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Facebook says it banning all Myanmar military and military-controlled entities from Facebook and Instagram, and ads from military-linked commercial entities (Rafael Frankel/About Facebook)

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★ Apple Mail and Hidden Tracking Images

Daring Fireball

Australia passes law requiring Facebook and Google to pay for news content

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Amazon announces general availability of Lookout for Vision, a cloud service that spots defects and anomalies in manufactured goods using computer vision (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

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Dissident Democrats Furious Over Endorsement of Brooklyn Judge Accused of Cheating Home Aide

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Spain-based Wallapop, an online classifieds marketplace for used items and crafts, raises $191M at an $840M valuation led by Korelya Capital (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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The Apple Store App Has an Easter Egg

Daring Fireball

ViacomCBS says Paramount+ will cost $5/month with ads and $10/month without ads; the ad tier will be available in June while the ad-free tier starts on March 4 (Richard Lawler/Engadget)

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Biden just partially lifted Trump’s pandemic-related restrictions on legal immigration

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Tech retailer Fry's Electronics announces it will cease operations effective immediately, blames industry changes and the pandemic for the shutdown (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

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Google says it’s working to get ‘Hey Google’ working on Wear OS again

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Go read this story about a plane crash survivor who researches memory and trauma

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Biden signs executive order mandating a 100-day review of supply chains, including for semiconductors used in products from cars to phones and rare-earth metals (Alex Leary/Wall Street Journal)

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Avatar: The Last Airbender fans are getting new animated movies and series

The Next Web

Australia passes news bargaining code that will require digital platforms like Google and Facebook to pay local media outlets and publishers for their content (Daniel Van Boom/CNET)

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Microsoft announces industry cloud packages for financial services, available in March, and for manufacturing and nonprofits, available in June (Cherlynn Low/Engadget)

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Everything to know about Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS’s new version of CBS All Access

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GameStop shares closed up nearly 104% on Wednesday, halting twice for volatility; GameStop said on Tuesday its CFO will resign; stock up 80%+ after hours (Maggie Fitzgerald/CNBC)

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Paramount Plus joins the streaming war with new movies and low prices

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The Devil Has a New Blue Dress to Wear—Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins Books Are Being Adapted for TV

The Root