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Disney introduces a new bundle offering Disney+, ESPN+, and ad-free Hulu for $18.99 a month — It's a new variant of its traditional bundle. … You want to skip the ads on Hulu? There's a Disney Bundle for that. — The company said it would launch a new bundle that includes Disney Plus …
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Engadget, The Verge, IGN, TechCrunch, The Streamable, and Deadline
Tweets: @dannysullivan, @kimmasters, @bendreyfuss, and @karaswisher
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Disney will raise the cost of Disney+ to $7.99 per month, up from $6.99, in the US starting in March 2021, as the company heavily invests in content offerings — The service's first price hike — Disney Plus is following Netflix and introducing a $1 price hike for subscribers in the United States, raising it to $7.99 a month.| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
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Android Central, Hollywood Reporter, AppleInsider, Android Authority, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @loudmouthjulia and @clarajeffery
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: SVP of hardware tech Johny Srouji told staff that Apple has started working on its own cellular modem for future devices, to replace Qualcomm chips — - Component would eventually replace mobile chips from Qualcomm — Srouji describes in-house design efforts in town hall meeting
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The Verge, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, CNET, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Apple Terminal, and iMore
Tweets: @anshelsag, @vladsavov, and @markgurman
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Airbnb closes at $144, up from its $68 IPO price, on its first day of trading, giving it a market cap of about $86.5B and more than doubling its IPO valuation — - Airbnb opened at $146 per share on its first day of trading on Thursday, more than doubling the $68 per share price set for its IPO the day before.
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| Washington Post: |
FTC and state AG antitrust complaints use dramatic language, bolstered by emails, to portray Zuckerberg as a villain who vowed to “crush” the competition — Antitrust enforcers are casting the billionaire executive, once one of American tech's 'darling superstars …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tim Cook says it “seems likely” that the majority of teams at Apple won't be back to work in office before June 2021 — - CEO discusses work through pandemic in meeting with employees — Cook suggests company may be more flexible about remote work
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Apple Terminal, and iMore. Tweets: @markgurman
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Brave introduces Brave Today, a news reader designed around privacy, powered by Brave's new CDN which delivers feeds anonymously to users — By design, Brave Today doesn't let the company or third parties build user profiles. — Brave Software, maker of the Brave Web browser …
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Brave Browser, Apple Terminal, Thurrott, and MacRumors
Tweets: @brave, @timsweeneyepic, and @chrismessina
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Microsoft releases a preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM for Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel — All your apps should now run on ARM — Microsoft is finally releasing x64 emulation on Windows for ARM to testers today, after announcing that the feature was coming back in September.
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Windows Blog, Windows Central, The Next Web, Digital Trends, Neowin, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, and ZDNet
Tweets: @chungf, @corbindavenport, @baxiabhishek, @iansherr, @backlon, @windowsinsider, @zacbowden, and @ow
| Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg: |
Mastercard says it won't allow its cards to be used on Pornhub after the payment network's review of the site uncovered unlawful content — Mastercard Inc. said it won't allow its cards to be used on Pornhub.com after the network's review of the website uncovered unlawful content.
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New York Times, VICE, New Republic, The Next Web, Decrypt, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, The Verge, and Engadget
| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Cydia, a once-popular app store for jailbroken iOS devices, sues Apple, alleging the company used anti-competitive tactics in clearing the way for the App Store — Cydia, one of the first app stores on iPhone, is suing Apple, alleging anti-competitive behavior
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iTnews, VICE, Input, iPhone Hacks, Jay Freeman, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, Reuters, iClarified, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, iMore, AppleInsider, and Apple Terminal
| The Daily Beast: |
Source: at an all-hands meeting, Mark Zuckerberg told Facebook employees they will not be required to get vaccinated before returning to work in their offices — The Facebook founder told his more than 50,000 employees that they will not be required to get vaccinated before heading back to the office.
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The Verge. Tweets: @rmac18, @kathrynw5, @karaswisher, @mcbyrne, @meredithshiner, @quinnypig, @thekenyeung, @walthickey, @noahshachtman, @keithkurson, @slpng_giants, @jgownder, and @banditelli
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber's CEO sent a letter to all 50 US governors asking them to prioritize giving drivers and delivery workers the vaccine as essential workers — Given how reliant many people have become on rideshare drivers and especially delivery workers during the pandemic, Uber is pushing for them to get priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Twitter says iOS users can now add tweets to Snapchat Snaps as stickers, and it will soon test sharing tweets to Instagram Stories — Twitter continues to take over all social networks — Twitter is making it even easier to spread your tweets far and wide to every social media platform imaginable.
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Variety, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, 9to5Mac, MakeUseOf, Input, Mashable, Pocketnow, and Engadget
Tweets: @twitter, @twittersupport, @kayvz, @wongmjane, @snapchat, @chriscantino, @wongmjane, @carnage4life, @jasonyuandesign, @taylorlorenz, @mastertes, and @ohmdee
| BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook insiders say it is prioritizing revenue over user safety by its lax approach to stopping scammers, hackers, and disinfo peddlers from buying ads — Facebook is on track for record ad revenue this year. That's partly due to its lax approach to stopping scammers, hackers … | Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Google says it will let users limit the alcohol and gambling ads they see, starting with YouTube in the US — The new feature will launch on YouTube in the U.S. first. — Google is adding new user controls for alcohol and gambling ads. The new feature, announced Thursday …
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The Keyword, Gizmodo, MakeUseOf, Engadget, The Verge, The Guardian, AdExchanger, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @stshank, @iardnews, and @megancgraham
| Washington Post: |
Review of Amazon's $100 Halo Band, a health tracking bracelet: excessively invasive without offering much in return for the data — The Halo Band asks you to strip down and strap on a microphone so that it can make 3-D scans of your body fat and monitor your tone of voice.
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AppleInsider. Tweets: @shiraovide, @adam_k_levin, @jasongurwin, @rprose, @kasie, @kyweise, @ndtex, @evacide, @apokerplayer, @saramorrison, @tombennett71, @parkermolloy, @_cingraham, @drewharwell, @nythealth, @willoremus, @heatherkelly, @garethlpowell, @jamesfrye, @jbursz, and @thatdunleavy
| Charlie Warzel / New York Times: |
Biden staffers say their experiences in dealing with Facebook during the election left them concerned that the company is a threat to the electoral process — Inside the battle between Biden and Facebook. — Opinion Writer at Large — In the days after the election … | Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon says it aims to provide free training to 29M people worldwide, who are not already employed by the company, in cloud computing skills by 2025 — New programs seek to help people from Montana to Nigeria attain roles ranging from tech support to machine learning| Brian Rinker / San Francisco Business Journal: |
Elation Health, which provides electronic health records and virtual care options for primary care doctors, raises $40M Series C, bringing total raised to $63M — Elation Health, a San Francisco startup providing electronic health records and a virtual care platform for primary care physicians … Sponsor Posts
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