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Twitter says it will discontinue Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021, saying it's brought most of the core capabilities of Periscope into Twitter — Today, we're sharing that we have made the difficult decision to discontinue Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021.
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Tweets: @periscopeco, @bashy_io, @toda, @jason, @kayvz, @mrasingh, @richlightshed, @alexjamesfitz, @kerrymflynn, @carnage4life, @martinsfp, @karengeier, and @geraintd
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft is rolling out native M1 support for many Microsoft 365 for Mac apps, iCloud account integration in Outlook, and updated collaboration capabilities — Microsoft's new ‘Universal’ Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote apps for Mac will work on both Apple's M1 Arm silicon and Intel processors.| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
EU proposes two bills governing tech giants, focused on illegal content and anticompetitive behavior, to empower regulators to levy large fines or break them up — Proposed bills would be the bloc's most ambitious internet laws since GDPR — European officials want new powers …
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CNBC, BBC, Protocol, European Commission, Axios, European Commission, European Commission, Politico, Financial Times, Silicon Valley Business …, TorrentFreak, Engadget, MacDailyNews, The Logic, AppleInsider, GOV.UK, GOV.UK, Bloomberg, CNBC, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, Reuters, NBC News, Business Insider, and International Business Times
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Sources: Microsoft and industry partners seize key command and control domain used in SolarWinds hack — By seizing the domain, Microsoft and its partners hope to identify all victims, but are also preventing attackers from escalating intrusions in currently infected networks.
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MIT Technology Review, Krebs on Security, Microsoft Security, iTnews, Federal Computer Week, BleepingComputer, and Fortune
Tweets: @msftsecintel, @chicagocyber, @ravivtamir, and @campuscodi
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook is building a video product called Super that will let people pay content creators or celebrities to interact with them during a live broadcast — - New product ‘Super’ is still being tested at social network — Facebook is developing more video features during the pandemic
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CNET and Social Media Today
Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @taylorlorenz, @alexeheath, and @mattnavarra
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple plans to produce up to 96M iPhones for H1 2021, a nearly 30% YoY increase, and is also working on a new Apple TV for next year — Robust orders come as smartphone industry faces severe parts shortages — TAIPEI — Apple plans to produce up to 96 million iPhones for the first half of 2021 …
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iTnews, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Neowin, Redmond Pie, BGR, SlashGear, Apple Terminal, MacRumors, CNBC, Cult of Mac, Apple Must, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Softpedia News, MacRumors, AppleInsider, TechRadar, iMore, Daring Fireball, Patently Apple, and The Mac Observer
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Neverware, which helps schools and enterprises resurrect old PCs with its Chromium-based CloudReady OS, gets acquired by Google, which invested in its Series B — Neverware lets you turn old PCs and Macs into Chromebook-esque devices through its CloudReady OS.| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
Facebook says people linked to France's military used fake accounts to meddle in African politics, tangling with similar efforts by Russia's IRA in some nations — It's the first time Facebook has identified people affiliated with a Western government for sanction
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About Facebook, Engadget, Graphika, cyber.fsi.stanford.edu, Reuters, CNET, and Financial Times
Tweets: @shelbygrossman, @k_ramali, @k_ramali, @benimmo, @jsphctrl, @noupside, @ericowensdc, @alexstamos, @donie, @shelbygrossman, @shelbygrossman, @demopj, @washingtonpost, @fs0c131y, @donie, and @alexstamos
| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Facebook will shift its UK users into user agreements with its HQ in California, instead of its Irish unit, moving them out of reach of EU's privacy laws — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will shift all its users in the United Kingdom into user agreements with the corporate headquarters … | The Verge: |
Google says service is starting to be restored after a significant number of Gmail users saw “error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior” — Stadia issues are supposed to be fixed — Google says that a “significant subset” of Gmail users are running into errors with the service right now.
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The Hill, CRN, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Bloomberg, ZDNet, TechCrunch, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @meganmorrone, @thegautamkamath, @trevorbattle, and @mslopatto
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS launches CloudShell, a fully featured web-based shell, based on Amazon Linux 2, for command-line access to AWS — AWS today launched CloudShell, a new, fully featured web-based shell environment, based on Amazon Linux 2, for developers who want to be able to use some of their favorite command-line tools …
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AWS News Blog, SiliconANGLE, and SiliconANGLE
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Volexity researchers say they noticed SolarWinds hackers bypass MFA protections at a think tank previously but were subsequently undetected for several years — Hackers who hit SolarWinds compromised a think tank three separate times. — The hackers behind the supply chain attack …
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Reuters, Volexity, Techdirt, Washington Post, Vox, The Hill, Bloomberg, Nextgov, and FedScoop
Tweets: @vinodsparrow, @alexstamos, @dnvolz, @rklau, @dalperovitch, and @profwoodward
| Reuters: |
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Tweets: @carlbildt, @politico, @robertmlee, @vermontgmg, @dnvolz, @pwnallthethings, @rafaybaloch, and @weldpond
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook will allow ads targeting Georgia voters about the Jan. 5 runoffs, starting at 9am PT on Dec. 16, even as its broader political ad ban remains — Facebook said Tuesday it will begin letting advertisers run ads targeting Georgia voters about the state's Jan. 5 runoff elections …
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About Facebook, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Verge, The Hill, Engadget, Associated Press, Politico, Mediaite, and CNBC
Tweets: @sarafischer, @craigsilverman, @rmac18, @hshaban, @mikeisaac, and @brooklynmarie
| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt for $320M to expand its commerce and payments services offerings; Poynt's chief executive will join GoDaddy — The Web hosting firm said Poynt's technology will let it offer businesses a “complete suite of commerce and payment services”; Poynt CEO Bedier will run a newly created commerce division.
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GoDaddy Inc., PaymentsSource, and TheDomains.com
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Ireland's Data Protection Commission fines Twitter €450K for failing to promptly declare and document a data breach, in the DPC's 1st cross-border GDPR decision — Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has issued Twitter with a fine of €450,000 (~$547k) for failing …
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Data Protection Commission, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Decrypt, Mashable, independent, The Economic Times, SiliconANGLE, BleepingComputer, New York Post, The Hill, The Verge, CyberScoop, Fortune, XDA Developers, BBC, Silicon Republic, infosecurity-magazine.com, CNET, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, The Register, and Financial Times
Tweets: @twittercomms, @maxschrems, @sicarswell, @moonalice, and @maxschrems
| Bloomberg: |
Twitter says it has signed a multiyear deal to use AWS to power Twitter timelines, shifting away from its own infrastructure — - Deal may help speed service in certain parts of the world — Twitter also relies on its own data centers and Google's cloud
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Amazon.com, Inc., ZDNet, Social Media Today, HPCwire, and TechRadar
Tweets: @joshuaseattle, @hpc_guru, @sub8u, @wongmjane, @skimbrel, @raehodge, @_msw_, and @base10
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok expands Community Guidelines to strengthen its existing policies in areas like harassment, self-harm, and violence, and unveils new well-being features — TikTok this morning announced a new set of Community Guidelines that aim to strengthen its existing policies in areas like harassment …
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TikTok, The Verge, Engadget, TikTok, and MakeUseOf. Tweets: @lanceulanoff. Thanks:@jamiefavazza
| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Alloy, a Reid Hoffman-backed political data startup for Democrats, imploded after four senior employees, who had all complained about a colleague, were fired — Alloy was once seen as Democrats' next great hope. But chaos awaited. — Just two weeks after Election Day …
Tweets: @juliarosen, @teddyschleifer, @teddyschleifer, @tbonier, and @teddyschleifer
| Financial Times: |
UK publishes its online safety legislation plans: tech companies will face fines of up to £18M or 10% of annual revenue if they fail to moderate illegal content — Long-awaited legislation will set out new duty-of-care requirements for online platforms
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Financial Times, The Guardian, GOV.UK, BBC, CNBC, Reuters, ComputerWeekly.com, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, infosecurity-magazine.com, Telegraph, The Sun, CNET, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @jimkillock, @hadas_gold, @neil_neilzone, @dcms, @oliverdowden, @jamesrbuk, @oliverdowden, @dcms, and @neil_neilzone
| Jason Nelson / Decrypt: |
Pornhub appears to be only accepting cryptocurrency for its premium service after Visa and Mastercard cut off payments to the website last week — It appears that Pornhub, the world's largest adult website, is only accepting crypto for its premium service.| Financial Times: |
Sources: ecommerce site Wish priced its IPO at $24 a share, at the top of its range, raising $1.1B to give the company an implied market cap of $14B — Ecommerce site launches on Nasdaq after Airbnb and DoorDash experienced first-day trading pops — The ecommerce site Wish sold shares … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Photos expands Memories, adding new collage designs and 3D Cinematic photos that simulate depth in a scene by adding a smooth panning effect — Google Photos is rolling out a series of updates to its Memories feature, which surfaces your best photos from years past.
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The Keyword, CNET, Android Central, Android Police, and SlashGear
Tweets: @googlephotos, @askdes, @sapochat, and @dflieb
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