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Ant Group says its IPO has been suspended in both Shanghai and Hong Kong, after Chinese regulators summoned Jack Ma and other executives of the company — The Shanghai Stock Exchange postponed the offering one day after regulators summoned Jack Ma and other executives of the financial technology giant.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Some Instagram users see a banner that says Election Day is tomorrow, not today; FB blames a bug, says a “small group” is affected but does not clarify how many — On Election Day, a subset of Instagram users woke up to a message at the top of their Instagram feeds that read, “Tomorrow is Election Day.”| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Study: YouTube's recent efforts to reduce recommendations of misinfo from fringe channels worked, but Fox News is now the most recommended for election videos — To battle false information, YouTube cut its recommendations to fringe channels and instead promoted major networks, especially Fox News.
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How Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter plan to handle Election Day and the subsequent days, clamping down on falsehoods and highlighting accurate information — The sites are key conduits for communication and information. Here's how they plan to handle the challenges facing them before, on and after Tuesday.
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Internal Facebook survey shows only 51% believe Facebook was having a positive impact in the world, down 23% from May and down 5.5% from last year — Less than 24 hours before a historic US presidential election day, Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs and communications …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Indonesian online marketplace Bukalapak raises $100M from Microsoft and others at a $2.5B-$3B valuation; Microsoft says it has partnered with Bukalapak — - Existing backers GIC and Emtek Group are also joining funding — Microsoft says in a statement it'll make strategic investment
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PayPal CEO says that, by end of H1 2021 starting in US, users will be able to pay with cryptocurrency at 28M PayPal merchants without any new “incremental fees” — PayPal this week laid out its vision for the future of its digital wallet platform and its PayPal and Venmo apps.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
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Semiconductor manufacturing has further shifted to Asia in recent years from US and EU, with many US chip companies contracting out to Asian producers like TSMC — More semiconductors are now manufactured in Asia than anywhere else. A chart-filled look at how that happened and what it means| Meredith Whittaker / The Boston Globe: |
People who are most affected by AI decision-making should be allowed to play a central role in shaping conversations about algorithmic governance and regulation — The people who bear the risks of algorithmic systems should get to determine whether — and how — they're used.
Tweets: @johnkoetsier, @maria_axente, and @fabiochiusi
| Washington Post: |
Court docs reveal that a previously undisclosed facial recognition system called NCRFRILS was used to identify a Lafayette Square protester accused of assault — A line of U.S. Park Police officers pushed protesters back from Lafayette Square on June 1, firing pepper balls …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Spotify begins rolling out support for streaming audio from its standalone Apple Watch app — Back in September, we saw Spotify finally start testing streaming support for its Apple Watch app, something we've seen arrive with other third-party services like Pandora months ago.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Snapchat now lets creators display their subscriber counts, the first time Snapchat has given users any public-facing metric of their audience or followers — Great for brand deals — Snapchat is now allowing creators to publicize how many subscribers they have.Sponsor Posts
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