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| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Robinhood says due to “recent volatility” it is restricting trading in some stocks, including GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, and Nokia, to “position closing only” — Amid the flurry of speculative activity in GameStop, brokers took steps to restrict the trading …
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Under the Hood, VICE, CNET, Reuters, TechCrunch, Adweek, The Verge, CoinDesk, IGN, Laptop Mag, Gizmodo, GeekWire, Bloomberg, Politico, PCMag, Forbes, and Techdirt
Tweets: @robinhoodapp, @tedcruz, @aoc, @arkhondh, @slasher, @sequoia, @motherboard, @chamath, @rashidatlaib, @jarule, @dellcam, @casey, @panzer, @austin_rief, @jason_koebler, @dellcam, @rachelmetz, @vladtenev, @rokhanna, @themaxburns, @balajis, @tedlieu, @poorlyagedstuff, @mattzeitlin, @nycsouthpaw, @film_girl, @toadsanime, @samueloakford, @matthewstoller, @tyler, @markruffalo, @rebeccajarvis, @artemr, @dellcam, @davidsacks, @dcseifert, @arjunsethi, @profgalloway, @reckless, @tedlieu, @josephfcox, @paleofuture, @mims, @kysportsradio, @reddit, @holysmkes, @cloud_opinion, @tomwarren, @sama, @aricohn, @matthew_d_green, @calbucci, @bgurley, @normative, @bhwags, @carnage4life, @mikeisaac, @jackholmes0, @panzer, @itsdansheehan, @freemaneric, @benthompson, @micsolana, @andyholloway, @micahgrimes, @rubberninja, @tomgara, @gartenberg, @arjunsethi, and @panzer
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Robinhood to allow “limited buys” on restricted stocks from Friday, says halting purchases was a risk-management decision and not a response to outside pressure — Halting purchases was ‘a risk management decision,’ the company said in a blog post
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Under the Hood, Reuters, CNBC, The Information, TechCrunch, SlashGear, and NPR
Tweets: @gamespot, @imranzomg, @davidgokhshtein, @nichboy, @tomgara, @caseyjohnston, @mims, and @kristineowram
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Robinhood has drawn down some of its credit lines with banks, tapping at least several hundred million dollars — Robinhood Markets, the trading app that's popular with investors behind some of this month's wildest stock swings, has drawn down some of its credit lines with banks …
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New York Times, CNBC, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @rmac18, @carnage4life, @northmantrader, @thestalwart, and @litcapital
| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Facebook took down the “Robinhood Stock Traders” Group with 157K users; a notification said the Group violated polices on “adult sexual exploitation” — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc took down a popular Wall Street discussion group, Robinhood Stock Traders … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord says r/WallStreetBets members have set up a new server and Discord is helping them with moderation and management of rapid growth — A surprising change of events — Discord is now helping the r/WallStreetBets team moderate its new server. The company originally banned …
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New York Times, Reclaim The Net, Forbes, and Game Rant
Tweets: @tomwarren, @josephpalbanese, @slasher, @slasher, @debostic, @mmasnick, and @jefftutorials
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google deleted ~100K reviews for the Robinhood app on the Play Store, bringing its rating back to 4 stars, after users dropped its rating to 1-star — Robinhood is one of the most popular ways for consumers to get in on the stock market, but the app is in some hot water with its users currently.
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The Verge, Chenge.org, Game Rant, CNBC, This is going to be BIG, Android Police, and Business Insider. Tweets: @salem4congress
| Tucker Higgins / CNBC: |
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VICE, Protocol, TechCrunch, Wired, Vox, and Los Angeles Times
Tweets: @newyorkstateag, @senmikelee, @carolmassar, @olaasm, @rakeshlobster, @jalter, @cnbc, @issielapowsky, @kellymakena, @iansherr, and @_semahernandez_
| Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg: |
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @jbillinson, @jbarro, @lklatt11, @devlinbarrett, @themaxburns, @ashbennington, and @justinkan
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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Margins, TechCrunch, NBC News, TK News, Cult of Mac, The Verge, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Ringer, New York Magazine, Gizmodo, and Tech News
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
In an apparent swipe at Zuckerberg, Tim Cook says that valuing engagement over privacy leads to “polarization” and “violence” and such businesses need reform — Speaking at the EU data protection conference CPDP today, Tim Cook gave the opening keynote with his talk entitled …
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YouTube, CNBC, Reuters, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, GQ, Six Colors, AppleInsider, Associated Press, SecurityWeek, NZ Herald, PYMNTS.com, Apple Terminal, MacDailyNews, Financial Times, and Tom's Guide
Tweets: @tim_cook, @patrickmcgee_, @jsnell, @pkafka, @martyswant, @kifleswing, @stevekovach, @pt, @nat_droz, @marcbodnick, @jeffnesbit, @pt, @anildash, @mikeelgan, @defcon_5, @reneritchie, @reneritchie, @pt, and @herrmanndigital
| The Information: |
Sources: Facebook is preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple for forcing developers to abide by App Store rules that Apple's own apps don't have to follow — A long-simmering public dispute between Facebook and Apple has neared a boiling point. With the aid of outside legal counsel … | TechCrunch: |
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Apple, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, GamesIndustry.biz, Gizmodo, iMore, CNBC, The Hill, Business Insider, MacRumors, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @josephfcox, @mcmillan_photo, @josephfcox, @dinodaizovi, @jason_kint, @reneritchie, @gregjoz, @hotlinejosh, @laurengoode, and @appleedu
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google Project Zero researcher discovers and details new security system on iOS 14 named BlastDoor, which provides an improved sandbox system for iMessage data — iOS 14 shipped with BlastDoor, a new sandbox system for processing iMessages data. — With the release of iOS 14 last fall …
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Project Zero, SecurityWeek, 9to5Mac, Slashdot, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, Ubergizmo, and iMore
Tweets: @campuscodi and @ryanaraine
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Facebook is developing newsletter tools for journalists and writers, including tools to help build followers, curate email lists, and offer paid subs — Facebook is working on newsletter tools for journalists and writers, according to three people familiar with the company's plans … | Dylan Byers / NBC News: |
Facebook's Oversight Board issues first-ever rulings, which Facebook said it will abide by, overturning four out of the five cases it reviewed — Facebook's Oversight Board on Thursday issued its first round of decisions, overturning several of the company's decisions to remove posts …
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Oversight Board, About Facebook, TIME, SiliconANGLE, Oversight Board, Lawfare, MediaNama, and The Hill
Tweets: @oversightboard, @persily, @foxcahn, @benioff, @jeffjarvis, @martinsfp, @ceciliakang, @jonathanhaynes, @cbradleytweets, @seamushughes, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @evan_rosenfeld, @hnsgr, @carolecadwalla, @nabihasyed, @rmac18, @jeffjarvis, @emilybell, @axios, @ericgeller, @dylanbyers, @rasmus_kleis, @fbnewsroom, @robpegoraro, @persily, @evelyndouek, and @time
| Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: |
Canalys: iPad shipments grew 40% YoY in 2020, across the year Apple shipped about an estimated 58.8M tablets, up 24% YoY from 2019 — Apple retained its top spot in the worldwide tablet industry during the fourth quarter of 2020, shipping an estimated 19.2 million iPad models in the period.| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
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Canalys.com, IDC, Counterpoint Research, TechCrunch, Daring Fireball, AppleInsider, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @arjunkharpal and @benbajarin
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Coinbase officially announces its intent to become a public company via direct listing — Coinbase has made official its plan to go public by way of a direct listing, according to a blog post released Thursday by the U.S.-based crypto exchange. — “Coinbase Global, Inc. today announced …
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The Coinbase Blog, TechCrunch, Axios, SiliconANGLE, and Cointelegraph
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Epic says its Games Store has 160M+ PC users, up from 108M in 2019, with DAUs up 192% YoY to 31.3M; gamers spent $700M+ in 2020, with $265M on 3rd-party games — And Epic confirmed it'll keep giving away games in 2021 — Epic Games Store released a bevy of stats to show off …
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Epic Games and TechPowerUp
| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
YouTube is testing the ability to make short clips, from 5 to 60 seconds, of livestreams or videos, starting today on desktop and Android devices — Another standard live-streaming feature makes its way over to the online video giant — YouTube is introducing clipping …
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support.google.com, 9to5Google, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Tubefilter, XDA Developers, and Polygon
Tweets: @youtubegaming, @fwiz, @baekdal, @valkyrae, @traysold, and @brainengineer
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft reports it has “high confidence” the hacking campaign targeting infosec researchers is linked to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group — Earlier this week, Google disclosed that a North Korean government-backed hacking group has been using social networks to target security researchers.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Google pulls popular transit app New York Subway from Play store, after it was found sharing granular user location data with controversial data broker X-Mode — Apple and Google banned apps from sharing location data with a broker with links to U.S. military contractors.Sponsor Posts
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