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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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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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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​​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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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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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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Hacks, Closures, and The first under-display selfie camera
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 193


👉 #NSO's zero-day, zero-click exploit chain, active in at least #iOS 13.5.1, was used to #hack ~36 #AlJazeera reporters via #iMessage in summer of 2020 🔗


🍎 #Apple has closed nearly 100 stores globally since December 14, including in London, California, and Tennessee, as #COVID19 cases surge 🔗


👉 #YouTube had the mostly unremarkable year it was looking for 🔗


📱 The world’s first under-display selfie camera isn’t very good 🔗


👉 #ElonMusk says #Tesla's Full Self-Driving subscription arrives in early 2021 🔗


🇺🇸 #Twitter is publicly declaring Joe #Biden the winner of the #USElection — on #Trump’s own tweets 🔗


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Apple Car, a Year on TikTok, and SolarWinds still blowing
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 194


🍎 Sources: #Apple is planning to manufacture a car by 2024 which may include self-driving tech, internally developed lidar sensors, and “breakthrough” battery tech 🔗


👉 #Microsoft, #Alphabet, #Cisco, #LinkedIn, #GitHub, #VMware, and the #InternetAssociation file an amicus brief in support of #WhatsApp in the WhatsApp v. #NSOGroup case 🔗


👉 #TikTok launches its first personalized annual recap feature, #YearOnTikTok 🔗


👉 Big tech companies including #Intel, #Nvidia, and #Cisco were all infected during the #SolarWinds #hack 🔗


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XRProblem, Telgram’s voice spaces, and the POTUS that has to start from scratch
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 195


💰 #SEC sues #RippleLabs, its CEO #BradGarlinghouse, and Chairman #ChrisLarsen, alleging they violated federal securities laws in selling #XRP to retail consumers 🔗


👉 Draft lawsuit filed by ten #US states last week says #Facebook and #Google agreed to “cooperate and assist one another” against possible #antitrust action 🔗


🐦 #Biden transition team says #Twitter told it current followers of POTUS won't carry over to Biden, whose #POTUS account will start at zero, a reversal from 2017 🔗


🎙 #Telegram gets a group voice chats 🔗


👉 #Telegram to launch an ad platform as it approaches 500 million users 🔗


👉 #ElonMusk says #Apple & #TimCook refused a meeting to acquire #Tesla 🔗


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Zooming, Apple TV, and Voices on the rise
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 196


👉 #Zoom has begun developing a web email service for businesses, and may trial it next year, and is also considering building a calendar app 🔗


📺 #Apple is planning to release an updated #AppleTV with a focus on gaming, an updated remote, and a new processor next year 🔗


📉 #RippleLab’s #XRP dropped around 25% on Wednesday morning to ~35¢, following the #SEC investigation, after falling by as much as 17% on Tuesday 🔗


👉 #Clubhouse is testing an invite-only Creator Pilot Program, with over 40 members, as the service hits 600,000 registered users 🔗


🇨🇳 #Alibaba is facing an anti-monopoly probe by Chinese regulators 🔗


👉 #Google reportedly tightens grip on research into ‘sensitive topics’ 🔗 #AI


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Facebook outta tax haven, China’s trust issues, and a new jet fuel
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 197


💰 #Facebook closed Irish subsidiary and moved billions in profits back to #US following #IRS suit; Irish subsidiary paid $101M in #tax on $15B profit in 2018 🔗


⛽️ Scientists turn CO2 into jet fuel 🔗


👉 #AppleCar's unclear development schedule means it may launch in 2025-2027, while changes in EV/self-driving market may push the launch to 2028 🔗


🇨🇳 #China's central bank tells #AntGroup it must overhaul its lending, insurance, and wealth management businesses and come up with a timetable as soon as possible 🔗


👉 Analysis of the top 1M pages on the web finds that HTTP/2 is now more common than HTTP/1.1; #jQuery, #GoogleAnalytics were the top #JavaScript libraries by usage 🔗


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XRP’s problems, Trump’s fight with TikTok, and Tesla’s expansions
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 198


✋ #Coinbase says it will suspend trading of #XRP on January 19, 2021, following the #SEC's suit against #RippleLabs 🔗


👉 #FAA lays out its Remote ID 'license plate for #drones' requirements 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ #NewYorkPost’s #HunterBiden laptop source sues #Twitter for defamation 🔗


🇮🇳 #Tesla will reportedly start selling the Model 3 in #India next year 🔗


👉 #Trump administration appeals yet another #TikTok ruling 🔗


🤳 #Canon patents an #Osmo-style camera with interchangeable lenses 🔗


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​​Another vaccine for the UK, Fair use wins against Apple, and Robots
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 199


💉 #OxfordAstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine approved for use in the #UK 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ Federal judge dismisses #Apple's claims that mobile device virtualisation company #Corellium violated copyright law with its software to run #iOS on #PC 🔗


👉 Leaked docs: #Lens, a supplier for #Apple, #Tesla, #Amazon, used alleged forced #Uighur labor; Apple says it has confirmed its suppliers have not used forced labor 🔗


📱 #US #smartphone activations on #ChristmasDay fell 23% YoY as #iPhones dominated the top 10 activated smartphones and budget devices, like #LG K30, surge 🔗


🖨 #Google is shutting down #GoogleCloudPrint this week 🔗


📸 #Google removed the #Pixel 5's and 4a 5G's ultrawide astrophotograhy mode 🔗


🤖 Watch the #BostonDynamics robot family dance like 2020 was a good year 🔗👇


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Amazon goes after Spotify, XRP’s problems continue, and a $10 million fine for hacking a rival
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 200


🎧 #Amazon acquires podcast network #Wondery, which will join #AmazonMusic 🔗


⛔️ #Binance says #US users will not be able to deposit or trade #XRP beginning January 13, joining #Coinbase and several other exchanges in delisting or suspending XRP 🔗


📱 Consumers worldwide spent $407.6M across the #AppStore and #GooglePlay on #Christmas, up 34.5% YoY; mobile games rose 27% YoY to $295.6M, led by Honor of Kings 🔗


👉 #Ticketmaster pays $10 million fine after hacking a startup rival 🔗 #hack


👉 #Google experiments with surfacing #TikTok and #Instagram videos in search 🔗


👉 #Brave's privacy-focused browser rolls out a version for #Apple's M1 Macs 🔗


👉 #Google's #Pixel phones only use adaptive charging if there's an alarm to guide it 🔗


🙏 Thank you to everyone who reads and shares iXDaily. This is the 200th and the last issue of 2020. We wish you all a great 2021! Happy New Year!

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SolarWinds keep blowing in the US, Zyxel’s backdoor, and Bitcoin’s surge
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 201


💨 Sources: investigators are checking if #SolarWinds was hacked via its offices in #Czechia, #Poland, and #Belarus, where the company moved much of its engineering 🔗 #hack


👉 More than 100K #Zyxel firewalls and #VPN gateways have a hardcoded admin-level backdoor that can grant attackers root access to devices 🔗


📈 #Bitcoin crossed $34K to reach an all-time high, after growing almost 50% in December 🔗


👉 #Facebook says there were 1.4B+ voice and video calls on #WhatsApp on #NYE2020 globally, up 50%+ YoY, and 55M+ live streams across Facebook and #Instagram 🔗


👉 #Samsung announces its #GalaxyUnpacked event will be held on January 14, where it's expected to unveil the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra 🔗


👉 Some #TMobile customers’ call records may have been accessed in a recent breach 🔗 #hack


🚘 #Tesla delivers nearly half a million vehicles in 2020 🔗


🎮 #Sony to launch #PlayStation5 in #India on February 2 🔗


🇮🇳 #Amazon’s first TV is only available in #India 🔗


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​​Unionisation at Google, Update in Instagram Stories, and Apple rumours 2021
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 202


👉 A group of over 200 #Google and #Alphabet workers have announced their plan to form a union, open to both employees and contractors 🔗


👉 #Haven, the #Amazon + #Berkshire + #JPMorgan venture to disrupt healthcare, is disbanding after three years 🔗


🍎 #Apple to release an #AR device, #AirTags item trackers, its first devices with Mini-LED displays, more #AppleSilicon Macs, and new #AirPods in 2021 according to #Kuo 🔗


👉 #Slack confirmed it suffered a widespread outage Monday morning but resolved most problems as of 3pm ET, except for some integrations and email notifications 🔗


👉 While #Facebook touts e2e #encryption on #WhatsApp, #Apple's privacy labels highlight how much user metadata #WhatsApp collects compared to #iMessage 🔗


👉 #JackDorsey says proposed #cryptocurrency regulation would create ‘perverse incentives’ 🔗


🇸🇬 #Singapore police can access data from the country's contract tracing app 🔗


👉 #Instagram tests new design for #InstagramStories on desktop 🔗


🇬🇧 #Apple temporarily closes all remaining Apple Stores in the #UK 🔗


🎙 #Twitter has acquired social podcasting app #Breaker, whose team will join Twitter to help build #TwitterSpaces; Breaker app will shut down on January 15 🔗


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US-China wrestling, US-Iran sanction exemption, and Amazon buying Boeings
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 203


🇺🇸🇨🇳 #Trump signs an executive order banning transactions with #AntGroup's #Alipay, #Tencent's #WeChatPay and #QQ, and five other Chinese payment apps 🔗


🇺🇸🇨🇳 After #NYSE said it wouldn't delist #ChinaMobile, #ChinaTelecom, and #ChinaUnicom, it now mulls reverting to original plan following #StevenMnuchin call to NYSE’s President #StaceyCunningham 🔗


🛩 #Amazon says it is buying 11 used #Boeing767-300 planes from #Delta and #WestJet, the first time the company has purchased aircraft for its air cargo operation 🔗


🇺🇸🇮🇷 #GitHub says it has secured a license from the #US government to offer GitHub to developers in #Iran, after it was forced to block them in 2019 due to sanctions 🔗


🇬🇧🇪🇺 As #Brexit progresses, 81K .eu domains registered by 50,000 #UK citizens are suspended, with three months given to transfer domains or demonstrate #EU citizenship 🔗


🇮🇳 #Internet shutdowns cost #India $2.8B in 2020, more than double the losses in 2019, and India's shutdowns accounted for about 75% of the $4B lost worldwide 🔗


🇮🇹 A court in #Italy rules a “reliability index” algorithm used by food delivery app #Deliveroo to rank riders was discriminatory, ordering €50K paid to suing parties 🔗


🇳🇴 Electric Vehicles (#EV) made up more than half of car sales in #Norway last year 🔗


📺 #YouTube has suspended a #NewsCorporation-owned radio station for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines 🔗


📱⌚️ #Apple patents point to using your #MacBook to wirelessly charge your #iPhone and #AppleWatch 🔗


🇺🇸 Study of 58 #Facebook users' feeds in Georgia found partisan content elbowed out traditional news sites after Facebook reversed its political ad ban 🔗 #USElection


👉 #Google to add #AppStore #privacy labels to its #iOS apps as soon as this week 🔗


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​​Trump, Pro-Trumps, and Social platforms
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 204


🇺🇸 As a mob of #Trump supporters stormed the #US Capitol building, #Facebook and #Twitter allowed Trump to cheer them on using their platforms 🔗


🐦 #Twitter says #Trump's account will be locked for 12 hours following removal of recent tweets, and further violations will result in permanent suspension 🔗


👉 #Facebook and #YouTube have removed a video of #Trump addressing supporters; Facebook says it risked adding to violence, YouTube says it violated #USElection rules 🔗


🍎 #Apple says #AppStore users spent $1.8B on goods and services between December 24 and New Year's Eve and $540M on New Year's Day alone; #AppleBooks has 90M MAUs 🔗


👉 #WhatsApp updates its Terms and #Privacy Policy to mandate data sharing with #Facebook, including transaction data, mobile device information, IP address, and more 🔗


👉 #Facebook's #AndrewBosworth says its #SmartGlasses, built in partnership with #RayBan, will arrive “sooner than later” in 2021 without #AR features 🔗


👉 #Roku says it now has 51.2M active user accounts, up by about 14M in 2020, and users streamed 58.7B hours in 2020 🔗


👉 #US intelligence agencies say #Russia was likely behind the #SolarWinds #hack 🔗


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