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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Apple publishes a CSAM FAQ to address misconceptions and concerns about photo scanning — Apple has responded to misconceptions and concerns about its photo scanning announcements by publishing a CSAM FAQ - answering frequently asked questions about the features.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple's plan to find CSAM should have centered around scanning images on iCloud servers, not on users' devices, where there is a greater expectation of privacy — It was in August 2009, two months after the release of the iPhone 3GS, that the barbarians crashed the gates; from The Online Photographer:
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| Jeff Benson / Decrypt: |
Latest compromise amendment to the infrastructure bill's cryptocurrency clause fails to reach a vote after Sen. Shelby files an objection over military spending — The Senate rejected an amendment championed by the cryptocurrency industry that exempts non-custodial crypto actors …
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| Bloomberg: |
A bipartisan group of senators says it has reached a compromise on cryptocurrency reporting in the infrastructure bill, but the amendment may not get a vote — - Treasury Department backs the new language, senator says — Wyden concerned compromise falls short on privacy, security
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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
PitchBook: 3,000+ angel investors are expected to make their first deal in 2021, up from 2,725 in 2020; angels have invested $2.1B in H1 2021 vs. $2.6B in 2020 — The once-clubby world of start-up deal making known as “angel investing” has had an influx of new participants.| Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal: |
When Amazon customers leave negative reviews, some sellers hound them to revise or delete them, in exchange for refunds or gift cards, violating Amazon policies — Don't share personal information in reviews or with Amazon sellers; save messages in case you decide to report them
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| Reuters: |
India's Supreme Court rules that Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart must face antitrust investigations ordered against them last year by the competition commission — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Walmart's (WMT.N) Flipkart must face antitrust investigations ordered against them in India …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Filings: Google is planning a campus in Silicon Valley, made up of five buildings, dedicated to hardware development; Google spent $389M on the land since 2018 — - Google is planning another new Silicon Valley campus dubbed “Midpoint.” — The five-building office campus will sit adjacent …
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Facebook redesigns its data transfer tool to let users move images to Photobucket and event listings to Google Calendar, as part of the Data Transfer Project — announced that it has added two new destinations for when you want to move your data from the social network.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Trendyol, a Turkey-based e-commerce marketplace and “superapp”, raises $1.5B at a $16.5B valuation, up from $9.4B in April, to become Turkey's first decacorn — Trendyol, an e-commerce platform based in Turkey, has raised $1.5 billion in a massive funding round that values the company at $16.5 billion.
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Bloomberg, Tech in Asia, Nikkei Asia, and Reuters. Tweets: @bayareawriter. Thanks:@bayareawriter
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
As part of a lottery, Amazon will offer cash prizes up to $500K, cars, and vacation packages to warehouse employees who can prove they have been vaccinated — - ‘Max your Vax’ contest open to warehouse, frontline workers — Amazon now mandates masking, but not shots, in the U.S.
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Tweets: @gregbensinger, @hypervisible, and @mattmday
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Kitchen automation has risen during the pandemic, with robots from Miso Robotics, Chowbotics, and other startups now replacing some jobs in fast food chains — Fast-food chains are working with a host of startups to bring automation to their kitchens — In a White Castle just southeast of Chicago … | Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Delivery Hero takes a 5.09% stake, worth around £400M, in rival Deliveroo, sending shares of Deliveroo up over 10% from £3.36 to £3.60 per share — - The firm's stock climbed from £3.36 ($4.66) per share to £3.60 per share in early deals on the London Stock Exchange Monday …
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