
REPORT: 70% OF AMERICANS NOW HAVE ACCESS TO A BROADBAND PLAN COSTING $60 OR LESS, UP FROM 52% AT THE END OF 2019 (JOANNA NELIUS/GIZMODO)

DESPITE AN APPARENT INDUSTRY’S INFLUENCE DURING TRANSITION, LATEST APPOINTMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS HINT BIDEN ADMIN WILL BE TOUGHER ON TECH THAN ITS PREDECESSORS (WILL OREMUS/ONEZERO )

US DOJ HAS CHARGED A LATVIAN WOMAN WHO IT SAYS WAS A PROGRAMMER IN A GANG THAT HELPED DEVELOP TRICKBOT MALWARE; THE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED IN MIAMI ON FEBRUARY 6 (CATALIN CIMPANU/THE RECORD)

YANDEX HAS LOST 75%+ OF ITS VALUE IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS, DESPITE NOT BEING DIRECTLY SANCTIONED, AS DEALS WITH UBER, GRUBHUB, AND DUCKDUCKGO APPEAR LIKELY TO END (DAVE LEE/FINANCIAL TIMES)

APPLE SAYS IT IS DISCONTINUING THE ORIGINAL HOMEPOD TO FOCUS ON HOMEPOD MINI, WILL PROVIDE HOMEPOD OWNERS SOFTWARE UPDATES AND SUPPORT VIA APPLE CARE (MATTHEW PANZARINO/TECHCRUNCH)

SOME EXPERTS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE US ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION’S PROPOSED SECURITY STANDARDS THAT WOULD ALLOW VOTING MACHINES WITH WIRELESS HARDWARE (FRANK BAJAK/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

PROFILE OF MAIMAI, A CHINESE SITE MODELED AFTER LINKEDIN WITH A GLASSDOOR-LIKE FORUM WHERE USERS CAN POST ANONYMOUSLY, AS IT FIGHTS CHINA’S TECH FIRMS IN COURT (ZEYI YANG/PROTOCOL)
