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In a 60 Minutes interview, WSJ's Facebook Files whistleblower says Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, misinformation, and more — Frances Haugen says in her time with Facebook she saw, “conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.”
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Ex-Facebook PM Frances Haugen comes forward as the key source behind WSJ's Facebook Files, saying she became alarmed by how profits came before public safety — The former Facebook employee says her goal is to help prompt change at the social-media giant — The former Facebook Inc. employee …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
As WSJ's Facebook Files suggest, Facebook seems to be in a slow, steady decline, evidenced by frenetic pivots, executive paranoia, and talent attrition — A trove of leaked documents, published by The Wall Street Journal, hints at a company whose best days are behind it.
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Prior to the 60 Minutes interview, Nick Clegg posted an internal memo saying the whistleblower would accuse Facebook of relaxing election safeguards too soon — In an internal memo, Facebook defended itself and said that social media was not a primary cause of polarization. — Read in app
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Gurman: MacBook Pros with M1X, including 8 high-performance cores, 2 high-efficiency cores, and 16 or 32 graphics cores, will launch “in the next month” — Now that the iPhone 13 and Apple Watch Series 7 have officially been announced, attention has shifted to Apple's highly …
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Amazon says Prime members can send gifts with a phone number or email address, no physical address required, rolling out to mobile users in the continental US — There's currently no way to opt out of the new feature — Amazon is launching a new gifting feature today that will allow subscribers …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Quest Software's One Identity acquires OneLogin, a rival to Okta and Ping in sign-on and identity access management; OneLogin raised $100M Series D in 2019 — More consolidation is afoot in the world of cybersecurity, specifically around services to help organizations manage identity and access.
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Apple says Watch Series 7 preorders start on October 8, shipping October 15, after announcing the device at the iPhone 13 event — Some Users Having External Display Connection Issues With macOS Big Sur 11.1 and 11.2 — Some macOS Big Sur users who are running the 11.1 and recently released 11.2 update …
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| Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel: |
An ophthalmologist details using the iPhone 13 Pro's macro camera to document changes in his patients' eyes, for which he previously had a $15K setup — Doctor Tommy Korn recently went viral for showing how he uses the new iPhone 13 Pro macro camera capabilities to document the eyes of his patients.
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
Clearview CEO says it has collected over 10B images from across the web and is building ways for police to find people, including deblurring and mask removal — In an interview with WIRED, CEO Hoan Ton-That said the company has scraped 10 billion photos from the web—and developed new ways to aid police surveillance.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Apple and Google could help with child safety online by determining a user's age at device setup and sharing it with apps implementing child safety features — At a moment of almost frightening technological advancement, the tech industry's best defense against children accessing websites …
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| Bloomberg: |
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