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Sources: Apple plans to unveil a 5G iPhone SE and an iPad Air with a faster processor and 5G in an online presentation on or near March 8 — Apple Inc. is targeting a date on or near March 8 to unveil a new low-cost iPhone and an updated iPad, according to people with knowledge of the matter …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to charge dating app developers using alternative payment systems a 27% commission in The Netherlands, instead of its usual 30% for in-app purchases — Apple today provided some additional details about how it will allow dating apps in the Netherlands to offer alternative payment systems …
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Sources: Peloton is drawing interest from potential buyers, including Amazon; Peloton's market value is now ~$8B, down from its ~$50B high around a year ago — The maker of stationary bikes faces pressure from activist investor as its share price sags — Peloton Interactive Inc …
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Source: at a Meta-wide meeting, Mark Zuckerberg told staff to focus on growing short-video products, citing an “unprecedented level of competition” from TikTok — Mark Zuckerberg quipped that if he started to cry, it wasn't because of the day's news.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Report details Stadia's future as a white-label game streaming service called Google Stream, including talks with Capcom, Bungie, and Peloton — Stadia's future as a white-label streaming platform has been clear for some months now, especially after the first partnership with AT&T …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Meta adds a “personal boundary” system, on by default, to VR avatars in Horizon Worlds and its Horizon Venues live event service, aiming to stop harassment — It's rolling out in Horizon Worlds and Venues — Meta is adding a “personal boundary” system to its Horizon virtual … | Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: News Corp discovered a hack on January 20 that accessed emails and documents of some staff; an expert says the attack is likely linked to China — The attack, discovered on Jan. 20, affected publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and the company's U.K. news operation
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| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Meta's dismal earnings highlight the challenging competitive landscape, especially TikTok, adding ammunition for the company to fight the FTC's antitrust suit — Meta Platforms Inc.'s dismal earnings report had one potential silver lining for Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple reduces the Apple Music free-trial offer from three months to one month; new AirPods, HomePod, or Beats owners still get six months free — Apple has quietly made a big change to Apple Music this week, reducing the initial free-trial offer from three months.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Twitter begins expanding its reply downvote test globally on web and mobile; downvotes are not public and are used to tweak which replies Twitter shows — Votes aren't public and are used to surface relevant replies — If you've seen the option to downvote replies on Twitter, you're not alone.
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Tweets: @twittersafety, @noupside, @eligp, and @dliebelson
| Peter Guest / Rest of World: |
Leaked docs show how reputation laundering companies use fake DMCA and legal notices to scare news outlets into taking down unflattering articles about clients — Reputation firms like Eliminalia use legal threats and copyright notices to have material taken down around the world.| Bloomberg: |
Two more employees from Google's Ethical AI research group leave to join Timnit Gebru's new nonprofit research institute DAIR, adding to the turmoil at the unit — Google's Ethical AI research group lost two more employees, adding to the turmoil at the unit studying an area that is vitally important …
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Tweets: @dinabass, @josheidelson, @thecityofjules, @monicabyrne13, and @josheidelson
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Apple and Broadcom win a new trial after persuading a US appeals court to vacate a $1.1B verdict in a patent-infringement case over Caltech's Wi-Fi patents — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Broadcom Inc (AVGO.O)on Friday convinced a U.S. appeals court to throw out a jury verdict requiring … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
ICEYE, whose small satellites let companies and others monitor any location in near real time, raises a $136M Series D, bringing its total funding to $304M — Synthetic aperture radar imaging startup ICEYE has raised $136 million in a new Series D funding round, bringing its total raised … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Microsoft says 22% of Azure Active Directory customers used multi-factor authentication on their accounts in 2021, and it blocked 25.6B brute force attacks — Despite years of promotional efforts to get users to enable stronger authentication mechanisms, Microsoft said this week that only 22% …
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Tweets: @campuscodi, @caseynewton, and @gossithedog
| Ian Bogost / The Atlantic: |
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