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September 3, 2021, 12:05 PM

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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
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.
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
NYU study: from August 2020 to January 2021, publishers known for putting out misinfo got six times more engagement than trustworthy news sources like WHO  —  Right-leaning pages also produce more misinformation, the forthcoming study found.  —  A new study of user behavior on Facebook around …
Insider:
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.
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.
Anirban Sen / Reuters:
Sources: Reddit is planning an IPO for as soon as early 2022, following a $10B valuation in August  —  Reddit Inc, the operator of online message boards that became the go-to destination for day traders chasing this year's frenzy for so-called ‘meme’ stocks, is seeking to hire investment bankers …
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Following Texas' abortion law, tech companies could face suits over providing on-demand rides to clinics, subpoenas requesting user data, and more  —  With the Supreme Court deciding not to block Texas' effective ban on abortion this week, fears have been rightly focused on the people in Texas …
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
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 …
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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, on behalf of the EU, fines WhatsApp €225M for privacy violations, the second-largest fine under GDPR; WhatsApp will appeal  —  Regulators say chat-service unit failed to disclose fully how it collected and shared data about its users
Carly Page / TechCrunch:
Corelight, which offers a network traffic analysis and security service to enterprises, raises $75M Series D, bringing its total raised to $160M  —  Corelight, a San Francisco-based startup that claims to offer the industry's first open network detection and response (NDR) platform …
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Andrew Thurman / CoinDesk:
Dom Hofmann's Loot, with NFTs of random lists of items ostensibly from a fantasy video game, had $46M in sales in just 5 days, attaining a market cap of $180M+  —  The latest non-fungible token (NFT) craze is among the simplest - and the strangest - yet: a randomly generated list …
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 …
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:

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