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Australia says Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill — We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.
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Google announces new features for Android, including a way to schedule texts and a Password Checkup tool to notify users of compromised credentials — Google today announced the next set of features coming to Android, including a new password checkup tool, a way to schedule your texts …
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Square announces it spent $170M to acquire 3,318 bitcoins at an average price of $51,236, following its earlier $50M bet on the cryptocurrency — Square also announced a $170 million purchase in bitcoin as part of its ongoing commitment to the cryptocurrency
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New Firefox update adds support for multiple picture-in-picture windows and “Total Cookie Protection”, to prevent the use of cookies to track users across sites — Beginning last year, the internet began playing a bigger role in our lives than ever before.
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Some M1 Mac owners report a worryingly large number of writes to their Macs' SSDs, though in some cases it could be explained by faulty monitoring tools — “If this is accurate, some of these machines aren't going to last half a year” — What you need to know
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Q&A with Spotify's Daniel Ek on growing the number of creators on the service and engaging with them, podcast success metrics, Clubhouse, and more — Spotify hosted an event on Monday to discuss its ambitions in audio, and one message came through loud and clear: the company wants to play …
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Draft executive order from Biden admin orders development of a US supply chain strategy less reliant on China, focused on chips, batteries, rare-earth metals — Exclusive: Biden to sign presidential order to bolster chip, battery and rare-earth industries — WASHINGTON/TAIPEI … | Josh Sisco / The Information: |
Sources: the DOJ is investigating if Apple's use of its “Sign in with Apple” button makes it more difficult for users to switch to a rival device maker — More and more iPhone apps are offering people the option of signing up by using information stored with Apple …
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Bitfinex and Tether agree to an $18.5M settlement with the New York AG and will stop operating in the state following a two-year probe — Bitfinex and Tether have agreed to stop all trading activity in the state of New York as part of a settlement announced today by New York Attorney General Letitia James.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple plans to release two new MacBook Pro models with an HDMI port and an SD card reader in the second half of 2021 — Apple plans to release two new MacBook Pro models equipped with an HDMI port and SD card reader in the second half of 2021, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo …
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
FCC proposes using $3.2B in emergency funds to subsidize broadband services for low-income families with $50/month discounts and $75/month on tribal lands — A proposal released by the acting chairwoman of the commission is an attempt to close the digital divide.
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Sony says it's developing a VR headset for the PlayStation 5 that will be much less cumbersome than its current PS VR setup, but the device won't launch in 2021 — The PlayStation 5 will have its own virtual reality headset, however, consumers may face ongoing difficulties obtaining a PS5 console given a supply chain shortfall.
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Quill, a messaging app that raised its Index Ventures-led $12.5M Series A in 2019, quietly comes out of stealth to take on Slack — Slack took the workplace communications landscape by storm after it launched its integration-friendly, GIF-tastic chat platform in 2013.
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Inside Chess.com's streaming success, with Twitch users watching 18.3M hours of chess content in January, nearly as much as they consumed throughout all of 2019 — There's something inherently perverse in calling chess “open source.” It's a bit like saying France “pivoted” …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Akamai finds a botnet using bitcoin transactions to put its control server's IP address on the blockchain, making it basically impossible to fully take down — Wallet transactions camouflage the IP address of the botnet's control server. — When hackers corral infected computers into a botnet … | Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters: |
A 93-page report from French antitrust investigators says Google breached government orders on how to negotiate with news publishers over copyright — PARIS (Reuters) - French antitrust investigators have accused Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority's orders … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Snap says it expects 50%+ revenue growth YoY over the next several years and that Snapchat Stories has become its largest revenue stream; stock up 11% — On the upbeat forecast, Snap shares popped 11% for the day Tuesday, with the stock closing at an all-time high of $70.45 per share.| The Information: |
Source: ~40%, or 40M, of Disney+ subscribers are in the US, and Disney has said 30% are in India, so Europe and LatAm seem to make up less than a third of subs — Disney's flagship video-streaming service, Disney+, has quickly emerged as the only true competitor to Netflix … | Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
After delaying its plans, Roblox says it will go public via direct listing on March 10; in January, the company was valued at $29.5B after raising $500M+ — Direct listing comes after videogame company delayed IPO late last year and recast financial reports in response to SEC| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Shippo, a shipping software and services startup, raises $45M led by D1 Capital at $495M valuation, says it doubled its gross postage volume last year — This morning Shippo, a software company that provides shipping-related services to e-commerce companies, announced a new $45 million investment.| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Reddit, which announced a $250 million Series E earlier this month, has added over $116M to the financing event — Reddit, which announced a $250 million Series E earlier this month, has added over $116 million to the financing event, upping the round's most recent total to $367 million, according to a new SEC filing.Sponsor Posts
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