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| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
Internal docs: Facebook removed “strikes” so that at least 2 conservative pages, from PragerU and Diamond & Silk, dodged penalties under misinformation policies — Facebook has allowed conservative news outlets and personalities to repeatedly spread false information without facing …
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @craigsilverman, @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, @axbom, @craigsilverman, @qhardy, @rmac18, @jayrosen_nyu, @oneunderscore__, @rmac18, @rmac18, @joshsternberg, @craigsilverman, @jesselehrich, @joshtpm, @slpng_giants, @oliviasolon, @lopezlinette, @davegershgorn, @t1merickson, @kevinroose, @joshuahol, @rmac18, and @craigsilverman
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Trump signs an executive order to block all transactions with ByteDance and WeChat starting Sept. 20, just 5 days after Microsoft's deadline to acquire TikTok — Microsoft is currently in talks to acquire the company — President Trump has signed a new executive order …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
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Gizmodo, Internet Society, Axios, New York Times, Bloomberg, Washington Post, The Logic, The Diplomat, CoinDesk, SC Media, CNET, and Reuters
Tweets: @hawleymo, @nukestrat, @jgriffiths, @samfbiddle, @oxforddiplomat, and @swodinsky
| Bloomberg: |
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The Verge, New York Times, PYMNTS.com, International Business Times, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Protocol, and TGDaily
Tweets: @tculpan, @starfire2258, @gerryconway, @hawleymo, @danprimack, and @quinnypig
| Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider: |
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CNBC, Morning Brew, Fortune, International Business Times, Bloomberg, Adweek, CNET, 9to5Mac, Variety, Financial Times, and Pandaily
| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
US government contractor Anomaly Six collects and sells location data from hundreds of millions of phones globally via an SDK that is embedded in 500+ apps — Anomaly Six has ties to military, intelligence agencies and draws location data from more than 500 apps with hundreds of millions of users
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Android Authority, Android Headlines, The Mac Observer, and Android Central
Tweets: @jianlubi, @brittmerl, @willoremus, @profcarroll, @shenaz10, @tombrierjr, @mphbox, @slpng_giants, and @mirandacgreen
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Facebook slams Apple's App Store policies, launches Facebook Gaming on iOS without the app's mini games feature to pass the App Store's strict approval policies — Facebook is not happy with the months of rejections it has faced — Facebook is joining Microsoft in condemning Apple's App Store policies today.
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App Store, New York Times, MacRumors, The Verge, Financial Times, VentureBeat, Six Colors, iMore, Variety, AppleInsider, Social Media Today, Laptop Mag, Ars Technica, Financial Times, Neowin, Redmond Pie, Game Rant, SlashGear, KnowTechie, TouchArcade, Mashable, WinBuzzer, iPhone Hacks, Android Authority, MSPoweruser, Windows Central, OnMSFT.com, Silicon Republic, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, Pocket Gamer.biz, GamesIndustry.biz, BBC, and Trusted Reviews
Tweets: @tomwarren, @facebookgaming, @alexhern, @maxwinebach, @gruber, @gruber, @dhh, @timsweeneyepic, @notaj3di, @fdotny, @alexhern, @alexhern, @maddox, @privacymatters, @joshconstine, @facebookgaming, @pierce, @larsklint, @dhh, @alexhern, @mikeisaac, @joncomms, @lucasmtny, @taingysauce, @mrbadbit, @seekrgg, @ryan_browne_, @gartenberg, @sandofsky, @jhthedev, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @vicious696, @willsmith, @artemr, and @ronamadeo
| New York Times: |
Former staff at therapy-by-text app Talkspace say the company provided burner phones to write fake app reviews and doesn't adequately respect client privacy — The therapy-by-text company made burner phones available for fake reviews and doesn't adequately respect client privacy, former employees say.
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OneZero . Tweets: @kashhill, @kashhill, @phirephoenix, @kashhill, @jilliancyork, @kashhill, @melissamcewen, @aaschapiro, @rob_t_firefly, @byrnehobart, @kashhill, @cafween, @hbwhbwhbw, @iwillleavenow, @galvinalmanza, @celineorelse, @kashhill, @marypcbuk, and @reedabelson
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook formally open-sourced Pysa, a static analyzer tool for Python code, which detected 44% of all security bugs in Instagram's server-side code in H1 2020 — In the first half of 2020, Pysa detected 44% of all security bugs in Instagram's server-side Python code.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Qualcomm patches 6 security flaws in a Snapdragon DSP used in most Android phones, which allowed attackers to take over a phone without needing user interaction — Several security vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm's Snapdragon chip Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chip could allow attackers …
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Check Point Software, Threatpost, SiliconANGLE, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Headlines, and TechRadar
Tweets: @checkpointsw and @adam_k_levin
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Reddit says it is investigating after hackers deface more than a dozen subreddits, including some with millions of subscribers, to post pro-Trump messages — Hackers took control and defaced several large subreddits to post pro-Trump content. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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ZDNet, CNET, The Daily Dot, Mashable, The Verge, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @jason_koebler and @shanewatch
| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Facebook says it removed one of the largest public QAnon conspiracy groups, with ~200K members, after repeated violations of its hate speech and other policies — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook said on Thursday it had removed one of the largest public groups devoted to the QAnon web …
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BBC, Input, Business Insider, and Variety
| Adrianne Jeffries / The Markup: |
Leaked docs: Alphabet trains staff not to use certain terms in writing like “market”, “barriers to entry”, and “network effects”, to avoid antitrust issues — The Markup obtained internal documents that coach new employees to avoid creating “very real legal risks” …
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The Verge, Input, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @richardheartwin, @gartenberg, @puiwingtam, @lucasmtny, @matthewstoller, @demandprogress, @nongaap, @malcolmmoore, @sharpshoot, @kidkapital, @eringriffith, @dhh, @jeffjarvis, @somospostpc, @nikillinit, @kevinakwok, and @anshelsag. Thanks:@lutherlowe
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers: China's state-sponsored hackers stole source code, SDKs, and chip designs from at least seven Taiwanese chip companies over the past two years — A campaign called Operation Skeleton Key has stolen source code, software development kits, chip designs, and more.
Tweets: @a_greenberg, @__winn, @780thc, @talbeerysec, @heguisen, @carlzha, and @hatr
| New York Times: |
Interview with Jack Dorsey on Twitter's role in shaping public discourse, building nuance in platform design, and Twitter's role in censoring Trump — The social network's C.E.O. has plans to improve the platform. But will the changes be enough? — This episode of “The Daily” …
Tweets: @justinverrier and @karaswisher
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