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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Oculus services, and Facebook's internal tools have been suffering an outage for over four hours — It's not just you: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all currently down for users around the world. We're seeing error messages …
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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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| Scott Pelley / CBS News: |
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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| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
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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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Android 12 review: big design improvements led by Material You, but the new widgets will need dev support to shine; Pixel phones get the update in a few weeks — There are a just a few noteworthy features in this design-focused update — The most exciting thing about a big Android update …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Apple starts letting users report scammy apps from their App Store listings through its Report a Problem button — The ‘Report a Problem’ button is back — One month ago, we laid out a list of eight obvious things Apple could do to prove it puts App Store users ahead of profits.
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Tweets: @mazkewich, @keleftheriou, @keleftheriou, and @campuscodi
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Filing: Syniverse, which routes billions of texts annually for AT&T, Verizon, China Mobile, and others, found in May that it was hacked starting in 2016 — Syniverse handles billions of text messages a year, and hackers had unauthorized access to its system for years. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| 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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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
How Siri, launched a decade ago today, fell behind Google Assistant, Alexa, and others, likely due to management dysfunction, Apple's walled garden, and more — Ten years ago today, Apple's digital assistant Siri was revealed with the promise that the iPhone maker had finally figured it all out.
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Tweets: @hrafntho, @tomwarren, and @maxdesiatov
| Harrison Weber / dot.LA: |
In a blow to online streaming services, over 50,000 backstage movie and TV workers vote to authorize a strike after their union's demands were not met — Ratcheting up the stakes in an already tense labor battle, members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) … | 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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Tweets: @willknight, @brbarrett, @iwillleavenow, @zittrain, @jetjocko, and @onekade
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Review of the now-released Windows 11: improved modern UI and sounds, but many promised features like Android apps are missing and new taskbar is a step back — Microsoft's new OS is a work in progress — Microsoft wants Windows 11 to feel familiar. While the company has attempted drastic changes …
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Tweets: @maryjofoley and @tomwarren
| 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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