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Google will end its free unlimited Photos storage on June 1, 2021, imposing a 15GB cap, but photos and documents uploaded before then will not count against cap — After 15 gigs, you'll need to pony up for Google One — After five years of offering unlimited free photo backups at …
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Facebook and Google have extended their planned one-week bans on political ads, as Trump and GOP continue their claims of voter fraud — Blackouts continue as pro-Trump US election narratives persist — Facebook and Google have quietly extended their bans on political advertising beyond …
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Interview with Xbox boss Phil Spencer on volunteering to take over the division, launching a console during a pandemic, and Microsoft's gaming ambitions — The ‘Xboss’ of Xbox reflects on his early years at Microsoft, the circumstances that led to him volunteering to lead Microsoft's Xbox division …
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Claiming they're censored by Twitter and Facebook, some conservatives say they're moving to alternatives like Parler, which has 8M users, up from 4.5M last week — Since the election, millions have migrated to alternative social media and media sites like Parler, Rumble and Newsmax.
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| Karl Bode / VICE: |
With Ajit Pai likely out as chairman when FCC reverts to Democratic control, experts say Pai's likely to leave and his controversial decisions will be reversed — You can expect most of his more controversial decisions, like the repeal of net neutrality, to be reversed. — His trademark grin.
Tweets: @theabridgedzach and @bascule
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail how Elliott Management helped Masayoshi Son save SoftBank from financial ruin in the spring; sources say Elliott now owns $5B+ in SoftBank shares — The world's most unpredictable technology investor was coached out of the crisis by hedge fund Elliott Management, a major shareholder
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon says Alexa for US English-language users will infer goals implicit in requests, like asking to set a timer after being asked “How long to steep tea?” — Amazon today announced a new Alexa feature for U.S.-based English-language users that enables devices powered … | Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Twitch apologizes to streamers for its mishandling of music copyright, saying it was unprepared for a surge of copyright takedown notices that started in May — In a blog post, the platform explained why it sent that weird email last month — Twitch published a blog post today …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Joe Biden's transition team of advisers includes employees from Amazon, Airbnb, Uber, and other tech companies, as well as several outspoken tech critics — - Biden's transition agency review teams already includes several current and former tech employees from companies …
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Non-consensual porn images and videos, filmed by groups now facing legal action, can live on forever in machine learning datasets used to create deepfake porn — Non-consensual porn videos, like many of those shot by Czech Casting and Girls Do Porn, can live on forever in machine learning datasets.
Tweets: @jayslups, @samleecole, @samleecole, @ruchowdh, @vice, and @samleecole
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Snap is acquiring Voca.ai, a startup that builds AI-based voice assistants for customer support services, for $70M in cash plus $50M in stock — Snapchat is the quintessential consumer app: with an array of fun filters, it encourages people to send fun, disappearing messages to friends and has a large base of younger users.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple updates TestFlight, its tool for testing beta apps on iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, with support for automatic updates — Apple has updated its TestFlight beta testing application for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV to version 3.0. The update brings support for automatic updates, as well as stability improvements and bug fixes.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google patches two Chrome zero-days that were exploited in the wild, after tips from anonymous sources; Google has patched five Chrome zero-days in three weeks — Google has now patched five Chrome zero-days in three weeks. — Google has released today Chrome version 86..4240.198 to patch …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Philadelphia-based Fishtown Analytics, which develops the dbt open-source data engineering tool, raises $29.5M Series B led by Sequoia Capital — Fishtown Analytics, the Philadelphia-based company behind the dbt open-source data engineering tool, today announced that it has raised … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Roku begins rolling out support for Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, available on the majority of Roku's 4K streaming devices — Roku says its streaming devices are now the first to support all three voice assistants — It's been a long wait, but today Roku is starting to roll out support for Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit features.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
From 2020's Singles' Day sale, which was extended to 12 days from 24 hours previously, Alibaba reported sales of $56.4B while JD.com reported sales of ~$30.1B — - Alibaba set a new sales record for the annual Singles Day shopping event. — Singles Day is typically a 24-hour shopping event …
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| Rishi Iyengar / CNN: |
According to a CPSC notice, Ring is recalling around 350K Ring doorbells sold between June 2020 and October 2020 after receiving reports of them catching fire — San Francisco (CNN Business)Amazon-subsidiary Ring is recalling hundreds of thousands of video doorbells after receiving reports of them catching fire.
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Kentucky-based Venminder, which builds tools to help businesses analyze vendor risks, raises $33M Series C led by Silversmith Capital Partners — Venminder, an Elizabethtown, KY-based provider of third-party risk management solutions, raised $33m in Series C funding.
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5 ways to boost employee morale — This is a guest post by Xoxoday Plum. — Employees are the greatest asset at any organization—and keeping employees happy is key to a successful business, as poor employee morale results in a domino effect that negatively impacts efficiency and effectiveness, and increases employee turnover rate.Sponsor Post
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Palo Alto Networks says it will acquire attack surface manager Expanse in an $800M deal; Expanse raised $136M — Expanse's platform will be added to the Cortex product suite. — Palo Alto Networks has announced the acquisition of Expanse to boost the capabilities of the firm's Cortex cybersecurity product portfolio.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
SentinelOne, which develops AI-based endpoint security for all devices and services in a network, raises $267M from Tiger Global and others at a $3.1B valuation — This year, more than ever before because of the Covid-19 pandemic, huge droves of workers and consumers have been turning … | Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Analysis of Apple's A14 chip shows an increase in single-thread performance of nearly 3x in 5 years, suggesting M1 will be a formidable rival to x86 incumbents — From Mobile to Mac: What to Expect? — To date, our performance comparisons for Apple's chipsets have always been in the context …
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