YouTube Music, Fleets not fleeting, and the war of percentages
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 172
👉 Inside #YouTubeMusic's plans to compete with #Spotify and others by putting the entire music business, including livestreams and tickets, onto a single platform 🔗
🤦 Fleets reportedly still visible on Twitter after 24 hours thanks to a bug 🔗
👉 #GoDaddy confirms some of its staff fell for a social engineering scam, after #hackers changed the email and DNS records for a number of crypto trading platforms 🔗
💉 #OxfordUniversity and #AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine trial shows up to 90% effectiveness 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 172
👉 Inside #YouTubeMusic's plans to compete with #Spotify and others by putting the entire music business, including livestreams and tickets, onto a single platform 🔗
🤦 Fleets reportedly still visible on Twitter after 24 hours thanks to a bug 🔗
👉 #GoDaddy confirms some of its staff fell for a social engineering scam, after #hackers changed the email and DNS records for a number of crypto trading platforms 🔗
💉 #OxfordUniversity and #AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine trial shows up to 90% effectiveness 🔗
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Snap’s million dollar idea, Apple’s security bribe, and the most expensive game ever sold
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 173
👻 #Snap announces Spotlight, a vertically scrollable #TikTok-like feed inside #Snapchat — and will pay $1M every day to users who create the top Snaps through 2020 🔗
🔫 #Apple's head of global security #ThomasMoyer indicted for trying to bribe Santa Clara sheriff's office with 200 iPads in return for concealed firearm permits 🔗
🐦 #Twitter will now show a warning when someone tries to like a tweet labeled for misinformation, says such warnings decreased quote retweets of misinfo by 29% 🔗 #disinfo
👉 #Uber & #Lyft just scored a five-year #US federal transportation contract worth $810 million 🔗
🚀 #China launches ambitious mission to bring back samples from the Moon 🔗
🤯 A copy of ‘Super Mario Bros. 3’ sold for $156,000 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 173
👻 #Snap announces Spotlight, a vertically scrollable #TikTok-like feed inside #Snapchat — and will pay $1M every day to users who create the top Snaps through 2020 🔗
🔫 #Apple's head of global security #ThomasMoyer indicted for trying to bribe Santa Clara sheriff's office with 200 iPads in return for concealed firearm permits 🔗
🐦 #Twitter will now show a warning when someone tries to like a tweet labeled for misinformation, says such warnings decreased quote retweets of misinfo by 29% 🔗 #disinfo
👉 #Uber & #Lyft just scored a five-year #US federal transportation contract worth $810 million 🔗
🚀 #China launches ambitious mission to bring back samples from the Moon 🔗
🤯 A copy of ‘Super Mario Bros. 3’ sold for $156,000 🔗
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Facebook newsfeed tweaks, Twitter verification, and another half a trillion company
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 174
👉 Sources: after the election, #MarkZuckerberg agreed to temporarily tweak #Facebook's algorithm to make authoritative news like #CNN and #NYT appear more prominently 🔗
👉 #Twitter says it will relaunch account #TwitterVerifications in early 2021 for six categories, including news, companies, and government officials, and asks for feedback 🔗
🦠 #YouTube says it barred #OANN (One America News Network) from posting videos for a week and demonetised its content following a video promoting a phoney cure for #COVID19 🔗
👉 #Ethereum's “Genesis Day”, the first of four migration phases to the Ethereum 2.0 #blockchain, has been set for Dec. 1, after enough funds were secured on Monday 🔗
👉 #TikTok will add an #epilepsy warning to photosensitive videos 🔗
🚫 #India bans another 43 Chinese apps 🔗
📈 #Tesla is now worth half a trillion dollars 🔗
#️⃣ #EarningsCalls
💲 #VMware Q3: revenue of $2.86B, up 8% YoY, vs. $2.81B est.; subscription & SaaS revenue up 44% YoY to $676M 🔗
💲 #HP Q4: net revenue of $15.26B, down 1% YoY, vs. $14.71B est.; sales of notebooks up 18% YoY to $7.4B while desktops dropped by 28% YoY 🔗
💲 #Xiaomi Q3: revenue of ~$11B, up 34.5% YoY, with 50%+ sales originating beyond China, as revenue from its Internet of Things division rose 16.1% YoY 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 174
👉 Sources: after the election, #MarkZuckerberg agreed to temporarily tweak #Facebook's algorithm to make authoritative news like #CNN and #NYT appear more prominently 🔗
👉 #Twitter says it will relaunch account #TwitterVerifications in early 2021 for six categories, including news, companies, and government officials, and asks for feedback 🔗
🦠 #YouTube says it barred #OANN (One America News Network) from posting videos for a week and demonetised its content following a video promoting a phoney cure for #COVID19 🔗
👉 #Ethereum's “Genesis Day”, the first of four migration phases to the Ethereum 2.0 #blockchain, has been set for Dec. 1, after enough funds were secured on Monday 🔗
👉 #TikTok will add an #epilepsy warning to photosensitive videos 🔗
🚫 #India bans another 43 Chinese apps 🔗
📈 #Tesla is now worth half a trillion dollars 🔗
#️⃣ #EarningsCalls
💲 #VMware Q3: revenue of $2.86B, up 8% YoY, vs. $2.81B est.; subscription & SaaS revenue up 44% YoY to $676M 🔗
💲 #HP Q4: net revenue of $15.26B, down 1% YoY, vs. $14.71B est.; sales of notebooks up 18% YoY to $7.4B while desktops dropped by 28% YoY 🔗
💲 #Xiaomi Q3: revenue of ~$11B, up 34.5% YoY, with 50%+ sales originating beyond China, as revenue from its Internet of Things division rose 16.1% YoY 🔗
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Slack’s got a buyer, Apple’s silicon in MacBook Pro, and Facebook fined — again
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 175
👉 #Salesforce has held talks about acquiring #Slack, although a deal is not guaranteed; Slack stock jumps 30%+ while Salesforce falls ~4% 🔗
👉 #Kuo says #Apple will introduce redesigned #MacBooks with #AppleSilicon and an #AppleWatch with a new form factor, both in the second half of 2021 🔗
👉 #Square buys #CreditKarma Tax unit from #Intuit for $50M and will integrate its free tax filing service into #CashApp 🔗
🇰🇷 #Facebook fined $6.1 million in #SouthKorea for sharing user data without consent 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 175
👉 #Salesforce has held talks about acquiring #Slack, although a deal is not guaranteed; Slack stock jumps 30%+ while Salesforce falls ~4% 🔗
👉 #Kuo says #Apple will introduce redesigned #MacBooks with #AppleSilicon and an #AppleWatch with a new form factor, both in the second half of 2021 🔗
👉 #Square buys #CreditKarma Tax unit from #Intuit for $50M and will integrate its free tax filing service into #CashApp 🔗
🇰🇷 #Facebook fined $6.1 million in #SouthKorea for sharing user data without consent 🔗
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Apple’s move, Amazon’s bonuses, and China-India app war
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 176
🍎 #Foxconn is moving some #iPad and #MacBook assembly from #China to #Vietnam at the request of #Apple, which is diversifying production amid #US-China trade war 🔗
👉 #Amazon says it will give #US full-time frontline workers a $300 bonus and part-time employees $150 in December, totalling a $500M+ one-time holiday payment 🔗
🇮🇳 Over 200 Chinese apps are now blocked in #India after the government banned another 43 apps on Tuesday, leaving Chinese tech companies facing huge losses 🔗 - Paywalled
👉 With #Snapchat adding #TikTok-like Spotlight, #Twitter adding Snapchat-like #Fleets, and Stories now ubiquitous, all social media apps are starting to look the same 🔗
👉 #Germany's national rail operator will experiment with #HydrogenTrains 🔗
👉 #Tesla recalls more than 9,500 Model X and Y vehicles due to manufacturing issues 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 176
🍎 #Foxconn is moving some #iPad and #MacBook assembly from #China to #Vietnam at the request of #Apple, which is diversifying production amid #US-China trade war 🔗
👉 #Amazon says it will give #US full-time frontline workers a $300 bonus and part-time employees $150 in December, totalling a $500M+ one-time holiday payment 🔗
🇮🇳 Over 200 Chinese apps are now blocked in #India after the government banned another 43 apps on Tuesday, leaving Chinese tech companies facing huge losses 🔗 - Paywalled
👉 With #Snapchat adding #TikTok-like Spotlight, #Twitter adding Snapchat-like #Fleets, and Stories now ubiquitous, all social media apps are starting to look the same 🔗
👉 #Germany's national rail operator will experiment with #HydrogenTrains 🔗
👉 #Tesla recalls more than 9,500 Model X and Y vehicles due to manufacturing issues 🔗
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Coinbase exposed, Libra on its way, and Latte, anyone?
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 177
👉 23 current and former #Coinbase employees allege mistreatment and racial discrimination, as some say the #cryptocurrency startup ignored complaints 🔗
👉 #Facebook led #Libra currency could launch as early as January, but in a limited format with a single coin, backed one-for-one by the #US dollar 🔗
👉 #Amazon has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, an average of 1,400 a day, bringing its global workforce to more than 1.2M, up 50%+ from a year ago 🔗
👉 #Microsoft aims to let developers bring #Android apps to #Windows10 with little to no change in code, via a project codenamed Latte, as soon as next year 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 177
👉 23 current and former #Coinbase employees allege mistreatment and racial discrimination, as some say the #cryptocurrency startup ignored complaints 🔗
👉 #Facebook led #Libra currency could launch as early as January, but in a limited format with a single coin, backed one-for-one by the #US dollar 🔗
👉 #Amazon has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, an average of 1,400 a day, bringing its global workforce to more than 1.2M, up 50%+ from a year ago 🔗
👉 #Microsoft aims to let developers bring #Android apps to #Windows10 with little to no change in code, via a project codenamed Latte, as soon as next year 🔗
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Huawei in the UK, Black Friday in the US, and ride-hailing in India
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 178
🇬🇧 The #UK will ban the installation of new #Huawei #5G network equipment starting September 2021 and pledges $333M to diversify its 5G supply chain 🔗
📈 #Adobe: #US consumers spent $9B online on #BlackFriday, up 21.6% YoY, with 40% of sales coming via #smartphones 🔗
🚕 #India issues new rules for ride-hailing companies like #Uber & #Ola, capping commissions at 20%, surge pricing at 1.5x the base fare, and limiting drivers to 12 work hours/day 🔗
📉 A report on student grades from Virginia reveals that #OnlineLearning has led to a sharp drop in students' academic performance 🔗
👉 Super #Nintendo World opens on February 4th in #Japan with #AR #MarioKart rollercoaster 🔗
👉 #Gartner: Q3 #smartphone sales down 5.7% to 366M, slicing #COVID19 declines in Q1, Q2 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 178
🇬🇧 The #UK will ban the installation of new #Huawei #5G network equipment starting September 2021 and pledges $333M to diversify its 5G supply chain 🔗
📈 #Adobe: #US consumers spent $9B online on #BlackFriday, up 21.6% YoY, with 40% of sales coming via #smartphones 🔗
🚕 #India issues new rules for ride-hailing companies like #Uber & #Ola, capping commissions at 20%, surge pricing at 1.5x the base fare, and limiting drivers to 12 work hours/day 🔗
📉 A report on student grades from Virginia reveals that #OnlineLearning has led to a sharp drop in students' academic performance 🔗
👉 Super #Nintendo World opens on February 4th in #Japan with #AR #MarioKart rollercoaster 🔗
👉 #Gartner: Q3 #smartphone sales down 5.7% to 366M, slicing #COVID19 declines in Q1, Q2 🔗
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DeepMind breakthrough, Facebook’s new acquisition, and Big tech in Europe
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 179
👉 #Alphabet's #DeepMind says it has solved the key “protein folding problem”, cutting the job down from months to hours, which could speed up drug discovery 🔗
👉 #AjitPai, the #Trump-appointed Republican chairman of the #FCC, announces he will leave the agency on Jan. 20, when president-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office 🔗
👉 #Facebook says it has agreed to acquire #Kustomer, which specialises in customer service tools and chatbots, reportedly for $1B+ 🔗
🇮🇹 #Italy's #antitrust watchdog fines #Apple €10M for alleged misleading #iPhone water resistance claims in its promotional messages 🔗
🇬🇧 #Facebook to launch #FacebookNews in the #UK in Jan. 2021, says it will pay publishers for news not already on its platform; most big UK publishers have signed up 🔗
🇫🇷 #France says #Google, #Facebook, and #Microsoft agreed to principles like paying their fair #tax share; sources say #Amazon declined and #Apple is negotiating 🔗
#️⃣ #EarningsCalls
💲 #Zoom Q3: revenue of $777.2M, up 367% YoY, vs. $694M est., and customers with 10+ employees rose to ~433,700, up 485% YoY, higher than Q2's 355% growth 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 179
👉 #Alphabet's #DeepMind says it has solved the key “protein folding problem”, cutting the job down from months to hours, which could speed up drug discovery 🔗
👉 #AjitPai, the #Trump-appointed Republican chairman of the #FCC, announces he will leave the agency on Jan. 20, when president-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office 🔗
👉 #Facebook says it has agreed to acquire #Kustomer, which specialises in customer service tools and chatbots, reportedly for $1B+ 🔗
🇮🇹 #Italy's #antitrust watchdog fines #Apple €10M for alleged misleading #iPhone water resistance claims in its promotional messages 🔗
🇬🇧 #Facebook to launch #FacebookNews in the #UK in Jan. 2021, says it will pay publishers for news not already on its platform; most big UK publishers have signed up 🔗
🇫🇷 #France says #Google, #Facebook, and #Microsoft agreed to principles like paying their fair #tax share; sources say #Amazon declined and #Apple is negotiating 🔗
#️⃣ #EarningsCalls
💲 #Zoom Q3: revenue of $777.2M, up 367% YoY, vs. $694M est., and customers with 10+ employees rose to ~433,700, up 485% YoY, higher than Q2's 355% growth 🔗
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Slack’s sale, AWS’s launch, and Libra’s rebranding!
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 180
👉 #Salesforce announces it's buying #Slack in a $27.7B deal 🔗
👉 #Amazon #AWS launches EC2 Mac instances, bringing Intel-based Mac minis to its cloud for $1.083 per hour billed by the second 🔗
👉 #FacebookOversightBoard takes up first cases for review, all involving decisions to remove user content, says users have submitted 20K cases since Oct. 2020 🔗
👉 #Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says #Microsoft365 will only aggregate data at the organisation level 🔗
👉 #Libra Association is rebranding to #Diem, distancing itself from the initial #Facebook-led vision debuted last year, ahead of its expected 2021 stablecoin launch 🔗
👉 #Reddit reveals daily active user count for the first time: 52 million 🔗
#️⃣ #EarningsCalls
💲 #Salesforce Q3: revenue of $5.42B, up 20% YoY, vs. $5.23B est., net income of $1.08B vs. a $109M loss YoY, ups FY21 guidance 17% to $21.1B 🔗
💲 #Slack Q3: revenue of $234.5M, up 39% YoY; added 12K net new paid customers, up 140% YoY, has over 520K connected endpoints on Slack Connect, up 240% YoY 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 180
👉 #Salesforce announces it's buying #Slack in a $27.7B deal 🔗
👉 #Amazon #AWS launches EC2 Mac instances, bringing Intel-based Mac minis to its cloud for $1.083 per hour billed by the second 🔗
👉 #FacebookOversightBoard takes up first cases for review, all involving decisions to remove user content, says users have submitted 20K cases since Oct. 2020 🔗
👉 #Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says #Microsoft365 will only aggregate data at the organisation level 🔗
👉 #Libra Association is rebranding to #Diem, distancing itself from the initial #Facebook-led vision debuted last year, ahead of its expected 2021 stablecoin launch 🔗
👉 #Reddit reveals daily active user count for the first time: 52 million 🔗
#️⃣ #EarningsCalls
💲 #Salesforce Q3: revenue of $5.42B, up 20% YoY, vs. $5.23B est., net income of $1.08B vs. a $109M loss YoY, ups FY21 guidance 17% to $21.1B 🔗
💲 #Slack Q3: revenue of $234.5M, up 39% YoY; added 12K net new paid customers, up 140% YoY, has over 520K connected endpoints on Slack Connect, up 240% YoY 🔗
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Stablecoins, Russian malwares, and Your location data
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 181
👉 #Visa says it's connecting its global network of 60M merchants to the #US Dollar Coin, a #stablecoin created by #CircleInternetFinancial on #ethereum's #blockchain 🔗
👉 Three #US Democratic lawmakers introduce a bill that would require #stablecoin issuers to obtain a banking charter, approval from the #FederalReserve and #FDIC, more 🔗
🇷🇺 #ESET researchers detail #Crutch #malware, used by Russian APT #Turla to steal sensitive docs from an #EU foreign ministry and exfiltrate them via #Dropbox accounts 🔗
👉 #NLRB says in a complaint that #Google violated #US labor laws by spying on workers who organised staff protests before firing two of them in late 2019 🔗
✈️ #AmericanAirlines conducts first public #Boeing737Max test flight after ban 🔗
👉 #GoogleNews will allow free access to paywalled articles from news sites 🔗
🇺🇸 A surprising number of #US government agencies buy cellphone location data. Lawmakers want to know why. 🔗
🎥 #TikTok is experimenting with longer-form, three-minute videos 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 181
👉 #Visa says it's connecting its global network of 60M merchants to the #US Dollar Coin, a #stablecoin created by #CircleInternetFinancial on #ethereum's #blockchain 🔗
👉 Three #US Democratic lawmakers introduce a bill that would require #stablecoin issuers to obtain a banking charter, approval from the #FederalReserve and #FDIC, more 🔗
🇷🇺 #ESET researchers detail #Crutch #malware, used by Russian APT #Turla to steal sensitive docs from an #EU foreign ministry and exfiltrate them via #Dropbox accounts 🔗
👉 #NLRB says in a complaint that #Google violated #US labor laws by spying on workers who organised staff protests before firing two of them in late 2019 🔗
✈️ #AmericanAirlines conducts first public #Boeing737Max test flight after ban 🔗
👉 #GoogleNews will allow free access to paywalled articles from news sites 🔗
🇺🇸 A surprising number of #US government agencies buy cellphone location data. Lawmakers want to know why. 🔗
🎥 #TikTok is experimenting with longer-form, three-minute videos 🔗
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Controversy, Mental health, and TikTok Ban
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 182
😡 1,200+ #Google employees and 1,500+ academic, industry, and civil supporters have signed a petition condemning the termination of #AI scientist #TimnitGebru 🔗
🧠 Friends and colleagues of #TonyHsieh say he was privately coping with issues of #MentalHealth and addiction, made worse by #COVID19 lockdowns, over the past year 🔗
🍎 #Apple launches a display module replacement program for #iPhone11 devices manufactured between November 2019 and May 2020 experiencing touch issues 🔗
👉 Sources: the #US will not extend the December 4 deadline for #TikTok's forced sale but will not enforce the order either, allowing the negotiations to continue 🔗 #TikTokBan
👉 #Amazon adds live and on-demand #US local news to its news app on Fire TVs, starting with 12 major markets and expanding into 90 more during 2021 🔗
👪 #Apple developers can now let you share free copies of your in-app purchases with your family 🔗
❗️ Sorry about yesterday's issue. It wasn't published due to a technical error; but we're back.
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 182
😡 1,200+ #Google employees and 1,500+ academic, industry, and civil supporters have signed a petition condemning the termination of #AI scientist #TimnitGebru 🔗
🧠 Friends and colleagues of #TonyHsieh say he was privately coping with issues of #MentalHealth and addiction, made worse by #COVID19 lockdowns, over the past year 🔗
🍎 #Apple launches a display module replacement program for #iPhone11 devices manufactured between November 2019 and May 2020 experiencing touch issues 🔗
👉 Sources: the #US will not extend the December 4 deadline for #TikTok's forced sale but will not enforce the order either, allowing the negotiations to continue 🔗 #TikTokBan
👉 #Amazon adds live and on-demand #US local news to its news app on Fire TVs, starting with 12 major markets and expanding into 90 more during 2021 🔗
👪 #Apple developers can now let you share free copies of your in-app purchases with your family 🔗
❗️ Sorry about yesterday's issue. It wasn't published due to a technical error; but we're back.
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Positivity, Streaming, and Drone deliveries
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 183
🇺🇸 How #Biden's digital campaign, largely focused on positive, authentic messaging and “Facebook moms”, defeated #Trump's “Death Star” digital operation 🔗 #USElection
👉 Inside #Disney's costly online push while its lucrative legacy businesses decline, as sources say the success of #DisneyPlus diminished Disney's interest in #Hulu 🔗 - Paywalled
👉 How #drone deliveries may impact the design of homes, apartment complexes, and neighbourhoods, with possibilities like drone landing pads on mailboxes or rooftops 🔗
👉 #TikTok’s deadline comes and goes with no sale and no ban 🔗
👉 Phones with removable cameras 🔗
👉 The true price of a #Sony PlayStation 5 🔗 #PS5
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 183
🇺🇸 How #Biden's digital campaign, largely focused on positive, authentic messaging and “Facebook moms”, defeated #Trump's “Death Star” digital operation 🔗 #USElection
👉 Inside #Disney's costly online push while its lucrative legacy businesses decline, as sources say the success of #DisneyPlus diminished Disney's interest in #Hulu 🔗 - Paywalled
👉 How #drone deliveries may impact the design of homes, apartment complexes, and neighbourhoods, with possibilities like drone landing pads on mailboxes or rooftops 🔗
👉 #TikTok’s deadline comes and goes with no sale and no ban 🔗
👉 Phones with removable cameras 🔗
👉 The true price of a #Sony PlayStation 5 🔗 #PS5
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Apple’s Silicon, Uber’s driverless car, and TikTok ban
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 184
🍎 #Apple is preparing new #AppleSilicon-powered MacBook Pros, iMacs, and Mac Pros for as early as spring 2021; full Mac transition will finish in 2022 🔗
👉 #Uber's self-driving unit, #AdvancedTechnologiesGroup, to be acquired by rival #AuroraInnovation in a deal valuing ATG at $4B; source: Aurora now valued at $10B 🔗
👉 #Google starts rolling out #AppleMusic support to Assistant smart speakers and displays, including its Nest products, in the #US, #UK, #France, #Germany, and #Japan 🔗
💰 #Bitcoin exchange founder, #AlexanderVinnick, sentenced to prison for money laundering 🔗
🧑⚖️ Second federal judge rules against #Trump administration’s #TikTokBan 🔗
🇨🇳 #Baidu approved for fully driverless road tests in Beijing 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 184
🍎 #Apple is preparing new #AppleSilicon-powered MacBook Pros, iMacs, and Mac Pros for as early as spring 2021; full Mac transition will finish in 2022 🔗
👉 #Uber's self-driving unit, #AdvancedTechnologiesGroup, to be acquired by rival #AuroraInnovation in a deal valuing ATG at $4B; source: Aurora now valued at $10B 🔗
👉 #Google starts rolling out #AppleMusic support to Assistant smart speakers and displays, including its Nest products, in the #US, #UK, #France, #Germany, and #Japan 🔗
💰 #Bitcoin exchange founder, #AlexanderVinnick, sentenced to prison for money laundering 🔗
🧑⚖️ Second federal judge rules against #Trump administration’s #TikTokBan 🔗
🇨🇳 #Baidu approved for fully driverless road tests in Beijing 🔗
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Huawei’s new problem, New protocol for privacy, and Elon’s latest move
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 185
👉 An internal #Huawei document, found on its website, says Huawei tested facial recognition with a “Uighur alarm” to alert Chinese police when it detected #Uighurs 🔗
👉 #Cloudflare and #Apple say they have developed a new protocol called Oblivious DNS-over-HTTPS, which decouples DNS queries from internet users for more privacy 🔗
👉 #Apple announces #AirPodsMax, over-ear headphones with noise cancellation, adaptive EQ, spatial audio, and audio sharing, available from December 15 for $549 🔗
👉 #FireEye cybersecurity tools compromised in state-sponsored attack 🔗
👉 #Google will let you sign in and save passwords on #GoogleChrome without syncing 🔗
✈️ #AmericanAirlines offers at-home #COVID19 tests for #US travel 🔗
👉 #ElonMusk has made the move to Texas 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 185
👉 An internal #Huawei document, found on its website, says Huawei tested facial recognition with a “Uighur alarm” to alert Chinese police when it detected #Uighurs 🔗
👉 #Cloudflare and #Apple say they have developed a new protocol called Oblivious DNS-over-HTTPS, which decouples DNS queries from internet users for more privacy 🔗
👉 #Apple announces #AirPodsMax, over-ear headphones with noise cancellation, adaptive EQ, spatial audio, and audio sharing, available from December 15 for $549 🔗
👉 #FireEye cybersecurity tools compromised in state-sponsored attack 🔗
👉 #Google will let you sign in and save passwords on #GoogleChrome without syncing 🔗
✈️ #AmericanAirlines offers at-home #COVID19 tests for #US travel 🔗
👉 #ElonMusk has made the move to Texas 🔗
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YouTube supporting US election, Facebook’s antitrust problem, and Apple’s privacy labels
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 186
🇺🇸 #YouTube says it will remove any content published from today that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the 2020 #USElection outcome 🔗
🧑⚖️ #FTC, in coalition with 46 state AGs, plus Guam and DC, sues #Facebook, alleging #Instagram and #WhatsApp acquisitions were used to stifle competition 🔗 #Antitrust
👉 #WhatsApp says that #Apple's new #privacy labels are anti-competitive; Apple responds by confirming its own apps will include the “nutrition labels” 🔗
👉 #Apple and #Google to ban mobile apps that use location trackers from data broker #XMode, after it was revealed X-Mode provided data to #US government contractors 🔗
👉 Internal memo: #SundarPichai apologises over the handling of #AI ethics researcher #TimnitGebru's departure and says he will investigate 🔗
📺 #Samsung announces massive 110-inch 4K TV with next-gen MicroLED picture quality 🔗
👉 #Adobe bids farewell to #AdobeFlashPlayer in its final update 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 186
🇺🇸 #YouTube says it will remove any content published from today that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the 2020 #USElection outcome 🔗
🧑⚖️ #FTC, in coalition with 46 state AGs, plus Guam and DC, sues #Facebook, alleging #Instagram and #WhatsApp acquisitions were used to stifle competition 🔗 #Antitrust
👉 #WhatsApp says that #Apple's new #privacy labels are anti-competitive; Apple responds by confirming its own apps will include the “nutrition labels” 🔗
👉 #Apple and #Google to ban mobile apps that use location trackers from data broker #XMode, after it was revealed X-Mode provided data to #US government contractors 🔗
👉 Internal memo: #SundarPichai apologises over the handling of #AI ethics researcher #TimnitGebru's departure and says he will investigate 🔗
📺 #Samsung announces massive 110-inch 4K TV with next-gen MicroLED picture quality 🔗
👉 #Adobe bids farewell to #AdobeFlashPlayer in its final update 🔗
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Reddit’s purchase, Twitter’s purchase, and Tesla’s break
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 187
🇺🇸 State-backed Russian hacking group #APT29, or #CozyBear, is behind the hacks of #US Treasury, NTIA, and FireEye 🔗
👉 #Reddit buys #TikTok rival #Dubsmash 🔗
👉 #Tesla will reportedly suspend production of its Model S and Model X for 18 days 🔗
🐦 #Twitter acquires screen-sharing and video chat startup #Squad 🔗
👉 #Apple is shutting down its #MusicMemos recording app 🔗
👉 #Jailbreak app store #Cydia files its own antitrust lawsuit against #Apple 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 187
🇺🇸 State-backed Russian hacking group #APT29, or #CozyBear, is behind the hacks of #US Treasury, NTIA, and FireEye 🔗
👉 #Reddit buys #TikTok rival #Dubsmash 🔗
👉 #Tesla will reportedly suspend production of its Model S and Model X for 18 days 🔗
🐦 #Twitter acquires screen-sharing and video chat startup #Squad 🔗
👉 #Apple is shutting down its #MusicMemos recording app 🔗
👉 #Jailbreak app store #Cydia files its own antitrust lawsuit against #Apple 🔗
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Google-less hours, Solar winds, and Privacy labels
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 188
😱 #Google says Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs, and other Google services suffered a worldwide outage for about an hour for a majority of users on Monday 🔗
👉 #SolarWinds: under 18,000 customers were compromised between March and June via an update to its Orion software, leading to DHS, Treasury, Commerce Dept. hacks 🔗
🍎 #Apple releases #iOS 14.3 and #macOS Big Sur 11.1 and launches its app #privacy labels across all of its App Stores 🔗
🧑⚖️ California fines #Uber $59 million for not sharing sexual assault case data 🔗
👉 #Signal secure messaging app launches encrypted group video calls 🔗
👉 #Facebook launches its #Collab music app to the public 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 188
😱 #Google says Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs, and other Google services suffered a worldwide outage for about an hour for a majority of users on Monday 🔗
👉 #SolarWinds: under 18,000 customers were compromised between March and June via an update to its Orion software, leading to DHS, Treasury, Commerce Dept. hacks 🔗
🍎 #Apple releases #iOS 14.3 and #macOS Big Sur 11.1 and launches its app #privacy labels across all of its App Stores 🔗
🧑⚖️ California fines #Uber $59 million for not sharing sexual assault case data 🔗
👉 #Signal secure messaging app launches encrypted group video calls 🔗
👉 #Facebook launches its #Collab music app to the public 🔗
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Goodbye Periscope, Hello antitrust, and A royal podcast
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 189
🐦 #Twitter says it will discontinue #Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021, saying it's brought most of the core capabilities of Periscope into Twitter 🔗
🇪🇺 #EU proposes two bills governing tech giants, focused on illegal content and anticompetitive behaviour, to empower regulators to levy large fines or break them up 🔗
🇮🇪 #Ireland's Data Protection Commission fines #Twitter €450K for failing to promptly declare and document a data breach, in the DPC's 1st cross-border #GDPR decision 🔗
👉 Sources: a coalition of #US states are expected to file #antitrust lawsuit against #Google as soon as Thursday, alleging it altered design of search to hurt rivals 🔗
🇦🇺 #Australia sues #Facebook over its use of #Onavo to snoop 🔗
🇮🇳 #Facebook launches revamped #InstagramLite app in #India 🔗
👉 #Apple’s #Siri can now play animal sounds and more 🔗
👑 #Spotify inks multi-year podcasting deal with #PrinceHarry and #MeghanMarkle 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 189
🐦 #Twitter says it will discontinue #Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021, saying it's brought most of the core capabilities of Periscope into Twitter 🔗
🇪🇺 #EU proposes two bills governing tech giants, focused on illegal content and anticompetitive behaviour, to empower regulators to levy large fines or break them up 🔗
🇮🇪 #Ireland's Data Protection Commission fines #Twitter €450K for failing to promptly declare and document a data breach, in the DPC's 1st cross-border #GDPR decision 🔗
👉 Sources: a coalition of #US states are expected to file #antitrust lawsuit against #Google as soon as Thursday, alleging it altered design of search to hurt rivals 🔗
🇦🇺 #Australia sues #Facebook over its use of #Onavo to snoop 🔗
🇮🇳 #Facebook launches revamped #InstagramLite app in #India 🔗
👉 #Apple’s #Siri can now play animal sounds and more 🔗
👑 #Spotify inks multi-year podcasting deal with #PrinceHarry and #MeghanMarkle 🔗
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Facebook attacking Apple, States attacking Google, and Bitcoin
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 190
👉 #Facebook attacks #Apple in full-page newspaper ads, claiming upcoming #iOS14 changes that limit data gathering and targeted ads are bad for small businesses 🔗
🍎 #Apple defends upcoming #privacy changes as ‘standing up for our users’ 🔗
👉 Texas AG says the state and nine others have filed a lawsuit against #Google, claiming Google illegally hurt competition in the ad tech market 🔗
👉 #Facebook is temporarily disabling some #FacebookMessenger and #Instagram features in #Europe 🔗
👉 #Twitter is returning retweets to the way they used to be 🔗
📈 #Bitcoin passes $20k and reaches all-time high 🔗
🎧 #NPR shows are now available on #Spotify worldwide 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 190
👉 #Facebook attacks #Apple in full-page newspaper ads, claiming upcoming #iOS14 changes that limit data gathering and targeted ads are bad for small businesses 🔗
🍎 #Apple defends upcoming #privacy changes as ‘standing up for our users’ 🔗
👉 Texas AG says the state and nine others have filed a lawsuit against #Google, claiming Google illegally hurt competition in the ad tech market 🔗
👉 #Facebook is temporarily disabling some #FacebookMessenger and #Instagram features in #Europe 🔗
👉 #Twitter is returning retweets to the way they used to be 🔗
📈 #Bitcoin passes $20k and reaches all-time high 🔗
🎧 #NPR shows are now available on #Spotify worldwide 🔗
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SolarWinds keep blowing, Twitter keeps launching, and more major anti-trust issues
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 191
🇺🇸 Sources: #US Energy Dept. and NNSA, which maintains the US nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that their networks were accessed as part of the #SolarWinds #hack 🔗
👉 #Microsoft president sounds alarm on ‘ongoing’ #SolarWindsHack, identifies 40 more precise targets 🔗
👉 #Sony is pulling #Cyberpunk2077 from the #PlayStation Store and offering full refunds 🔗
👉 #Twitter is now testing its #Clubhouse-like voice chat rooms called #TwitterSpaces 🔗
👉 #Twitter is launching its new #TwitterVerification process on January 20th 🔗
👉 Judge orders #TimCook and #CraigFederighi to testify in #EpicGames’s #Fortnite case 🔗
🔎 #Google accused of search manipulation in third major #antitrust lawsuit 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 191
🇺🇸 Sources: #US Energy Dept. and NNSA, which maintains the US nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that their networks were accessed as part of the #SolarWinds #hack 🔗
👉 #Microsoft president sounds alarm on ‘ongoing’ #SolarWindsHack, identifies 40 more precise targets 🔗
👉 #Sony is pulling #Cyberpunk2077 from the #PlayStation Store and offering full refunds 🔗
👉 #Twitter is now testing its #Clubhouse-like voice chat rooms called #TwitterSpaces 🔗
👉 #Twitter is launching its new #TwitterVerification process on January 20th 🔗
👉 Judge orders #TimCook and #CraigFederighi to testify in #EpicGames’s #Fortnite case 🔗
🔎 #Google accused of search manipulation in third major #antitrust lawsuit 🔗
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DJI on blacklist, Microsoft’s chips, and The second vaccine
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 192
👉 #China-based drone maker #DJI is among the companies the #US Commerce Department has added to its blacklist 🔗
👉 Sources: #Microsoft is working on in-house designs for chips to run its cloud servers and Surface PCs 🔗
🇰🇿 #Apple, #Google, #Microsoft, and #Mozilla have banned a root certificate being used by the #Kazakhstan government to intercept and decrypt HTTPS traffic 🔗
💉 #Moderna #COVID19 vaccine second to get FDA sign-off in #US 🔗
👉 #China-based #Zoom employee charged for secretly censoring #TiananmenSquare anniversary events 🔗
👉 A #Facebook bug exposed #Instagram users’ personal email addresses and birthdays 🔗
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 192
👉 #China-based drone maker #DJI is among the companies the #US Commerce Department has added to its blacklist 🔗
👉 Sources: #Microsoft is working on in-house designs for chips to run its cloud servers and Surface PCs 🔗
🇰🇿 #Apple, #Google, #Microsoft, and #Mozilla have banned a root certificate being used by the #Kazakhstan government to intercept and decrypt HTTPS traffic 🔗
💉 #Moderna #COVID19 vaccine second to get FDA sign-off in #US 🔗
👉 #China-based #Zoom employee charged for secretly censoring #TiananmenSquare anniversary events 🔗
👉 A #Facebook bug exposed #Instagram users’ personal email addresses and birthdays 🔗
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