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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
A US appeals court grants a stay in the Epic v. Apple ruling, letting Apple keep its IAP system as the sole source of iOS in-app payments as the case proceeds — Apple can maintain its App Store payment monopoly while the case proceeds — An appeals court has paused one of the most consequential parts …
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New York Times, TechCrunch, PCMag, Ars Technica, Game Developer, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, MobileSyrup, Axios, Protocol, Macworld, MacRumors, MSPoweruser, CNET, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, IGN, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @markgurman and @trevorcroker
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Sources: despite iOS ATT changes, Apple still lets Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers collect data from iPhones so long as it is “anonymized and aggregated” — Group's unacknowledged shift lets companies follow a looser interpretation of its privacy rules
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MacRumors, iThinkDifferent, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, XDA Developers, iMore, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, Apple Must, MacDailyNews, and Patently Apple
Tweets: @michellemanafy, @karlbode, and @danjokaz00ie
| Bloomberg: |
Adam Mosseri proposes updating Section 230 so that tech companies are only protected if they follow kids' safety rules set by a new government oversight body — - Mosseri proposes new oversight body to create standards — Senators say they're unconvinced by Instagram's new features
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TechCrunch, CNN, Forbes, and Wall Street Journal
| C-SPAN.org: |
Video of Adam Mosseri testifying before a Senate Commerce subcommittee, in a session examining how Instagram affects young users — Instagram CEO testifies on impact of platform on young users before a Senate Commerce subcommittee.
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Reuters, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The Verge
Tweets: @profcarroll, @shiringhaffary, @tayhatmaker, @tayhatmaker, @tayhatmaker, @willoremus, @swodinsky, @swodinsky, @lauren_feiner, and @b_fung
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg apologizes for how he handled firing ~900 employees, 9% of his workforce, over Zoom, as a report says Better.com is delaying its SPAC — Better.com CEO Vishal Garg apparently realizes he's done wrong. — (As if the barrage of negative publicity wasn't enough evidence of that.)
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SFGATE, VICE, BBC, Bloomberg, Protocol, CNN, The Charlotte Observer, New York Times, and WRAL TechWire
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Roku says it has agreed to a multi-year extension with Google for distributing YouTube and YouTube TV apps on its devices; Roku's stock is up 18%+ — Roku and Google have agreed to a multi-year extension for both YouTube and YouTube TV apps to be distributed on Roku.
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The Verge, CNET, 9to5Google, Engadget, CNBC, Forbes, Digital Trends, XDA Developers, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Hollywood Reporter, Android Headlines, The Wrap, TechCrunch, AFTVnews, Android Central, Tech Advisor, Android Authority, Deadline, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Variety, and Phandroid
Tweets: @roku, @eshap, @richlightshed, @killedbygoogle, and @sarafischer
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Kickstarter plans to transition its crowdfunding site to a newly created blockchain-based protocol in 2022, and will offer tools for others to build on it — It's creating a new company to develop and distribute the technology. — For more than a decade, Kickstarter PBC has convinced …
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TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Block, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @hunterorrell, @andy8052, @tropofarmer, @seyitaylor, and @markmilian
| Neal E. Boudette / New York Times: |
After Tesla added over 12 video games that can be played while driving, critics argue the company is compromising road users' safety, on top of Autopilot issues — The feature raises fresh questions about whether Tesla is compromising safety as it rushes to add new technologies.
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The Drive, MobileSyrup, Techdirt, Bloomberg Law, driving, Insider, The Verge, KnowTechie, Reuters, Input, New York Times, Tom's Guide, and Redmond Pie
| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: AirPods Pro 2, the first update since 2019, will launch in Q4 2022 with a Beats Fit Pro-like design, an improved chip, fitness tracking, and more — The AirPods Pro 2, the first update to the AirPods Pro since its debut in 2019, will launch in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo.
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, KnowTechie, iThinkDifferent, TechRadar, Laptop Mag, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Wccftech, MSPoweruser, Tom's Guide, Macworld, Apple Must, MobileSyrup, Tech Advisor, TechSpot, Redmond Pie, MacDailyNews, Mashable, iPhone Hacks, iMore, PhoneArena, and AppleTrack
| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
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9to5Mac, Laptop Mag, Tom's Guide, iMore, AppleInsider, BGR, KnowTechie, iThinkDifferent, TechRadar, Wccftech, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt. Tweets: @tyler_mcv
| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon has emerged as the de facto wage-and-benefits setter as US companies fight to attract workers in a tight labor market, causing ripples across the economy — In local markets throughout America, the e-commerce giant's facilities have an impact on inflation, job markets and labor standards| Reuters: |
Microsoft will change its hiring process as part of a settlement with the DOJ, which says it found at least six instances of immigration-related discrimination — The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it reached a settlement with Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) resolving allegations …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Windows Central, CNBC, and The Register
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the rise of “dark stores”, mini-warehouses in urban retail spaces used by fast grocery delivery companies, and how they erode community life — Mini-warehouses dubbed “dark stores” are quietly taking over urban retail space. Left unregulated, the insatiable demand …
Tweets: @jeffspeckfaicp, @hkanji, @ron_miller, @bpolitics, @hypervisible, @rebeccaspang, and @galeabrewer
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Facebook launches a Professional Mode, letting eligible creators monetize their profiles, and a Reels Play bonus program that offers up to $35K/month — Facebook has launched a new professional mode for profiles that will let eligible creators earn money without the need to create a separate Page.
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Meta, The Verge, PCMag, Protocol, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @alexvoica, @alexvoica, and @alexvoica
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
A look at Twitter's Project Guardian, which helps moderators respond more quickly to complaints from an updating list of thousands of its most visible users — ‘Project Guardian’ aims to protect prominent tweeters from abuse, harassment — Twitter Inc.'s highest-profile users …
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Engadget and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @fraying, @fraying, @mattnavarra, @kimcrayton1, and @woobietuesday
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @twittersafety, @mspec_positive, @twittersupport, @mmasnick, and @wongmjane
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Twitter tests turning its in-app Explore page into a TikTok-like feed with For You and Trending tabs, amid similar experiments from Netflix, Spotify, and Reddit — Twitter posted today that its testing a feature that would turn its in-app explore page into a TikTok-like video feed, complete with even a “For You” tab.
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Android Central, Tubefilter, and 9to5Mac
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with ConstitutionDAO's Jonah Erlich on how it got started, what would have happened if it had won the auction, and the refund system for the ~$47M it raised — Jonah Erlich is one of the core members of a group called ConstitutionDAO, a group that raised money to try to buy …
Tweets: @reckless, @isosteph, @cwarzel, @jierlich, and @davidesilverman
| Andrew Tangel / Wall Street Journal: |
The FAA outlines flight restrictions, including limiting bad weather automated landing systems to avoid interference with the C-band 5G spectrum from January 5 — Agency's order could disrupt air travel with limits to cockpit systems needed in poor weather; new 5G services expected to go live Jan. 5
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FAA, The Register, The Verge, PCMag, TechRadar, The Mac Observer, CNN, Fierce Wireless, and Reuters
Tweets: @mistertechblog and @mporielly
| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Meta, Nike, CVS, GM, IBM, Walmart, and others join the Data & Trust Alliance, which has developed an anti-bias scoring system to analyze AI usage during hiring — The organization has created a format for evaluating the technology, which is often used to screen job candidates.
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The Data & Trust Alliance, Protocol, and PR Newswire
Tweets: @hypervisible, @jnelsonldf, @hypervisible, @stevelohr, @stevelohr, @privacymama, @ibmnews, and @thedtalliance
| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
Google sues two Russians it claims help run a botnet that has infected 1M+ devices and uses command-and-control server addresses stored on Bitcoin's blockchain — - Complaint says the two created a sophisticated ‘botnet’ — Glupteba sells stolen logins, credit cards, Google says
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Reddit to launch a Spotify Wrapped-like recap featuring statistics for users like time spent and popular content; users created 366M posts in 2021, up 19% YoY — Reddit is launching a new personalized Spotify Wrapped-like recap feature for all users tomorrow.
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Benzinga, Reddit Upvoted Blog, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Mashable, MUO, TheStreet, and iMore
Tweets: @reddit, @reddit_uk, and @iamkierrad
| Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: |
UiPath reports Q3 revenue of $220.8M, vs. estimates of $208.3M and up 50% YoY, ARR of $818.4M, up 58% YoY, and losses of $122.8M, up 73% YoY — UiPath Inc. shares fell in the extended session Wednesday even as the “software robots” provider's quarterly results topped Wall Street expectations.
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| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Meta says its new AI system, Few-Shot Learner, needs little training data to quickly adapt to fighting new types of harmful content like COVID-19 misinformation — Meta, formerly known as Facebook , said Wednesday it has created artificial intelligence technology that can adapt more quickly … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French financial super app Lydia raises a $100M Series C at a $1B+ valuation — Just a few weeks after announcing stock and crypto trading, French fintech startup Lydia is announcing that it has raised a $100 million Series C round. With this funding round, the startup has reached a unicorn valuation …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Gaming hardware company NZXT raises $100M led by Francisco Partners, its first outside funding since launching in 2004 — NZXT has raised funding for the first time since it debuted as a PC gaming hardware company in 2004. It's a whopper of a round at $100 million.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Tipalti, which offers cloud-based accounting services, raises a $270M Series F at an $8.3B valuation, after raising $150M at a $2B valuation in October 2020 — Tipalti, once a fintech unicorn, is now nearing decacorn status. — The company, which automates accounts payables for mid-market companies … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Synthesia, which uses AI to create virtual avatars, raises a $50M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $66.5M — Synthesia, a company leveraging AI to generate videos of avatars, today announced that it raised $50 million in a series B round, bringing its total raised to $66.5 million.| Elaine Glusac / New York Times: |
US airports are increasingly using biometrics like facial recognition to verify IDs and shorten security procedures for passengers who opt into the programs — Tech-driven changes are coming fast and furiously to airports, including advancements in biometrics that verify identity …
Tweets: @liamspradlin, @nytimes, and @joebotxyz
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