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Sources: faster iPad Pros may come as early as April with better cameras; Apple aims to use MiniLED on at least the 12.9" model and has tested using Thunderbolt — - Company plans updated iPad Pro line with faster processor — Apple's iPad sales have jumped in work-from-home environment
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| Eddie Makuch / GameSpot: |
Sony unveils PS5 VR controllers with haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and finger touch detection — Sony has begun to share more details on its vision for next-gen virtual reality, today announcing and showing off the new controllers that will come with PSVR 2.0 for PS5.
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| Kishan Vyas / XDA Developers: |
Google Chrome adds Live Caption as an accessibility feature in Chrome 89, to transcribe speech in videos — Google first showcased its amazing Live Caption accessibility feature at Google I/0 2019. The feature was first rolled out to the Pixel phones with Android 10 update and subsequently arrived …
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| Sam Altman: |
AI will drive a new tech revolution, applying Moore's law to everything; to rebalance the newly created wealth, society should favor taxing capital over labor — My work at OpenAI reminds me every day about the magnitude of the socioeconomic change that is coming sooner than most people believe.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
AT&T says it will no longer exempt HBO Max from mobile data caps starting March 25, after a US court upheld CA's net neutrality law; change will apply beyond CA — - AT&T will no longer exempt viewing of its HBO Max streaming service from data caps after a federal court upheld California's …
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| Sundar Pichai / The Keyword: |
Google says it will invest $7B+ in offices and data centers across the US and create at least 10K new full-time Google jobs in the US this year — One of the best parts of my job is getting the opportunity to visit the communities that Google is a part of across the U.S. Whether it's meeting …
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube rolls out Checks, a creator tool that scans videos ahead of uploading for copyrighted material; the system relies on YouTube's Content ID — Theoretically, Checks will help with demonetization issues — In an effort to make the process of uploading a video and receiving ad revenue easier …
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| Substack Blog: |
Substack shares details on its Pro program after criticism, saying 30+ writers with a “diverse set of viewpoints” have signed up, none of whom are anti-trans — In recent days, we've heard from some people who are concerned that we might have been using Substack Pro …
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| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it will expand Amazon Care, a telehealth service piloted on its employees in Seattle, to other companies and the rest of its US employees this year — Amazon.com Inc. is expanding digital medical consultations to its employees across the U.S. and says it will start offering the service to other companies later this year.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Intel hires Justin Long, who played the “I'm a Mac” role in Apple's Mac vs PC ads, to pitch Intel-based PCs and tout touchscreens and convertible form factors — Intel is reviving the Mac vs. PC ads — Intel has hired Apple's former “I'm a Mac” actor Justin Long to create new ads praising PCs.
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| Daniele Lepido / Bloomberg: |
Ghost Data report exposes a multi-million dollar business of wholesalers using Instagram to sell fake Apple accessories such as counterfeit AirPods worldwide — - Report finds Chinese counterfeit Apple goods flood social site — Apple says it urges removal of 1 million online listings
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Paris-based Cubyn, which lets e-merchants outsource fulfillment and delivery logistics, raises €35M Series C led by Eurazeo and Bpifrance Large Venture — Cubyn, the Paris-based logistics startup that lets e-merchants outsource fulfilment and delivery logistics, has raised another €35 million in funding.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Fireblocks, which lets users store, transfer, and issue digital assets, raises $133M Series C, bringing its total raised to $179M — Fireblocks has raised a $133 million Series C funding round led by Coatue, Ribbit, and Stripes. The company provides several products that let you store, transfer and issue digital assets.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook outlines multiple changes for Groups: probation for rule-breaking users, limiting civic and political groups' reach, and requiring more moderation — Ultimately culminating in a ban — Facebook is trying to clean up its Groups experience and limit the reach of potentially problematic users and communities.
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| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Developer of FlickType, an Apple Watch keyboard app for the blind, sues Apple, alleging the company used its power over the App Store to stymie its progress — The developer behind FlickType, an Apple Watch keyboard, alleges the company used its power over the App Store to stymie its progress
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| Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: |
FBI says $4.2B in losses as a result of cybercrime and internet fraud were reported to its Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2020, up about 20% YoY — American victims reported $4.2 billion in losses as a result of cybercrime and internet fraud to the FBI in 2020, a roughly 20% uptick … | NoCamels: |
Viz.ai, whose AI software can help doctors diagnose strokes, raises $71M Series C, and says it will use the new funds to expand into other areas like cardiology — The different Viz.ai stroke detection platforms on various smartphones. Courtesy. — Israeli medical imaging startup Viz.ai … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Invstr, an 8-year-old startup with 1M+ app installs that's focused on financial education, raises $20M Series A and adds trading and banking services in the US — One of the biggest gripes about investing apps is that they are not acting responsibly by not educating users properly and allegedly letting them fend for themselves.
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| Julia Fioretti / Bloomberg: |
Source says China's Tuya, which provides an Internet of Things platform for developers and consumers, is on track to raise $915M in a US IPO — - Tencent-backed firm's shares set to price above marketed range — Company's cloud platform used to manage smart devices| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
SecurityScorecard, a provider of security ratings, raises $180M Series E, bringing its total raised to more than $290M — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — SecurityScorecard, a cybersecurity rating and risk-monitoring platform …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
FCC fines two Texas-based telemarketers a record $225M for making around 1B automated robocalls in 2019 — - The Federal Communications Commission fined two Texas-based telemarketers $225 million on Wednesday for making automated sales phone calls, or robocalls, in 2019.
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| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
Researcher shares method for hiding ~3MB of data, like ZIP archives, in Twitter images and says Twitter ruled out a security bug bounty for an earlier method — Yesterday, a researcher disclosed a method of hiding up to three MB of data inside a Twitter image.
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| Bloomberg: |
Olo, a provider of food-ordering software for restaurants, closed up 39% in its trading debut, after raising $450M in an IPO, valuing the company at $4.93B — Olo Inc., the food-ordering software company whose board members include Shake Shack Inc. founder Danny Meyer …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Snap says it acquired Berlin-based Fit Analytics, which helps shoppers find the right-sized apparel and footwear online and works with 18K retailers — “Snap, Inc. is a camera company,” Snap notes on its homepage, and while a lot of its effort up to now have been about using that camera ethos …
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