Hirox Europe releases 10-billion-pixel scan of Girl with a Pearl Earring

Today you can view a 10-billion-pixel scan of the Johannes Vermeer painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” Over the course of one night, the folks at Hirox captured 91,000 photos…

Microsoft Edge is the latest browser to get leaked passwords warning

Microsoft is adding a new Edge feature that will be familiar to Chrome and select other browser users: an alert when your password is compromised. Called Password Monitor, the security…

Imperfect Foods, a service that distributes groceries that would otherwise go to waste, raises $95M Series D, with a source valuing it at $700M+ (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Imperfect Foods, a service that distributes groceries that would otherwise go to waste, raises $95M Series D, with a source valuing it at $700M+  —  - Grocery delivery…

Apple Glasses could be for niche users at first, like Google Glass

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Adult streaming site MyFreeCams has two million user records stolen

Cybercriminals…

IBM reports Q4 revenue of $20.37B, down 6% YoY, vs $20.67B est., Cloud and Cognitive Software revenue, which includes Red Hat, was $6.84B, down 5% YoY (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: IBM reports Q4 revenue of $20.37B, down 6% YoY, vs $20.67B est., Cloud and Cognitive Software revenue, which includes Red Hat, was $6.84B, down 5% YoY …

Judge rules that Amazon won’t be forced to host Parler

A federal judge on Thursday declined to force Amazon to bring controversial social network Parler back onto its cloud service. Parler had sued Amazon Web Services last week after the…

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Google Meet gets live transcription feature from Otter.ai

Otter.ai, a transcription service that uses artificial intelligence rather than human transcribers, has arrived on Google Meet as an alternative to Google’s own captions feature. Otter already offers its transcription…

Omnipresent, which helps companies hire remote workers in 150 countries, raises $15.8M Series A, five months after raising a $2M seed round (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Omnipresent, which helps companies hire remote workers in 150 countries, raises $15.8M Series A, five months after raising a $2M seed round  —  Omnipresent, which helps…

Instacart lays off 1,900 workers, including the 10 who formed a union

Microsoft Edge will open your email from the new tab page

Microsoft’s latest version of its Edge browser, in conjunction with Microsoft Bing, are rolling out some intriguing new features as part of the latest Microsoft Edge version 88 update. The most…

Raspberry Pi announces $4 microcontroller - CNET

The Pico chip is available now for pairing with Raspberry Pi mini computers.…

Intel beats with Q4 revenue of $20B, down 1% YoY, vs $17.49B est., and Data Center Group revenue of $6.1B, down 16% YoY; stock up 6%+ after hours (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Intel beats with Q4 revenue of $20B, down 1% YoY, vs $17.49B est., and Data Center Group revenue of $6.1B, down 16% YoY; stock up 6%+…

Judge won't order Amazon to keep hosting Parler on its cloud service - CNET

A Seattle federal court rejects Parler's request to for an order requiring Amazon Web Services to reinstate the social media platform.…

Canoo opens preorders for its funky electric delivery van - Roadshow

Unlike its passenger van, you don't need to subscribe to this one.…

Bluesky, Twitter's decentralized social networking project, releases a review of the existing decentralized web ecosystem, says it still seeks a project lead (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Bluesky, Twitter's decentralized social networking project, releases a review of the existing decentralized web ecosystem, says it still seeks a project lead  —  Bluesky is…

2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat is totally sold out - Roadshow

The Durango SRT Hellcat is a one-year special, and they're all spoken for.…

Soci, which offers tools to help businesses with "localized marketing" across search and social media, raises $80M Series D, bringing its total raised to $110M (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Soci, which offers tools to help businesses with “localized marketing” across search and social media, raises $80M Series D, bringing its total raised to $110M  — …

China Has Debuted 400-MPH 'Super Bullet' Maglev Train, Mass Transit Design

Japan's Chuo Shinkansen broke records with 374 mph, but both maglev trains face serious challenges.…

Federal judge rejects Parler's demand to be reinstated on AWS (Russell Brandom/The Verge)

Russell Brandom / The Verge: Federal judge rejects Parler's demand to be reinstated on AWS  —  Ruling calls Parler's antitrust evidence ‘dwindlingly slight’  —  A Washington judge has denied social…

Newegg introduces new lottery system for scarce PS5s, RTX 3080s, and more

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Profile of Jessica Rosenworcel, the second woman to lead the FCC as acting chair and a big proponent of net neutrality and expanding broadband access (April Glaser/NBC News)

April Glaser / NBC News: Profile of Jessica Rosenworcel, the second woman to lead the FCC as acting chair and a big proponent of net neutrality and expanding broadband access …

The FCC has its first Chairwoman in Jessica Rosenworcel

The Biden administration has officially appointed Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel acting FCC Chairwoman, making her the first woman to hold the position, and she will likely be nominated to fill the…

The FCC has its first Chairwoman in Jessica Rosenworcel

Amazon can keep Parler's servers offline, judge rules

How Bitcoin is helping middle-class users survive the pandemic

Regulators may still want to imply Bitcoin is merely a tool for criminals, but for many middle-class users, it’s proving to be a lifeline.…

Podcasters say Anchor's sponsorship feature seems to be seriously lacking in sponsors, and they've received few, if any, ads beyond Anchor or Spotify itself (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge: Podcasters say Anchor's sponsorship feature seems to be seriously lacking in sponsors, and they've received few, if any, ads beyond Anchor or Spotify itself  — …