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Sources: Apple has partnered with TSMC to develop advanced micro OLED displays at a secretive facility in Taiwan — IPhone maker works on tech for augmented reality devices at secretive Taiwan lab — TAOYUAN, Taiwan — Apple has partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co …
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Twitter says it has suspended 500+ accounts in India for violating rules but has not taken any action on accounts of journalists, activists, and politicians — Twitter said on Wednesday it has taken actions on more than 500 accounts and reduced visibility of some hashtags in India …
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Jack Dorsey expands on his vision of a decentralized social network and suggests an “app-store-like view of ranking algorithms” for users to select options — Dorsey expands on Twitter's vision for a decentralized network — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey imagines a future … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Twitter says it expects expenses growth of 25%+ in 2021, alongside a 20% workforce bump; forecasts user growth to slow to the low double digits after Q1 — - Twitter's stock was flat in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company reported its fourth-quarter earnings …
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Salesforce says “the 9-to-5 workday is dead” and that after the pandemic most staff will work a flex schedule, going into the office 1-3 days per week — ‘It no longer makes sense to expect employees to work an eight-hour shift.’ — Cloud computing company Salesforce is joining … | Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
A researcher was able to breach 35+ companies, including Microsoft and Apple, in a new software supply chain attack that leveraged an open source ecosystem flaw — A researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems, including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix …
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| Mikhail Klimentov / Washington Post: |
Riot Games CEO Nicolas Laurent has been accused of gender-based harassment in a lawsuit filed by a former executive assistant who was terminated in July 2020 — A lawsuit filed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in January by Sharon O'Donnell, a former executive assistant at Riot Games …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
In iOS 14.5 beta, Maps adds a feature letting US users report accidents, hazards, and speed checks along their route using Siri or CarPlay — The iOS 14.5 beta, available to developers and public beta testers, adds a new Apple Maps feature that lets you report accidents, hazards …
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Facebook says it will test a reduction of political content in News Feed for some users in Canada, Brazil, and Indonesia this week, and the US in coming weeks — News feeds will start getting less political content in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia, the social network said, with the change reaching the U.S. in coming weeks.| Dexter Thomas / VICE: |
Police officers in Beverly Hills have played licensed music while being filmed by citizens, seemingly in an effort to trigger social networks' copyright filters — Police officers in Beverly Hills have been playing music while being filmed, seemingly in an effort to trigger Instagram's copyright filters.
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Huawei files a lawsuit against the FCC for its decision to designate the company as a national security threat, says the order was beyond FCC's scope of powers — It has accused the FCC of making the designation without providing substantial evidence. — Huawei has once again filed …
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ISPs submit report to the FCC claiming Starlink will hit a capacity shortfall in 2028 and ask the FCC to reconsider awarding rural broadband funding to SpaceX — SpaceX's FCC broadband funding faces more opposition from telco trade groups. — More broadband-industry groups are lining … | Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel: |
Adobe brings document collaboration to Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fresco, enabling asynchronous editing of files across desktop, iPhone, and iPad — Adobe is leaning a bit more into the benefits of a cloud-based architecture with the rollout of an easy collaboration button and asynchronous editing …
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| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Microsoft launches two new apps for Teams: Bulletins, where organizations can share news in one place, and Milestones, which tracks the status of work items — Two new apps for Microsoft Teams are here to help improve productivity and communication. — What you need to know| Alizeh Kohari / Rest of World: |
How a Pakistan-born developer's open letter to Tim Cook helped bring the Urdu language typeface to Apple devices — For decades, it was nearly impossible to type in Urdu online. Meet the people fighting to digitally preserve its script. — • KARACHI, PAKISTAN| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Lusha, which develops a crowdsourced data community for B2B salespeople, raises $40M Series A led by PSG — Lusha, a Tel Aviv-based startup developing a crowdsourced data community for business-to-business salespeople, today announced it has raised $40 million.| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Researchers say Facebook has stopped generating link previews in Messenger and Instagram for EU users, suggesting the data is used for purposes beyond previews — A follow-up report by security researchers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk has alleged that Facebook Messenger and Instagram … | Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog: |
Prepear says it has “amicably resolved its trademark issue with Apple” and revised the logo for its recipe search app by changing the logo's leaf shape — Back in August 2020, iPhone in Canada reported on meal planner and grocery app, Prepear, and its trademark dispute with Apple.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the Trump-driven plan to force the sale of TikTok to a group including Oracle and Walmart has been shelved indefinitely — Trump-driven deal had languished as video-sharing app's Chinese owner mounted successful legal challenges — WASHINGTON—A U.S. plan to force the sale … | Marc Vartabedian / Wall Street Journal: |
PlusAI, which retrofits traditional semi trucks with autonomous driving tech, raises $200M Series B — PlusAI nets $200 million from prominent investors as it ramps up commercial work — Self-driving trucking startup PlusAI Inc. raised $200 million in fresh capital from investors including … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Snap partners with ShareChat's Moj app to integrate Camera Kit into the short video app, the first time it has partnered with an Indian company for Camera Kit — Snap has partnered with ShareChat's Moj app to integrate its Camera Kit into the Indian app as the American social giant looks … | Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Charlton McIlwain, author of the book Black Software, which explores the relationship between software, social media, and the Black community in the US — As we've gone through the pandemic, I've been thinking about how much of our lives happen on screens and through software.Sponsor Posts
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