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A possible retail listing of Surface Pro 8 with a 13" 120Hz display, narrow bezels, and two Thunderbolt ports leaks ahead of Microsoft's event on Wednesday — Microsoft is holding a Surface hardware event on Wednesday — Microsoft is preparing to launch a new Surface Pro 8 model next week …
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| Nick Clegg / About Facebook: |
Facebook's Nick Clegg says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees — A lot has been said about Facebook this week. A series of articles published by the Wall Street Journal has focused …
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| Antonia Timmerman / Rest of World: |
Profile of Ismail Fahmi, who has become an Indonesian household name for combating misinformation with data from his company's social media-mapping tools — In a “dystopian nightmare” internet, Ismail Fahmi holds a strange monopoly on debunking false facts. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA
Tweets: @restofworld, @rosstapsell, @timmerman91, @cengizyar, @anupkaphle, @restofworld, @iethics, @fedecherubini, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @risj_oxford
| Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal: |
NTSB head says Tesla shouldn't roll out its Full Self-Driving update with the city-driving tool before addressing safety deficiencies — Tesla plans to expand access to Full Self-Driving system and defends its tech; safety official says more work is needed
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Gizmodo, The Verge, Benzinga, Reuters, Wccftech, Engadget, PCMag, Mashable, Insider, The Last Driver License Holder, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @wpipperger, @parismarx, @paulpage, @gordonjohnson19, @eliotwb, @bgrahamdisciple, @davidzipper, and @cmarinucci
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Profile of Chris Gilliard, aka @hypervisible, who has helped coin concepts like “digital redlining” to highlight the impact of tech on marginalized groups — Chris Gilliard grew up with racist policing in Detroit. He sees a new form of oppression in the tech we use every day.
Tweets: @willoremus, @ron_fournier, @profferrous, @bostonjoan, @chadlivengood, @sub8u, @joejerome, @ruchowdh, @ethicsoftech, @upfromthecracks, @bostonjoan, @clancynewyork, @rcmeg, @mdekstrand, @aektakapoor, @kateo, @histoftech, @katura_art, @econproph, @hackylawyer, @erikashimizu, @provisionalidea, @kate_sonka, @carolinesinders, @daniellecitron, @savasavasava, @hypervisible, @tsimonite, @evanselinger, @moonalice, @karlbode, @dangillmor, and @ethanz
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
A look at the lawsuit over Kosta Elefteriou's FlickType app for Apple Watch that he claims Apple had offered to buy, as Apple unveils its own swipe keyboard — In January 2019, Kosta Eleftheriou had every reason to believe Apple was about to make a deal, his lawsuit alleges.
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| Nicole Wetsman / The Verge: |
Experts say current cuffless methods for measuring blood pressure, like the tech found in Samsung Galaxy Watch, can only reliably track relative changes — It's been over two years since Samsung first announced that its Galaxy Watch would be able to measure people's blood pressure.
Tweets: @spjuraschek and @berci
| Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg: |
A look at US “finfluencers”, creators partnering with fintechs to promote investment products, as App Annie says hours spent on finance apps are up 90% YoY — Finance firms have long struggled to reach young and new customers — until now. — At first no one could explain … | Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
Interview with GitHub COO Erica Brescia on GitHub's infrastructure, changes in open-source software philosophies, and why hybrid work will thrive post-pandemic — An astonishing amount of the code that runs the world's software spends at least part of its life in GitHub.| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Madrid-based Seedtag, a contextual adtech company, raises $40M Series B led by Oakley Capital to expand into the US market — Madrid-based Seedtag has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round. $35 million of this round arrives via Oakley Capital, a figure that provides the investment firm … | Oscar Williams / New Statesman: |
A look at how the withdrawal of Google and others from London's decade-old Silicon Roundabout may be proof the UK's startup scene has expanded and matured — Nearly a decade after David Cameron launched Tech City, Shoreditch has been dramatically transformed. But what is the initiative's legacy?
Tweets: @dougall, @rsohoni, @oscwilliams, @sarahdrinkwater, @christianhern, and @jpwiseuk. Thanks:@oscwilliams
| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Report: India's antitrust authority found that Google abused the dominant position of Android in the country to illegally hurt competitors — Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its “huge financial muscle” to illegally hurt competitors …
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AppleInsider, Engadget, Benzinga, Neowin, PCMag, The Hill, TechCrunch, Patently Apple, The Economic Times, MSPoweruser, Inc42 Media, and Yahoo News
Tweets: @theoladipo, @johnkoetsier, @whalesonly1, and @adityakalra
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