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Tim Wu, an outspoken critic of Big Tech, is joining the National Economic Council as a special assistant to President Biden for tech and competition policy — Tim Wu's appointment to the National Economic Council would signal a confrontational approach by the Biden administration.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Leaked interface shows that Twitter's “undo send” feature may be a button that also doubles as a progress bar showing how much time a user has to undo — A work-in-progress interface has been unearthed — A potential animation for Twitter's long-rumored “undo send” …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Reddit hires Drew Vollero as its first chief financial officer to prepare the company for an eventual IPO — The addition of Drew Vollero, formerly of Mattel and Snap, is a move toward developing operations more like publicly traded social networks. — SAN FRANCISCO — The world's …
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Research: low-wage workers at businesses in the areas where Amazon operates have seen significant wage growth since the company raised minimum pay to $15/hour — New research suggests that when big companies increase wages, they drive up pay in the places where they operate — without a notable loss in jobs.
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| Katherine Rosman / New York Times: |
Square acquires a majority stake in Jay-Z's streaming service Tidal for $297M; Jay-Z will join Square's board — What did Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey talk about when they went yachting around the Hamptons together last summer? Perhaps only Beyoncé knows. — Maybe now we do, too.
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Google's FLoC, which helps advertisers perform behavioral targeting, avoids privacy risks of 3rd-party cookies, but creates new privacy issues in the process — The third-party cookie is dying, and Google is trying to create its replacement. — No one should mourn the death of the cookie as we know it.
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Sources: Instacart is considering going public through a direct listing, concerned that it could leave money on the table through a traditional IPO — (Reuters) - U.S. grocery delivery app Instacart is considering going public through a direct listing, concerned that it could leave money … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rolls out new features for Edge, including vertical tabs and a feature that it says can improve startup times by 29% to 41% after a device reboots — Microsoft Edge gets some new features for March — Microsoft is rolling out some new improvements to its Edge browser this month.| Sujeong Lim / Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartwatch shipments rose 1.5% YoY in 2020, with Apple Watch shipments up 19% YoY, Huawei's up 26% YoY, and Fitbit shipments down 4% YoY — - In Q4 2020, the shipments decreased slightly YoY due to a fresh wave of COVID-19. — However, Apple managed to expand its market share and remains firmly at the forefront.
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HBC, owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, spins the department store's website into a separate business after raising $500M from Insight Partners at a valuation of $2B — - HBC, the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, said it will split the luxury department store's website into a separate business after raising $500 million.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says it is speeding up the Chrome release cycle and will ship a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six weeks — Google today announced that its Chrome browser is moving to a faster release cycle by shipping a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six-week cycle …
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UK antitrust authorities say they plan to investigate Apple's App Store to probe whether it is abusing its market power to restrict competition — - CMA taking into account Apple's ‘dominant’ position in apps — Apple probe prompted by complaints from some developers
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| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Sound, an initiative to enhance the wireless sound experience by lowering latency and improving connection issues — Just days after it unveiled its project to bring — advanced haptics to Android, Qualcomm has announced another ambitious venture aimed at bridging the gaps in device performance.
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Turntable.fm has relaunched with involvement from its founder and a separate site, Turntable.org, is expected to launch in beta in April with a subscription fee — A tale of two turntables — It's rare that apps come back from the dead, but it seems like that may be what's happening with Turntable.fm …
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In a letter, a bipartisan group of senators call on FCC to change their definition of high speed broadband to above 100/100 Mbps, up from the current 25/3 Mbps — The Pai FCC decided to maintain the current standard — The federal government's definition of high-speed broadband …
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