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Among Us developers explain why new features are taking a while https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22241461/among-us-developers-innersloth-new-features-blog #news

Metroid looks amazing in Lego — and could become real if you vote https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22241339/metroid-lego-set-voting-process-ideas-nintendo #news

Joe Biden halts US withdrawal from World Health Organization https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22240386/biden-who-us-withdrawal-world-health-organization #news

Content Moderation Case Study: Using Hashes And Scanning To Stop Cloud Storage From Being Used For Infringement (2014) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210120/15455246090/content-moderation-case-study-using-hashes-scanning-to-stop-cloud-storage-being-used-infringement-2014.shtml #news

The US will rejoin the Paris climate agreement, but that was the easy part https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22239441/us-paris-agreement-rejoin-climate-change-joe-biden #news

Tech rallies behind Biden’s immigration plans https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22240924/big-tech-joe-biden-immigration-bill-facebook-apple-google-executive-order #news

The Muppet Great Gatsby exists — in script form https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/1/20/22239271/the-muppets-great-gatsby-film-script-adaptation-reddit #news

Inauguration Day was more accessible than ever, but there’s still a ways to go https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22241151/inauguration-day-accessibility-sign-language #news

Inauguration Has Happened, Google And Facebook Should End The Ban On Political Advertisements https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210119/21572446084/inauguration-has-happened-google-facebook-should-end-ban-political-advertisements.shtml #news

JBL’s Link View smart display is $80 on eBay https://www.theverge.com/good-deals/2021/1/20/22241056/jbl-link-view-google-assistant-smart-display-ebay-deal-sale #news

Twitch has ‘indefinitely’ banned Donald Trump https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22241201/twitch-donald-trump-ban-permanent #news

Microsoft shares how SolarWinds hackers evaded detection https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-shares-how-solarwinds-hackers-evaded-detection/ #news #Microsoft #Security

Today, the US welcomed a new president and new Bernie memes https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22241049/bernie-sanders-inauguration-sitting-meme #news

Security firm Malwarebytes was infected by same hackers who hit SolarWinds https://arstechnica.com/?p=1736368 #news #supplychainattacks #malwarebytes #solarwinds #microsoft #Biz&IT #Tech

Reform Works: For The First Time EVER, Newark Cops Go An Entire Year Without Firing Their Guns, Being Sued https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210115/11494946065/reform-works-first-time-ever-newark-cops-go-entire-year-without-firing-their-guns-being-sued.shtml #news

Amazon offers to help Biden administration with vaccinations https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22241031/amazon-vaccination-biden-administration #news

VLC Media Player 3.0.12 fixes multiple remote code execution flaws https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/vlc-media-player-3012-fixes-multiple-remote-code-execution-flaws/ #news #Software

As parting message, Jim Bridenstine leaves Artemis program ‘in good shape’ for Biden’s NASA https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22240908/jim-bridenstine-nasa-chief-transition-artemis #news

Cisco fixes critical pre-auth bugs in SD-WAN, cloud license manager https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-fixes-critical-pre-auth-bugs-in-sd-wan-cloud-license-manager/ #news #Security

Volkswagen boss joins Twitter with a jab at Elon Musk https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/1/20/22240725/volkswagen-herbert-diess-twitter-elon-musk-vw-tesla #news