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1981.
Google should really open-source Chromium
Google left a lot of ticked off Linux programmers when it changed its API rules for Chromium. But maybe it's time Chromium stopped being a Google-only open-source project and became a true community open-source program.
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1982.
Hedge fund Melvin sustains 53% loss after Reddit onslaught
$4.5 billion drop in assets after bets against the likes of GameStop go sour.
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1983.
Apple ramps up iPhone and iPad output shift to India and Vietnam
Apple is ramping up the production of iPhones, iPads, Macs and other products outside of China, Nikkei Asia has learned, in a sign that the tech giant is continuing to accelerate its production diversification despite hopes that U.S.-China tensions will ease under President Joe Biden.
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1984.
The Coup We Are Not Talking About
We can have democracy, or we can have a surveillance society, but we cannot have both.
Posted in: by kxh -
1985.
GameStop short sellers are still not surrendering despite nearly $20 billion in losses this month
"In actuality the data shows that total net shares shorted hasn't moved all that much," Ihor Dusaniwsky of S3 Partners said.
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1986.
'Price gouging from Covid': student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print
Call for public inquiry as locked-down students unable to access online books, which can be 500% more costly than print versions
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1987.
Google rode to Robinhood's rescue after it was review-bombed and lost its four-star rating
Google has deleted at least 100,000 negative reviews from Robinhood’s app on the Google Play app store after furious users flooded the app with bad reviews that caused it to drop to a one-star rating. Robinhood users became livid on Thursday morning when the stock-trading app prevented them from buying GameStop stock and other stocks promoted by WallStreetBetsReddit community.
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1988.
Robinhood’s Customers Are Hedge Funds Like Citadel, Its Users Are the Product
The Wallstreetbets subreddit are furious after Robinhood stopped allowing trading on GameStop. Here’s how the “commission free” investing app makes money.
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1989.
The Challenger disaster: 35 years ago I was working at mission control
It was manned space flight's darkest day.
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1990.
Facebook will stop recommending political groups permanently
Facebook will stop recommending political groups permanently
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1991.
These crowdsourced maps will show exactly where surveillance cameras are watching
Amnesty International is producing a map of all the places in New York City where surveillance cameras are scanning residents’ faces. The project will enlist volunteers to use their smartphones to identify, photograph, and locate government-owned surveillance cameras capable of shooting video that could be matched against people’s faces in a database through AI-powered facial recognition.
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1992.
Apple surpasses $100 billion in quarterly revenue for first time in its history
iPhone 12 demand is strong, and Macs continue to sell very well during work-from-home life.
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1993.
I Love Reading 1980s Computer Magazines, and So Should You
It’s not just a nostalgia thing. Sifting through the past often leads to something new.
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1994.
Chinese people are concerned about use of facial recognition, survey shows
From streets filled with cameras to apps that require biometric identification, facial recognition use has been growing in China but a new survey by a state media outlet indicates that Chinese residents are sceptical about the use of the technology in public spaces.
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1995.
Trump's Hollywood Income Collapsed as He Prepared to Leave the Oval Office
Income from 'The Apprentice' and residuals from films like 'Home Alone 2' and 'The Little Rascals' fell significantly during his final year in office. Former President Donald Trump, who was a well-established media and entertainment personality for decades before winning the 2016 presidential election, saw his Hollywood income fall dramatically during his final year in office.
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1996.
North Korean hackers are targeting security researchers with malware, 0-days
A North Korean government-backed hacking group targets security researchers who focus on vulnerability and exploit development via social networks, disclosed Google tonight.
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1997.
Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them
Facebook unfriended me. Why? So far as I can tell, it’s because I’ve been using Facebook to advocate for decentralization
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1998.
Massive Apple VR leak reveals headset price, release window
A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple's first VR headset will cost well over $900 and have a chip faster than the M1 Mac.
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1999.
Judge Refuses To Reinstate Parler After Amazon Shut It Down
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein sided with Amazon, which argued that Parler would not remove posts from its site that threatened public safety in the wake of the riots on the Capitol.
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2000.
President Biden's FCC appointment is a big step toward net neutrality's return
Opinion: Jessica Rosenworcel, who's been pro-net neutrality for years, has been named the Federal Communications Commission's acting chairwoman.
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2001.
Larry King, a key figure in American television, has died
The famous journalist presented the program "Larry King Live" on CNN for twenty-five years. He was one of the most influential figures in American television history , known for his rolled up shirt sleeves, multi-colored ties, suspenders and large glasses. The famous journalist Larry King died this Saturday, January 23 at the age of 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles , we learned via a statement posted on Twitter .
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2002.
House oversight head asks FBI to investigate Parler
A number of Jan. 6 rioters have been charged after posting their activities that day to Parler and major social networking sites popular in the U.S.
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2003.
Tim Cook gifted Trump first 2019 Mac Pro off assembly line
Trump toured the Flex plant in Austin, Texas, in late 2019 to prop up his administration's promise to boost American production might. Apple has used Flex to build Mac Pro models since at least 2013. While the visit to Flex, and Apple's new Austin campus, was well documented, Cook's Mac Pro gift was only today revealed in a financial disclosure report highlighted by The New York Times reporter David Enrich.
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2004.
It Turns Out that Deplatforming Works.
After Twitter and Facebook banned Donald Trump and over 70,000 QAnon-related accounts, two things quickly became apparent: 1) it was the right thing to do and had a salutary effect on public discourse, and 2) tech moguls have a frightening amount of control over democracy and public discourse.
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2005.
Biden to 'hit ground running' as he rejoins Paris climate accords
Joe Biden is set for a flurry of action to combat the climate crisis on his first day as US president by immediately rejoining the Paris climate agreement and blocking the Keystone XL pipeline, although experts have warned lengthier, and harder, environmental battles lie ahead in his presidency.
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2006.
Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores
Last month we reported that a huge vertical farming operation near Copenhagen in Denmark recently completed its first harvest. That setup uses hydroponics, but the veggies grown in Vertical Field urban farming pods take root in real soil.
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2007.
Microsoft invests in $30 billion driverless car company Cruise
Investment pits Microsoft against Google sibling Waymo.
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2008.
Twitter and YouTube Banned Steve Bannon. Apple Still Gives Him Millions of Listeners.
Steve Bannon broadcasts election denialism and apocalyptic calls to action several times a day via Apple’s podcast app. He’s not the only one using the platform to spread claims that became a rallying cry of the mob that threatened the Capitol.
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2009.
Social-Media Algorithms Rule How We See the World. Good Luck Trying to Stop Them.
We’re still at the mercy of the algorithms. That needs to change, and it’s up to social-media companies to change it, writes columnist Joanna Stern.
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2010.
Why the Hell Do They Still Make Car Alarms?
They add to noise pollution while failing to prevent car theft. It's time for them to go.
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