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| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
The FTC sues to block Nvidia's $40B acquisition of Arm, arguing the chip deal is anticompetitive — The agency alleges the semiconductor deal is anticompetitive — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block U.S. chip supplier Nvidia Corp.'s proposed $40 billion takeover …
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Federal Trade Commission, The Verge, New York Times, Protocol, CNBC, PCMag, NPR, Silicon Valley Business …, Windows Central, CNET, XDA Developers, MacRumors, VICE, AppleInsider, Axios, CRN, Thurrott, Financial Times, Barron's Online, Patently Apple, Android Central, Bloomberg, Wccftech, and Slashdot
Tweets: @ftc, @ryan_browne_, @lauren_feiner, @benbajarin, @tomwarren, @epro, @davlgd, @joshua_sisco, @brendanbordelon, @ceciliakang, and @matthewstoller
| The Verge: |
Report: Google's Pixel hardware group is working on the company's first smartwatch, internally codenamed “Rohan”, which it plans to launch next year — A Pixel Watch is finally in the works — Google is finally making its own in-house smartwatch that's set to launch in 2022 …
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Laptop Mag, MobileSyrup, Engadget, CNET, Protocol, Android Police, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, KnowTechie, Android Central, Phandroid, TechRadar, and Android Headlines
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
In a filing in the Epic lawsuit, Apple says it “could charge a commission” if developers use a competing payments platform, following a similar Google policy — Although the appeal of the Apple-Epic lawsuit is ongoing, Apple is currently subject to the judge's decision …
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AWS News Blog, Scribd, 9to5Mac, TechRadar, iThinkDifferent, TechCrunch, FOSS Patents, Michael Tsai, XDA Developers, MacDailyNews, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, ZDNet, Cloud Buzz Today, CNET, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @drbarnard, @jeffbarr, @randypicker, @reneritchie, @eric_seufert, @drbarnard, and @carnage4life
| The Markup: |
Investigation finds US predictive policing tool PredPol, used countrywide, often perpetuates biases by directing police to poor, Black, and Latino neighborhoods — Plainfield, N.J. Plainfield, N.J. Los Angeles — Orange County, Fla.
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Gizmodo, Gizmodo, and The Markup
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
AI researcher Timnit Gebru, who left Google last year, launches Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research, an institute focused on the responsible use of AI — The researcher, who says Google fired her a year ago, wants to ask questions about responsible use of artificial intelligence.
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Washington Post, Wired, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, TNW, Reuters, and Beyond Search
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Interviews with 16 current and former Apple retail, support, and sales employees detail harsh working conditions, poor pay, and little interest from HR — The company's hourly workers say conditions are untenable. Does Apple care? — Illustrations by Jesse Zhang
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9to5Mac and AppleInsider
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple, which cut its projected iPhone 13 production targets for 2021 by up to 10M units, tells suppliers that it may not make up the shortfall in 2022 — Apple Inc., suffering from a global supply crunch, is now confronting a different problem: slowing demand.
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Reuters, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, Fox Business, E&T News, CNBC, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Light Reading, New York Post, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, iThinkDifferent, TechSpot, iMore, and TechRadar. Tweets: @newsynick
| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
DeFi protocol BadgerDAO is investigating after security researchers say $120.3M was stolen from users via its compromised front end — Quick Take — DeFi protocol BadgerDAO was exploited earlier today for $120 million. — It appears that its front end was compromised and users were tricked into making unwanted transactions.
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VICE, The Register, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, CryptoSlate, Blockworks, Bitcoin News, Bankless Times, and Decrypt
Tweets: @badgerdao, @nexusmutual, @arvidkahl, @pinboard, @johnkoetsier, @joshmcgruff, @charlesarthur, and @johnmgran
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Facebook makes 2FA mandatory for high-risk accounts, an expansion of Facebook Protect, which covers 1.5M accounts and will be in 50 countries by the end of 2021 — Facebook, a recently added subsidiary of Meta, said it will make two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatory for high-risk accounts likely …
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Meta, Wired, Protocol, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, TechRadar, XDA Developers, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, The Hacker News, The Record, The Hill, 9to5Mac, Neowin, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @davidagranovich, @ngleicher, @politicoryan, and @alexvoica
| David Z. Morris / CoinDesk: |
Square's Block rebranding comes after years of making crypto integrations mainstream, although Block has downplayed the crypto elements so far — As we wrap up a year jam-packed with high-profile adoptions of crypto by big players, yesterday may have given us the concluding exclamation mark.| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
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Square, The Verge, Bitcoin News, Input, BitcoinExchangeGuide, TechRadar, VICE, TechSpot, Bitcoinist.com, KnowTechie, Bankless Times, Newser, Forkast, BetaNews, BBC, Cryptonews, Coinspeaker, MobileSyrup, Bloomberg, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @blocks, @reinh, @square, @hughlangley, @blocks, @lorcanrk, @spiralbtc, @carnage4life, @lanceulanoff, @goldman, @hhariri, @jack, @jeffjohnroberts, @caseynewton, @isosteph, @guykawasaki, @virtualelena, @carnage4life, and @z_humphries
| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Sources: Goldman Sachs is among a handful of tier-one US banks working on ways to use bitcoin as collateral for cash loans to institutions — Goldman Sachs is among a handful of tier-one U.S. banks figuring out how to use bitcoin as collateral for cash loans to institutions, according to three people familiar with the plans.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces the best apps and games of 2021, across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, and the most downloaded apps of the year — Apple today released its anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of the year across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch.
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Apple, USA Today, Financial Times, Laptop Mag, MacRumors, MacRumors, fossbytes.com, GamesIndustry.biz, BGR India, Pocket-lint, Pandaily, iPhone in Canada Blog, iThinkDifferent, MacStories, iPhone Hacks, Tom's Guide, Macworld, appadvice.com, AppleInsider, iMore, Thurrott, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @petterkarlsson, @draggles, @cyanworlds, @_fredrik, and @marcsettle
| Hristina Yordanova / DappRadar: |
The four leading virtual worlds recorded over $100M in NFT land sales in the past week, with The Sandbox alone seeing trading volumes of over $86M — The Sandbox alone attracted more than $86 million in land sales — Metaverse land is the new big hit in the crypto community …
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Cryptonews, Bankless Times, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @_portals_, @binancekiller, @therickpalm, and @dappradar
| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Marketers are reacting to privacy laws and Big Tech policy changes with quizzes and other events to collect their own customer info and build detailed profiles — Marketers are staging sweepstakes, quizzes and events to gather people's personal information and build detailed profiles
Tweets: @jbflint, @digitalshields, and @hypervisible
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS announces Amplify Studio, a Figma-connected low-code service to help developers build cloud apps, as an extension of its AWS Amplify service — At its re:Invent conference, AWS today announced Amplify Studio, a new Figma-connected no-code/low-code service that is meant to help developers quickly build cloud-connected apps.
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| Mehnaz Yasmin / Reuters: |
Panther Labs, which helps companies detect and respond to security threats in real time, raises a $120M Series B led by Coatue at a $1.4B valuation — Panther Labs raised $120 million in fresh capital as part of an early-stage financing round led by investment manager Coatue …
| Reuters: |
Grab closes down 20.53% in its Nasdaq debut, after a SPAC merger valuing it at $40B and raising $4.5B, the largest US listing by a Southeast Asian company — Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, makes its market debut on Thursday after a record $40 billion merger …
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TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, Grab Holdings, Tech in Asia, CNN, PingWest, Forbes, ZDNet, Financial Times, SPACInsider, Defiance ETFs, DealStreetAsia, and Crunchbase News
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
DOJ charges an ex-employee of IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti with data theft and for attempting to extort his employer while posing as a whistleblower and a hacker — Nickolas Sharp, a former employee of networking device maker Ubiquiti, was arrested and charged today with data theft and attempting …
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U.S. Department of Justice, The Register, PCMag, Krebs on Security, Protocol, TNW, SecurityWeek, CyberScoop, and IT PRO
Tweets: @bleepincomputer, @randomoracle, @j_opdenakker, @cr3, @magoo, @kevinmitnick, and @campuscodi
| Berber Jin / The Information: |
Sources: Instacart is planning to launch a 15-minute-or-less grocery delivery pilot for US customers, from existing partner stores — For Instacart, the leading U.S. grocery delivery company, being fast may not be fast enough. — The $39 billion-valuation startup is planning to launch …
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Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, BGR, 9to5Mac, Tech in Asia, The Economic Times, and Entrackr
Tweets: @eliotwb, @elizabeth_joh, and @sarthakgh
| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
Meta partners with UK nonprofit Revenge Porn Helpline to let victims get their intimate images “hashed” and prevent them from appearing on online platforms — Facebook's parent company, Meta, has worked with the U.K.-based nonprofit Revenge Porn Helpline to build a tool …
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Meta, The US Sun, Neowin, Protocol, PetaPixel, and Mashable
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, and @andymstone
| Berber Jin / The Information: |
Crunchbase: investments in crypto-based gaming and commerce startups increased 26x YoY, totaling $3.7B so far in 2021 — Venture capitalists investing in consumer startups are writing more checks for crypto companies than ever before. The deals underscore how blockchain technology …
Tweets: @berber_jin1 and @amir
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
London-based Glorify, a Christian app that offers audio prayers and more, raises a $40M Series A led by a16z at a $250M valuation — Glorify attracts investment from VC firms as well as Kris Jenner and Michael Bublé — An app that helps Christians connect to God has attracted investment …
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TechCrunch, PR Newswire, and Tech News
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Five major education publishers sue Shopify for $500M+ over failing to remove pirated textbooks and other content that violate their trademarks and copyrights — Textbook pirates are selling stolen learning materials on the platform, according to a lawsuit| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta's NPE team recently set up an office in Lagos and plans another in Asia as it changes strategy to include making seed investments in small teams — Meta's (formerly, Facebook's) experimental app division, the NPE team, is shifting gears. The group, which first launched in mid-2019 …
Tweets: @mattnavarra
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Jokr, a rapid grocery delivery service in the US and Latin America, raises a $260M Series B at a $1.2B valuation, five months after raising a $170M Series A — Online grocery sales are in single digits right now, but new data suggests it will top 20% by 2026 due to more consumers getting comfortable buying …
Tweets: @brianmcc and @kevinroose
| Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Gaming Platform for Android gaming devices, partners with Razer on a handheld dev kit with a 6.65" 120Hz OLED display — Snapdragon's G3x is Qualcomm's fantastically exciting bid to embrace the gaming market — a brand new reach for the manufacturer …
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Qualcomm, THE ELEC, Korea …, SamMobile, Qualcomm, purexbox.com, PCMag, and UploadVR. Tweets: @snapdragon_uk
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