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Adam Mosseri says Instagram is pausing work on Instagram Kids, after criticism from parents, experts, regulators, policymakers, and others — - We believe building “Instagram Kids” is the right thing to do, but we're pausing the work. — We'll use this time to work with parents …
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| Pratiti Raychoudhury / About Facebook: |
Facebook disputes WSJ's Instagram story, claiming internal research shows Instagram made difficult times better for teen girls on 11 of 12 well-being issues — - Contrary to The Wall Street Journal's characterization, Instagram's research shows that on 11 of 12 well-being issues …
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| Alex Cranz / The Verge: |
Facebook ignores many issues raised by WSJ's Instagram piece, such as addiction, instead devaluing its own research while not releasing data it repeatedly cites — The claims are in response to a damning Wall Street Journal story that prompted a Senate hearing
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| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Tesla begins letting drivers request its “Full Self-Driving” beta, prompting criticism from regulators and safety advocates — The software update was beamed to Tesla cars over-the-air early Saturday morning. — SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla began letting owners request its …
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Apple suppliers like Eson Precision Engineering, Unimicron Technology, and Concraft Holding halt production until Friday as China tightens its energy policy — Weeklong stoppages to hit peak season for electronics goods including latest iPhone — An Apple Store in Beijing sells the new Apple iPhone 13.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
TikTok says it now has 1B MAUs — TikTok says it has crossed a key milestone: The social video app claims it now counts more than 1 billion monthly active users. — TikTok is the successor to Musical.ly, the short-form video app that was acquired by Chinese internet giant ByteDance in 2017 …
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| Bloomberg: |
At China's annual World Internet Conference, executives from Alibaba, Tencent, Xiaomi, Tesla, Qualcomm, and others praised Xi's “common prosperity” policy — - CEOs praise Chinese president's new rules, ‘common prosperity’ — Pandemic controls curb international in-person attendance
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| James Hercher / AdExchanger: |
Google says it will no longer use last-click attribution as the default conversion model in Google Ads, and will default to “data-driven attribution” instead — “Because of how we've been improving and training our data-driven attribution models, we've eliminated [that] previously existing requirement,” she said.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Google begins its appeal of EU's $5B fine, arguing Android has boosted competition; a verdict isn't expected for months and can be appealed to EU's top court — Regulator says the Alphabet unit abused its market dominance, while Google says it boosts competition against Apple
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Phone Repair Guru report finds that third-party repair centers will struggle to replace iPhone 13's screen without losing access to Face ID — Yesterday, we took a closer look at how the new iPhone 13 Pro Max handles drop tests. Now, another YouTuber claims that you'll probably not be able …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Astera Labs, a fabless semiconductor startup, raises $50M Series C led by Fidelity at a $950M valuation, bringing its total raised to $85M — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Cloudflare announces Email Routing and Email Security DNS Wizard, built on top of Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, and others to prevent phishing, spoofing, and more — The internet infrastructure company wants to protect your inbox from targeted threats, starting with the launch of two new tools.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
As Israeli unicorns rise from one five years ago to 13 in June, a look at the startup scene's impact on Tel Aviv, including booming housing and living costs — Israelis who have become millionaires in a red-hot technology market are now transforming Tel Aviv and its economy
Tweets: @joshua_landis and @dovlieber
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK cybersecurity startup SenseOn, which uses a “triangulation” approach to mitigate attacks, raises $20M Series A led by Eight Road Ventures — As cybersecurity becomes a bigger and more complex problem for organizations, a startup aiming to increase its accuracy in fighting breaches …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a law mandating light-duty autonomous vehicles emit zero emissions by 2030 — Starting in 2030, California will require all light-duty autonomous vehicles that operate in the state to emit zero emissions. Signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday,| New York Times: |
A look at China's complex relationship with video games and the impact of new restrictions aimed at minors, with many finding workarounds — China has a complex relationship with video games. New government rules for minors have made it even more so. — China's video game industry is booming.
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