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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
North Dakota state Senate blocks bill that would have required app stores to allow devs to use their own payment systems; Epic lobbied in favor of the bill — - The North Dakota state senate voted 36-11 on Tuesday not to pass a bill that would have required app stores to enable software developers …
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AppleInsider, The Verge, New York Times, Engadget, CNET, New York Times, The Hill, Kotaku, Slashdot, Engadget, Gamasutra, MacRumors, BGR, GameSpot, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, MacDailyNews, Associated Press, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, The Mac Observer, and iMore
Tweets: @jacknicas, @timsweeneyepic, @jny, @rsgnl, @timsweeneyepic, @jacknicas, @kifleswing, @hoeglaw, @dhh, @keleftheriou, @dhh, @adamkovac, @shiraovide, @nytimestech, and @dhh
| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Microsoft begins testing a Kids Mode for Edge, with Bing SafeSearch on and tracking prevention set to strict by default, plus other safety features — Kids Mode helps parents provide a more child-friendly browsing experience on Edge. — What you need to know
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Windows Blog, The Verge, Microsoft Tech Community, The Verge, Neowin, Ubergizmo, XDA Developers, MUO, MSPoweruser, PCWorld, SlashGear, BleepingComputer, Digital Trends, ZDNet, OnMSFT.com, Pocket-lint, and Engadget
Tweets: @toukochan, @msedgedev, and @whatthebit
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Microsoft has created a game accessibility testing program, letting studios send in their games for in-person validation based on Microsoft's updated guidelines — Xbox Adaptive Controller in 2018, Microsoft has placed a greater emphasis on making its games more accessible to those with disabilities and impairments.
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Xbox Wire, Microsoft Docs, Windows Central, The Verge, GeekWire, SlashGear, IGN, Neowin, Trusted Reviews, and Kotaku
Tweets: @xbox, @romudeth, @halfcoordinated, and @msftenable
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon confirms it has acquired Australian e-commerce startup Selz, a Shopify competitor that employs less than 50 people and has raised $11M — Amazon has acquired Selz, a 7-year-old startup that helps entrepreneurs sell products online. The deal signals Amazon's continued focus …
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Selz, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Quartz, Insider, The Hill, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @juokaz, @delrey, @delrey, @benparr, and @caseynewton
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
NY AG sues Amazon, alleging it inadequately protected workers from COVID-19 in Staten Island and Queens, and retaliated against employees who raised concerns — The case focuses on two of the company's facilities in New York. — New York's attorney general, Letitia James …
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Washington Post, New York State Unified Court System, NY State Attorney General, Bloomberg, CNET, New York Post, and New York Daily News
Tweets: @kyweise and @jessedamiani
| Wall Street Journal: |
A hacker claims to have stolen and posted files from global law firm Jones Day on the dark web; Jones Day says a file-sharing company it used was compromised — Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised — A hacker claims to have stolen files belonging …
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VICE, The Hill, and Seriously Risky Business
Tweets: @natsecgeek, @davidenrich, @rebeccaballhaus, @malwarejake, @lorenzofb, @jeffstone500, @rstephens, @josephfcox, and @campuscodi
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Atlassian updates Trello with a visual overhaul, new card customization, and new board views; Trello says it has 50M+ users — The app is getting a visual overhaul and new features — Productivity app Trello, a virtual whiteboard-style platform for organizing and managing projects …
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TechCrunch, Trello Blog, Fast Company, VentureBeat, Protocol, ZDNet, Engadget, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @trello, @jrraphael, @hrishiptweets, @harrymccracken, @mcannonbrookes, and @nikitonsky
| Kotaku: |
Sources: Google's Stadia VP Phil Harrison sent an email to Stadia's game studios lauding their “great progress”, despite knowledge of its impending shutdown — Developers at Google's recently formed game studios were shocked February 1 when they were notified that the studios would be shut down …
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The Verge, XDA Developers, Game Rant, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @tiedtiger, @brianfagioli, @evilprimate, @sanatanamishra, @mm2k, and @yoda
| David Meyer / Fortune: |
TikTok has been hit with a volley of complaints from Europe's consumer protection watchdogs over “misleading” privacy practices and “ambiguous” terms — TikTok has been hit with a volley of complaints from Europe's consumer-protection watchdogs, over practices they say are unfair on users—particularly kids.
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BEUC, Reuters, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, BBC, MUO, The Hill, Threatpost, Android Central, infosecurity-magazine.com, The Mac Observer, Engadget, coinspeaker.com, 9to5Mac, Silicon Republic, Fast Company, and MacRumors
Tweets: @beuc, @jausl00s, @ernanicerasaro, @emmacalvert3, @moniquegoyens, @finnmyrstad, @arcapde, and @davekeating
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
LastPass Free users must choose between mobile or computers for unlimited device access starting March 16; email support limited to paid plans starting May 17 — One of the most attractive features of the popular password manager LastPass is that, if you choose to, you can use it pretty effectively without paying a dime.
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Tweets: @jason_koebler, @katebevan, @urbanstrata, @flargh, @ow, @roobots, @aantonop, @snubs, @xor, @pt, @katelibc, @coolacid, @mariannedh, @bytemaster7, @spazef0rze, @hunterwalk, @kottke, @jake_k, @evacide, @sarahlane, @dcseifert, @dcseifert, @thisisnoahevans, @tron, and @dcseifert. Thanks:@nexusben
| Olivia Raimonde / Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin briefly crossed the $50K mark today, up ~73% YTD, while Ethereum hit a record $1,785, up ~140% YTD — - Rival cryptocurrency Ether hit a record of its own on Friday — Morgan Stanley is considering Bitcoin for investment fund — Bitcoin blew through another milestone …
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CNBC, Wall Street Journal, SiliconANGLE, Insider, PYMNTS.com, Forbes, Forbes, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Micky, New York Post, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @grady_booch and @cameron
| Micah Singleton / Billboard: |
Triller didn't deny the claim from a source that it inflates MAUs to the public and says there's “no legal definition of MAU/DAU”, ahead of expected SPAC merger — “There is no legal definition of MAU/DAU,” says Mike Lu, Triller CEO. “We are an open ecosystem ... Triller's value is in monetizing users, not MAU or DAU.”
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Engadget. Tweets: @lizperle, @ophirgottlieb, @alexeheath, @carnage4life, @runciedan, @davidclowery, @calciomoneyball, @mattbelloni, @nmcalone, @runciedan, and @reckless. Thanks:@_iebl
| Cathy Applefeld Olson / Forbes: |
20 music streaming services have paid $424M+ in historical unmatched royalties to Mechanical Licensing Collective; Apple paid $163M, Spotify $153M, Amazon $42M — The Mechanical Licensing Collective has received a total of $424.38 million in accrued historical unmatched royalties … | BBC: |
Investigation finds ten websites offering fake Amazon reviews from £5 each; five of the websites claimed to have 702K+ “product reviewers” on their books — Fake reviews for products sold on Amazon's Marketplace are being sold online “in bulk”, according to Which?
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Which? News, Ars Technica, Sky News, Yahoo Finance, New York Post, infosecurity-magazine.com, techadvisor.co.uk, Tamebay, and Insider
Tweets: @andybeal, @alexhern, @whichuk, and @adrianweckler
| The Markup: |
Survey of 2,200+ Facebook users from Dec.-Jan.: 330+ saw flagged posts about controversial issues, like 2020 election, but “false” label was added only 12 times — Data from Citizen Browser shows how rare it is for a post to be called “false”—especially if you're the president
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GitHub and The Verge
Tweets: @themarkup, @themarkup, @justinhendrix, @emilybell, @jason_kint, and @corintxt
| The Economic Times: |
Amazon partners with Foxconn to establish its first device manufacturing line in India, operational later this year, to make Fire TV sticks locally — Bengaluru: Amazon.com Inc. is setting up its first device manufacturing line in India to make Fire TV sticks locally. The facility will become operational later this year.
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IN Day One Blog, Engadget, The Verge, AFTVnews, Nikkei Asia, TechCircle, Bloomberg, GSMArena.com, Reuters, and TechRadar
Tweets: @rsprasad, @amitagarwal, @ettech, and @lanceulanoff
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's unified Office mobile app, which combines Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single application, is now available on iPad — A tablet-friendly version is finally here — Microsoft has updated its unified Office mobile app to work on Apple's iPad devices.
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App Store, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Thurrott, ZDNet, Laptop Mag, USA Today, Ars Technica, Trusted Reviews, XDA Developers, Softpedia News, iMore, Computerworld, Gizmodo, Neowin, MSPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, Windows Central, phonearena.com, Ubergizmo, CNET, iClarified, Engadget, and The Mac Observer. Tweets: @drjnurse
| Times Now: |
Sources: Indian conglomerate Tata Group is buying a 68% stake in online grocery delivery service BigBasket for ~$1.3B, valuing the startup at ~$1.85B — Tata's stake will translate into an enterprise value of Rs 13,500 crore for BigBasket, ET Now reported.
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The Economic Times, The Hindu BusinessLine, Business Standard, Reuters, TechCrunch, Gulte, Moneycontrol, Inc42 Media, The Economic Times, and MediaNama
Tweets: @etnowlive, @sub8u, @ajayrdave, and @nayantararai
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