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Trump's Twitter account is unlocked following a 12-hour ban after he deleted several tweets; Twitter says he risks a permanent ban if he further violates rules (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Trump’s Twitter account is unlocked following a 12-hour ban after he deleted several tweets; Twitter says he risks a permanent ban if he further violates rules  —  A little too late for that  —  Twitter has lifted its ban on President Donald Trump, and his latest tweet is very different

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FTC settles with mobile ad company Tapjoy over deceptive practices, but Democratic commissioners call Tapjoy "a minnow next to gatekeeping giants" Apple, Google (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: FTC settles with mobile ad company Tapjoy over deceptive practices, but Democratic commissioners call Tapjoy “a minnow next to gatekeeping giants” Apple, Google  —  Mobile advertising company Tapjoy has settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over allegations … FTC settles with mobile ad company Tapjoy over deceptive practices, but Democratic

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SolarWinds hires ex-CISA Director Christopher Krebs as an independent consultant to help its crisis response after the hack (Financial Times)

Financial Times: SolarWinds hires ex-CISA Director Christopher Krebs as an independent consultant to help its crisis response after the hack  —  Group’s software was exploited by suspected Russian hackers to spy on governments and businesses  —  The American technology company at the centre … SolarWinds hires ex-CISA Director Christopher Krebs as an independent consultant to

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TikTok will remove videos of several Trump speeches to supporters for violating its misinfo policy and will redirect specific hashtags used by rioters (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: TikTok will remove videos of several Trump speeches to supporters for violating its misinfo policy and will redirect specific hashtags used by rioters  —  For obvious reasons, Trump doesn’t have a TikTok account.  But the President’s speeches that helped incite the mob who yesterday stormed … TikTok will remove videos of

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Intel launches RealSense ID, facial recognition tech that uses the company’s depth-sensing cameras

Image: Intel Intel launched RealSense ID yesterday, a facial recognition solution that relies on its RealSense depth-sensing technology (via Gizmodo). RealSense started as a Kinect-style camera for touch-free interaction, but RealSense ID seems like Intel’s attempt to reposition its camera business towards secure, on-device facial recognition first, while also potentially putting the company in the

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Ajit Pai says he won't move forward with rule-making on Section 230 and that he won't "second-guess" Facebook and Twitter's decision to bar Trump from posting (Emily Birnbaum/Protocol)

Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: Ajit Pai says he won’t move forward with rule-making on Section 230 and that he won’t “second-guess” Facebook and Twitter’s decision to bar Trump from posting  —  For the bulk of his tenure, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has avoided wading into the relentless controversies that defined President Trump’s presidency. Ajit Pai

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F5 Networks agrees to acquire Volterra, which offers a platform for edge computing across multiple clouds, for $440M in cash and $60M in future consideration (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: F5 Networks agrees to acquire Volterra, which offers a platform for edge computing across multiple clouds, for $440M in cash and $60M in future consideration  —  F5 Networks announced an agreement to acquire cloud computing startup Volterra Inc. for $440 million in cash up front and $60 million … F5 Networks

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IBM's Red Hat acquires StackRox, maker of a Kubernetes-native container security platform which had raised $65M+ in total; terms of the deal were not disclosed (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: IBM’s Red Hat acquires StackRox, maker of a Kubernetes-native container security platform which had raised $65M+ in total; terms of the deal were not disclosed  —  RedHat today announced that it’s acquiring container security startup StackRox .  The companies did not share the purchase price. IBM's Red Hat acquires StackRox, maker

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Report: the operators of Ryuk ransomware earned an estimated $150M+ worth of Bitcoin from ransom payments, which are being cashed out through Binance and Huobi (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Report: the operators of Ryuk ransomware earned an estimated $150M+ worth of Bitcoin from ransom payments, which are being cashed out through Binance and Huobi  —  Most of the Ryuk gang’s “earnings” are being cashed out through accounts at crypto-exchanges Binance and Huobi. Report: the operators of Ryuk ransomware earned an

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