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Filing: Meta approves raising executives' annual bonuses to 200% of base salary, up from 75%, as most employees' annual stock options are reportedly cut by ~10% (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Filing: Meta approves raising executives' annual bonus...

iVerify's iOS app detected a Pegasus infection in 11 new cases in December 2024, and about half of them did not receive Threat Notifications from Apple (Mobile EDR Security)

iVerify's iOS app detected a Pegasus infection in 11 ne...

Feb 21, 2025 0

Mobile EDR Security: iVerify's iOS app detected a Pegasus infection in 11 new ...

Amazon surpassed Walmart in quarterly sales for the first time during the most recent quarter, with revenue of $187.8B compared to Walmart's $180.5B (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Amazon surpassed Walmart in quarterly sales for the fir...

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Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon surpassed Walmart in quarterly sales for the first...

Sources: GameStop CEO and activist investor Ryan Cohen has grown his personal stake in Alibaba to about 7M shares, worth roughly $1B, in recent months (Wall Street Journal)

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Wall Street Journal: Sources: GameStop CEO and activist investor Ryan Cohen ha...

Meta announces a $50M creator fund for Horizon Worlds; CTO Andrew Bosworth reportedly told staff that 2025 is a make-or-break year for Meta's XR ambitions (Ben Lang/Road to VR)

Meta announces a $50M creator fund for Horizon Worlds; ...

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Ben Lang / Road to VR: Meta announces a $50M creator fund for Horizon Worlds; ...

Block reports Q4 revenue up 4.5% YoY to $6.03B vs. $6.29B est., gross profit up 14% to $2.31B, Cash App gross profit up 16% to $1.38B; XYZ drops 6%+ after hours (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

Block reports Q4 revenue up 4.5% YoY to $6.03B vs. $6.2...

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MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: Block reports Q4 revenue up 4.5% YoY to $6.03B vs. $...

YouTube plans to add a "premium lite" tier, a source says for the US, Australia, Germany, and Thailand, offering podcasts without ads and music videos with ads (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

YouTube plans to add a "premium lite" tier, a source sa...

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: YouTube plans to add a “premium lite” tier, a sourc...

Sources: the Trump administration targets officials fighting foreign interference in US elections, focused on those combating cyberattacks and false content (New York Times)

Sources: the Trump administration targets officials fig...

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New York Times: Sources: the Trump administration targets officials fighting f...

Sources: X's financials, which show ~$1.4B in adjusted profit, fall outside corporate accounting standards; 2023 figures were audited, but 2024 figures were not (Bloomberg)

Sources: X's financials, which show ~$1.4B in adjusted ...

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Bloomberg: Sources: X's financials, which show ~$1.4B in adjusted profit, fall...

Substack adds the ability to post videos from its app and lets creators monetize videos, and plans to add more video tools like trimming and enhanced analytics (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Substack adds the ability to post videos from its app a...

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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Substack adds the ability to post videos from its ap...

Spotify begins accepting AI-narrated audiobooks recorded using ElevenLabs' software; Spotify already allows AI-recorded audiobooks, with several restrictions (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Spotify begins accepting AI-narrated audiobooks r...

Amazon plans to end support for its videoconferencing tool Chime on February 20, 2026; report: Amazon is adopting Zoom as its standard app for internal meetings (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Amazon plans to end support for its videoconferencing t...

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon plans to end support for its videoconferencin...

Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will have Apple's in-house Wi-Fi chips, enhancing connectivity and cutting costs; only the slim iPhone 17 will have the C1 modem chip (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)

Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will have Apple's in-house Wi...

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Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will have Apple's in-hou...

Meta says US users over 18 can now sign up to be a Community Notes contributor on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads; notes will have a 500-character limit (Ian Carlos Campbell/Engadget)

Meta says US users over 18 can now sign up to be a Comm...

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Amazon plans to discontinue its Appstore for Android and its Coins program on August 20, 2025, but keep its Appstore on its devices like Fire TV and Fire Tablet (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

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Amazon will end support for Chime, its alternative to Zoom, on February 20, 2026; report: Amazon is adopting Zoom as its standard app for internal meetings (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Amazon will end support for Chime, its alternative to Z...

Feb 20, 2025 0

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon will end support for Chime, its alternative t...

Amazon plans to discontinue its Appstore for Android and its Coins program on August 20; the Appstore will continue to be available on Fire TV and Fire Tablet (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Amazon plans to discontinue its Appstore for Android an...

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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Amazon plans to discontinue its Appstore for Android ...

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announces an inquiry into "Big Tech censorship", which he says is "un-American" and "potentially illegal" (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announces an inquiry into "Bi...

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Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announces an inquiry int...

Amazon surpassed Walmart in quarterly sales for the first time during the most recent quarter, with a revenue of $187.8B compared to Walmart's $180.5B (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Amazon surpassed Walmart in quarterly sales for the fir...

Feb 20, 2025 0

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon surpassed Walmart in quarterly sales for the first...

YouTube plans a premium lite tier in the US, Australia, Germany, and Thailand, offering podcasts and how-to clips without ads; music videos will have ads (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

YouTube plans a premium lite tier in the US, Australia,...

Feb 20, 2025 0

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: YouTube plans a premium lite tier in the US, Austra...

Elon Musk says he will "fix" Community Notes as they are "increasingly being gamed by governments & legacy media", after disagreeing with notes about Ukraine (Matt Novak/Gizmodo)

Elon Musk says he will "fix" Community Notes as they ar...

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Matt Novak / Gizmodo: Elon Musk says he will “fix” Community Notes as they are...

Sources: the Trump administration targets officials fighting foreign interference in US elections, including those focused on cybersecurity and false content (New York Times)

Sources: the Trump administration targets officials fig...

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New York Times: Sources: the Trump administration targets officials fighting f...

Amazon plans to discontinue its Appstore for Android and its Coins digital currency, used to purchase games and apps, on August 20, 2025 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Amazon plans to discontinue its Appstore for Android an...

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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Amazon plans to discontinue its Appstore for Android ...

Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will use Apple's in-house Wi-Fi chips, enhancing connectivity and cutting costs; only the slim iPhone 17 will use the C1 modem chip (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)

Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will use Apple's in-house Wi-...

Feb 20, 2025 0

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will use Apple's in-hous...

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