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Security experts voice privacy concerns over Apple's new plan to scan users' devices for child abuse images, saying governments will likely increase its scope — Security researchers raise alarm over potential surveillance of personal devices — Apple intends to install software …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple says in the next couple of months it will begin scanning photos on iOS 15 and macOS Monterey devices in the US for known child abuse images — The feature lands later this year, but already faces resistance from security and privacy experts — Later this year, Apple will roll …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wired, New York Times, Center for Democracy …, Apple, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, The Overspill, MacRumors, Pixel Envy, Fast Company, OSnews, PetaPixel, Mashable, CNBC, iTnews, USA Today, The Mac Observer, iThinkDifferent, Techaeris, Macworld, Trusted Reviews, Washington Post, iMore, Neowin, Cult of Mac, govtech.com, iDownloadBlog.com, and Variety
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In addition to scanning for known child abuse photos, Apple will also begin using on-device ML to warn parents and kids of sexually explicit photos in Messages — Apple later this year will roll out new tools that will warn children and parents if the child sends or receives sexually explicit photos through the Messages app.
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Apple, IT Management, iThinkDifferent, Platformer, MacRumors, and Engadget
| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
In a letter to Zuckerberg, the FTC called Facebook's initial claim it cut off NYU researchers' access to comply with an FTC privacy agreement as “inaccurate” — The Federal Trade Commission has dismissed as “inaccurate” Facebook's claim that it cut off a group of researchers' access …
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Federal Trade Commission, Protocol, Financial Times, Reuters, Engadget, Associated Press, Social Media Today, and Bloomberg
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| Nathalie Maréchal / Tech Policy Press: |
Facebook's decision to disable researcher's ability to run the NYU's Ad Observatory Project should be a call to regulate the ad tech industry as a whole — Another day, another Facebook accountability scandal. — On Wednesday, Facebook shut down the accounts of NYU researchers Laura Edelson …
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Washington Post, Politico, CR Advocacy, Pluralistic, and Freedom to Tinker
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Microsoft announces “Super Duper Secure Mode” for its Edge desktop browser, which disables V8's JIT, allowing for security features like Arbitrary Code Guard — Microsoft said today it plans to run an experiment in its Edge web browser where it will intentionally disable …
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Microsoft Browser …, The Register, Slashdot, MUO, TechSpot, and SlashGear
Tweets: @jermolene, @never_released, @rich_harris, and @jcolman
| James Rubin / CoinDesk: |
Senators Warner and Portman propose an amendment to infrastructure bill that only excludes crypto miners from broker definition; White House shows support — The bill excludes only proof-of-work mining, or the selling of hardware or software that gives individuals control of private keys to access digital assets.
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Decrypt, CNBC, and Decrypt
Tweets: @jerrybrito, @warddpatrick, @thatchriskelly, @jbrukh, @nic__carter, @defi_dad, @grummz, @coindesk, @cynthiamlummis, and @balajis
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
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Senate.gov, Okcoin cryptocurrency …, Protocol, The Register, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @coincenter, @brian_armstrong, @katie_haun, @tomuky, @novogratz, @okcoin, @skynetlabs, and @coinbase
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon delays its return to offices from September 3 to January 3, 2022 — Amazon told employees Thursday that it will delay its timeline for returning to regular work in the office until early next year. — The new date: Jan. 3, 2022. Previously, Amazon had expected employees …
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The Seattle Times, CNBC, Engadget, ZDNet, The Verge, Input, iPhone in Canada Blog, and PCMag
Tweets: @_katya_long, @_katya_long, @keithedwards, @birdyword, @epro, @carnage4life, @desertdave2012, @humble_analysis, @mikeelk, @toddbishop, @airlinewriter, @lesliejosephs, and @cfishman. Thanks:@johnhcook
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Yelp will let businesses list their vaccination policies, including if customers must show proof of vaccination, wear masks, or if all staff are vaccinated — Including details on staff and customer vaccinations — Yelp will let businesses share their policies on COVID-19 vaccinations, the company announced today.
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Yelp Blog, CNET, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @lutherlowe, @yelp, @yelp, @grimmelm, @manan, @sheeraf, @jasonkeath, @evandubs, @portiamcgonagal, and @m_soond
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Scammers are abusing Instagram's protections against self-harm and impersonation to purposefully target and ban Instagram accounts, some charging $60 per ban — An underground industry is abusing Instagram's mechanisms for removing self-injury and impersonating content to censor and harass people.
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The Verge. Tweets: @josephfcox, @cfiesler, @stevesi, @josephfcox, @mikeolson, @wiczipedia, @drskyskull, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @bigblackjacobin, @3r1ng, @mistressmatisse, @blackamazon, @db, @lorenzofb, @josephfcox, @mikestabile, @audreyjcarleton, @mmasnick, @vice, and @motherboard
| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter Spaces launches a co-hosting feature, which will now allow rooms to have one host, up to two co-hosts, and ten additional speakers active at once — Twitter Spaces is launching a long-awaited feature for its users: co-hosting a Space. The Clubhouse competitor has been improving …
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Pocket-lint, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, The Verge, SlashGear, and Adweek
Tweets: @twitterspaces, @paul__armstrong, @mattnavarra, @twittersupport, and @urkle9
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google refreshes its Nest lineup, including its video doorbell and indoor-only camera, with a unified design language and lower prices — A whole new lineup of cameras for Nest smart homes — Google has announced a new line of home security cameras and a video doorbell under its Nest brand.
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The Keyword, Android Police, t3.com, 9to5Google, BGR, BetaNews, Android Authority, mobilesyrup.com, HotHardware.com News, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @madebygoogle and @samthor
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Agricultural manufacturing giant John Deere acquires autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics for $250M — In the world of robotic startups, acquisition is often as good an outcome as any. And when it comes to robotic tractor startups, you could do worse than being acquired by John Deere.
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Reuters, PR Newswire, Quad City Times, Dow Jones Newswires, Successful Farming, Input, and Wired
Tweets: @reillybrennan, @gammill, @scalethemis, @graphenevcf, @tweetermeyer, and @itsjeffhiggins
| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Dropbox beats in Q2 with revenue of $530.6M vs estimates of $524.06M, up 13.5% YoY, 16.14M paying users up from 14.96M YoY, and ARR of $2.17B, up 12.2% YoY — The cloud-based file-sharing company saw its revenue grow 13.5 percent year-over-year — Dropbox on Thursday reported better …
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| Ben Gilbert / Insider: |
Uber CEO says Uber won't require drivers or passengers to be vaccinated, though will require corporate employees to be vaccinated before returning to the office — - Uber employees at the company's US offices are required to get vaccines before return to work.
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Gizmodo and CNBC
Tweets: @yolo_pinyato, @profgalloway, @jhong, @thekenyeung, @davidhodge, @stevekovach, and @nmeyersohn
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Zynga agrees to acquire Chinese game developer StarLark, and Betta Games' mobile golf game Golf Rival, for $525M in cash and stock — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Zynga has agreed to acquire StarLark, a Chinese game developer … | Elise Reuter / MedCity News: |
Patient engagement software maker Relatient raises $100M, plans to acquire Radix Health for its ML-based software that enables patient-provider matching, more — Relatient, a company that makes patient engagement software, recently raised more than $100 million in growth equity capital.| Bloomberg: |
KakaoBank, South Korea's first internet-only lender, goes public, shares rose more than 70% in its trading debut in Seoul, giving it a market value of ~$28B — - Bank's $2.2 billion IPO is Korea's second-largest this year — Company becomes Korea's biggest lender by market cap| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
DHS unveils the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to combat ransomware and cyberattacks, in partnership with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others — Creation of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative follows high-profile cyberattacks on critical U.S. infrastructure
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CISA, CNN, FedScoop, PCMag, Federal News Network, Nextgov, CNET, TechSpot, and CNN
Tweets: @panwgovpolicy, @googlecloud, and @aprilfdoss
| Khari Johnson / Wired: |
New study says encouraging consensus among data labelers from diverse backgrounds can lead to better AI for detecting misogyny and harassment on social media — Misogyny on the internet too often slips through the filters of content moderators. A new method hopes to inject more nuance into the process.
Tweets: @onlinesosorg, @gadgetlab, @willknight, and @equalitynow
| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Mapbox workers voted against a union 123-81, after the company forced a formal vote on whether workers wanted to form a union allied with CWA — Union organizers at software company Mapbox lost their union election by 123 “no” votes to 81 in favor, marking the end of the formal process to seek recognition from the company.
Tweets: @seldo, @protocol, and @anna_c_kramer
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Twitch COO Sara Clemens, who took over for cofounder Kevin Lin in 2018, told staffers she is leaving Twitch to focus on consulting and serving on company boards — Twitch is losing of its most senior execs: Chief operating officer Sara Clemens today announced internally that she will be leaving … Sponsor Posts
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