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Facebook says it will stop accepting new political ads a week before the US presidential election, as part of steps to protect against election interference — Striking a compromise to prevent election misinformation — Facebook will stop taking new political advertising in the United States …
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Facebook says it will take down a video of Trump suggesting people vote twice in North Carolina “unless it is shared to correct the record” — Facebook, citing its policies against voter fraud, will take down a video of President Trump suggesting people vote twice in North Carolina …
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Sources: DOJ plans to file antitrust charges against Google as soon as this month, after AG Barr overruled career lawyers who said they needed more time — The attorney general is said to have set a deadline over the objections of career lawyers who say they need more time to build the case.| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Apple confirms it will delay enforcement of IDFA changes in iOS 14 until early next year “to give developers the time they need to make the necessary changes” — Apple plans to delay the enforcement of a controversial change to its next mobile operating system that would upend …
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Japan's antitrust regulator says it will step up scrutiny of Apple's App Store practices, as gaming industry developers and execs speak out following Epic suit — - After Epic suit, Japan's antitrust watchdog probes Apple rules — Japanese game creators break silence on Apple inconsistency
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Facebook formally codifies its policy of notifying third-party developers of critical bugs and vulnerabilities it finds in third-party code and systems — Facebook has announced a policy change that will see the company notify third-party developers if it finds a security vulnerability in their code.
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| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook told employees it deleted an event page for Kenosha Guard but internal docs show it was deleted by the page admin; Facebook apologizes for the error — Sandra Fiehrer thought she was helping Facebook enforce its own rules when she reported “Armed Citizens to Protect our Lives and Property …
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Source: only the iPhone 12 Pro Max will support speedy millimeter-wave 5G, and the feature will be limited to the US, South Korea, and Japan — Just one of the new iPhones Apple is set to announce will support the faster millimeter-wave flavor of 5G wireless service, a wireless industry source tells Fast Company.
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| Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Oculus ends sales of Rift and Quest in Germany, pending talks with regulators who cast doubt on legality of requiring Oculus devices be linked to Facebook login — Facebook says it's a temporary move and will continue supporting existing owners in the country
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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
In an amended S-1 filing, Palantir says it won't have independent board governance for up to a year from its listing date — When we leaked Palantir's S-1 IPO filing a week and a half ago, one of the more bizarre components that came out of that document was the company's corporate governance.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Alexa for Residential, a service for property managers to set up and maintain Alexa-powered smart home devices in their buildings — Amazon wants to bring Alexa to property managers. The company this morning launched a new service, Alexa for Residential …
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California lawmakers refused to hear bill that would have expanded broadband access via state-financed networks, after pro-big ISP amendments were inserted — California is facing a broadband access crisis, as parents are relying more on the Internet every day trying to keep their jobs …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
TikTok announces Stitch, a feature that lets users sample five seconds of video from other users, alongside a set of marketing tools and partnerships for brands — There's a big question mark hanging over the future of TikTok right now, in the form of what exactly will happen … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Uber says it will launch car rentals in the UK via its app through a partnership with car rental company CarTrawler, following trials in France and Australia — Following trials in Australia and France — Uber announce today that it will soon allow users in the UK to rent cars via its app …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yandex says it is spinning out its self-driving car unit from its Uber joint venture, buying out some of Uber's share, and investing $150M into the new company — Self-driving cars are still many years away from becoming a ubiquitous reality, but today one of the bigger efforts to build … | Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Alphabet, Microsoft, Salesforce, and others are offering tools to get workers back in offices, despite extending their own remote working policies into 2021 — Alphabet, Microsoft, and Salesforce are offering services to track employees, arrange tests, and record results—all while most of their staffers are remote.
Tweets: @benioff, @nmainland, @dancharvey, and @cbre
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
France will spend $8.4B on digital investments, including for startups and infrastructure, over the next two years as part of its economic stimulus plan — The French government unveiled a massive $120 million (€100 billion) stimulus package earlier today to recover from the economic downturn … Sponsor Posts
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