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| New York Times: |
Sources: last month Zuckerberg agreed to show users positive stories about Facebook via News Feed; Facebook says it ran only a small test with labeled posts — Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, has signed off on an effort to show users pro-Facebook stories and to distance himself from scandals.
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TNW, Axios, Benzinga, The Week, Insider, and CNET
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @rmac18, @joeosborne, @sheeraf, @joeosborne, @joeosborne, @joeosborne, @alexeheath, @juliacarriew, @juanof9, @wongmjane, @kombiz, @rmac18, @clarajeffery, @bcmerchant, @scout_finch, @alexeheath, @oliverdarcy, @cramforce, @mrinaldesai, @katieharbath, @thekenyeung, @aaronhuertas, @jrubinblogger, @mmasnick, @timothydurigan, @karaswisher, @matthewstoller, @quinnypig, @hshaban, @johnpaczkowski, @mollywood, @nickbilton, @etbrooking, @wadhwa, @janelytv, @quinnypig, @bcmerchant, @neilturkewitz, @mattyglesias, @slightlylate, @clarajeffery, @willoremus, @alexeheath, @rmac18, @mattnavarra, @thekenyeung, @eric_seufert, @jathansadowski, and @blakehounshell
| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
Shareholders allege Facebook conditioned its $5B Cambridge Analytica settlement on the FTC dropping plans to sue and depose Zuckerberg — Facebook conditioned its $5 billion payment to the Federal Trade Commission to resolve the Cambridge Analytica data leak probe on the agency dropping plans …
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CNET, Engadget, Forbes, The Delaware Court of Chancery, Real Facebook Oversight Board, The Delaware Court of Chancery, and Daily Mail
Tweets: @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @carolecadwalla, @ecmclaughlin, @gretchenspeters, @jason_kint, @kwestin, @advodude, @carolecadwalla, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, and @jason_kint
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook's Oversight Board wants the company to explain its “cross-check” system, which reportedly lets celebrities, politicians, and others break its rules — pushing Facebook to provide more information on its controversial “cross-check” system, following a report that the company …
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Oversight Board. More:
Wall Street Journal, MediaNama, Axios, TechCircle, CBS News, Media Matters for America, Daily Mail, The Verge, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @oversightboard, @inafried, @jason_kint, @riptari, @kaepora, @pkafka, @helenbarrett, @davidcloudlat, @professorshaw, @karissabe, @elisabethbraw, @emilybell, @ekp, @parmy, @blackamazon, and @jeffhorwitz
| Washington Post: |
Sources: FBI refrained from sharing a ransomware decryptor with businesses for almost three weeks, as it carried out an operation to disrupt the REvil gang — The FBI refrained for almost three weeks from helping to unlock the computers of hundreds of businesses and institutions hobbled …
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Ars Technica, Security Boulevard, CNET, iTnews, and Gizmodo
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 15.1 beta lets users store their verifiable health records, including COVID-19 vaccination cards and test results, in the Health app — The iOS 15.1 beta that was introduced today allows iPhone users to upload their COVID-19 vaccination status to the Health app and then generate a vaccination card in Apple Wallet.
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Apple Developer. More:
iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Mashable, AppleInsider, The Verge, AppleInsider, iMore, iMore, Ubergizmo, CNET, SlashGear, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @tylerg39, @brandonbutch, @julipuli, @mattcassinelli, and @rklau
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
VMware urges customers to immediately patch a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability in its flagship vCenter and vSphere products — File upload vuln lets miscreants hijack vCenter Server — VMware has disclosed a critical bug in its flagship vSphere and vCenter products and urged users to drop everything and patch it.
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VMware and VMware vSphere Blog. More:
ZDNet, Silicon Republic, Security Affairs, Rapid7, and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @hrbrmstr
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
macOS is susceptible to running arbitrary code when a user opens a malicious .inetloc file, and Apple's first attempt to silently fix the issue failed — Security researchers disclosed today a new vulnerability in Apple's macOS Finder, which makes it possible for attackers to run arbitrary commands …
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SSD Secure Disclosure, Security Affairs, Tom's Guide, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @patrickwardle, @notdan, @securiteam_ssd, @_r_netsec, @hrbrmstr, @alyssam_infosec, and @dinosn
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Treasury Department sanctions cryptocurrency exchange Suex for helping facilitate and launder transactions from at least eight ransomware variants — - The U.S. Treasury Department announced Tuesday it will sanction a cryptocurrency exchange for its alleged role in laundering ransoms for cyberattacks.
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U.S. Department … and U.S. Department …. More:
Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, infosecurity-magazine.com, ZDNet, Nextgov, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @reggiemiddleton, @malwarejake, @adamslily, @campuscodi, @wsjmarkets, @tomrobin, @duediligenceguy, @campuscodi, @dnvolz, and @neerajka
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPhone 13 review: excellent cameras and battery life, more base storage, but front camera is unchanged, refresh rate is standard, and iPhone 12 cases don't fit — So are bigger cameras — What, really, do you want out of a new phone? — Assuming you're starting with a good foundation …
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Input, Daring Fireball, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Laptop Mag, Wired, Tom's Guide, Wired, 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, BGR, On my Om, TechRadar, and Micky
Tweets: @bxchen, @nytimesbusiness, @martinvars, @pogue, @julianchokkattu, @chrismaddern, @wired, @ihnatko, @julien, @waltmossberg, @puiwingtam, and @reckless
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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iThinkDifferent, digg.com, Lux, Tom's Guide, Pocket-lint, news.com.au, Input, and Daring Fireball
Tweets: @mkbhd, @vjeranpavic, @steven_aquino, @backlon, @stevekovach, @reneritchie, @backlon, @ijustine, @benbajarin, @raywongy, @tailosivetech, @raywongy, @mkbhd, @raywongy, @bzamayo, @techaltar, @basicappleguy, @reneritchie, @sdw, @cnet, @altdadtech, @tomwarren, @universeice, @trickholland, @stshank, @asymco, @backlon, @reckless, @universeice, @backlon, @vjeranpavic, and @backlon
| Ari Notis / Kotaku: |
Blizzard's chief legal officer Claire Hart leaves Activision Blizzard amid a series of high-level departures — Claire Hart, who had been the company's top lawyer for three years, resigned Friday — Blizzard Entertainment's chief legal officer, Claire Hart, has resigned from the embattled company.
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GamesIndustry.biz, PC Gamer, The Verge, dexerto.com, The Register, and GameSpot. Tweets: @lucidshitposts
| Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard: |
Twitch and NMPA reach deal after tensions over takedown notices; sources: deal doesn't include music licenses, and Twitch will warn users before suspending them — Twitch and the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) have reached a long-awaited agreement focused on building …
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Variety, Engadget, Music Ally, Washington Post, Kotaku, Game Developer, Tubefilter, and PC Gamer. Tweets: @devolore
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Kavak, a Mexico-based marketplace for used cars, raises $700M Series E led by General Catalyst, doubling its valuation from April to $8.7B — Kavak, a Mexico City-based startup that operates a pre-owned car marketplace in Latin America, announced today that it has raised a massive $700 million … | Cathrin Schaer / Wired UK: |
Profile of Johannes Caspar, who was Hamburg's data protection commissioner for over a decade and investigated Facebook, WhatsApp, Clearview, PimEyes, and Amazon — Under former commissioner Johannes Caspar, Hamburg sent shock waves from Brussels to Silicon Valley — In Germany, they call him the “Facebook hunter”.
Tweets: @andrejonker, @robertjbateman, @wolfiechristl, and @samuelstolton
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Source: ahead of its NYSE debut, Toast prices its IPO at $40 per share, above its original $30-$33 range, which would give it a market cap of ~$20B — - Toast priced its IPO at $40 a share, after previously raising its price range to as high as $36. — The company, which sells technology … | James Rubin / CoinDesk: |
Blockdaemon, which offers blockchain staking infrastructure, raises $155M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $1.26B valuation — Blockdaemon has raised $155 million in a Series B capital round at a valuation of $1.3 billion, the provider of blockchain staking infrastructure said Tuesday.
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Blockdaemon and SiliconANGLE
| Andrius Sytas / Reuters: |
Lithuanian government recommends ditching Chinese phones after finding Xiaomi devices with censorship capabilities that can be activated remotely — Lithuania's Defense Ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones …
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The Guardian, The Record, and Politico
Tweets: @collinslkoh, @bznotes, @kaalakawaa, @alexarchambault, @byron_wan, and @philosophynook
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Following WSJ's investigation series, Facebook says it has spent over $13B on safety and security since the 2016 election and 40K employees work on these issues — - Company now has more than 40,000 safety and security employees — Facebook responds after critical series of newspaper stories
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About Facebook. More:
Ars Technica, New York Times, The Verge, Vox, UPI, Social Media Today, and TechSpot
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @andymstone, @fbnewsroom, @obrien, @craigsilverman, @hardin, @hardin, @sarthakgh, @mattnavarra, @banditelli, @jesselehrich, @sanjanah, @elizableu, @epro, @ttp_updates, @katieharbath, @stevekovach, @blakereid, @moonalice, @zilevandamme, and @emmalbriant
| Tory Newmyer / Washington Post: |
SEC's Gary Gensler says stablecoins are a risk to consumers, like “poker chips at the casino”, and equates crypto boom to “wildcat banking” in the 1830s — The top Wall Street regulator described the digital assets frequently pegged to the U.S. dollar as a danger to consumers
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CoinDesk, Insider, and MarketWatch
| Naman Ramachandran / Variety: |
Netflix agrees to acquire the Roald Dahl Story Company, expanding on a three-year deal to make animated shows, with plans to create TV, movies, games, and more — Netflix has acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company and will expand their existing deal to create a universe spanning several formats.
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Engadget, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent, The Guardian, Sky News, Deadline, The Times, and The Verge
| Ranjan Roy / Margins: |
How Reddit's business model change, hiring of COO Jen Wong, and UX tweaks after raising $200M in 2017 laid the foundations for this year's meme stock mania — “You may be interested in....” … Reddit is probably the social platform that has brought me the most uncomplicated joy over the past decade (Note 1).| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
An in-depth look at Amazon's flagship BFI4 warehouse, located in Kent, WA and capable of processing over 1M items/day, which is run almost entirely by software — At BFI4 outside Seattle, the retailer uses algorithms and robots to ship more than a million packages a day—vastly changing the jobs of humans in the process.
Tweets: @saraflocks, @drewharwell, @bw, @business, @mattmday, and @mattmday
| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Facebook announces the Portal Go, a $199 10" portable device, and a new $349 Portal+ device with a 14" tilting display and stereo speakers, shipping October 19 — Facebook's Portal devices have proven surprisingly popular over the past year, largely due to the pandemic and our dependence on video calls.
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About Facebook. More:
Facebook Technology, fossbytes.com, LBC, Social Media Today, PCMag, Trusted Reviews, Neowin, The Daily Star, CNET, and The Independent
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @boztank, @dcseifert, @richlightshed, @andrewcrow, @shiringhaffary, @silvermanjacob, and @alexeheath
| Bloomberg: |
Overview of the market for NFTs where most assets sold on OpenSea in the past 90 days have not seen another deal — - Beware the hype cycle in diverse world of non-fungible tokens — Industry returns vary greatly while investing risks pile up — As co-founder of a website tracking …
Tweets: @kingkaidev and @justinaknope
| Angelina Rascouet / Bloomberg: |
French online secondhand fashion marketplace Vestiaire Collective raises $209M at a $1.7B valuation led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, after raising $216M in March — - Fashion company's valuation reaches $1.7 billion in raise — SoftBank executive Marcelo Claure to become board member
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WWD, Retail Gazette, and Drapers
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