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Sources: after the election, Zuckerberg agreed to temporarily tweak Facebook's algorithm to make authoritative news like CNN and NYT appear more prominently — Employees and executives are battling over how to reduce misinformation and hate speech without hurting the company's bottom line.
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Apple's head of global security Thomas Moyer indicted for trying to bribe Santa Clara sheriff's office with 200 iPads in return for concealed firearm permits — Defendants include Sheriff Laurie Smith's second-in-command — Four people, including top brass in the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter will now show a warning when someone tries to like a tweet labeled for misinformation, says such warnings decreased quote retweets of misinfo by 29% — The company already displays a warning when you try to retweet a labeled tweet — Ahead of the 2020 election …
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Apple's M1 Macs are impressive but some may want to pass on them for now due to incompatibility or stability issues with apps like Matlab, Parallels, and Docker — I've read the first batch of Apple MacBook Pro 13" M1 reviews from the Apple-chosen first reviewers and you'd be hard to find anything negative about the new laptop.
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Australian Government agency IGIS says one or more of the country's intelligence and security agencies collected data related to COVIDSafe contact tracing app — But not decrypted, access or used, IGIS says. — One or more of Australia's key intelligence and security agencies “incidentally” …
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| Rachel Monroe / The Atlantic: |
Behind the rise of TikTok's teen stars, content houses, and the D'Amelios, who this year have focused on establishing themselves as the first family of TikTok — Collab day at Clubhouse Beverly Hills was scheduled to start at 2 p.m., but that time came and went and the mansion was still as sleepy as a college dorm on Saturday morning.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mobile banking app Current raises $131M Series C led by Tiger Global Management, giving it a valuation of $750M, and touts over 2 million members — U.S. challenger bank Current, which has doubled its member base in less than six months, announced this morning it raised $131 million in Series C funding, led by Tiger Global Management.| Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal: |
AppsFlyer, which helps businesses evaluate ad campaign performance, extends its Series D from $210M to $225M+ from Salesforce and others at a $2B valuation — The company, which says it is now valued at $2 billion, sells mobile analytics software that weighs the effectiveness of ad campaigns
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Bangalore-based Cashfree, which offers a range of online payments services to businesses, raises $35.3M Series B led by Apis Partners with participation from YC — Cashfree, an Indian startup that offers a wide-range of payments services to businesses, has raised $35.3 million …
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Percepto, which builds drones for applications in industrial purposes, raises $45M Series B and integrates its Sparrow drones with Boston Dynamics' Spot — Consumer drones have over the years struggled with an image of being no more than expensive and delicate toys.
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| Sanchita Dash / Business Insider: |
Cars24, which operates a used-car marketplace in India, raises $200M Series E led by DST Global at a $1B+ valuation — - Cars24 has raised $200 million in a Series E round led by DST Global, which also saw participation from its existing investors Exor Seeds, Moore Strategic Ventures, and Unbound.| Amanda Chicago Lewis / The Verge: |
Documents and sources shed light on widespread mismanagement and misconduct at Oomba, which before closing, built software for organizing esports tournaments — Illustrations by Alex Castro and Grayson Blackmon — When her new boss started hitting on her, Ronnie* wondered if she might be able to take advantage of the situation.
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