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Luxury seller Saks to spinoff website into separate company
Saks Fifth Avenue is spinning off its website into a separate company, with the hopes of expanding that business at…
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Global smartwatch shipments rose 1.5% YoY in 2020, with Apple Watch shipments up 19% YoY, Huawei's up 26% YoY, and Fitbit shipments down 4% YoY (Sujeong Lim/Counterpoint Research)
Sujeong Lim / Counterpoint Research: Global smartwatch shipments rose 1.5% YoY in 2020, with Apple Watch shipments up 19% YoY,…
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Tim Wu, an outspoken critic of Big Tech, is joining the National Economic Council as a special assistant to President Biden for tech and competition policy (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Tim Wu, an outspoken critic of Big Tech, is joining the National Economic Council…
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Reddit hires Drew Vollero as its first chief financial officer to prepare the company for an eventual IPO (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
Mike Isaac / New York Times: Reddit hires Drew Vollero as its first chief financial officer to prepare the company…
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Google's FLoC, which helps advertisers perform behavioral targeting, avoids privacy risks of 3rd-party cookies, but creates new privacy issues in the process (Bennett Cyphers/Electronic Frontier …)
Bennett Cyphers / Electronic Frontier Foundation: Google’s FLoC, which helps advertisers perform behavioral targeting, avoids privacy risks of 3rd-party cookies,…
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YouTube cancels Myanmar military-run channels, pulls videos
YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its community guidelines and terms of service ByThe Associated…
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Quake-ravaged part of Croatia sees gaping sinkholes emerge
After the deadly earthquake came the sinkholes By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press March 5, 2021, 8:06 AM • 2 min…
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9 great apes get COVID-19 vaccinations at San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo has vaccinated nine great apes for the coronavirus after a troop of gorillas in its Safari…
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Wipro reaches an agreement to buy Capco, a 22 year old tech consultancy firm based in London, for $1.45B; Wipro expects the deal to close by the end of June (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Wipro reaches an agreement to buy Capco, a 22 year old tech consultancy firm based in…
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Pacific quake sets off tsunami, threat lifts in New Zealand
One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history triggered tsunami warnings across the ocean and…
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