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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer says he will step down next year and shift into a part-time adviser role; Andrew Bosworth will become CTO — - Veteran executive ‘Schrep’ will shift to senior fellow role — Hardware boss Andrew Bosworth will be promoted to CTO role
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Tweets: @schrep, @kurtwagner8, @samidh, @carolecadwalla, @mikeisaac, @schrep, @ryan_browne_, @samidh, @hbarra, @moonalice, @om, @rmac18, @carolecadwalla, @om, @sheeraf, @jason_kint, @viss, @biohazard3737, @ceciliakang, @joannastern, @riovictoire, @quinnypig, @johnolilly, @schuldensuehner, @bradstone, @mikeisaac, @carolecadwalla, @rmac18, @devindra, @schrep, @om, @ericgarland, @schrep, @kentbye, @elizableu, @ethanjweiss, @szhang_ds, @kevinbankston, @alexeheath, @shakeelhashim, and @ericgarland
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Leaked email: Tim Cook says recent leakers of info about Apple products and internal meetings “do not belong here” and the company is tracking them down — The CEO says the company is doing everything in its power to track down workers — Tim Cook sent an email …
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| Associated Press: |
European Commission proposes legislation mandating USB-C charging for mobile devices, citing electronic waste; Apple is the main holdout from using USB-C — LONDON (AP) — The European Union unveiled plans Thursday that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single charging method for mobile devices.
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| The Verge: |
Tim Sweeney says Apple told Epic that it will not consider reinstating Epic's developer account until all legal appeals have concluded, likely years from now — Epic CEO Tim Sweeney revealed the conversation in a series of tweets — Fortnite will not be returning to the iOS App Store any time soon …
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| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Industry groups representing Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter sue Texas over a law that lets residents sue social networks that ban them for their political views — Technology trade groups that represent Facebook, Google's YouTube and Twitter are suing Texas to stop a new state law that cracks …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Twitter plans to stop tweets from disappearing when the timeline auto-refreshes, in a series of updates over the next two months — address a longstanding complaint people have had with its mobile app. If you use the software frequently, you may have noticed tweets will sometimes disappear …
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Tweets: @mathewi, @twittersupport, @quinnypig, @hshaban, @tommorris, and @sub8u
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord is testing Watch Together, a feature that lets members broadcast YouTube videos, after Google forced the shutdown of two popular music bots on Discord — Discord music returns, kind of — Discord is starting to test YouTube integration, just weeks after Google-owned YouTube forced two popular Discord music bots offline.
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Tweets: @samcwoodhall, @agrcactus, and @izzyizvevo
| Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal: |
US federal judge orders Facebook to hand over records on posts removed for promoting violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar — Federal judge rules social-media company must hand over information about posts removed for promoting violence against Rohingya Muslims| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop Studio, replacing Surface Book, with 14.4" 120Hz display that can slide into new positions, Thunderbolt 4, and haptic trackpad — The successor to the Surface Book is here — Microsoft is announcing the Surface Laptop Studio today, a successor to the Surface Book line of powerful laptops.
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Windows Blog, Livemint, The Verge, Engadget, and WinCentral
| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill requiring Amazon and other employers to disclose the use of productivity quotas and more, coming into effect on Jan. 1 — Gov. Gavin Newsom says the new law, which targeted Amazon, will protect workers and give them “the dignity, respect and safety they deserve.”
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Chinese AR glasses maker Nreal raises $100M, source says at a $700M valuation, to develop its Nreal Light glasses that connect with smartphones — - Chinese augmented reality (AR) glasses maker Nreal has raised $100 million to fund international expansion, valuing the company at $700 million.| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Apple releases StoreKit 2 alongside iOS 15, letting developers quickly access a user's purchase history, letting users request a refund in-app, and more — Refunds and subscription management — As part of this week's launch of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and watchOS 8, Apple also introduced StoreKit 2 … | Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Despite passing a tough hate speech law, researchers say social networks in Germany are flooded with hate speech and harassment ahead of an election on Sept. 26 — Scrolling through her social media feed, Laura Dornheim is regularly stopped cold by a new blast of abuse aimed at her …
Tweets: @satariano, @jilliancyork, and @mattnavarra
| Michael Crider / Android Police: |
YouTube is testing letting Premium subscribers download videos from its desktop site through October 19 — Downloading content for playback later is most useful on mobile, where your connection quality is determined by your location. But there are plenty of us whose home connection isn't so great either … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Biden plans to nominate Cornell law professor and cryptocurrency critic Saule Omarova to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — - OCC nominee Omarova favors shifting bank accounts to Fed — She would be first woman to serve as comptroller if confirmed
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Decrypt, Politico, Cointelegraph, and CoinDesk
| David Pierce / Protocol: |
Read-later apps, pioneered by Instapaper and Pocket, are having a resurgence led by Matter, Upnext, and others, which improve discoverability and other features — The internet, as a reading experience, is mostly terrible. The heavy pages riddled with ads and trackers, the unexpected pop-ups …
Tweets: @pierce, @getmatterapp, @jordannovet, @dlberes, @navalang, and @lainnafader
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Facebook details the types of posts that get demoted in News Feed, such as clickbait and spam, but stops short of saying exactly how a demotion works — A high-level look at what gets suppressed by Facebook's algorithm — The way that Facebook controls its News Feed is often controversial and largely opaque to the outside world.| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researchers say an Exchange Autodiscover bug can be used to obtain Windows users' domain and app credentials; Microsoft is investigating — Security researchers have discovered a design flaw in a feature of the Microsoft Exchange email server that can be abused to harvest Windows domain and app credentials from users across the world.
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SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @xrepcces, @jeffmcjunkin, @gossithedog, @cudatox, @zackwhittaker, @nathanmcnulty, @gossithedog, @0xamit, and @rootsecdev
| Martha Muir / Financial Times: |
Researchers: as social networks clamp down on disinformation, Russia has begun spreading propaganda in comments sections on news outlets, such as Daily Mail — Online sites test new methods as social media platforms try to scrub their platforms of propaganda| Jack Kennedy / Silicon Republic: |
Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta raises $300M from GM, following $500M Series C in March; Momenta has a license for detailed geographic data in China — The five-year old unicorn has also been funded by SAIC Motor, Toyota and Bosch in the past. — US car giant General Motors …
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The Economic Times, Tech in Asia, and Reuters
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based Cobo, which provides crypto custody and financial services, raises $40M Series B co-led by DST Global, A&T Capital, and IMO Ventures — Cobo, a Singapore-based crypto asset management platform, raised a $40 million Series B to accelerate the development of decentralized finance as a service (DFaaS).
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CoinDesk, CoinJournal, Forkast, Bloomberg, and The Block
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Spotnana, which offers SaaS tools for the travel industry, emerges from stealth with $34M Series A and $7M seed funding — Spotnana emerged from stealth Thursday with $41 million in its pocket and an open global platform targeting the $1.4 trillion business travel industry.
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GeekWire, Business Wire, and PhocusWire
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LG is acquiring Israeli startup Cybellum, which detects and assesses vulnerabilities in connected vehicles, for around $240M — LG Electronics, the Korean tech giant that once was a leading player in mobile phones but is now winding down that business, is making an acquisition that points …
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LG Newsroom. More:
Globes Online, ajudaily.com, ZDNet, CTech, and The Elec. Tweets: @ingridlunden
| Austin Carr / Bloomberg: |
A look at efforts to close the digital divide in states like Arkansas, as a Microsoft study finds around 120M Americans don't have access to high-speed internet — With help from Washington, the 120 million Americans without high-speed internet access have their best shot in a generation at getting it …
Tweets: @austincarr, @bw, @austincarr, and @bw
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