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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Former Pinterest COO accuses the company of gender bias in a new lawsuit, alleges she was fired in April after complaining about sexist treatment — Françoise Brougher, Pinterest's former chief operating officer, said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.
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| Francoise Brougher: |
Former Pinterest COO provides a detailed account of her claims about gender discrimination and toxic workplace culture and recommendations for the company — Pinterest has always been about aspiration. It is a platform for sharing beautiful images, curating galleries of an idealized world.
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TechCrunch and Towards Data Science
Tweets: @steipete, @arlery, @gergelyorosz, @nongaap, @gassee, and @carnage4life
| Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: TikTok used an Android security hole to collect MAC addresses, possibly for ad tracking, without an ability to opt out; the practice ended in November — The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption, appears to have violated Google policies
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft commits to launching the Xbox Series X in November and will delay Halo Infinite until 2021 — Halo Infinite will not be available until 2021 — Microsoft is committing to launching its next-generation Xbox Series X console in November. The company had previously only confirmed a vague …
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Halo Waypoint, Xbox Wire, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, GameSpot, Tom's Hardware, Kotaku Australia, Input, USgamer.net, Laptop Mag, Thurrott, Game Rant, CNET, Neowin, Twinfinite, TweakTown News, Tom's Guide, Ars Technica, Android Authority, OnMSFT.com, CNBC, GamingBolt, GeekWire, Wccftech, BGR, Destructoid, Gamasutra, Pureinfotech, Trusted Reviews, Polygon, and Engadget
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Trump's executive order to ban TikTok by Sept. 20 is a gross abuse of power and sets an alarming precedent for the executive branch's control over software — An alarming precedent for government control over software — For months, President Trump has been teasing some kind of ban on TikTok …
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Lawfare, Hollywood Reporter, and Reuters
Tweets: @politicswolf, @taylorlorenz, and @andyboxall
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is now letting anyone limit who can reply to their tweets to just those that follow the author or just the accounts that are tagged in the tweet — Twitter may describe itself as the town square, but that doesn't mean you have to talk to everyone walking past your seat at the cafe.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Mozilla says it plans to lay off around 250 employees and is closing the company's current operations in Taipei, Taiwan — The changes come as the Mozilla Corporation looks to invest in more revenue-generating projects like its recently announced VPN. — Joseph Cox
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The Mozilla Blog, ZDNet, Silicon Valley Business …, Road to VR, Softpedia News, SlashGear, ExtremeTech, Michael Tsai, gHacks Technology News, International Business Times, Neowin, Kotaku Australia, and TechSpot
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| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Biden's VP pick Kamala Harris, who has close ties with tech execs and has dodged questions about breaking up Big Tech, is likely to generate excitement in SV — The California senator has glad-handed with tech elites for decades. — For months, Silicon Valley hasn't been quite sure what to make of Joe Biden.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google is partnering with USGS and creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered opt-in earthquake alert system using phone accelerometers — Google is creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered earthquake alert system. The first part of that system is rolling out today.
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The Keyword, Fossbytes, TechRadar, Pocket-lint, TechCrunch, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, XDA Developers, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, and Ars Technica
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft fixes 17 critical and two zero-day flaws, including an actively-exploited RCE flaw in IE that can compromise PCs when users visit malicious sites — Microsoft says attackers have used a Windows zero-day to spoof file signatures and another RCE in the Internet Explorer scripting engine to execute code on users' devices.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it removed 22.5M posts for violating hate speech policies in Q2, up 2x from Q1, and that 95% of the violations were caught using automated systems — - Hate speech removal has jumped nearly 10-fold since 2018 — Facebook to undergo third party audit for content in 2021
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| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
US judge sides with Google in a lawsuit brought by Genius, which alleged that Google scraped lyrics in violation of copyright law — Google may have been caught “redhanded,” but a federal judge rules that Genius hasn't alleged any viable claims not be preempted by copyright law.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Variety, International Business Times, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Pitchfork, Search Engine Land, Thurrott, and 9to5Google
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn says it has sold presentation-sharing service SlideShare to Scribd, which will take over its operation on September 24 — SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price. — According to LinkedIn …
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Scribd Blog, Inc42 Media, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, and Neowin
Tweets: @amitranjan, @rashmi, @sameerpatel, @scribd, @amitranjan, @jaycuthrell, @jboutelle, and @quinnypig
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
NJ Supreme Court ruled that compelling a suspect to unlock their cell phone doesn't violate Fifth Amendment, following opposite ruling by Indiana SC in June — Courts are split on whether phone unlocking orders violate the Fifth Amendment. — New Jersey's Supreme Court has ruled …
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NorthJersey.com, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, iMore, Android Authority, New Jersey Online, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @2aupdates
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Airbnb plans to confidentially file for IPO this month, a step toward a potential listing before the end of the year — Shares in the home-sharing platform could begin trading by year-end — Airbnb Inc. is close to filing to go public in a move that would underscore a surprising rebound …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Simpplr, which develops AI-powered intranet software for employee directories, raised $10M Series B led by Norwest Venture Partners — Simpplr today raised $10 million for its AI-powered intranet platform that is designed to streamline communications. CEO Dhiraj Sharma says the funds … | Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Samsung Display reveals new generation of variable refresh rate mobile display panels, making its debut in the Note20 Ultra, helping lower device power usage — By now we've become quite familiar with high refresh-rate displays in the mobile space, as the first pioneering 90Hz devices …
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XDA Developers, Business Wire, Engadget, MSPoweruser, Android Authority, and PhoneArena. Tweets: @anandtech
| Sara Harrison / The Markup: |
While US adoption of the Google-Apple Exposure Notification API has been slow, 16 nations have used it in apps; Ireland's has 1.4M downloads since early July — Contact tracing—monitoring who's getting COVID-19 and tracking down anyone who might have been in contact with that person so they can quarantine …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Routable, a startup focused on streamlining B2B payments, comes out of stealth with $12M Series A from Y Combinator, Founders' Co-Op, and others — Routable, a fintech startup with Seattle roots, came out of stealth mode this week and announced a $12 million Series A funding round.
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Business Wire, FinSMEs, and PYMNTS.com
| Dani Kass / Law360: |
A Texas federal jury said Apple should pay PanOptis and related companies $506M+ for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE technology — In the country's first in-person jury trial over patents since the COVID-19 pandemic led to nationwide court closures, a Texas federal jury on Tuesday …
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Bloomberg Law, Micky, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Forbes, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @inafried
| Samuel Axon / Ars Technica: |
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