Democratizing Tech and the Rise of Spam Calls

FireEye says it got hacked by a nation state. Microsoft’s cloud gaming is coming to iOS in the spring. Samsung’s unpacked event is coming in about a month, and we already got plenty of leaks about the phones we expect to see. Is Apple’s self-driving project still on track? And if you feel like you’ve been getting more spam calls this year, while rents in San Francisco have been plummeting, I’m here to tell you, neither of those trends seem to be imaginary.

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Links:

• U.S. Cyber Firm FireEye Says It Was Breached by Nation-State Hackers (WSJ)
• Microsoft confirms Xbox cloud gaming is coming to iOS in spring 2021 (9to5Mac)
• Google is opening Fuchsia OS development to the public (9to5Google)
• Here are the official Galaxy S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra teasers (Android Police)
• DoorDash skyrockets 80% in market debut, opening at $182 per share (CNBC)
• Apple Shifts Leadership of Self-Driving Car Unit to AI Chief (Bloomberg)
• The state of European tech 2020: 20 things you should know (Sifted)
• Wikifactory has raised $4.5M for its ‘GitHub for hardware’ to make almost anything remotely (TechCrunch)
• Spam calls grew 18% this year despite the global pandemic (TechCrunch)
• San Francisco's 35% Plunge in Rents Shows Effects of Tech Fleeing City (Bloomberg)

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