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Apple plans to launch Advanced Data Protection, offering E2EE on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos, and more, in the US in 2022 and globally including China in 2023 — ‘Advanced Data Protection’ will offer end-to-end encryption on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos and other services—a step that may draw ire from law enforcement
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Tweets: @joannastern, @matthew_d_green, @bobmcmillan, @fredericjacobs, @brandonbutch, @film_girl, @joannastern, @matthew_d_green, @samfbiddle, @zollotech, @dnvolz, @ericgeller, @jsnell, @matthew_d_green, @mabb0tt, @joannastern, @ahess247, @justinamash, @scobleizer, @anthony, @kashhill, @w7voa, @wcathcart, @alexeheath, @markgurman, and @mer__edith
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Apple won't launch its CSAM detection tool for iCloud photos, instead focusing its anti-CSAM efforts on the Communication Safety features launched in 2021 — The company plans to expand its Communication Safety features, which aim to disrupt the sharing of child sexual abuse material at the source.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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The Verge, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider News, MacRumors, and iTnews
Tweets: @parkerortolani, @rsgnl, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @ericgeller, @blowdart, and @rjonesy
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Indiana's AG sues TikTok for deceiving users about China's access to data and for exposing kids to mature content, in the first US state lawsuits against TikTok — The lawsuits are the first by an American state against TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, in a sign of mounting legal pressure.| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
Texas bans the use of TikTok on government-issued devices, becoming the fourth GOP-led state to do so, following South Dakota, South Carolina, and Maryland — A growing number of GOP-led states are barring state employees and contractors from using TikTok on government-issued devices …
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ZDNet, The Guardian, Washington Post, Office of the Texas Governor, The Hill, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, CPO Magazine, ABC13, and StateScoop
Tweets: @gregabbott_tx, @thatsjonnyfrank, @david_ingram, and @viacristiano
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Plaid lays off approximately 260 employees, or 20% of its workforce, citing macroeconomic conditions; the company was valued at ~$13.4B in April 2021 — CEO says the fintech company ‘hired and invested ahead of revenue growth’ — Fintech decacorn Plaid is laying off 260 employees …
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Plaid, San Francisco Chronicle, Payments Dive, The Information, Bloomberg, Forbes, and The Block
Tweets: @noahpinion, @nmasc_, @ron_miller, and @alphabetworkers
| Shannon Liao / Washington Post: |
Microsoft agrees to a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Switch for the first time, pending FTC approval of its Activision deal, but offers no date — Microsoft has signed a deal to bring the Activision Blizzard-published Call of Duty franchise to Nintendo for the first time …
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Kotaku, Bloomberg, New York Times, Axios, International Business Times, CNN, Ars Technica, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, Gameranx, WinBuzzer, Appuals.com, WhatIfGaming, WRAL TechWire, HotHardware, PCMag, Forbes, Android Headlines, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, BigTechWire, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @xboxp3, @xboxp3, @bradsmi, @dinabass, @johntv, @dinabass, @sarahmillerdc, @shannon_liao, @okami13_, @tomwarren, @bugharmer, @powreturns, @charlieintel, @andreapichinini, @xmbgx, @thicc_stick_boi, @cullend, @benjisales, @nickstatt, @345triangle, @legacykillahd, @paultassi, @klobrille, @benjisales, and @hamp_leehampton. Thanks:@stevecla
| Financial Times: |
Sources: FTX reached late stage negotiations with Taylor Swift for a $100M+ sponsorship deal, supported by Swift fan SBF but opposed by some FTX executives — Negotiations between singer-songwriter and Sam Bankman-Fried's crytpo group collapsed this spring
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Bloomberg, Decrypt, Gizmodo, The Information, Rolling Stone, CNBC, Fortune, Crowdfund Insider, Cointelegraph, Insider, and Bitcoin News
| Kalley Huang / New York Times: |
Sources: seeking to capitalize on the Twitter chaos, Meta brainstormed product ideas in November like expanding Instagram Notes and building a text-focused app — New start-ups and other social platforms sense opportunity as Twitter grapples with changes from Elon Musk, its new owner.
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Insider, Mashable, Forbes, and 500ish
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @caseynewton, @m2jr, @shiraovide, @paul__walsh, @eboldy, @erin_gee, and @missladyniobe
| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk says Twitter Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker was “exited” over his possible role in the “suppression of information” related to the “Twitter Files” — Jim Baker, Twitter Inc.'s deputy general counsel, was pushed out of the company over his handling …
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Techdirt, Gizmodo, Insider, Defector, TheStreet, and Watcher Guru
Tweets: @elonmusk, @mtaibbi, @jack, @oneunderscore__, @mtaibbi, @lhfang, @ashleyfeinberg, @ericrweinstein, @mtaibbi, @mtaibbi, @ggreenwald, @jakebackpack, @joshtpm, @tedcruz, @benjaminwittes, @lemieuxlgm, @joshtpm, @steve_vladeck, @queer_queenie, @mzhemingway, @hansmahncke, @mtaibbi, @mmasnick, @themarketswork, and @mikeisaac
| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
Despite Joe Biden and Tim Cook celebrating TSMC's long-planned Arizona fabs, the tech will be old and the capacity small, a far cry from US chip independence — President Joe Biden is so proud of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s new facility that he went to Arizona to celebrate it.
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AnandTech, Axios, CNN, Bloomberg, Nikkei Asia, Fortune, O'Grady's PowerPage, Wccftech, and My Laptop Guide
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: The Washington Post is exploring a spinoff or sale of its Arc XP publishing tool, which has ~250 staff globally and may generate $200M+ in ARR by 2027 — Company has embraced digital experimentation under tech-billionaire owner; spinoff of Arc business also possible
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Axios. Tweets: @saraheneedleman, @sarafischer, @sarafischer, @anthony, @sarafischer, and @asharma
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Discord-like communities in Teams for Android and iOS, letting users organize groups with its calendar, meeting, and chat features for free — Microsoft is launching a new communities feature for Microsoft Teams today, designed for consumers to use the best parts of Teams free …
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Microsoft 365 Blog, XDA Developers, BGR, SiliconANGLE, Neowin, Engadget, TechCrunch, OnMSFT.com, PCWorld, ZDNet, Digital Trends, Windows Central, BigTechWire, and Petri IT Knowledgebase
Tweets: @tomwarren, @elttob_, @zoidctf, and @caseynewton
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram debuts transparency tools to let users with professional accounts, like businesses and creators, know if their content is ineligible to be recommended — Instagram announced today that it's introducing new transparency tools so you can see whether your photos and videos are recommended in the app.
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Instagram, The Information, XDA Developers, TechRadar, The Verge, PetaPixel, and Engadget
Tweets: @liahaberman, @liahaberman, @signalapp, @andymstone, and @andymstone
| Adam James / The Block: |
Auditing firm Mazars says Binance's bitcoin reserves have a 101% collateralization ratio, after doing a proof-of-reserves and proof-of-liabilities verification — - Mazars concluded that Binance's bitcoin reserves are fully collateralized, following a proof-of-reserves and proof-of-liabilities verification.
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Mazars, CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Daily Hodl, PYMNTS.com, crypto.news, Ethereum World News, and Cointelegraph
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the digital asset diehards at Art Basel Miami Beach, who tried to ignore the fallout from FTX's collapse while FTX merch was hidden away in storage — At a dazzling new hotspot in the center of Miami's crypto scene, the remains of Sam Bankman-Fried's collapsed empire are stuffed in trash bags.
Tweets: @emilyjnicolle, @ampressman, @solanaspaces, and @milenarodban
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Telegram partners with Fragment to let users create an anonymous phone number to join the service, removing the need for a SIM card, and adds security features — For years, apps like Telegram and Whatsapp have restricted access to users who could sign up using a SIM card and phone number.
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Telegram, TechCrunch, The Verge, Gizmodo, Android Central, Wccftech, Gizchina, Appuals.com, Bitcoin News, and Neowin
| New York Times: |
Sources: US prosecutors are probing whether Sam Bankman-Fried manipulated the market for TerraUSD and LUNA, triggering the cryptocurrencies' collapse in May — Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Sam Bankman-Fried and his hedge fund orchestrated trades in a way that led to the collapse of two cryptocurrencies in May.
Tweets: @yaffebellany, @carlquintanilla, @miguelvias, @justinwolfers, @mslopatto, and @flitteronfraud
| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Twitter ads from ~40 major brands including Amazon, Snap, and Uber appeared on the pages of at least two white nationalists, whose accounts Elon Musk restored — Ads from dozens of major brands were appearing on white nationalist and extremist accounts — Ads for more than three dozen …
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The Verge, Ars Technica, and MobileSyrup
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @emptywheel, @esqueer_, @brendannyhan, and @jesselehrich
| Wall Street Journal: |
How tensions grew between Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor for months; sources: Benioff was frustrated about how Taylor was spending his time — Exit of Bret Taylor from role he has shared for about a year wasn't long planned — The Tech Sector Is Taking a Beating. Here's Why.
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Insider, MarketWatch, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @goldman, @marceloplima, @laurenthomas, @aaronklein, and @gregbensinger
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Snap says it has over 300,000 developers building AR products for Snap and that it is working with creators to build lenses that include buyable digital goods — Augmented reality isn't really a thing yet. But you know what is? Face lenses. Millions of users across Snapchat, Instagram …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
The Pentagon awards Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle a cloud-computing contract of up to $9B each through 2028 under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability — - Of the four companies receiving cloud-computing contracts from the Pentagon, all of them had received requests for bids from the U.S. federal agency last year.
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Financial Times, GeekWire, Seattle Business Journal, CRN, Associated Press, Reuters, Barron's Online, Federal Computer Week, and FedScoop
Tweets: @levynews and @markthompson_dc
| Mark Matousek / The Information: |
Sources: the SEC is investigating whether messaging app IRL misled investors; IRL raised $170M from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $1.17B valuation in June 2021 — The Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating whether SoftBank-backed messaging app IRL violated securities laws … | Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Washington DC AG Karl Racine sues Amazon for allegedly withholding user tips from its Amazon Flex delivery drivers for two years, citing a 2021 FTC settlement — Washington DC's attorney general is suing Amazon.com Inc., seeking civil penalties for allegedly misleading consumers who thought …
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oag.dc.gov, Ars Technica, The Register, Gizmodo, Washington Post, DCist, SlashGear, CNN, The Verge, Engadget, and Reuters. Tweets: @mattmday
| Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI's ChatGPT could be a serious threat for Google, offering quick, clear, and comprehensive answers to difficult questions that require no further searches — A new chatbot from OpenAI took the internet by storm this week, dashing off poems, screenplays and essay answers that were plastered …
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Insider, Wired, Digital Trends, Technical.ly, Forbes, Best Day Ever Media, and Android Police
| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
US senators scale back a measure that would have prohibited the government and its contractors from using some China-made chips after pressure from trade groups — U.S. senators scaled back a proposal that placed new curbs on the use of Chinese-made chips by the U.S. government and its contractors … | David McCabe / New York Times: |
As the FTC prepares to test a novel argument to challenge Meta's $400M Within acquisition, officials expect a loss could push Congress to rewrite antitrust laws — As the Federal Trade Commission prepares to face off in court against Meta over a V.R. start-up deal, the agency is testing …
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Insider. Tweets: @adamkovac, @m_ohlhausen, @pathedger18, @andrewjnell, @mpetricone, @fbbagholder, @adamkovac, and @tonyromm
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