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| The Markup: |
The Markup announces The Citizen Browser Project, an initiative with The NYT to analyze how the algorithms of Facebook and YouTube serve content to users — The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates how the world's most powerful institutions use technology to reshape society …
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| Agence France-Presse: |
Nick Clegg says 2.2M proposed ads on Facebook and Instagram have been rejected and 120K posts withdrawn for attempting to “obstruct voting” in the US elections — A total of 2.2m ads on Facebook and Instagram have been rejected and 120,000 posts withdrawn for attempting to …
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| BBC: |
EU is investigating Instagram's handling of children's personal data, after complaints that contact information on business accounts was publicly visible — Instagram is being investigated by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) over its handling of children's personal data on the platform.
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Profile of Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia partner Matt Huang, whose VC firm Paradigm moved all $400M of its initial capital into Bitcoin in 2018 — Covering venture capital, software and startups — An aggressive Bitcoin trade got crypto VC shop Paradigm flying out of the gate.
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| Matthew Ball / MatthewBall.vc: |
Audio, which struggled for decades as a media category, is breaking out now, as tech enables new content formats as well as new monetization and delivery models — As most of the major media categories — music, video and video games — have existed for decades, we tend to forget that media is technology.
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Alex Danco's Newsletter. Tweets: @ballmatthew, @patrick_spence, @johnbattelle, @adamsinger, @fitzyrichard, @ballmatthew, @pkafka, @davemorgannyc, @marklittlenews, @kintan, @sheckygreen, @patrick_oshag, and @nbt
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Pakistan says it is lifting the ban on TikTok after assurances that it would moderate content in accordance with societal norms and laws — Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said on Monday it has lifted the ban on TikTok, 11 days after the South Asian nation's telecom authority blocked … | Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
A filing with a regulator in Brazil says the iPhone 12 has a 2,815mAh battery and the iPhone 12 mini has a 2,227mAh battery — While the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are now available for pre-order in the US, Apple is getting ready to bring its new smartphones to other countries as well.| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Virtual studios, where the filmmaking takes place in front of a halo of flat screen displays connected to PCs, are offering a real alternative to green screens — For as long as filmmaking has existed, there has been a need to build fantastic worlds in front of cameras.
Tweets: @rebellionjason
| BBC: |
UK to make it illegal to use a mobile phone while driving from next year, closing a loophole that let drivers use a phone to take a photo or play a game — It will become illegal for anyone to pick up and use their mobile phone while driving, under new legislation to be enacted next year.
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The Next Web, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Telegraph, AppleInsider, LBC, The Guardian, and Engadget
Tweets: @dharford79, @spaniels_rule, @markandcharlie, @lanceulanoff, @exglospolbiker, and @safecyclingeire
| Anil Ananthaswamy / Knowable Magazine: |
A look at “neurosymbolic AI”, which combines techniques of deep neural networks and “good old-fashioned AI”, with comments from its proponents and critics — The unlikely marriage of two major artificial intelligence approaches has given rise to a new hybrid called neurosymbolic AI.
Tweets: @knowablemag, @hkanji, @knowablemag, @knowablemag, @paldhous, @knowablemag, and @knowablemag
| Colum Murphy / Bloomberg: |
China passes a new export control law, in effect from Dec. 1, that will let it take reciprocal measures if any country or regions abuse their export controls — China passed a new law to restrict sensitive exports to protect national security, helping Beijing gain reciprocity against U.S. as tech tensions mount.
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Protocol, MediaNama, Nikkei Asia, The Hill, globalnews.ca, South China Morning Post, Fortune, New.blicio.us, and IT Management
Tweets: @beatlesonbankin, @andreaslandwehr, @tgehrke_, @onlyyoontv, and @richardturrin
| Alex Dobie / Android Central: |
Sources: Samsung's next Galaxy S flagships, the S21/S30, will be launched in January 2021 in three new models, a standard, a Plus, and an Ultra — The design of Samsung's 2021 flagship has been revealed, and it's launching earlier than ever before. — What you need to know
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Android Authority, 9to5Google, The Verge, Pocketnow, Phandroid, Softpedia News, and Mashable
Tweets: @journeydan and @androidcentral
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