<p><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5f334c3b2618b97a831a7bdb-2400/biden harris.jpg" alt="Joe Biden and Kamala Harris" data-mce-source="Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Joe Biden and Kamala Harris" border="0"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday. <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/10-things-in-tech&hash=8122c716833601fc1471f79af063b104'nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=10_things_tech&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20sai:%2010%20things%20in%20tech%20you%20need%20to%20know%20today&utm_term=10%20THINGS%20IN%20TECH%20YOU%20NEED%20TO%20KNOW%20-%20ENGAGED%2C%20ACTIVE%2C%20PASSIVE%2C%20DISENGAGED">Sign up here</a> to get this email in your inbox every morning.</p><p>Have an Amazon Alexa device' Listen to this update by searching "Business Insider" in your flash briefing settings.</p><ol><ol><li><strong>Facebook suspended Trump. </strong>The president <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-has-blocked-president-trump-indefinitely-2021-1">won't be able to post</a> until the end of his term on January 20, and the suspension could last for longer, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said.<br><br></li><li><strong>Plans to storm the Capitol circulated online for weeks. </strong>Far-right extremists <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/plans-to-storm-the-capitol-circulated-on-social-media-2021-1">publicly voiced their plans</a> both on niche right-wing forums as well as on mainstream social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.<br><br></li><li><strong>A lawmaker streamed himself breaking into the Capitol. </strong>Derrick Evans, a newly-elected Republican lawmaker from West Virginia, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/derrick-evans-capitol-siege-republican-west-virginia-video-facebook-stream-2021-1">filmed himself storming the US Capitol Wednesday</a>, posting the live video on Facebook and later deleting it.<br><br></li><li><strong>Exclusive: Tech investors want their peers to shun Jared Kushner.</strong> Horrified by pro-Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday in an effort to stop Congress from ratifying the election results, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vcs-want-others-to-stop-doing-deals-with-jared-kushner-2021-1">VCs are calling on other investors</a> to stop doing business deals with Trump's son-in-law.<br><br></li><li><strong>Shopify removed Trump's stores.</strong> "Shopify does not tolerate actions that incite violence," a Shopify spokesperson said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shopify-removes-president-trump-store-accounts-2021-1">in a statement</a> to Insider.<br><br></li><li><strong>Elon Musk was briefly richer than Jeff Bezos.</strong> The Tesla chief <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-elon-musk-overtakes-amazon-jeff-bezos-world-richest-man-2021-1">has added more than $150 billion</a> to his fortune in the past year, after shares in his electric-vehicle company rocketed up 740% in 2020.<br><br></li><li><strong>Exclusive: Oracle quietly replaced its EMEA execs. </strong>Two top former EMEA leaders <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oracle-executives-europe-middle-east-asia-emea-japac-2021-1">have left the company</a>, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, and the region's executive vice president may change positions internally or leave altogether. <br><br></li><li><strong>$2.1 billion year-old events startup Hopin made another acquisition. </strong>It has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hopin-acquires-streamyard-250-million-deal-2021-1">acquired live streaming platform StreamYard</a> in a $250 million cash and stock deal.<br><br></li><li><strong>Tencent backed a self-driving software startup. </strong>Since being spun out of the University of Oxford in 2014, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tencent-oxbotica-technology-startup-pitch-deck-2021-1">Oxbotica has grown</a> from a small-time robotics firm to become one of the world's leading autonomous driving software companies.<br><br></li><li><strong>Exclusive: Etsy sellers panicked after the platform was slow to respond to sales tax changes. </strong>As a marketplace, Etsy is authorized to process and remit the VAT on behalf of its sellers, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/etsy-slow-implement-uk-vat-changes-panicking-sellers-2021-1">but was slow</a> to make this change after the tax change kicked in January 1.</li></ol></ol><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/10-things-in-tech-you-need-to-know-today-january-8-2021-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pikes-peak-hill-climb-colorado-most-dangerous-racetrack-2020-2">Why Pikes Peak is the most dangerous racetrack in America</a></p>
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