Nvidia is reportedly preparing to abandon its $40 billion takeover of Arm
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/25/nvidia-preparing-to-abandon-arm-takeover-bloomberg-reports.html
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Nvidia is reportedly preparing to abandon its $40 billion takeover of Arm
Nvidia is "quietly" preparing to abandon its $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm, Bloomberg News reports.
James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in space, a million miles away
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Apple pays record $100,500 to student who found Mac webcam hack
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Apple pays record $100,500 to student who found Mac webcam hack
A cyber security student has shown Apple how hacking its Mac webcams can then also leave devices fully open to hackers, earning him $100,500 from the company's bug bounty program.
Teens who are “addicted” to TikTok experience worse depression and anxiety, and in turn, reduced working memory capacity
https://www.psypost.org/2022/01/teens-who-are-addicted-to-tiktok-experience-worse-depression-and-anxiety-and-in-turn-reduced-working-memory-capacity-62416
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Teens who are “addicted” to TikTok experience worse depression and anxiety, and in turn, reduced working memory capacity
A study among teenage TikTok users found that those who showed addictive tendencies toward the platform performed worse when recalling number sequences. The findings, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, further…
Google sued in US over 'deceptive' location tracking
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Google sued in US over 'deceptive' location tracking
Washington DC and Texas are among four states taking legal action against the technology giant.
Out of Sight: How Reddit Became a 'Safe Space' for Hate in India
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Out of Sight: How Reddit Became a 'Safe Space' for Hate in India
Reddit – a peer to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter – is an outlier, in that it operates on the most formidable recipes today to spread hate speech, demean and derogate people: remain unnoticed and run unchecked.
Google introduces a new system for tracking Chrome browser users.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/business/google-topics-chrome-tracking.html
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Google introduces a new system for tracking Chrome browser users.
The company is scrapping another plan that would have blocked so-called cookies after privacy groups and regulators complained that Google needed to do more to ensure privacy.
YouTube CEO Defends Hiding Dislike Count, Says It Reduced Harassment
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YouTube CEO Defends Hiding Dislike Count, Says It Reduced Harassment
Susan Wojcicki also claims the dislike count wasn't always useful in determining what to watch.
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Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
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Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
A researcher has sent one of Apple's AirTags to a mysterious "federal authority" in Germany to locate its true offices — and to help prove that it's really part of an intelligence agency.
Amazon drone engineer says a manager told him to nap in the evening then go back to work to 'get more hours out of the day'
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Amazon drone engineer says a manager told him to nap in the evening then go back to work to 'get more hours out of the day'
Former drone engineer Patrick McGah told a manager he was struggling with balancing his workload with parenting, McGah told Insider.
The SEC has blocked Anthony Scaramucci's Bitcoin ETF
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/investing/sec-scaramucci-bitcoin-etf/index.html
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The SEC has blocked Anthony Scaramucci's Bitcoin ETF
U.S. regulators have rejected former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci's hedge fund's filing to list a bitcoin exchange-traded fund. It's the latest in a series of Securities and Exchange Commission rejections of spot bitcoin ETFs.
US firms have only few days supply of semiconductors: govt
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US firms have only few days supply of semiconductors: govt
American companies have an average of less than five days worth of semiconductors on hand, a level leaving them vulnerable to production shutdowns if supply is disrupted, the Commerce Department said ...
Business owners using sites like PayPal or Venmo now face a stricter tax-reporting minimum of $600 a year
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Business owners using sites like PayPal or Venmo now face a stricter tax-reporting minimum of $600 a year
Venmo, PayPal and other similar peer-to-peer payment sites now have to report over $600 in annual business transactions to the IRS.
A former Amazon delivery contractor is suing the tech giant, saying its performance metrics made it impossible for her to turn a profit
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A former Amazon delivery contractor is suing the tech giant, saying its performance metrics made it impossible for her to turn…
A lawsuit filed Monday says Amazon "continually rewrote the rules of the game to ensure that it always won" while its delivery partners lost.
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Call Of Duty Maker Reveals Plan To Squash Union Effort | Activision Blizzard calls for studio-wide vote after refusing to voluntarily recognize Raven QA union
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Call Of Duty Maker Reveals Plan To Squash Union Effort
Activision Blizzard calls for studio-wide vote after refusing to voluntarily recognize Raven QA union
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U.S Govt Flags Precarious State Of Semiconductor Supply Chain With Inventory Down To 5 Days, Urges Congress To Approve $52 Billion Plan To Enhance Domestic Chip Production
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Amazon shut down its program that paid warehouse 'ambassadors' to tweet positively about the company, report says
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Amazon shut down its program that paid warehouse 'ambassadors' to tweet positively about the company, report says
Amazon's army of Twitter "ambassadors" sparked a backlash from users who found them creepy, and spawned parody and fake accounts.
The International Monetary Fund tells El Salvador it shouldn’t use Bitcoin as legal tender.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/25/22901374/el-salvador-bitcoin-international-monetary-fund-crypto
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The International Monetary Fund tells El Salvador it shouldn’t use Bitcoin as legal tender
The country has used Bitcoin alongside the USD since 2021.
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Activision Blizzard Declines to Voluntarily Recognize Union.
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Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition target Activision Blizzard has declined to voluntarily recognize a new union
The newly formed Game Workers Alliance says it's petitioning the NLRB to force Activision to recognize it.
Nothing Sacred: These Apps Reserve The Right To Sell Your Prayers - Prominent venture capitalists are flocking to invest in Christian worship apps. The apps say users’ prayers are a business asset.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/apps-selling-your-prayers
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Nothing Sacred: These Apps Reserve The Right To Sell Your Prayers
Prominent venture capitalists are flocking to invest in Christian worship apps. The apps say users’ prayers are a business asset.
Race begins to recover $100m F-35 stealth technology from the bottom of South China Sea
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/f35-crash-china-stealth-recovery-b2000753.html
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Race begins to recover $100m F-35 stealth tech from the bottom of South China Sea
The rapid response in the South China Sea comes after the UK scrambled to retrieve its misplaced F-35 from the Mediterranean