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YouTube starts hiding public dislike counts on videos across its site to keep smaller creators from being targeted by dislike attacks, following a test in March — Creators will still be able to see how many people disliked their videos — YouTube has announced that it'll …
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Apple unveils Business Essentials for SMBs, with device management, iCloud storage, and more, starting at $2.99 per month per user and launching in Spring 2022 — Apple is introducing a new business offering called Apple Business Essentials that combines device management …
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Judge in Epic v. Apple trial says Apple must comply with an order letting developers link to external payment options, denying Apple's stay request — Apple said the change would be ‘exceedingly complicated’ — Epic v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says Apple must comply with an order …
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| Silvia Amaro / CNBC: |
EU's General Court upholds a €2.42B fine against Google, levied in 2017, for abusing search engine dominance by promoting its own shopping service — - Wednesday's verdict can be appealed and taken to the EU's highest court. — This is not the first time that the EU's General Court …
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| Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg: |
UK's Supreme Court dismisses a lawsuit against Google that sought $4B for allegedly tracking iOS Safari users without their consent between 2011 and 2012 — - Supreme Court sides with Google in case seeking $4 billion — Tech giant was accused of breaching its data-collection duties
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| Ben Brody / Protocol: |
Justice Department sues Uber, alleging the company overcharged riders with disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act — The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday it filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging the company charged disabled passengers a “wait time” fee when they were slow to enter their rides.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft partners with Meta to integrate Teams into Workplace, including enabling Teams users to livestream video to Workplace groups, starting in early 2022 — Microsoft Teams is integrating into Workplace — Microsoft is partnering with Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook …
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CNBC, Reuters, Benzinga, GeekWire, PCMag, Windows Central, Thurrott, Protocol, Engadget, ZDNet, OnMSFT.com, Adweek, and MSPoweruser
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google launches Project Relate, a beta Android app that English speakers with speech impairments can use as a voice assistant, in the US, NZ, Canada, Australia — It builds on Google's Project Euphonia — Google launched a beta app today that people with speech impairments can use …
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
A look at NYC's growing VC scene as West Coast firms expand their presence, attracted by the congregation of fintech, crypto, and Web3 founders in the city — Covering venture capital, software and startups — In the 1980s, venture capital firm Sequoia set a tone for the tech investing industry …
Tweets: @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @shaig, @shaig, @hitendrarpatil, @sethgrosenberg, @caro, @jrichlive, @davidu, @chiraag_deora, @aashaysanghvi_, @iammegankelly, @turnernovak, and @mattturck. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
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Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform for AR glasses and full AR headsets, with hardware agnostic APIs, Unreal Engine 4 and Unity support — AR as a ‘second screen’ feature or through dedicated headsets and glasses — While a lot of talk about the metaverse has focused …
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T-Mobile, Qualcomm, Android Central, and RCR Wireless News
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Instagram is testing Take a Break, an opt-in feature that reminds users to take a break after 10, 20, or 30 minutes — Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today the comapny has begun testing a new feature this week called “Take a Break” which will allow users to remind themselves … | Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Anker CEO on EU's proposed USB-C legislation, Apple's MFI program, taking bets on new tech like gallium nitride, building a D2C business on Amazon, and more — Anker is one of those companies that's endlessly fascinating to me — CEO Steven Yang founded it in 2011, and since then …
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Moov, an online marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, raises a $41M Series A led by Tiger Global — Moov, a data-fueled marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, has closed a $41 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. Investors joining the round include public … | Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Cerebras, which makes “wafer-scale” AI chips with 2.6T transistors, raises a $250M Series F at a $4B valuation, bringing its total funding to $720M — Every once in a while, a startup comes along with something out of left field. In the AI hardware generation, Cerebras holds that title, with their Wafer Scale Engine.| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Daily, which offers APIs for developers to add video and audio features to apps and websites, raises a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $60M — We've all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Blink, launched in London as a productivity app for frontline workers, raises a $20M Series A led by Next47 at a $100M valuation, plans to relocate to NYC — Apps catering to frontline workers are seeing a surge of interest in the market these days, as businesses finally start to wake … | Helen Partz / Cointelegraph: |
Crypto exchange Huobi will shut down its global entity's operations in Singapore by March 31, 2022, and launch a new local entity to comply with regulations — All Huobi Global clients in Singapore should close active positions and withdraw their digital assets before March 31, 2022. — 3223 Total views
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Vimeo acquires Wibbitz, a short-form video creation service, and Wirewax, which builds tech to make objects in videos “shoppable” — Vimeo, the B2B video platform that spun out from IAC earlier this year, has made a pair of acquisitions aimed at building out the suite of features … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Trend Micro report details the activities of hacker-for-hire group Void Balaur, which has targeted US telecom companies and others since the mid-2010s — Cyber-security firm Trend Micro has published today a 46-page report detailing the history and activity of a hacker-for-hire group …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Workato, which lets companies automate repetitive processes, raises a $200M Series E at a $5.7B valuation, bringing its total funding to $421M — The race to automate the world of business is on, and today one of the bigger players in the market has picked up another major round of funding … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
ControlUp, which helps IT teams monitor and improve desktop performance across disparate networks, raises $100M co-led by K1 Investment Management and JVP — Remote and hybrid work have become the norm in business, and today a startup that's building tools to improve how desktop computers behave …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Jumo, a fintech helping businesses and entrepreneurs in emerging markets gain access to loans, raises $120M led by Fidelity, report says at a $400M valuation — JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets … | Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
Report: over 75% of people in six Southeast Asian countries now have access to the internet and a majority of them have shopped online at least once — - More than 75% of the population in six major Southeast Asian countries have access to the internet and a majority of them have shopped online … | Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Meta says it can't keep up with its Oversight Board, which has issued 78 recommendations since January, and that the 30-day response deadline is too tight — Depending on who you ask, Facebook's Oversight Board is either a massive PR stunt to deflect blame away from the company or an ambitious …
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Meta, Transparency Center, and CNET
Tweets: @andreasbovens, @protocol, @hypervisible, @guyro, @schrep, and @dcodedemocracy
| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
London-based MFS Africa, which claims to be Africa's largest digital payments network, raises a $100M Series C, with $70M equity and $30M debt — Investor interest in African fintech continues to grab headlines with large fundraises. Today, Africa's largest digital payments network MFS Africa joins the fray.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
London-based buy now, pay later startup Zilch raises $110M at a $2B valuation led by Ventura Capital; Zilch was last valued at $500M+ in April — - London-based start-up Zilch has raised $110 million in a round of funding that values it at $2 billion, four times the $500 million it was worth eight months ago.
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The Block, EU-Startups, Crowdfund Insider, City A.M., Insider, and Finextra. Thanks:@ryan_browne_
| Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: |
Wrapbook, which offers payroll software for the entertainment industry, raises $100M led by Tiger Global at a $1B valuation after being valued at $147M in March — - Andreessen, A-Star participated in $100 million funding round — Wrapbook makes payroll software for entertainment firms| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Smart home company Level Home raises a $100M+ Series C led by Cox Communications, and acquires fellow smart home company Dwelo — Seems there's a fair bit of M&A news on the smart home front these days. Following Ecobee's acquisition by generator company Generac, Level Home today announced … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Coinbase reports Q3 revenue of $1.31B, up from $315M YoY, vs $1.57B est., monthly transacting users fell to 7.4M from 8.8M QoQ — - Coinbase reported weaker-than-expected revenue for the third quarter. — The number of monthly transacting users dropped from the prior period.
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Meta aims to remove ad targeting options based on user interactions with content about health, race, political affiliation, religion, and more, by January 19 — Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, said on Tuesday that it planned to eliminate advertisers' ability …
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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Unity to acquire Peter Jackson's visual effects company Weta Digital, including 275+ engineers, for $1.625B; Weta Digital's FTX artists will form a new entity — Unity has just announced its intent to acquire Weta Digital, the legendary visual effects company co-founded by Peter Jackson, for a massive $1.625 billion.
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Unity Blog, Unity Technologies, The Information, Variety, Ars Technica, The Hollywood Reporter, Silicon Republic, Developer Tech News, GamesIndustry.biz, Micky, Wall Street Journal, and IGN
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