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Twitter pauses its plan to delete inactive accounts, after concerns were raised about deceased users, until it creates a way to memorialize accounts — Twitter said Wednesday it was putting on hold a plan to delete inactive accounts amid concerns that accounts from deceased users would be swept up in the purge.
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TikTok says it didn't block US teen's account with Uighur persecution video, but did block device associated with her other account banned for bin Laden pic — There has been significant interest and confusion regarding a user's two TikTok accounts and her viral video talking about the Uighur community in China.
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Unauthorized Uber drivers, including convicted felons with fake IDs, have surfaced in cities beyond London, including San Francisco, Houston, and Boston — Turns out that unauthorized drivers using fake identification isn't just a London problem. — Uber faced a blow on Monday …
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Best 2019 Black Friday deals on mobile devices, laptops, digital storage, wireless headphones, wearables, smart home products, TVs and more — Welcome to our hub for all of the best Black Friday deals in the world of tech! Speakers, TVs, headphones, laptops, tablets, battery packs <deep breath> cameras … | Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Google Photos starts rolling out manual face tagging, lets users tag faces that Google's algorithm detects but doesn't recognize — A few months ago, Google Photos product lead, David Lieb, told us that manually tagging faces was on the app's update roadmap.| Agence France-Presse: |
LG announces CEO Jo Seong-jin will be replaced by Brian Kwon Dec. 1, amid 2020 leadership shakeup and LG smartphone division's 18th straight quarterly loss — CEO Jo Seong-jin, dubbed a “washing machine genius”, was appointed in December 2016, and is respected in South Korea for his unlikely journey …
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EU data regulator issues first-ever sanction of an EU institution, against the European parliament over its use of US-based NationBuilder to process voter data — Europe's lead data regulator has issued its first ever sanction of an EU institution — taking enforcement action …
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Apple meets Russia's demands to show Crimea as part of Russia for Russian Apple Maps users; elsewhere on Apple Maps, Crimea isn't shown as part of any country — Apple has complied with Russian demands to show the annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russian territory on its apps.
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HSBC to shift $20B in assets to a blockchain-based custody platform called Digital Vault, one of the biggest uses of blockchain technology by a bank, by March — LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC aims to shift $20 billion worth of assets to a new blockchain-based custody platform by March …
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Panasonic says it will sell its loss-making semiconductor unit to Taiwan's Nuvoton for $250M — TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp (6752.T) said it would sell its loss-making semiconductor unit to Taiwan's Nuvoton Technology Corp (4919.TW) for $250 million as the Japanese electronics giant struggles … | FinSMEs: |
Miami-based direct-to-consumer arts and crafts supplies startup Arteza raises $24M Series A from Volition Capital — Arteza, a Miami, FL-based direct-to-consumer arts and crafts supplies company, raised $24m in Series A funding. — Volition Capital made the investment.
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Copia, an e-commerce and logistics startup for unbanked customers operating in central Kenya, raises $26M Series B led by UK's LGT Lightstone — The promise of e-commerce over the past decade across Africa's urban middle class lies in the ease and convenience of making and paying for purchases via …
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