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A study using 96K searches found that Google News put far more national news outlets than local outlets at the top of search results, even for local queries (Washington Post)

Washington Post: A study using 96K searches found that Google News put far more national news outlets than local outlets at the top of search results, even for local queries  —  Our audit reveals that Google News sends readers — and advertising dollars — away from local news outlets. A study using 96K searches found

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Uniontech Software, a Chinese startup that makes Linux-based operating systems, raises $168.2M Series A led by state-owned investment firm Beijing E-Town (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)

Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Uniontech Software, a Chinese startup that makes Linux-based operating systems, raises $168.2M Series A led by state-owned investment firm Beijing E-Town  —  Chinese operating system (OS) startup Uniontech Software Technology has garnered 1.1 billion yuan ($168.2 million) … Uniontech Software, a Chinese startup that makes Linux-based operating systems, raises 8.2M Series

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As streaming platforms like Netflix have grown, political films they used to seek out, like The Dissident, on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, are being shunned (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)

Nicole Sperling / New York Times: As streaming platforms like Netflix have grown, political films they used to seek out, like The Dissident, on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, are being shunned  —  Bryan Fogel’s examination of the killing of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi had trouble finding a home among the companies … As

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Tencent-backed Meishubao Education, a Chinese startup providing online art classes to users aged 3 to 18, has raised $210M Series D led by TPG's The Rise Fund (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)

Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Tencent-backed Meishubao Education, a Chinese startup providing online art classes to users aged 3 to 18, has raised $210M Series D led by TPG’s The Rise Fund  —  Meishubao Education, a Tencent-backed Chinese online art education platform, announced on Thursday the completion of a Series D round … Tencent-backed Meishubao Education,

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CD Projekt sued in CA federal court by investor seeking class action status, claiming the company made "false and/or misleading" statements about Cyberpunk 2077 (Nicole Carpenter/Polygon)

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: CD Projekt sued in CA federal court by investor seeking class action status, claiming the company made “false and/or misleading” statements about Cyberpunk 2077  —  A New York-based law firm filed the lawsuit on Thursday  —  After a rocky Cyberpunk 2077 launch earlier in December … CD Projekt sued in CA

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There’s a bunch of undiscovered exoplanets left – math can help us find them

Only 12 light years from Earth, Tau Ceti is the closest single star similar to the Sun and an all-time favorite in sci-fi stories. Habitable worlds orbiting Tau Ceti were destinations of fictional starships like “The Expanse”‘s Nauvoo and “Barbarella”’s vessel. “Star Trek”’s Captain Picard also frequented an exotic bar in the system. Now, thanks

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Facebook's claims that SMBs will suffer from iOS's privacy changes seem exaggerated when examining the technical changes Facebook announced in response (Dipayan Ghosh/Wired)

Dipayan Ghosh / Wired: Facebook’s claims that SMBs will suffer from iOS’s privacy changes seem exaggerated when examining the technical changes Facebook announced in response  —  The social media giant would have you believe that Apple’s privacy update will hurt the little guys.  But Facebook’s motives aren’t so altruistic. Facebook's claims that SMBs will suffer

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Leaked docs show Nintendo carried out a surveillance operation, with a "carrot and stick" approach, on a hacker who was researching exploits for 3DS (Andy Maxwell/TorrentFreak)

Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak: Leaked docs show Nintendo carried out a surveillance operation, with a “carrot and stick” approach, on a hacker who was researching exploits for 3DS  —  Leaked Nintendo documents have revealed a frightening surveillance operation carried out against a hacker who was researching exploits for the 3DS handheld. Leaked docs show Nintendo

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Citrix confirmed ADC networking equipment is being actively exploited to amplify DDoS attacks against a "small number of customers"; patch expected mid-January (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Citrix confirmed ADC networking equipment is being actively exploited to amplify DDoS attacks against a “small number of customers”; patch expected mid-January  —  Citrix says it’s working on a fix, expected next year.  —  Threat actors have discovered a way to bounce … Citrix confirmed ADC networking equipment is being actively

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Bloomberg has acquired Second Measure, a data analytics firm offering consumer behavior and company performance insights; Second Measure previously raised ~$25M (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Bloomberg has acquired Second Measure, a data analytics firm offering consumer behavior and company performance insights; Second Measure previously raised ~$25M  —  Bloomberg today announced that it has acquired data analytics platform Second Measure, a San Mateo-based startup that leverages big data … Bloomberg has acquired Second Measure, a data analytics

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Some GoDaddy employees are upset after the company sent a phishing email scam to test its employees, with the email promising a $650 one-time holiday bonus (Lorraine Longhi/The Copper Courier)

Lorraine Longhi / The Copper Courier: Some GoDaddy employees are upset after the company sent a phishing email scam to test its employees, with the email promising a $650 one-time holiday bonus  —  GoDaddy surpassed 20 million customers this year and laid off or reassigned hundreds of employees during the coronavirus pandemic in Arizona, Iowa,

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Kids are ‘failing’ online learning

As part of a recent weekly update on education during the pandemic, Los Angeles Unified superintendent Austin Beutner announced a “sobering” fact: students are still struggling with the switch to online learning months after in-person classrooms shuttered. “We can see it in attendance figures which are below those typically seen when students are at schools,”

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UK-based Brightpearl, which offers operations management software for logistics and more, raises $33M Series C led by Sage (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: UK-based Brightpearl, which offers operations management software for logistics and more, raises $33M Series C led by Sage  —  Brightpearl, which allows retailers to streamline their operations thus boosting sales, has raised $33 million in funding to scale its business. UK-based Brightpearl, which offers operations management software for logistics and more,

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