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Facebook reportedly backs away from ads in WhatApp, the FBI will now alert state agencies for county-based election hacks, and the EU holds hearings on a universal charger standard. 

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YouTube launches Profile cards on Android, Bose closes all retail stores in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan, and Fitbit rolls out blood oxygen monitoring. 

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Google will end third-party cookie support in Chrome, Appel preparing for legal battle with feds, Dorsey says Twitter will "probably" never do an edit button.

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Google acquires Pointy, Apple maintains its backdoor stance, PC market grows.

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Instagram updates Boomerang with editing and special effects options, Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple will release mmWave and Sub-6GHz 5G iPhones in 2020, and OnePlus announces a 120Hz phone display.…

Facebook bans deepfakes, Twitter to test "conversation participants" to limit replies, and Quibi releases details about its short form video service. 

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Masimo sues Apple over health patents, Zuck predicts the future, Galaxy Fold 2 image leaks?

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Firefox has fixed a critical zero-day vulnerability being actively exploited, Facebook will let you restrict political ads and Twitter gives you four options for controlling replies.

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Sprint announced it will begin shutting down Virgin Mobile USA on February 2nd, Dell unveils Project UFO that offers a gaming PC in a Switch-like design, and the US Executive branch proposes new AI d…

Facebook announces a ban on videos manipulated by AI, Samsung's Q950TS 8K TV has a 99% screen-to-body ratio, and AMD launches its Ryzen 4000 laptop chips.

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Amazon announced it is the official online retail channel for Future Retail, OnePlus shows a concept device with an invisible rear camera, and Withings announces the ScanWatch, which can read ECGs an…

Snap will launch Bitmoji TV in February, Egyptian regulators approve Uber's $3.1 billion acquisition of Careem, and YouTube stops personalized ads for underage users. 

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The California Consumer Privacy Act went into effect January 1st and Mozilla updates Firefox to be in compliance, Samsung shipped 6.7 million 5G phones in 2019, and LG announces its 2020 TV lineup. 

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TikTok released its first transparency report, Apple enters into a license agreement with Imagination Technologies, and Bosch is making LiDAR sensors for autonomous cars.

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The IRS amended it's Free File agreement to forbid tax prep companies from hiding free offerings from search results, The RIAA says streaming accounts for 80% of the US music market, and India plans …

YouTube creators say FTC's child privacy rules will hurt them, Amazon opens a homeless shelter on its Seattle campus, developers say iOS 13 location settings will stifle adoption. 

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Snap announced it will launch Bitmoji TV in February, Wyze confirms a data leak impacting 2.4 million customers, and Egyptian regulators approve Uber's $3.1 billion acquisition of Careem. 

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The New York Times reports that the United Arab Emirates is using the messaging app ToTok to spy on users, Uber announces partnership with Joby Aviation to launch its flying taxi service in 2023, and…

Facebook confirms that new Messenger users will require a Facebook account, YouTube Studio update gives creators a better view of copyright claims, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoes a bill th…

Turkey's Constitutional Court overturns the ban on Wikipedia, Bloomberg reports that YouTube considered reviewed every video aimed at children, and Russia announces its first successful test of its "…