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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 is reversing its recent decision to ban porn. — It had planned to prohibit sexually explicit …
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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| 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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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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| 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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Facebook adds features to Messenger on its 10-year anniversary, including word effects, contact sharing, and birthday gifting via Facebook Pay — To celebrate its ten year anniversary, Messenger today announced a handful of new features: poll games, word effects, contact sharing, and birthday gifting via Facebook Pay.| 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.
Tweets: @cwarzel, @aetiology, @laurengoode, @washingtonpost, @osunick, @igpalert, @noupside, @lightforriley, @eugene_scott, @edercampuzano, and @willoremus
| 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 … | Axios: |
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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| 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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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 … | 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 …
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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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Tweets: @csmap_nyu, @jason_kint, @swapneel_mehta, @brooklynmarie, @wendyvia, @nyuniversity, @michelleshafer, and @usatodaydc
| 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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| 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 … | 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 … | 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
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
UK ICO's Age Appropriate Design Code, aimed at protecting data and limiting ads for kids, comes into effect next Thursday, with large fines for non-compliance — Legislation aims to stop companies targeting children with ads and nudging them to stay online| Matthew Ball / MatthewBall.vc: |
A deep look at why expanding into gaming is so important to Netflix, the competition it faces from games like Fortnite, and what its current strategy looks like — In 2018, I released the third entry in my “Netflix Misunderstandings” series: “Netflix Isn't Being Reckless, It's Just Playing a Game No One Else Dares.”| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Knoetic, which builds software for HR departments, comes out of stealth with $18M Series A led by Accel — Knoetic, a startup that has built a software analytics platform for chief people officers, emerged from stealth today with $18 million in Series A funding.
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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.| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
After being fired as co-head of Google's Ethical AI group, Margaret Mitchell will join Hugging Face, an AI startup that aims to make algorithms fair — Former co-head of Ethical AI group will join Hugging Face to create tools for AI fairness — The former co-head of Google's Ethical AI research group …
Tweets: @dinabass, @mmitchell_ai, and @timnitgebru
| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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