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Apple delays the rollout of recently announced child safety features, says it will take more time to collect feedback from stakeholders and make improvements — Last month, Apple announced a handful of new child safety features that proved to be controversial, including CSAM detection features for iCloud Photos.
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
GoDaddy says it gave Texas Right to Life, an abortion “whistleblower” website, 24 hours to find a new hosting provider before cutting off service — To protest Texas' new abortion law, activists said, they pranked a website set up by the state's largest anti-abortion group.
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NYU study: from August 2020 to January 2021, publishers known for putting out misinfo got six times more engagement than trustworthy news sources — Right-leaning pages also produce more misinformation, the forthcoming study found. — A new study of user behavior on Facebook around … | Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Interview with Dom Hofmann on how and why he created Loot, the communities, creativity, and NFT speculation it spawned, and the future of the project — Loot (and Vine) creator Dom Hofmann on creating an open-source, decentralized game / financial asset / art project / metaverse (?)
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Sources: the city of Beijing has proposed an investment in Didi Global that would give state-run firms control of the world's largest ride hailing company — - State-backed firm Shouqi Group part of potential consortium — Proposal lets China control world's largest ride-hailing firm
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Sources: Amazon will launch its own TV featuring Alexa and no third-party manufacturer branding in the US, possibly as soon as October — - Amazon is planning to roll out its own Amazon-branded TV, Insider has learned. — A US launch is targeted for as soon as October.
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| Francesco Rizzato / Opensignal: |
State of 5G in the US: New York had the fastest download speed at 114 Mbps, while Vermont had the slowest at 42.2 Mbps but the best 5G video experience — As U.S. carriers continue to hit new milestones in their 5G network rollouts, Opensignal has now conducted the most comprehensive analysis … | Reuters: |
Filings: NLRB is investigating two complaints by Apple employees, including one by senior engineering PM Ashley Gjøvik who alleges workplace harassment and more — The U.S. National Labor Relations Board is investigating two cases filed by employees against Apple, records on the agency's website show.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
US Commerce Dept. says it will close a unit that monitored Americans' social media for Census disinformation, after finding it had overstepped its authority — The ITMS unit in the Commerce Department overstepped its boundaries, an internal review found — The US Commerce Department …
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Federal judge rules that AI can't be listed as an inventor on patents because US law requires that an “individual” take an oath that he or she is the inventor — - Federal judge says AI can't be listed as inventor on patents — Case is first U.S. ruling in global dispute over AI inventions| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Indian e-commerce retailer Snapdeal is considering an IPO in Mumbai that could raise about $400M and value the company at about $2.5B — - E-commerce platform could be valued at $2.5 billion in listing — Startup talking with advisers for potential offering as 2022
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China's SMIC will spend $8.87B to build a plant on the outskirts of Shanghai and set up a $5.5B joint venture with Shanghai's government to oversee the project — - SMIC to set up a $5.5 billion JV in the city's free trade zone — The company is pivotal to China's broader chip ambitions| The Verge: |
Apple's updated rules allowing web signup links appear to apply only to apps that don't make much money for Apple, like Netflix and Spotify — It's for apps that don't make Apple any money anyways — While vocal app developers accused Apple last week of spinning a lawsuit settlement …
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