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| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
Democratic senators' SAFE TECH Act will strip Section 230 immunity for any ads or posts violating civil rights, antitrust, cyberstalking, human rights laws — Three top Democratic senators added to the stack of proposed Section 230 reforms Friday, introducing their own bill …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Democrats' Sec. 230 bill is a dumpster fire of cluelessness that effectively wipes out protections for entire internet while pretending it's just a minor change — For the past few months we've been seeing a ton of terrible/ridiculous/awful/unconstitutio nal bills coming from mostly Republicans …
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Sources: while Trump was in office, the Trump Org negotiated a 40% stake in Parler in exchange for making it his main social network; the deal never finalized — Documents seen by BuzzFeed News show that Parler offered Trump 40% of the company if he posted exclusively to the platform.
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| Associated Press: |
Draft bill in Nevada to establish “Innovation Zones” would let tech companies with large areas of land form governments with the same authority as counties — CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Planned legislation to establish new business areas in Nevada would allow technology companies …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google has patched an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome 88 update — Google Chrome 88.0.4324.150 released with a fix. Users advised to update. — Google has released today version 88.0.4324.150 of the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Microsoft suspends contributions for the rest of the 2022 election cycle to all members of Congress who voted to object to the presidential election results — Microsoft announced Friday it will suspend contributions for the rest of the 2022 election cycle to all members of Congress who voted …
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| Ben Gilbert / Insider: |
Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on Clubhouse on Thursday, discussing VR, AR, Facebook's Reality Labs group, and remote work — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on a Clubhouse talk show on Thursday evening. — Zuckerberg appeared on The Good Times Show, a talk show on the buzzy new social networking app.
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| Harvard Business Review: |
Facebook's claims about the size of losses small businesses will suffer due to iOS 14 privacy changes don't hold up under scrutiny and are likely exaggerated — by - Bart de Langhe and - Stefano Puntoni — Summary. — Apple will soon require consumers to opt in if they want to allow businesses …
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
0x Labs, the startup behind the 0x exchange protocol and a provider of decentralized exchange infrastructure, raises $15M Series A led by Pantera Capital — Quick Take — 0x Labs has raised $15 million in a Series A equity round — Pantera Capital led the round …
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| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Medical records “in the tens of thousands” from two U.S. hospitals have been published on the dark web, including diagnoses and other personal identifying info — Hackers have published extensive patient information from two U.S. hospital chains in an apparent attempt to extort them for money.| Arthur Holland Michel / Wired: |
A look at surveillance data fusion, which happens when thousands of disparate devices and tools become one all-seeing surveillance platform — Security cameras. License plate readers. Smartphone trackers. Drones. We're being watched 24/7. What happens when all those data streams fuse into one?
Tweets: @torproject, @wired, @gadgetlab, @hypervisible, and @wired
| Ashwin Manikandan / The Economic Times: |
PayPal says it will wind down its domestic payment operations in India by April 1 and focus on its existing cross-border trade business — Mumbai: PayPal Inc. will wind down its payment operations in India this year, a spokesperson said on the condition of anonymity.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC filing shows Starlink plans to offer a VoIP phone service with an optional battery backup, and discounted service via the FCC's low-income Lifeline program — SpaceX's latest petition to the FCC details some of its Starlink plans. — A new SpaceX filing outlines plans for Starlink …
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Class, formerly ClassEDU, which makes a video-conferencing product for schools called Class for Zoom, raises $30M Series A, bringing its total raised to $46M — Class, launched less than a year ago by Blackboard co-founder Michael Chasen, integrates exclusively with Zoom to offer …
Tweets: @jagwanivibhav and @nmasc_
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Myanmar's new military government orders local telecom operators and ISPs to block Twitter and Instagram, days after imposing a similar blackout on Facebook — Myanmar's new military government has ordered local telecom operators, internet gateways, and other internet service providers … | Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Graphcore, which designs chips for AI applications, asks UK regulator to block Nvidia's acquisition of Arm on the grounds that it is anti-competitive — - Graphcore has objected to Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition of Arm Holdings, according to a key member of the British chipmaker's early developments| Micah Singleton / Billboard: |
Sources: SoundCloud is preparing to introduce a new payment system that would allow users to pay artists directly — The company is close to announcing an alternative streaming payout plan. — SoundCloud is preparing to introduce a new payment system that would allow fans to pay artists directly …
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Engadget. Tweets: @sammyandrews, @kissmeriver, @iamntyrell, @mrtomgray, and @micahsingleton. Thanks:@biggaytech
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
DTC health insurance service Oscar Health files S-1 for its IPO, reports 2020 revenue of $1.67B, up from $1.04B in 2019; David Plouffe joins board — Oscar Health, the health insurance company co-founded by Jared Kushner's brother, Joshua, has filed for an IPO and announced …
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