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Block.one settles with the SEC for $24M in penalties for conducting an unregistered securities sale; Block.one had raised ~$4.1B via ICO over a one-year period — EOS maker Block.One must pay $24 million in penalties for conducting an unregistered securities sale, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …
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Nextdoor's verification requirement excludes homeless people from neighborhood discussions, leading to echo chambers that demonize them — The platform built for neighborhood news often scapegoats the most disadvantaged communities — August 14, a man broke into a home in the Shafter neighborhood in Oakland, California.
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Sources: a US online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress in 2019, forcing companies to deal with a stricter law in CA that takes effect on Jan. 1 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress this year, three sources said …
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| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
A look at the rapidly declining morale at Uber amid budget cuts for basic amenities, mass layoffs, and a 30% decline in stock price since its IPO — Uber's CEO told staff: “We need to ship more quickly and operate more effectively and efficiently than we are today.”
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Newser. Tweets: @gigworkersrise, @carnage4life, @faizsays, @mikeisaac, @thestalwart, @nitashatiku, @carlquintanilla, and @hipster_trader
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft rolls out its Azure-based Windows Virtual Desktop globally, with a WVD client app available for Windows, Android, Mac, iOS, and HTML 5 — Microsoft is rolling out its Azure-based Windows Virtual Desktop service and readying some new capabilities around Teams support and MSIX App Attach which could make it even more useful.
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TechCrunch, Thurrott, Microsoft 365 Blog, Neowin, CRN, VentureBeat, OnMSFT.com, Windows Central, Microsoft Azure Cloud …, Petri, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @microsoft365, @markhachman, @maryjofoley, and @sjvn
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Coalition of creators and researchers accuses YouTube of automatically demonetizing videos with LGBTQ-related words in metadata and titles, which YouTube denies — YouTube spokesperson states this isn't the case — A new investigation from a coalition of YouTube creators and researchers … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 13.1.2 and iPadOS 13.1.2 with fixes for several bugs including those affecting Camera, iCloud Backup, shortcuts on HomePod, and flashlight — Apple today released iOS and iPadOS 13.1.2, updates to the iOS and iPadOS 13.1.1 software that was released on Friday.
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Tweets: @viticci, @markgurman, @marcoarment, @mattcassinelli, and @marcoarment
| Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News: |
Hacker claims to have breached Zynga and stolen info on Words with Friends players; Zynga has started notifying users but has not disclosed size of breach — A Pakistani hacker who previously made headlines earlier this year for selling almost a billion user records stolen …
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HOTforSecurity, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Forbes, GamesIndustry.biz, Security Affairs, Dark Reading, IT PRO, and Inquirer
Tweets: @thehackersnews, @terabyte, and @thehackersnews
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Verizon to acquire the software and technology assets of VR startup Jaunt XR, which raised $100M in funding from Disney, GV, and others; Jaunt is pivoting to AR — - The start-up develops tools that enable brands and consumers to make high-quality VR content, among other things.
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GlobeNewswire News Room, Engadget, The Verge, and Light Reading
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Microsoft now lets OneDrive users expand 1TB storage in 200GB increments and launches OneDrive Personal Vault, to protect folders using 2FA, available globally — Microsoft announced two major features for OneDrive back in June: Personal Vault and expandable storage. Both of the features are launching worldwide today.| Jason Torchinsky / Jalopnik: |
Videos of owners trying Tesla's new Smart Summon feature, which show Teslas autonomously driving to owners with varying degrees of success, go viral — Just a few days ago, Tesla announced their new Version 10 software update, which included such things as the ability to play Cuphead …
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The Verge, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, LarrysWorld.com, and Electrek
Tweets: @chrismessina, @artemr, @drinkslinger321, @herne, @dtunkelang, @danielbrim, @gideonro, and @verge
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple News+ expands for the first time since launch, to the UK and Australia for £9.99 and AU$14.99 per month respectively, with over 150 publications on board — Apple News+, Apple's subscription news and magazine service, has launched for users who live in the UK and Australia, Apple announced today.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook is planning to pay only about a quarter of the 200 publishers that will be featured in its news tab, set to launch as soon as the end of Oct. — Social-media giant plans to pay about a quarter of news organizations whose content will be featured
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Mashable, NBC News, Nieman Lab, Seeking Alpha, and Vox
Tweets: @brianmfloyd, @mattnavarra, @ow, @matthewstoller, @juddlegum, @lmoses, @backlon, @whatthebit, @stevekopack, and @lalpert1
| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook plans to let opinion pieces and satire be exempted from its fact-checking program, preventing such content from being labeled false — Move follows controversy over fact-checking of posts on abortion, climate change — Facebook Inc. FB .55% plans to exempt opinion pieces … | Lawrence White / Reuters: |
Revolut partners with Visa to expand into 24 new markets, including the US and Japan, by year's end, plans to increase staff from 1,500 to 5,000 by next summer — LONDON (Reuters) - British-based digital banking app Revolut is set to hire around 3500 staff as it expands into 24 new markets thanks …
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