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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Researcher: Twitter is working on Twitter Blue, a $2.99/month subscription offering with “Collections” to organize favorite tweets and an “undo tweet” function — Twitter has been working on its subscription service for a while now.
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MacRumors, CNET, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Verge, SlashGear, phonearena.com, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, iMore, Mashable, MSPoweruser, and MUO
Tweets: @wongmjane, @hypervisible, @alanaevansxxx, @sophaskins, @fahrni, @stevestreza, @briannawu, @peterquill47, @lilykangaroo, @tvtater, @sahilriz, @charlesarthur, @sethabramson, @exynoshd, @silentlyuncut, @baxiabhishek, @wongmjane, @db, @_jmcollins, @mkapor, @benedictevans, @bhatnaturally, @johnbiggs, @z4tann4, @martinsfp, @meganbjulian, @caseynewton, @gablcarroll, @mkbhd, @sarahintampa, @raju, and @bdex_david
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple has informed its US retail stores that a mask mandate and other COVID-19-related procedures remain, as it continues to evaluate health and safety measures — Apple Inc. has informed its U.S. retail stores that a mask mandate and other Covid-19-related procedures remain in place for now …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches miniTV, an ad-supported free video streaming service that is available within the Amazon shopping app in India — Amazon has long maintained that its video streaming service, Prime Video, helps it drive more sales on the shopping app. Now the e-commerce giant is testing …
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IN Day One Blog, Entrackr, Engadget, The Indian Express, NDTV Gadgets 360, CNET, The Economic Times, and BGR India
Tweets: @amazonin, @economictimes, @yourstoryco, @8ap, @parthodasgupta, and @sub8u
| @antoniogm: |
[Thread] Antonio García Martínez says he did not “part ways” with Apple, was fired in a snap decision, and Apple's statement on his exit is defamatory and false — I have thus far maintained my silence on the Apple situation as I've sought to settle things amicably with the company that I admired, and at which I hoped to build the future of ads privacy. As they however are not maintaining their silence on the matter, neither will I.
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Wall Street Journal, TK News, Gizmodo, iThinkDifferent, Insider, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Patently Apple, Bloomberg, Mercury News, and AppleInsider
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| Adriana Hamacher / Decrypt: |
Q&A with Dogecoin developer Ross Nicoll about its coming upgrade, and working with Elon Musk, who Nicoll says has been in touch with Doge developers since 2019 — They are working with him to make the cryptocurrency a cheaper, greener alternative to Bitcoin. — Dogecoin — In brief
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Washington Post, The Capital, Finbold, Bitcoinist.com, Insider, SlashGear, and Tom's Guide
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired: |
Top gamers are quitting esports to become Twitch and YouTube influencers as esports organizations and game publishers reallocate resources to streamers — Top players have left pro leagues to pursue streaming full-time as the industry veers more toward content creators.
Tweets: @epro, @unitedtalent, @cecianasta, @jacobwolf, @wiredculture, @rukizzel, @taylorlorenz, @danasissons, and @fairchild
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Ad and content licensing company Veritone launches MARVEL.ai to let celebrities, influencers, and others clone their voices using AI and license them out — Deepfake voices could be a lucrative business for influencers — Recording advertisements and product endorsements can be lucrative work for celebrities and influencers.| BBC: |
The Irish health service shuts down its IT system after a “significant” ransomware attack that is having a severe impact on health and social care services — Ireland's health service has temporarily shut down its IT system after what it described as a “significant ransomware attack”.
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Ireland's Health Services, RTÉ, IT PRO, BleepingComputer, HotHardware.com News, BBC, Neowin, CNBC, Tech.co, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, KnowTechie, ComputerWeekly.com, and The Hill
Tweets: @hselive, @spin1038, @gavreilly, @iehospitalgroup, @hselive, @anneoconnorhse, @thejournal_ie, @donnellystephen, @gossithedog, @donnellystephen, @newschambers, @marietcasey, @joetidy, @kimzetter, @stevenconlon, @drvaleriemorris, @ros_aodha, @ambulancenas, @gavreilly, @iehospitalgroup, @hseimm, @cardagh, and @bbcnewsni
| Reuters: |
Ireland's High Court rejects Facebook's bid to block Data Protection Commissioner's decision that may force the company to stop sending EU user data to the US — Ireland's High Court on Friday rejected a Facebook bid to block an inquiry by the Irish data regulator that could halt Facebook's data flows …
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Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, The Verge, Tech Xplore, noyb.eu, The High Court, RTÉ, RTÉ, International Association …, RT, Sputnik News, Irish Examiner, TheJournal.ie, The Hill, TechCrunch, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @maxschrems, @wbm312, @noybeu, @anthony, @alanindc, @paultang, @profcarroll, @henryfarrell, and @wbm312
| Will Oremus / The Atlantic: |
About a dozen highly active Clubhouse users, all of them women, say its block feature creates opportunities for abuse, tactical silencing, and intimidation — To block someone on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter is not, in the scheme of things, a big deal. You'll no longer see them on the platform …
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The Verge. Tweets: @wexler, @hypervisible, @willoremus, @marklittlenews, @theatlantic, @patrickokeefe, @thekenyeung, @nickiclyne, and @mattnavarra
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
DarkSide, the gang behind Colonial attack, claims it lost control of web servers and funds, as researchers wonder whether a US takedown or exit scam is to blame — A day after US President Joe Biden said the US plans to disrupt the hackers behind the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack …
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Krebs on Security, Intel471.com, The Security Ledger …, The Hill, Insider, DataBreaches.net, blog.chainalysis.com, The White House, Flashpoint, HackRead, BleepingComputer, ZDNet, Gizmodo, CyberScoop, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, and New York Post
Tweets: @snlyngaas, @eamonjavers, @garybasin, @chey_cobb, @justin_ling, @gregotto, @ahcastor, @octal, @shanehuntley, @harrymccracken, @hackingdave, @thegrugq, @juanandres_gs, @marypcbuk, @danprimack, @ericgeller, @briankrebs, @shanvav, @eamonjavers, @briankrebs, @gregotto, @gregotto, @gregotto, @gregotto, @gregotto, @kendilaniannbc, @gregotto, @helenkennedy, @gregotto, @zackwhittaker, and @kimzetter
| Dr. Tom Robinson / Elliptic Blog: |
| Josh Sisco / The Information: |
Sources: DOJ's criminal antitrust prosecutor Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel is expected to lead FTC's antitrust enforcement unit handling Facebook and Amazon cases — A little-known criminal antitrust prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel …
Tweets: @joshua_sisco and @amir
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the renewed animosity between Apple and Microsoft, as they increasingly compete in everything from gaming to PCs to AR — At a virtual product launch in November for Apple's Mac reboot, actor John Hodgman appeared in a nerdy, ill-fitting suit before a white backdrop.
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9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iDownloadBlog.com, and MacRumors
Tweets: @markgurman and @tsgiles
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