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Sources: Apple is cutting orders for all iPhones by ~20% compared to its plans in December for H1 2021, with iPhone 12 mini production cut by 70% — Total iPhone target for 2021 still at 230m units despite global parts shortage — TAIPEI — Apple is slashing its planned production …
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| Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Twitter says it is testing displaying large images, instead of cropped previews, on iOS and Android and will add support for 4K photo uploads — “Sometimes it's better said with a picture or a video.” — What you need to know — Twitter is testing new features that will let you see a single image in full on your timeline.
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| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
Data center operator OVH says a fire destroyed some of its sites in France, affecting cyber threat intelligence company Bad Packets, game maker Rust, and others — In a major unprecedented incident, data centers of OVH located in Strasbourg, France have been destroyed by fire.
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| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
Hackers say they breached Verkada, accessing feeds and archives of 150K surveillance cameras inside clinics, police precincts, jails, schools, Tesla facilities — - Hacker group says it wanted to show prevalence of surveillance — Video footage was captured from Sequoia-backed startup Verkada
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple says it will invest €1B in Germany over the next three years and will make Munich its European Silicon Design Center — Apple will make Munich its European Silicon Design Center, the company announced today. Work already being undertaken by Apple in Bavaria's capital is contributing …
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| Reuters: |
Russia says it is slowing down Twitter for not removing 3,000+ posts containing “illegal content”, threatens a total block if Twitter ignores deletion demands — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it was slowing down the speed of Twitter in retaliation for its alleged failure …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
By bringing disparate parts of gaming into one place, Roblox has created the conditions for interlocking feedback loops that typify transformational products — The degree to which Stratechery Weekly Articles are pre-planned varies; Eddy on Twitter, though, had this article pegged:| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
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| Tim Ferriss / The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss: |
Interview with Vitalik Buterin on ETH2, scaling plans and timelines, NFTs, the Ethereum Name Service, quadratic funding, more — Join 1.5M+ subscribers and receive exclusive tools, tips, and resources sent directly by Tim: — Type your email address — Yes, sign me up for Tim's free email newsletter.
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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Creators are monetizing through hyper-specific revenue streams like NewNew, which lets fans pay to vote to control a creator's day-to-day decisions — Digital stars are coming up with new ways to make money. Yet fans still hold the power. — A rash of new start-ups are making it easier …
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @brandyzadrozny, @taylorlorenz, @jasonkilar, and @cademetz
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Instagram Lite, an Android app that takes up just 2MB of storage space, in 170 countries, and says Facebook Lite has 200M+ MAUs — Growth for Facebook is coming from the developing world, and so the social network today made another key move to cater better to consumers in those countries.
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| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
Amazon is the only major publisher that withholds its digital books from public libraries, preventing people from downloading over 10,000 e-books and audiobooks — Its monopoly is stopping public libraries from lending e-books and audiobooks from Mindy Kaling, Dean Koontz, Dr. Ruth Westheimer …
Tweets: @caseynewton, @geoffreyfowler, and @billmckibben
| New York Times: |
To ease its dependence on US, China's new five-year plan calls tech development a matter of national security and pledges to raise R&D spending by 7% annually — Beijing's leaders plot a path to go it alone, vowing to spend big to fill gaps in innovation and avoid dependence on the United States and others.
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Tweets: @paulmozur, @nytimes, @1br0wn, and @mims
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
TikTok gives users the ability to approve all new comments before they appear and adds in-app prompts to discourage nasty comments — TikTok is introducing new features meant to — reduce bullying and harassment on its platform: new comment controls and in-app prompts to discourage nasty comments.| Bloomberg: |
Bipartisan group of US lawmakers re-introduce a bill that will let news organizations negotiate collectively with Google, Facebook, and others — - News media could band together under bill to bargain with tech — Australia law marked a major victory for news publishers| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Via, a software and operations platform for cities, buys Remix, which makes mapping software for city transport planning, for $100M in cash and equity — Remix, the startup that developed mapping software used by cities for transportation planning and street design, was born out of a hackathon during a Code for America fellowship.
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| Amos Barshad / Rest of World: |
A look at Unit 8200, an elite intelligence unit within the Israeli Defense Forces and a pipeline for the country's sprawling network of cybersecurity startups — The country's hacking software is recognized the world over. Not everyone thinks it's a good thing.
Tweets: @restofworld, @leomschwartz, @cengizyar, @restofworld, and @_meher
| James Cridland / Podnews: |
Apple Podcasts will drop the word “subscribe” in iOS 14.5, substituting the word “follow”; research shows “subscribe” signals a cost for some non-listeners — A small change with a big impact: no more “subscribe” as podcasting moves to “follow”
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Facebook details a 10-year vision for its AR glasses, imagining they will work alongside a wristband to measure hand and figure gestures, with haptic feedback — Facebook is working on a neural wristband for AR glasses, with haptic gloves in the works — Facebook's first pair of smart glasses is arriving this year.
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Tweets: @alexchudesign, @kentbye, @kentbye, @amandhingrayt, @xrandrew, @andrewprojdent, @kavyapearlman, and @prvncher
| Bloomberg: |
Taiwan, undergoing its worst drought in 56 years, says it has enough water to keep its semiconductor industry going until late May, when monsoons are expected — - Government expects rain in 2021 to be slightly less than usual — TSMC sees no impact on production so far, has contingency plan| Shiyin Chen / Bloomberg: |
Epic Games sues Google in Australia, arguing Google forces developers to use its payments system, expanding on lawsuits in US and UK against Google and Apple — - Fortnite maker has already sued Google in the U.S. and U.K. — Dispute centers around fees charged by app store operators
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The Verge, Epic Games, Thurrott, Insider, and Tech Xplore
| Katharine Schwab / Fast Company: |
Biden appoints Clare Martorana as US CIO; she was formerly OPM's CIO and is a veteran of the USDS and formerly an executive at WebMD and Everyday Health — President Joe Biden is appointing Clare Martorana, a veteran of the U.S. Digital Service and a former health tech executive …
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Politico, Ars Technica, and Washington Post
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube says more than 120M Americans streamed YouTube and YouTube TV on their TVs in December 2020, up from 100M in March 2020 — YouTube is again touting the living-room TV as the fastest-growing screen in its device matrix, angling to get more advertisers to spend money on the platform.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
DataGrail, which helps companies deal with privacy regulations around the world including GDPR and CCPA, raises $30M Series B, bringing its total raised to $39M — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — DataGrail, a data privacy startup …
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| Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: |
LA-based NuOrder, a B2B fashion service that helps brands process orders and operate virtual showrooms, raises $45M, source says at an ~$800M valuation — - Round is said to value company at about $800 million — Bright Park Capital, Imaginary Ventures lead $45 million round
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| Bloomberg: |
The crackdown on Jack Ma risks backfiring on Xi's master plan for Chinese tech as founders and investors show concern over heavy-handed suppression — In barely 40 years, China has dramatically opened up its economy and become one of the world's primary growth engines.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung announces its Galaxy Unpacked event will be held on March 17, where it's expected to unveil an updated Galaxy A series lineup — It's only the third month of the year, but Samsung is gearing up for its second big product launch of 2021. The company on Tuesday sent invitations …
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Samsung Global Newsroom, The Verge, 9to5Google, and Engadget
Tweets: @thegalox_, @backlon, @thegalox_, and @inafried
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Grab is exploring going public in the US through an SPAC merger — - Grab has been exploring a traditional IPO in the U.S. — Merging with a SPAC could accelerate Grab's listing plans — Grab Holdings Inc. is exploring going public in the U.S. through a merger …
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