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| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Apple announces Self Service Repair, a program starting next year that will publish repair manuals, let customers buy parts and tools, and more — The tech giant says it will publish repair manuals and allow everyday customers to buy the same parts and tools certified technicians and repair shops use.
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Apple, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, YouTube, AppleInsider, CNN, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, CNBC, MacStories, iMore, Six Colors, The Apple Post, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @fredericjacobs, @dlberes, @dcseifert, @tomwarren, @nproctor, @dlberes, @snubs, @benedictevans, @mkbhd, @joannastern, @every_daydad, @psythor, @maxwinebach, @counternotions, @masonpelt, @joannastern, @martinsfp, @alexhern, and @jamesliamcook. Thanks:@iansherr
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Activision CEO failed to inform the board about allegations an employee had been raped by her supervisor in 2016 and 2017, even after a settlement — Top executive didn't inform board of some reports, including alleged rapes; company faces multiple regulatory investigations
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Activision Blizzard, IGN, Game Developer, Polygon, USA Today, Fortune, Forbes, thegamer.com, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, MCV/DEVELOP, Kotaku, New York Times, Ars Technica, CNBC, NBC News, CNET, Bloomberg, GamingBolt, Newser, PC Games Insider, Gamepur, UPROXX, The A.V. Club, Reuters, CNN, Wired, The Information, TechSpot, Stevivor, Windows Central, and MobileSyrup
Tweets: @abetterabk, @benfritz, @jasonschreier, @benfritz, @alykkat, @jasonschreier, @kirstengrind, @benfritz, @abetterabk, @patrickklepek, @abigbat, @benfritz, @tetraninja, @rkrigney, @stephentotilo, @botherer, @briannawu, @benfritz, @karnythia, @jeffahamilton, @benprunty, @sammuelvv, @abetterubisoft, @avvjain, @sweetpotatoes, @toadsanime, @dseetharaman, @josephknoop, @sweetpotatoes, @vahn16, @shannon_liao, @shannon_liao, @shannon_liao, @shannon_liao, @shannon_liao, @patrickklepek, @loudmouthjulia, @karaswisher, @tomwarren, @lucas_shaw, @gregbensinger, @kirstengrind, @benfritz, @jasonschreier, @benfritz, @benfritz, @kirstengrind, @kirstengrind, @kirstengrind, @megan_nicolett, and @jasonschreier
| Shannon Liao / Washington Post: |
Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout on Tuesday, the second in four months, demanding CEO Bobby Kotick step down, after a WSJ report — This story has been updated from a previous version. — IRVINE, Calif. — Employees at beleaguered video game company Activision Blizzard walked …
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Activision Blizzard, Activision Publishing, MCV/DEVELOP, CNET, GamingBolt, Wall Street Journal, Kotaku, and Kotaku
Tweets: @jasonschreier, @pettycommajared, @sosowski, @edzitron, @weskeltner, @ign, @amethyst_simp, @mattbelloni, @jdotb, @launcherwp, @karnythia, and @imabeebop
| Bloomberg: |
Amazon tells UK customers it won't accept Visa credit cards issued in the UK from January 19, 2022, citing high transaction fees — - Customers told the change will come into effect in Jan. 2022 — Amazon cites high fees charged by Visa as reason for change
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BBC, The Verge, XDA Developers, Finextra, BetaNews, altfi.com, PYMNTS.com, PCMag, Gizmodo, Agence France-Presse, ZDNet, TechCrunch, London Evening Standard, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, Reuters, TechRadar, Financial Times, London Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Sky News, City A.M., and Pocket-lint
| Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
LA's iconic Staples Center to be renamed as Crypto.com Arena, sources say in a deal worth $700M+ for 20 years — Staples Center is getting a new name for Christmas: Crypto.com Arena. — The downtown Los Angeles venue — home of the Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Sparks …
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STAPLES Center, The Verge, Financial Times, Associated Press, PYMNTS.com, Forbes, Bitcoinist.com, Bloomberg, Axios, BBC, New York Times, Cointelegraph, cryptodaily.co.uk, Coinspeaker, Finbold, Bankless Times, Forkast, CoinJournal, The Block, New York Magazine, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline, Mashable, Gizmodo, Protocol, New York Post, Benzinga, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @tomgara, @tomgara, @donie, @silvermanjacob, @markg_medina, @brettkollmann, @germanotes, @kevinroose, @josephmdurso, @someday_deane, @trungtphan, @carpethefish, @brianroemmele, @billshaikin, @martinsfp, @staplescenter, @thestalwart, @thestalwart, @latimes, @germanotes, @molly_knight, and @lat_iliana
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Meta details a haptic glove prototype that uses air pockets to simulate touching objects in VR and has been in development for seven years — A new sci-fi interface for the metaverse — You cannot pet a dog in Meta's new, high-tech virtual reality gloves. But researchers are getting closer.
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Meta, fossbytes.com, SlashGear, ZDNet, and Insider
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @boztank, @tsoh_investing, @fbrealitylabs, @jetscott, @rabovitz, @davionthedk, @ericpresidentvr, @alexisweill, @meta, @starfire2258, @sadlyitsbradley, @ian_infosec, @neuroecology, @nnnnicholas, @schrep, @alexisweill, @ocramius, @samc0hen, @kumarsachi, @jamesemleyitf, @katienotopoulos, @russellbrandom, @shiraovide, @davidclinchnews, @kentbye, and @mcwm
| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix expands its Top 10 lists to display the most-viewed shows and movies, for English and non-English titles, ranked by aggregate viewing hours — Netflix says it's heard the complaints about how it “cherry picks” the self-reported data it releases about content viewed on its platform.
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About Netflix. More:
The Verge, Gizchina, Android Headlines, About Netflix, Memeburn, Wall Street Journal, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @netflix, @richlightshed, @nickcicero, @joshspero, @labuzamovies, @david_j_roth, @nagler, @mikeisaac, and @xpangler
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 15.2 beta code shows a private “SportsKit” framework, currently integrated with the Apple TV app, Siri, and home screen widgets — It's no secret at this point that Apple is becoming more interested in the sports segment, as the company has been investing and hiring related professionals …
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MacDailyNews, iThinkDifferent, ElectroGeek, AppleInsider, iMore, and Pocketnow
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Israeli spyware vendor Candiru, recently blacklisted by the US, waged “watering hole” attacks on UK and Middle East websites critical of Saudi Arabia and others — Cybersecurity researchers tracked a hacking campaign spanning more than a year that hit around 20 websites.
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WeLiveSecurity, Forbes, The Hacker News, The Times of Israel, and Middle East Eye
Tweets: @esetresearch, @iblametom, @rondeibert, and @iblametom
| Axios: |
Analysis: the top five most-followed accounts on TikTok do not rank in the top 50 on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, or Instagram — The creator economy has produced thousands of social media entrepreneurs who have built mega-audiences in the millions — larger than many media companies.
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Beyond Search. Tweets: @sarafischer, @liahaberman, @nrothschild3, @sarafischer, and @sarafischer
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tel Aviv-based Laminar, which helps companies manage public cloud data security, emerges from stealth with $37M across seed and Series A — The cloud may be the direction that much of enterprise IT is moving today, but it still remains a major source of security issues …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Brave now has a built-in cryptocurrency wallet, sidestepping the need for extension-based wallets like MetaMask — Why use an extension when it's a built-in tool? — Brave has announced that its web browser now includes a native cryptocurrency wallet, replacing the previous one that was based on the MetaMask wallet extension.
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Brave Browser. More:
PCMag, cryptodaily.co.uk, gHacks Technology News, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @brianbondy, @dwightkurt_, and @brave
| Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
Miramax sues Quentin Tarantino over copyright infringement for selling NFTs based on Pulp Fiction screenplay excerpts; Miramax says it owns screenplay rights — Miramax filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Quentin Tarantino of copyright infringement by selling NFTs based on the screenplay for “Pulp Fiction.”
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The Block, The Hollywood Reporter, Coinspeaker, NewsBTC, Newser, Wall Street Journal, Cointelegraph, New York Post, Deadline, CoinDesk, and Decrypt
Tweets: @gmoneynft, @hradzka, @mmasnick, and @emilybest
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
QuEra Computing, which is building a commercially accessible cloud-based quantum device, emerges from stealth with $17M from Rakuten and others — QuEra Computing, a Boston-based quantum computer developer, is coming out of stealth mode today with $17 million in funding from Rakuten, Day One Ventures and Frontiers Capital.
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MIT Technology Review, Livemint, The Boston Globe, and Fast Company
| Charles Daly / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft launches a datacenter region in Sweden that runs solely on renewable energy, in partnership with state-owned utility Vattenfall — - Customers for the centers include Handelsbanken, PostNord — Facilities to use green energy supplied by utility Vattenfall
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Silicon Republic, Microsoft, Benzinga, Technology Record, and TechRadar
Tweets: @vattenfallgroup, @judsonalthoff, @mseurope, and @bradsmi
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Cybersecurity firm Mandiant says it has “high confidence” that Belarus is partially responsible for Ghostwriter, a hack-and-leak operation in some EU states — Mandiant says the government is likely to blame for anti-NATO campaigns, and more. — The Belarusian government … | Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Microsoft and Uber leave the Internet Association; Microsoft says its decision was part of a periodic review to “ensure alignment with our policy agenda” — Microsoft and Uber are leaving the Internet Association, a trade group that lobbies on behalf of companies in the internet and tech industry, Axios has confirmed.| Celestine Bohlen / New York Times: |
As Moscow Metro introduces Face Pay, digital privacy activists express alarm at the implications of introducing city-wide facial recognition — The latest example is Face Pay, which replaces a Metro card with facial recognition. It may be advanced, but activists are sounding the alarm on privacy issues.| The Economic Times: |
Indian startup GoKwik, which helps e-commerce merchants improve conversions and lower return rates, raises a $15M Series A led by Sequoia Capital India — GoKwik plans to use the funds to expand its client base to social commerce startups, scale up the product and technology teams and launch new products.
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Tech in Asia, Business Standard, Business Matters, Entrackr, and Inc42 Media
| Nicole Wetsman / The Verge: |
The FDA authorizes AppliedVR's EaseVRx as a prescription VR treatment for chronic lower back pain in adults — It joins a handful of other digital therapeutics — The Food and Drug Administration authorized a virtual reality system as a prescription treatment for chronic back pain, the agency announced today.| Richard Speed / The Register: |
Mozilla launches Firefox Relay, which offers up to five email aliases, out of beta, and introduces a $0.99/month premium tier for unlimited aliases — You want more than five email aliases? Sure, but it'll cost you — Mozilla hopes to ramp up the monetisation machine with a paid premium version … | Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Cash flow management service Settle raises a $60M Series B led by Ribbit Capital, bringing its total funding to $100M — Cashflow management startup Settle announced its second round of funding in five months, this time $60 million in Series B financing as it aims to carve out a niche … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Netlify, which offers a cloud-based service for automating web development projects, raises a $105M Series D at a $2B valuation, bringing funding to $200M+ — Sign up here. — Netlify, a platform as a service that builds, deploys, and hosts static websites and apps …
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TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, and PR Newswire
| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Republican FTC commissioners and some career officials feel excluded under the current leadership; Lina Khan rejected the claims in an agency-wide memo — Criticized by Republicans, Khan tells agency staffers she aims to build bridges going forward
Tweets: @wsj, @brkend, @hotlinejosh, @sidhubaba, and @karlbode
| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
South African payments gateways service Ozow, which makes online transactions simpler, raises a $48M Series B led by Tencent — According to a 2019 report by Deloitte, about 80% of South Africans have a bank account but only 24% of them make more than three transactions monthly.
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Disrupt Africa, Bloomberg, and Ventureburn
| Faseeh Mangi / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Pakistan-based startups have raised ~$300M in 2021, more than the previous six years combined, with investors from the US, UAE, and Singapore — Global investors are pouring money into Pakistan's budding tech sector. Funding this year has outstripped the last six combined.
Tweets: @faseehmangi, @xparacha, and @hassshad
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