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A new Florida law regulates how Facebook, Twitter, and others moderate speech, with fines for banning candidates; the law exempts companies that own theme parks — The new law, a direct response to Facebook and Twitter's suspension of former President Donald J. Trump, affects candidates for statewide offices.
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Big Sur 11.4 fixes a bug that let malware capture screenshots and camera footage using other apps' permissions; researchers found ~400 instances of the malware — It's time to update your Apple Mac again, as malware that secretly takes screenshots has been spotted exploiting a serious weakness in macOS security.
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| Nick Statt / Protocol: |
On final day of the Epic vs Apple trial, many topics were revisited including how to define the market in question; judge could now take months to reach verdict — Epic v. Apple came to a close on Monday with a series of contentious back-and-forth debates in place of traditional closing arguments.
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says it's rolling out its Fuchsia OS to first-gen Nest Hubs as an update, replacing Cast OS; the new OS will not change any functionality of the device — Google's long-in-development, from-scratch operating system, Fuchsia, is now running on real Made by Google devices, namely, the first-generation Nest Hub.
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| Josh Constine / Josh Constine's PressClub: |
Poparazzi is a new photo-sharing app that bans selfies, focuses on sharing photos of friends, and has no follower counts, captions, hashtags, or comments — The future of social is multiplayer — Hyping up your friends is actually a lot more fun than self-glorification.
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| Haroon Siddique / The Guardian: |
European court of human rights rules that GCHQ's bulk interception of online communications violated the right to privacy — Judgment follows legal challenge begun in 2013 after Edward Snowden's whistleblowing revelations — GCHQ's methods for bulk interception of online communications violated … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates Xbox Cloud Gaming app for Android to include dual-screen support for the Surface Duo, and says 50+ games have added support for touch controls — The new xCloud app is like a Nintendo 3DS with Xbox games — Microsoft teased the potential for an Xbox handheld-like experience …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian startup FarEye, whose software helps companies track and optimize their logistics operations, raises $100M Series E, bringing its total raised to ~$153M — FarEye, an Indian SaaS startup that helps firms globally optimize their supply chain and logistics operations …
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| Times of India: |
Two Twitter offices in India were visited by Delhi police, after demanding Twitter explain why a “manipulated media” tag was given to a BJP spokesperson's tweet — - Tribunals are in pathetic condition, make appointments in without specifying tenure: SC to Centre
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| Brendan Carr / Newsweek: |
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says Big Tech benefits massively from internet infrastructure and proposes that it should pay its fair share in maintaining it — COVID-19 shed a bright light on the value of America's internet infrastructure. As stay-at-home orders spread across the country …
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| Reuters: |
After a similar move against Twitter, Russia tells Google it will slow down its traffic and levy fines if “prohibited content” is not deleted within 24 hours — Russia's communications watchdog on Monday gave Google (GOOGL.O) 24 hours to delete what it called prohibited content …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Interactio, which offers tools to connect meetings with certified interpreters, raises $30M Series A led by Eight Roads Ventures and Storm Ventures — Interactio, a remote interpretation platform whose customers include massive institutions like the United Nations, European Commission …
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Tech.eu, FinSMEs, ArcticStartup, and EU-Startups
| Bloomberg: |
Germany's antitrust regulator says it will conduct an in-depth analysis of Google's data processing terms, since Google enjoys a “strategic advantage” — - Company is latest tech giant targeted under tough new powers — Facebook, Amazon activities are under similar scrutiny
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| Bloomberg: |
Noom, which makes an app to help people lose weight by changing their behavior, raises $540M, sources say at a $3.7B valuation; Noom had sales of $400M in 2020 — - Noom is said to be valued at $3.7 billion after funding round — Company seeking to expand to business customers, new areas| Rory Mir / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Redditors on the archivist subreddit r/DataHoarder rally to keep Sci-Hub, which shares scientific articles for free, alive amid publisher's efforts to censor — Major publishers want to censor research-sharing resource Sci-Hub from the internet, but archivists are quickly responding to make that impossible.
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