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Bloomberg ByteDance Founder Steps Down as CEO Ahead of Mega IPO (Bloomberg) — ByteDance Ltd. founder Zhang Yiming will cede the reins of TikTok’s owner to an old college roommate and lieutenant, stepping back from running the world’s most valuable startup ahead of its highly anticipated market debut.Zhang will hand off the chief executive officer role at TikTok’s owner to human resources chief Rubo Liang, he announced in an internal memo posted online Thursday. The billionaire… Source link

Chrome is testing a Follow feature similar to Google Reader. James Martin/CNET Google is testing a new experimental Source link

In a wonderful cybersecurity move that should be replicated by all vendors, Google is slowly moving to make multi-factor authentication (MFA) default. To confuse matters, Google isn’t calling MFA “MFA;’ instead it calls it “two-step verification (2SV).” The more interesting part is that Google is also pushing the use of FIDO-compliant software that is embedded within the phone. It even has an iOS version, so it can be in all Android as well as Apple phones. To be… Source link

Bitcoin — all the rage since first crossing the $1,000 price mark in 2017 — is the least exciting crypto asset on the market. Like many “firsts,” Bitcoin enjoys widespread brand recognition, but that recognition doesn’t accurately reflect its value as an asset, particularly in comparison to other available assets in the crypto market.  Bitcoin is to the crypto market what Netscape was to search engines in the early days of the Internet. There’s a need for a better solution, and… Source link

With a loaded 2021 NFL draft class stockpiled with quarterbacks, plenty of teams are hoping their future will be brighter after this weekend. Which team will be the biggest surprise of the draft? Which player will be the biggest bust? Will there be drama surrounding a certain reigning NFL MVP? We’ll be following all the action live here on Yahoo Sports. No more guesses: 49ers draft Trey Lance at No. 3  When the San Francisco 49ers traded up to No. 3 last month, it was clear they were after… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]US could follow Australia in making Facebook, Google pay for news  Siouxland News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]US could follow Australia in making Facebook, Google pay for news  KFDM-TV News Source link

The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet up Sunday in Super Bowl 55, a game that can be live-streamed on the Yahoo Sports app. Led by Tom Brady, the Buccaneers have won three straight road games in the postseason to get to the Super Bowl. But they face a strong opponent in defending champ Kansas City. Will Brady get his seventh ring? Or will Patrick Mahomes and Co. steal his thunder? We’ll be following all the action live here on Yahoo Sports. The music was better than hologram… Source link

Hopes for an increase in unionisation in Silicon Valley may be overblown Jan 11th 2021 THE DECLINE of labour-union membership since the late 20th century across America and Europe has been worrying for those who fret about rising inequality. So, too, has the rise of the tech giants whose huge profit margins and soaring share prices threaten to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few rich shareholders. And so the news, on January 4th, that employees at Alphabet, the parent company of Google,… Source link