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Sources: Qualcomm has told regulators around the world, including the FTC and UK's CMA, that it is against Nvidia's $40B acquisition of Arm — - Qualcomm has told regulators around the world that it is against Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm, according to sources familiar with the matter.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google, Microsoft, and Qualcomm are among companies asking US to intervene in Nvidia's Arm acquisition, and at least one company wants the deal killed — Some of the world's largest technology companies are complaining to U.S. antitrust regulators about Nvidia Corp.'s acquisition …
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CNET, Windows Central, Reuters, MSPoweruser, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @mikedesep and @patrickmoorhead
| Kate Klonick / New Yorker: |
A look at the making of Facebook's Oversight Board, its members, Zuckerberg's rationale for its existence, and criticisms of the endeavor — The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon, it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.
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Insider, Oversight Board, Medium, The Independent, and CNET
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US investigators say hardware and firmware of Supermicro servers were tampered with as late as 2018, via chips with backdoors sending data to China — In 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense found thousands of its computer servers sending military network data to China …
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Jack Dorsey and Jay Z create ₿trust endowment with 500 bitcoin, worth $23M+, to fund teams working on Bitcoin development, initially in Africa and India — Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey and rapper Jay Z have created an endowment to fund bitcoin development initially in Africa and India, Dorsey said Friday.
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Tweets: @jack, @apompliano, @nischalshetty, @nischalshetty, @gladstein, @justinsuntron, @yoda, @shivamshankars, @kshashi, and @nixxin
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Spotify says it is adapting a Work From Anywhere model and will provide co-working space memberships for employees who choose to work remotely — - Spotify is adapting a “Work from Anywhere” model, which will allow employees to choose whether they want to be in the office full time, be at home full time or a combination of the two.
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Tweets: @joshwcomeau, @spotifynews, @ow, @martinsfp, @shaunbent, @elyktrix, @carnage4life, @nickstatt, @scottlincicome, @gregavola, and @mgsiegler
| Neil Cybart / Above Avalon: |
According to an estimate Apple Watch reached 100M users in December, 30M of which came in 2020; 35% of US iPhone users wear an Apple Watch — More than 100 million people wear an Apple Watch. Based on my estimates, Apple surpassed the important adoption milestone this past December.
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Thurrott, Computerworld, MacDailyNews, phonearena.com, 500ish, The Mac Observer, TechSpot, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Gizchina, Patently Apple, Ubergizmo, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and Redmond Pie
Tweets: @fromedome, @counternotions, @sub8u, and @aboveavalon
| The Information: |
Sources: Facebook is building an Android-based smartwatch with health and fitness capabilities, which it aims to launch in 2022 — Facebook is building a smartwatch it hopes to start selling next year, according to people with direct knowledge of the device.
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and The Verge
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
AT&T installs fiber for a 90-year-old after his WSJ print ad complaining of slow AT&T Internet service speeds goes viral — From 3Mbps DSL to 300Mbps fiber: Aaron Epstein's newspaper ad gets amazing result. — When 90-year-old Aaron Epstein bought a Wall Street Journal print ad …
Tweets: @cavemanjim, @dane, @kevinharvell, @jbrodkin, @pennywriter, and @doctorow
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches its first standalone Apple TV+ AR app, with a For All Mankind backstory and exclusive content for the latest iPad Pro and iPhone 12 Pro models — Apple's rumored augmented reality experience for Apple TV+ has arrived in the form of For All Mankind: Time Capsule.
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Tweets: @aidan_wolf, @lindadong, @keff85, @settern, @lukesbeard, @lindadong, and @panzer
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon sues NY state AG, seeking to prevent her from penalizing Amazon for alleged retaliation against staff and failures in its safety response to the pandemic — - Covid-19 worker safety claims are federal matters, Amazon says — Company has been at odds with AG since firing worker activists
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New York Times, ZDNet, Engadget, CNBC, New York Post, PYMNTS.com, Forbes, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, and Insider. Tweets: @rjaviervasquez
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Facebook says it is limiting the distribution of all content posted by Myanmar's military, which has been using the platform to spread misinformation — detailed how it's handling the political situation Myanmar in a new post, where it has revealed that it's limiting the distribution of all content posted by the country's military.
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About Facebook, The Guardian, MediaNama, and Reuters
Tweets: @tgisoe2021, @nslwin, @silvermanjacob, and @alexwitzleben
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US and other countries should adopt Australia's proposed media rules, which require tech firms to pay for news content — Microsoft President Brad Smith told Axios in an interview that the U.S. and other countries should consider adopting media rules …
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Microsoft On the Issues, Associated Press, The Keyword, HotHardware.com News, Toronto Star, Axios, The Guardian, Agence France-Presse, ABC, International Business Times, Windows Central, MediaNama, Ubergizmo, WinBuzzer, Gizmodo, CNET, Insider, The Economic Times, TechRadar, and Wall Street Journal
| Elise Reuter / MedCity News: |
Zocdoc, which pivoted from patient scheduling to offering telehealth services during the pandemic, raises a $150M growth round from Francisco Partners — Zocdoc, which had built its business as an online scheduling platform for doctors, quickly pivoted at the beginning of the pandemic to offer telehealth visits.
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PR Newswire, FierceHealthcare, and MobiHealthNews
| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Clubhouse employs an unusually aggressive user onboarding process, pressuring users to upload contacts before ranking those contacts based on total connections — The app pressures you to upload your phone's contacts — and makes them visible in surprising ways
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Vox and Mashable
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