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Twitter announces changes to clamp down on US election misinfo, like blocking retweets of misleading content from candidates and accounts with 100K+ followers — Move is latest escalation of anti-misinformation measures in run-up to presidential vote — Twitter will block retweets and …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Report: Apple to announce 4 new iPhones, including $699 5.4" iPhone 12 Mini, MagSafe branded wireless chargers and iPhone case, and $99 HomePod mini on Oct. 13 — Alongside claims we'll see a new HomePod mini this year — A new leak has provided extensive details about what Apple could announce at its October 13th event.
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| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Qihoo 360 launches a browser on China's third-party Android stores that gives access to banned services like YouTube, but users must register with personal info — China now has a tool that lets users access YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google and other internet services …
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Tweets: @__songgao__, @generalsmarch, and @lichtspektrum
| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Onapsis, which provides cybersecurity and compliance services for SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce, raises $55M Series D, bringing its total raised to $117M — Onapsis, a Boston-based company that provides cybersecurity and compliance solutions for mission-critical applications … | Erica Klarreich / Quanta Magazine: |
Researchers prove an efficient algorithm for finding approximate solutions to the traveling salesperson problem slightly beats the long-standing record holder — After 44 years, there's finally a better way to find approximate solutions to the notoriously difficult traveling salesperson problem.
Tweets: @andreasateth and @gunvantsr
| Ashanti M. Martin / New York Times: |
Black LinkedIn is emerging as a professional analog to Black Twitter since the pandemic and George Floyd's killing, with disagreements about moderation arising — The social network's tone has long reflected corporate America: staid, monolithic, white. Now Black users are speaking up — and saying the site is limiting their voice.
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| Stephen Harrison / Slate: |
The Wikipedia page of a Bollywood star has become an internet battleground as editors dispute if it should reflect conspiracy theories about his cause of death — When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September, her Wikipedia article rocketed to the top of the “Top 25 Report …
Tweets: @nowme_datta and @harrisonstephen
| Canalys: |
Global PC shipments grew 12.7% YoY in Q3 2020 to 79.2M units, breaking a 10-year record; Acer grew 15% while Apple grew 13.2% — Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Friday, 22 February 2020 — Recently released Canalys data shows …
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Datavant, which lets healthcare organizations connect their data while protecting patient privacy, raises $40M Series B, bringing its total raised to $83M — Datavant, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of solutions for life sciences and healthcare organizations to connect their data …
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| Laura Lovett / MobiHealthNews: |
Digital mental health subscription service Cerebral raises $35M Series A led by Oak HC/FT — The startup said that the new funding will go towards expanding into all 50 states. — Digital mental health company Cerebral announced that it closed its Series A funding round with $35 million.| Igor Bosilkovski / Forbes: |
Airkit, a low-code customer engagement service for DTC businesses, comes out of stealth with $28M in funding from Accel, Emergence, and Salesforce Ventures — Low-code platform Airkit designed to improve customer engagement announced today that it is coming out of stealth …
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| Mathew Di Salvo / Decrypt: |
Flow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a token sale — The creators of CryptoKitties are creating a new place to store crypto collectibles. — In brief — Flow, a blockchain built for the entertainment industry, has raised $18 million in a public token sale.
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