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CEOs of Reddit and Robinhood and ‘Roaring Kitty’ slated to testify in GameStop hearing

Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, Robinhood co-CEO Vlad Tenev, and Keith Gill (aka Roaring Kitty) are all on the witness list for an upcoming hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, according to a release from Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA). The hearing, to be conducted virtually, will

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Microsoft's quantum computing ambitions suffer a setback after its researcher, who claimed to have found the Majorana particle, prepares to retract his findings (Tom Simonite/Wired)

Tom Simonite / Wired: Microsoft’s quantum computing ambitions suffer a setback after its researcher, who claimed to have found the Majorana particle, prepares to retract his findings  —  In a 2018 paper, researchers said they found evidence of an elusive theorized particle.  A closer look now suggests otherwise. Microsoft's quantum computing ambitions suffer a setback

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Netflix is making a Redwall movie, and The Verge staff is very excited

Earlier this week, Netflix dropped a surprise announcement that it’s adapting author Brian Jacques’ iconic Redwall books into a new animated movie and TV franchise. Based on the 22-book children’s series that was published from 1986 through 2011, the books span generations of sword-fighting anthropomorphic mice, rabbits, badgers, and other woodland creatures living at the

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House committee says Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and YouTube streamer Keith Gill will testify at GameStop hearing on February 18 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Mariella Moon / Engadget: House committee says Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and YouTube streamer Keith Gill will testify at GameStop hearing on February 18  —  On February 18th, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a virtual hearing to look into how GameStop’s shares House committee says Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Reddit CEO

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Sources: ByteDance is exploring a sale of India operations of TikTok to rival unicorn Glance, in talks initiated by SoftBank, a backer of Glance's parent InMobi (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Sources: ByteDance is exploring a sale of India operations of TikTok to rival unicorn Glance, in talks initiated by SoftBank, a backer of Glance’s parent InMobi  —  – TikTok banned in India amid poor relations with China  — Talks are early and complex, according to people familiar Sources: ByteDance is exploring

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Google resumes updating its major iPhone and iPad apps, starting with YouTube; Google did not update the apps since before Apple's Dec. 8 privacy label change (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google resumes updating its major iPhone and iPad apps, starting with YouTube; Google did not update the apps since before Apple’s Dec. 8 privacy label change  —  The vast majority of Google’s iOS apps have not been updated since early December.  A trio of smaller Google applications saw … Google resumes

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Save Your Wallet and the Environment From Expensive and Wasteful Ink Cartridges by Getting Two Years of Prints With This $200 Epson Ecotank Printer

Epson EcoTank ET-2720 Wireless All-In-One Inkjet Printer | $200 | AmazonEpson EcoTank ET-2720 Wireless All-In-One Inkjet Printer | $200 | Best Buy Read more… Save Your Wallet and the Environment From Expensive and Wasteful Ink Cartridges by Getting Two Years of Prints With This 0 Epson Ecotank Printer Source: Life Hacker

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Google has been allowing advertisers to exclude nonbinary people from seeing job ads

Google’s advertising system allowed employers or landlords to discriminate against nonbinary and some transgender people, The Markup found. Companies trying to run ads on YouTube or elsewhere on the web could direct Google not to show those ads to people of “unknown gender” — meaning people who have not identified themselves to Google as “male”

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