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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Facebook hits back at Apple with a second full-page newspaper ad, saying upcoming iOS 14 changes will “change the internet as we know it - for the worse” — Facebook isn't done criticizing Apple just yet — Facebook is stepping up its campaign against Apple's privacy changes with a second full-page newspaper ad today.
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MacRumors, iClarified, New York Post, Hindustan Times, CNBC, The Mac Observer, Protocol, WRAL TechWire, and iMore
Tweets: @fintanr, @azeem, and @gadgetsboy
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple responds to Facebook's criticism of iOS 14 privacy measures, says Facebook won't be forced to change how it tracks users, but it must give users a choice — Apple has responded to Facebook's criticism over an upcoming iOS 14 privacy measure — specifically a change that will require users …
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Daring Fireball, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, International Business Times, iPhone Hacks, Pocketnow, and SiliconANGLE
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| Wall Street Journal: |
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| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A look at allegations in Texas AG's antitrust suit, accusing Google of giving Facebook special privileges in exchange for not supporting a competing ad system — A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising.
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United States District Court, The Information, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Light Reading, Reuters, Reuters, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, The Next Web, Business Insider, Axios, The Guardian, and Bloomberg
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| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Facebook rolls back a post-election change that boosted news from authoritative outlets, even as some staff asked for the “nicer news feed” to be made permanent — Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets …
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The Verge, Engadget, and The Economic Times
| Jack Morse / Mashable: |
Twitter says it will stop prompting users to Quote Tweet, restoring the standard RT functionality, and says QT use increased but overall sharing dropped by 20% — Well, it was worth a shot. — Twitter announced Wednesday that it will cease prompting users to quote tweet in lieu of the standard retweet.
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Tweets: @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @molleindustria, @jwaaaap, @wongmjane, @noupside, @grabmybuttsticc, @katebevan, @sethamandel, @parkermolloy, @yoda, @javi_draws, @luulubuu, @jillpantozzi, @kerubright, @jmj, @aelkus, @mashable, @kevinbparry, @nkulw, @marklittlenews, @anthony, @immort4l_legacy, and @villainmorris
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
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| Thomas P. Bossert / New York Times: |
Ex-Homeland Security Adviser to Trump says the magnitude of the Solarwinds breach is hard to overstate and the remediation effort alone will be staggering — The magnitude of this national security breach is hard to overstate. — Mr. Bossert was the homeland security adviser to President Trump …
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| Washington Post: |
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| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Robinhood agrees to pay $65M to settle SEC charges that the company deceived customers between 2015 and late 2018 about its source of revenue — This is a developing story. Check back for updates. — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged Robinhood with the deceiving customers … | CNBC: |
The European Commission approves Google's $2.1B acquisition of Fitbit, on condition of compliance with a set of commitments related to privacy and user consent — - The Commission on Thursday set out a number of commitments that Google must follow over the next 10 years.
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Tweets: @lewis_crofts, @tomvalletti, @kostasrossoglou, @linamkhan, @markdistef, and @martinsfp
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart partners with TikTok to test live-streamed video shopping, during which users will be able to shop Walmart fashion without leaving the app — Walmart and TikTok announced this morning they will be partnering on the first pilot test of a new shoppable product experience on TikTok's social video app.
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Walmart Inc., CNET, Forbes, Engadget, USA Today, and CNBC
Tweets: @ginnymarvin, @producthunt, and @mgtalksretail
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Github says it is doing away with all non-essential cookies and will no longer feature “irritating” cookie banners on GitHub.com and its subdomains — Microsoft -owned GitHub today announced that it is doing away with all non-essential cookies on its platform.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Vice food vertical Munchies is launching a channel on OnlyFans, the first verified media publisher to do so, to post exclusive weekly videos for $4.99/month — Vice's food vertical, Munchies, is launching a verified channel on the breakout creator platform OnlyFans, a subscription site …
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Complex. Tweets: @sarafischer, @ryanrodenbaugh, @carnage4life, @sportsrapport, @modestproposal1, @caseynewton, @sachgau, @austin_rief, @richlightshed, and @neerajka
| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
Alibaba's cloud business site detailed how clients could use its software to detect the faces of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities within images and videos — The website for the tech titan's cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members …
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The Guardian, Reuters, IPVM, and VICE
Tweets: @inihelene, @poppymcp, @crtejada, @cjwerleman, @gadyepstein, @kenroth, and @fabiochiusi
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
GoCardless, which processes direct debit payments for businesses, raises $95M led by Bain Capital at a $970M valuation — - Payments technology start-up GoCardless raised $95 million in an investment round that values it at $970 million. — GoCardless plans to capitalize on an emerging trend …
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TechCrunch, Telegraph, Tech.eu, coinspeaker.com, and GoCardless Resources
| Bloomberg: |
A group of AI researchers at Google have asked for policy and leadership changes including the removal of VP Megan Kacholia from their reporting hierarchy — - Team says it must be able to contest Google ‘revenue agendas’ — Letter to CEO asks company to commit to academic integrity
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Engadget, Bloomberg, CNBC, NPR, Beyond Search, CNN, and Axios
Tweets: @hughlangley, @josheidelson, @mattrosoff, @joelgrus, @josheidelson, and @business
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spryker, which provides a full suite of e-commerce tools for customers like Aldi and Toyota, raises $130M Series C led by TCV, at a $500M+ valuation — Businesses today feel, more than ever before, the imperative to have flexible e-commerce strategies in place, able to connect with would-be customers wherever they might be.| Vikas SN / The Economic Times: |
Google unveils an open source multilingual language model supporting 16 Indian languages to help researchers and students build tech in local languages — Google has unveiled a machine learning tool for Indian languages to help researchers, students, and startups keen on building local language technologies …
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Official Google India Blog, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Android Police, Inc42 Media, and XDA Developers. Thanks:@tsuvik
| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
NLRB finds that Amazon illegally fired an NYC warehouse worker in retaliation for organizing his coworkers to get COVID-19 protections earlier this year — A federal investigation has found that Amazon illegally fired a New York City warehouse worker in retaliation for organizing his coworkers … | Nick Keppler / VICE: |
Staff at AI companies are training/testing gun detection algorithms by recording staged “active shooter” events in their homes, raising concerns from ethicists — Companies are using bizarre methods to create algorithms that automatically detect weapons.
Tweets: @vice, @gallagherfergal, @mtrc, @hypervisible, @oliviasolon, and @akinunver
| Washington Post: |
A look at the “grinch bots” tailored to help resellers know when hot holiday gifts like the PS5 are in stock, and complete orders faster than humans can — Bots, easily gamed retailers and supply shortages have caused consoles to sell for double the price — This Christmas, it's boy vs. bot.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Brainly, which operates a crowdsourced service for students and parents to help with homework, raises $80M Series D led by Learn Capital — The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a major upswing in virtual learning — where some schools have gone (and stayed) remote, and others … | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
NY-based direct-to-consumer health insurance service Oscar raises $140M led by Tiger Global Management, following its last raise of $225M in June — Oscar, the New York-based health insurance upstart at the vanguard of a wave of venture capital healthcare investment made in the wake …
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