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Source: Apple is planning a $3,000+ mixed-reality headset with 8K displays, eye-tracking tech, and 12+ cameras to track hand movements and show the real world — A mixed-reality headset Apple is developing will be equipped with more than a dozen cameras for tracking hand movements …
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Amazon is quietly transitioning its US warehouse workers to 10-hour graveyard shifts; labor experts say the move is to cut costs and pay for fewer benefits — The company has been quietly transitioning warehouse workers at Amazon warehouses nationwide to a 10-hour graveyard shift, known as the “megacycle.”
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Gizmodo, Engadget, Insider, The Verge, BBC, Input, The Next Web, GeekWire, PCMag, and TechSpot
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Viva, an employee intranet with LinkedIn integration, access to communication tools like SharePoint and Yammer, training content, and more — Microsoft today launched Viva, a new “employee experience platform,” or, in non-marketing terms, its new take on the intranet sites … | Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Google says Pixel users will be able to use their phone cameras to measure pulse and breath rates through the Google Fit app, starting next month — Like many of us, Google is getting more interested in our health. The company is announcing today new features that will allow …
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Tweets: @google, @glenngabe, @thekenyeung, @jake_k, @derekmross, @backlon, and @jeff_delgado
| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
In a NLRB filing, the Alphabet Workers Union accuses Google vendor Adecco of violating US labor law by forbidding contract workers from discussing their pay — - New labor group accuses Google vendor of violating labor law — Worker says Facebook post got her suspended by contractor
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Tweets: @josheidelson, @econ_marshall, @googlewalkout, @josheidelson, and @gigworkersrise
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Sources: Google is exploring a less-stringent Android alternative to Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature, resembling planned Chrome changes — - Internet giant mulls bringing web privacy approach to Android — Google balancing user privacy with developer, advertiser needs
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Gizmodo, The Verge, OSnews, Social Media Today, Trusted Reviews, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, MacDailyNews, XDA Developers, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, and MacRumors
Tweets: @johnwilander, @markgurman, @lukemiani, and @jessedamiani
| Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: |
Incoming head of Senate antitrust subcommittee Amy Klobuchar introduces an antitrust bill that would raise the bar for tech acquisitions — Incoming head of Senate panel proposes broad changes as Democrats press issue of perceived monopoly power — WASHINGTON—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D. …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter took coordinated action to take down top members of account hijacking forum OGUsers and seized hundreds of accounts — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms.
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google delists the popular Chrome extension The Great Suspender for containing malware and is disabling the extension for those who installed it — This afternoon, Google has delisted the popular extension The Great Suspender for containing malware and is proactively disabling the extension for those who have it.
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XDA Developers, HotHardware.com News, Lifehacker, GitHub, The Verge, Android Central, Android Police, Chrome Unboxed, and Windows Central
Tweets: @bcrypt and @chrisnelder
| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Apptopia: since Trump was banned from Twitter, daily use of Twitter has remained remarkably consistent — Trump's presence on Twitter had no impact on how much people used it, contrary to the popular narrative. … For as long as Donald Trump was president, there was a common misconception that Twitter's fate was tied to his.| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap beats with Q4 revenue of $911M, up 62% YoY, vs $857.4M est., DAUs were up 22% YoY to 265M; stock down 7%+ after hours on weak Q1 forecast — Snap's stock fell more than 5% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the company reported its fourth-quarter earnings despite beating Wall Street's expectations …
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Tweets: @charliebilello, @richlightshed, @karissabe, @charliebilello, and @megancgraham
| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Five high-ranking Google engineers propose new rules for developers working on “critical” open source projects, including no unilateral code changes — If your open-source software project is considered “critical”, you could be facing a lot more work and responsibility in the future.| Eric Martin / Bloomberg: |
Biden's nominee for Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says she sees “no reason” Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese companies should be removed from US blacklist — - Gina Raimondo responds to written questions from GOP senators — Huawei, other Chinese companies are also on U.S. Entity List| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google starts rolling out Google News Showcase in Australia, paying local and regional publishers, amid an ongoing dispute over Australia's proposed media rules — Google has a $1 billion plan to pay publishers for content that appears in a cross-service “News Showcase” product.
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The Keyword, ZDNet, Android Police, The Canberra Times, AdNews News, and Associated Press
Tweets: @myllyme, @merryboffin, @kent_walker, @swan_legend, @googledownunder, @sarafischer, @googledownunder, and @timvcm
| Kristen V Brown / Bloomberg: |
23andMe to go public through a merger with VG Acquisition Corp., a SPAC founded by Richard Branson, at a valuation of $3.5B — - CEO Wojcicki and SPAC leader Branson each invest $25 million — DNA-testing company has been expanding its health-care profile
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VICE, Silicon Republic, TechCrunch, PR Newswire, The Verge, MobiHealthNews, ZDNet, and MarketWatch
Tweets: @antonioregalado, @sorayadarabi, @kristenvbrown, and @susanwojcicki
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with mobile marketing analyst Eric Seufert on the Facebook-Apple conflict, Apple's real motives for iOS privacy changes, and potential harm to businesses — In yesterday's Article The Relentless Jeff Bezos, I called the Amazon founder “arguably the greatest CEO in tech history.”
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AdExchanger and The Economist
Tweets: @palmerluckey, @eric_seufert, @richlightshed, @mrahmey, @id_aa_carmack, @tjl, @damianburns, @eric_seufert, and @keithepetri
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Activision Blizzard reports Q4 net revenue of $2.41B, up 21% YoY, driven by a record year for Call of Duty, which had full year premium unit sales up 40% YoY — Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street's expectations with 21% revenue growth to $2.41 billion for the fourth quarter ended December 31.
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Activision Blizzard, Forbes, Windows Central, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Twinfinite, Benzinga, Wccftech, GameSpot, and Investor's Business Daily. Tweets: @slasher
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Kuo: iPhone 13 is now more likely to feature an upgraded Ultra Wide camera with significantly improved low-light performance thanks to a new lens supplier — The iPhone 13 is now more likely to feature an upgraded Ultra Wide camera with significantly improved low-light performance …
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AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Wccftech, iMore, Redmond Pie, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @leaksapplepro
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Ford will increase its investment in autonomous vehicles to ~$7B over 10 years through 2025, $5B of that from 2021 onward, as part of its Ford Mobility efforts — The Blue Oval is putting more money on its electric bet — Ford is increasing its investment in electric and autonomous vehicles … | Hamish McKenzie / Substack Blog: |
Substack co-founder says Facebook and Twitter getting into paid newsletters is a positive thing for writers and the media ecosystem, implores them to go all in — When Twitter announced that it had acquired the email newsletter provider Revue to create a Substack competitor, I tweeted a smartass response:
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Twitter will move its offline analytics, data processing, and ML workloads to Google's Cloud after agreeing to an expanded multiyear partnership — Twitter is upping its data analytics game in the form of an expanded, multiyear partnership with Google Cloud.
Tweets: @quinnypig, @googlecloud, and @aaronvalue
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Infinitus, which provides a machine-generated voice calling service for healthcare companies contacting customers, has come out of stealth with $21.4M Series A — Robotic process automation (RPA) has found a strong foothold in the world of enterprise IT through its effective use of AI …
Tweets: @yanda
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