Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Samsung Galaxy A32 5G May Come With NFC Support, 15W Charger: Report

Samsung Galaxy A32 5G has received FCC certification according to a report that revealed some specifications of the upcoming smartphone. It is likely to ship with a 15W charger and have NFC support.... https://ift.tt/3gUFga0

Google Faces Lawsuit in US Over 'Anti-Competitive' Online Ad Sales

Google faces a lawsuit brought by 10 US states who accused the search giant of "anti-competitive conduct" in the online advertising industry, including a deal to manipulate sales with rival... https://ift.tt/3mqHU8F

Samsung Galaxy A72 Alleged Renders Show 6.7-Inch Display, Glastic Build

Samsung Galaxy A72 alleged renders have surfaced online, showing the design of the phone that looks similar to the rumoured Galaxy A52. The Galaxy A72 is expected to come with a 6.7-inch display. https://ift.tt/3ajbdrp

Google Chromecast Users to Get Access to Apple TV Services in Early 2021

Apple TV and its paid streaming service Apple TV+ will be available on Google's latest Chromecast device early next year, the search giant said. https://ift.tt/37qsXz6

China's Chang'e 5 Probe Carrying Lunar Samples Returns Safely to Earth

Chang'e 5, the unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon, returned safely to Earth in the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples, the Xinhua news agency said. https://ift.tt/2WtIsQl

Go Behind the Scenes of The Mandalorian Season 2 This Christmas

The Mandalorian season 2 episode 8 release date is December 18. Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian "Making of Season Two" special episode drops Christmas Day, December 25. https://ift.tt/3nrI1lF

Facebook Criticises Apple Privacy Policy in Newspaper Advertisements

Facebook is again pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices, this time saying in full page newspaper advertisements that the social media giant is standing up for small... https://ift.tt/3mvLMFb

Calgary-based digital bank Neo Financials raises a total of $50M CAD, including a $25M CAD Series A led by Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures (Meagan Simpson/BetaKit)

Meagan Simpson / BetaKit:
Calgary-based digital bank Neo Financials raises a total of $50M CAD, including a $25M CAD Series A led by Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures  —  Neo Financial, the newest Canadian challenger bank startup looking to shake up the financial sector, has announced $50 million CAD and launched …



Amazon asks US to include warehouse, grocery staff in vaccine rollout

Amazon.com on asked the US government to prioritize essential workers including its warehouse, grocery store and data center staff for receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine. https://ift.tt/34kc3QQ

Twitter bans harmful false claims about COVID-19 vaccinations

Twitter Inc said that users will be required to remove new tweets that advance harmful false or misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccinations, in an expansion of its rules on coronavirus misinformation. https://ift.tt/3r7hYlO

China moon probe lands back on Earth: Report

China's Chang'e-5 moon probe has landed in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, the official Xinhua news agency reported, completing its return to Earth and bringing back the first lunar samples since the 1970s. https://ift.tt/37qTWdZ

Google Chromecast users to get access to Apple TV services in 2021

Apple in the past has sometimes reserved access to its services for its own ecosystem of hardware devices, but recently softened the stance in a bid to grow its services business. https://ift.tt/2WAuPPL

Twitter Bans Harmful False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccinations

Twitter said that it will start removing false or misleading tweets about COVID-19 vaccinations that could be harmful, including false claims the vaccines will intentionally cause harm or control... https://ift.tt/34k8WZa

Bitcoin Crosses Record $20,000-Mark for First Time

Bitcoin on Wednesday traded above $20,000 (roughly Rs. 14.7 lakhs) for the first time following a sustained run higher in recent weeks. https://ift.tt/3r21zz7

French P2P payments startup Lydia raises $86M led by Accel, as an extension of its Series B, bringing total of its Series B round to $131M (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
French P2P payments startup Lydia raises $86M led by Accel, as an extension of its Series B, bringing total of its Series B round to $131M  —  French fintech startup Lydia has extended its Series B round.  Accel is leading the extension with all major existing shareholders also participating.



MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's, as the mobile chip designer bets on AI demand for growth (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia : MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's...