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| Sinéad Baker / Insider: |
In an abrupt reversal, OnlyFans suspends its October 1 policy change banning porn after securing “assurances” and aims to provide “a home for all creators” — OnlyFans has reversed its decision to ban sexually-explicit conduct after widespread backlash.
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| Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: |
OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely blames banks, including BNY Mellon, Metro Bank, JPMorgan, for its porn ban, but says Mastercard's rules had no bearing on the ban — Tim Stokely says Bank of New York Mellon ‘flagged and rejected’ all interbank wires linked to website
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Microsoft says that Xbox Cloud Gaming will expand beyond PC and mobile to its Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One consoles this holiday season — - Microsoft said its Xbox Cloud Gaming service will arrive on console this holiday. — Cloud gaming lets people stream games over the internet rather than install them locally.
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Tweets: @samuelofc, @samuelofc, @nibellion, @xboxwire, and @starfire2258
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California expands lawsuit against Activision Blizzard to include temp workers and says the game maker interfered with investigation by shredding pertinent docs — California has expanded its anti-discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, adding temporary workers to the female full …
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Tweets: @stephentotilo, @blizzjess, and @futterish
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook's David Marcus says Novi digital wallet is “ready now”, but will wait for the Diem currency, and it is “definitely looking at” building NFT features — Social network is ‘definitely looking’ at digital assets as part of push into financial products, executive says
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| Washington Post: |
A look at Vaccine Talk, a tightly moderated Facebook group for vaccine skeptics with ~70K members that aims to change their minds with evidence-based info — As social media giants struggle to crack down on false claims about covid, ordinary users are finding ways to reach vaccine skeptics — and win them over.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Xiaomi reports Q2 revenue rose 64% YoY to $13.56B, as net income rose 80% YoY to $1.28B, and says it will buy autonomous driving startup Deepmotion for ~$77.3M — Xiaomi reported a second-quarter net income of $1.28 billion on revenue of $13.56 billion following the Chinese technology giant's strong surge …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Fitbit announces Charge 5 with a rounded design, a larger and brighter color AMOLED display, GPS, and more, arriving in the fall for $179.95 — It costs $179.95 and will be out this fall — Following a couple of big leaks, Fitbit is officially announcing the Charge 5 …
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| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Researchers: Trump tweets with fact-check labels spread further on Twitter than those without; tweets blocked by Twitter remained popular on Facebook and Reddit — Twitter blocked and labeled some Donald Trump's claims of election fraud in the run-up and aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.
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| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Study details how people use hashtags, video effects, and music on TikTok to promote hate against Asians, women, Muslims, Jews, and Black and LGBTQ people — Despite pledges to crack down on hatred, TikTok is still trafficking in short-form videos that promote white supremacy and anti-Black racism … | Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
Interview with CISA Director Jen Easterly on attack prevention, hiring new staff, improving CISA's ability to scan federal networks for malicious code, and more — U.S. cybersecurity officials have scrambled to respond to one major hacking incident after another over the past nine months … | Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
Facebook's most-viewed story in Q1, from Chicago Tribune linking a doctor's death to COVID vaccines, shows why publishers should consider how content is shared — On Friday, The New York Times had a scoop. Facebook — that known vector for the spread of kid photos, neighborhood goings-on … | Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times: |
FBI says a man phished thousands of iCloud accounts via an email scam where he impersonated customer support, stealing 620K photos and 9K videos until mid-2018 — A Los Angeles County man broke into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts and collected more than 620,000 private photos and videos … | Bahk Eun-ji / The Korea Times: |
South Korea will abolish a decade-old law that stops kids under 16 from playing online games between 12AM and 6AM, after heavy criticism — The government has decided to abolish the game curfew for children, 10 years after the controversial rule was established, as the outdated law is not having …
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| The Economic Times: |
Indian e-commerce logistics company Delhivery acquires Bengaluru-based Spoton Logistics, sources say for $300M in cash, ahead of a planned IPO — Though financial details weren't disclosed, people familiar with the Delhivery-Spoton deal say it is an all-cash deal worth $300 million.
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| Sean Michael Kerner / TechCrunch: |
Hunters, a cybersecurity startup that builds tech known as extended threat detection and response (XDR), raises $30M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners — With the growing volume of ransomware and supply chain security attacks, there is a need for organizations to more rapidly detect threats.| Will Knight / Wired: |
Cerebras Systems claims its hardware can now run a neural network with 120 trillion parameters, targeting a nascent market for massive NLP AI algorithms — Cerebras says its technology can run a neural network with 120 trillion connections—a hundred times what's achievable today.
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Cribl, which helps companies monitor and analyze data created by their infrastructure, raises $200M Series C, source says at a $1.5B valuation — At a time when remote work, cybersecurity attacks and increased privacy and compliance requirements threaten a company's data … | Wall Street Journal: |
As studios lean into simultaneous theater and streaming releases, high-quality pirated versions of movies are hitting piracy sites within hours of their release — Bootlegging and sharing high-quality digital copies of movies is easier than ever, as studios leaned harder into streaming during pandemic
Tweets: @willicaroline and @techdeals_16
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Last-mile delivery robot startup Coco raises $36M Series A led by Sam Altman, Silicon Valley Bank, and Founders Fund, bringing total funding to $43M — Los Angeles delivery robot startup Coco this week has announced $36 million in funding. The Series A was led by Sam Altman … | Sascha Segan / PCMag: |
Testing of carriers across the US shows T-Mobile with a commanding lead in 5G, winning speed tests in 24 cities and rural regions to AT&T's eight, Verizon's two — For our 12th annual test, we drove more than 10,000 miles, speed-testing AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon 4G and 5G in cities, towns, and rural regions all over the US.
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ExtremeTech, KnowTechie, Mashable, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, Droid Life, iMore, Wccftech, TmoNews, Android Central, WRAL TechWire, phonearena.com, and MacRumors
Tweets: @saschasegan, @saschasegan, @mikeddano, @wave7jeff, @anshelsag, @greengart, @tmonews, @wwwendyyy, @epro, @pcmag, @pcmag, and @robpegoraro
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Interview with Discord CEO Jason Citron, who says user numbers doubled and revenue tripled to $130M in 2020, and Discord is developing its own in-house games — Chief executive Jason Citron is looking to broaden the appeal of the popular chat platform — First came the gamers, then came the offers for his business.
Tweets: @chrisrsword and @davidtallon
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