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| Dana Priest / Washington Post: |
Investigation finds NSO Group's malware infected at least 23 smartphones belonging to government officials, journalists, execs, and activists, out of 67 checked — Dana Priest, a reporter at The Washington Post for 30 years, covers national security issues.
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| Guy Rosen / About Facebook: |
Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting Biden's claim that it's “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinfo — At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.
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| Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom: |
[Thread] The response to Biden from Facebook's VP of Integrity is a textbook example of bluster and obfuscation — After Biden's criticism of @Facebook for their inaction on antivax propaganda, @fbnewsroom is going on the offensive. They issued a press release that is a textbook example of bluster, obfuscation, and agnatogenesis. Here's the link. Let's take a look. https://about.fb.com/...
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| Bliss Broyard / New York Times: |
A look at the state of community Wi-Fi providers in NYC, including NYC Mesh, a nonprofit covering ~800 households, which seeks to end the “telecom oligopoly” — NYC Mesh, a band of a few dozen tech volunteers, takes on Verizon and the big “incumbent providers,” with the promise of inexpensive community internet.
Tweets: @saschasegan, @nytmetro, and @blissbroyard
| Flavia Rotondi / Bloomberg: |
An Italian museum is using cameras to monitor people looking at artwork, to define a work of art's “attraction value” and accordingly change museum layouts — As Italy's museums and galleries welcome back tourists and try to recoup some of the 190 million euros ($225 million) … | Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
WhatsApp is testing encrypted cloud backups on Android — Read the fine print before you switch it on — When you're using WhatsApp your messages are encrypted end-to-end, which means prying eyes can't easily see what's in them as they travel back and forth.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
A look at short-form audio apps like Racket, Beams, and Quest that let users record and share voice clips, as Facebook plans to enter the space with Soundbites — “So I've identified a few metrics and KPIs that I'm going to start tracking in order to better my overall life experience,” …
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman and @sarthakgh
| Helen Rosner / New Yorker: |
Experts say consent and disclosure are key to the ethical use of synthetic media, amid controversy surrounding Bourdain's deepfake voice in a new documentary — The new documentary “Roadrunner” uses A.I.-generated audio without disclosing it to viewers. How should we feel about that?
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| Lewis Gordon / The Verge: |
Interviews with digital artists and game makers who are pushing the boundaries in Roblox by creating interactive art projects and MMO games — Like so many Roblox players, digital artist Everest Pipkin has their own abandoned birthday world. — Last year, when the pandemic …
Tweets: @c0up, @talewindgames, @roblox_rtc, @v21, and @lewis_gordon
| Bloomberg Law: |
TurboTax developer Intuit will leave the IRS Free File Program, which drew scrutiny in recent years after an investigation found Intuit hid free-filing options — Intuit Inc., the maker of TurboTax, is leaving an IRS program that offers millions of Americans the ability to file their taxes for free.
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| FinSMEs: |
Specright, whose software helps companies manage and share supply chain data across suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers, raises $30M Series B — Specright, a Tustin CA-based provider of Specification Management software, raised $30M in Series B funding.| Tatiana Walk-Morris / Retail Dive: |
Foundry, which aims to acquire and optimize online brands for marketplaces like Amazon, launches with $100M from LightBay Capital and Monogram Capital Partners — Dive Brief: — As investors fund platforms that support digital brands, Foundry, a platform that supports and acquires online brands …
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