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Facebook removes over 980 Groups, 520 Pages, and 160 ads for “US-based militia organizations” and those that identify as Antifa — Facebook has taken down or restricted more than 10,000 groups, pages and Instagram accounts associated with QAnon, in the latest effort …
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| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Facebook says it has further cracked down on QAnon, removing 790 Groups and restricting another 1,950 Groups, 440 Pages, and over 10,000 Instagram accounts — The social network also said it was restricting another 1,950 groups, 440 pages on Facebook and more than 10,000 accounts on Instagram related to the conspiracy group.
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| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
Police in NYC and Miami have reportedly used facial recognition software to arrest people who allegedly committed crimes during Black Lives Matter protests — Cops' use of the tech among the list of things protesters are demonstrating against. — Law enforcement in several cities …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Airbnb said it submitted its draft S-1 for an IPO to the SEC on Wednesday — - Airbnb has submitted a draft registration to the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. — The company did not disclose its financial information nor did it specify how many shares would be offered.
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| South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba posts quarterly revenue of $21.8B, up 34% YoY, and profit of $6.7B, up 124% YoY on the back of its online retail and cloud computing businesses — Revenue hit US$21.8 billion in the June quarter, up 34 per cent from a year ago, on the back of its China online retail …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple becomes the first US company to reach a $2T market cap during intraday trading, two years after reaching $1T — Just two years after becoming the first U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion market capitalization, Apple has officially doubled its value to $2 trillion.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, and more Google services were hit by widespread disruption globally for a few hours Thursday — A number of Google services including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Groups, Chat, Keep and Voice are experiencing service disruptions, the company is reporting on its G Suite Status Dashboard.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Netflix confirms it's been testing a “Shuffle Play” feature, which will randomly play content based on what a user watches or saves to a list, since July — One variant is called Shuffle Play, and you might already see it — Does your Netflix home screen — you know …
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| Ed Sealover / Denver Business Journal: |
Palantir lists Denver as its headquarters on its website, after Alex Karp said in a May interview that Palantir was considering moving out of Silicon Valley — Palantir Technologies Inc., a $20 billion data-analysis software firm that sells its products to governments to help them track everything …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
CISA and the FBI have identified new RAT malware BLINDINGCAN, attributed to NK-sponsored Lazarus Group, and say it can remove itself from compromised systems — U.S. government agencies today published a malware analysis report exposing information on a remote access trojan (RAT) …
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| Committee to Protect Journalists: |
Ankhi Das, a top Facebook exec in India, filed a criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari for sharing a WSJ article critical of Das on Facebook — Facebook regional director Ankhi Das should withdraw her criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari, and respect citizens' rights …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ThredUp, an online marketplace for used clothing is planning to go public, with an IPO targeted for early next year that could raise $200M-$300M — ThredUp Inc., an online marketplace for second hand clothing, is gearing up to go public, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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| Reuters: |
Taiwan to stop local sales for Chinese TV streaming services, not block them — TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan plans to stop local sales for Chinese internet television streaming services operated by the likes of iQiyi and Tencent Holdings, according to regulations released this week, but does not plan on blocking the services.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter successfully stopped the second “Plandemic” video from going viral, likely due to widespread announcements about its premiere — The trick is getting the hucksters to announce a premiere date — One of the more hopeful developments at tech platforms … | The Guardian: |
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Zoom says it is adding support for Amazon Echo Show, Facebook Portal, and Google Nest Hub Max later this year — Zoom from even more places — Zoom is expanding to a variety of new devices later this year, with the company announcing that the Amazon Echo Show, Facebook Portal …
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
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