch of Wikimedia Enterprise, the volunteer project will change that—and possibly itself, too.| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Intel's 11th Gen desktop chips launch, with the flagship Core i9-11900K sporting eight cores, two less than last gen, and boosted clock speeds of up to 5.3GHz — Rocket Lake-S looks to combine the best parts of Intel's 14nm process with its 10nm designs — Intel's next-generation desktop chips …
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Intel Newsroom, HotHardware.com News, SiliconANGLE, CNET, techadvisor.co.uk, XDA Developers, CRN, Windows Central, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, VentureBeat, AnandTech, BetaNews, MSPoweruser, TechPowerUp, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @intelnews, @intelgaming, @tapbot_paul, and @tomwarren
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Tencent and ByteDance are testing a new tool called CAID, developed by the China Advertising Association, to bypass Apple's IDFA ad privacy changes — ByteDance and Tencent see if they can keep tracking iPhone users with solution created by state-backed group| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Facebook will begin testing its publishing platform, including website and newsletter tools, with a small group of writers, some of whom will be paid — Facebook will soon begin testing partnerships with a small group of independent writers for its new publishing platform, sources tell Axios.
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The Verge, Reuters, and Engadget
| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
Internal FTC docs: 2013 decision not to pursue a Google antitrust investigation was based on faulty logic and a misunderstanding of the internet's potential — Few moments in the power struggle between Washington and Silicon Valley have inspired more anger and bafflement than one in January 2013 …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia confirms that a now-removed driver for developers to test the Windows Subsystem for Linux could unlock RTX 3060's Ethereum cryptomining performance — Nvidia probably didn't mean to do this — Nvidia implemented a special system to reduce the hash rate of Ethereum mining on its new RTX 3060 graphics card last month.
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, and @eidelweiss
| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Dropbox says Dropbox Passwords, a management tool introduced in 2020 for businesses, will be free for Basic accounts starting in April, with a 50 password limit — Maybe an upsell, maybe a introduction to password security — Dropbox is adding a new feature on top of its usual offerings …
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
GoPro refreshes its main smartphone app, now called Quik, and adds new features, including a private feed for organizing media — Another new direction for the camera company's software — GoPro is releasing a new version of its main smartphone app that will now be called “Quik.”
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PCMag, Engadget, Camera Jabber, TechRadar, PetaPixel, and Android Central
| Bloomberg: |
Huawei says it will start charging Apple, Samsung, and other manufacturers royalties for 5G patents, a potentially lucrative scheme as US sanctions bite — - Executives pledge to charge rates below its competitors — Company is keen to expand its clout in global 5G networking
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Ars Technica, Engadget, Reuters, CNBC, Android Central, iMore, Thurrott, Redmond Pie, iClarified, phonearena.com, iPhone Hacks, Huawei Central, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Nikkei Asia
| Bloomberg: |
French data protection watchdog says it is investigating Apple after a complaint by lobbying group France Digitale about Apple's personalized ad features — - Apple set to get French antitrust ruling as soon as Wednesday — Software update plan aims to curb web tracking in privacy push
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, CNBC, MacDailyNews, The Irish Times, Reuters, and iMore
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 14.5 beta code suggests Apple is working on a method for delivering standalone iOS security updates — Among all the new features introduced with iOS 14.5, which had its fourth beta released today to developers, there are also some changes hidden in the operating system's internal codes.
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9to5Mac, Wccftech, Trusted Reviews, Pocket-lint, Android Central, XDA Developers, phonearena.com, Android Authority, TechRadar, KnowTechie, AppleInsider, iMore, and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @icecooltech and @idevicehelpus
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Docker raises $23M Series B led by Tribe Capital as a new developer focus takes shape for the company after it sold its enterprise business in 2019 — It was easy to wonder what would become of Docker after it sold its enterprise business in 2019, but it regrouped last year … | Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
eToro, which lets users trade cryptocurrencies, commodities, stocks, and more, says it will go public via SPAC, valuing the company at $10.4B and raising $650M — Quick Take — The investment platform is merging with FinTech Acquisition Corp. V — The SPAC merger follows years … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Machine learning data management startup SafeGraph raises $45M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures and says it is used by over 7,000 data scientists — While there are plenty of companies selling data about physical locations, SafeGraph CEO Auren Hoffman said his startup is …
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| Brianna Provenzano / Gizmodo: |
California approves new regulations under CCPA to prohibit the use of “dark patterns”, tricks deployed by websites and apps to frustrate or mislead users — New regulations were approved under California's Consumer Privacy Act on Monday that will prohibit the use of so-called dark patterns …
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State of California, The Verge, Laptop Mag, and Fossbytes
Tweets: @agbecerra, @agbecerra, @ohmdee, and @markwarner
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Socure, a cloud-based identity verification and fraud prevention startup, raises $100M led by Accel at a $1.3B valuation — - Value is an increase from 2020, when it was worth $360 million — Socure helps verify that customers are who they say they are
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| Rachel Lerman / Washington Post: |
Despite progress in making social media accessible to deaf users, some creators say captioning can often be lackluster, leaving services inaccessible to many — Captioning on social media can be hit or miss, making the experience sometimes alienating for deaf users| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A growing number of Apple device owners say they are receiving FaceTime group calls from spammers and the built-in tools to deal with such spam are inadequate — Apple doesn't provide tools that effectively ease a major headache for FaceTime users. — FaceTime users are getting bombarded …
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MacRumors, KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, phonearena.com, iMore, BGR, and AppleInsider
| Dan Sullivan / Tampa Bay Times: |
A FL teen who hacked well-known Twitter accounts last summer and used them to ask for BTC, netting $100K+ worth, pleads guilty in exchange for a 3-year sentence — Graham Ivan Clark, 18, agreed to plea guilty to fraud charges for a hack of several Twitter accounts last summer.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Boston-based Appfire, which develops apps to enhance collaboration tools like Atlassian's Jira and Confluence, raises $100M, following $49M in June 2020 — Appfire, a Boston-based provider of software development apps, announced Tuesday that it has received a $100 million investment from growth private equity firm TA Associates.| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
ByteDance has posted at least 12 job listings related to semiconductors, including hardware and software engineers in Shanghai and Beijing — The standout Chinese startup ByteDance Ltd. has begun hiring employees for a possible push into semiconductors, exploring an expansion well beyond … | Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Report: UK tech startups raised a record $15B in 2020, higher than any country besides US ($144B) and China ($44.6B), and $8B in the first three months of 2021 — Tech sector pulls away from France and Germany despite pandemic and Brexit challenges — The UK tech sector attracted record investment …
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