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60 Minutes publishes the eight SEC complaints filed by Frances Haugen against Facebook, covering 2020 election, Jan. 6 riots, teen mental health, and more — For the first time, read the whistleblower's complaints to the SEC that led to 60 Minutes' report on Facebook.
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Video of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee — Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before Senate Commerce Committee https://www.c-span.org/video/? 515042-...
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Haugen's testimony: Facebook puts growth above public safety and must be more transparent, Section 230 reform is not enough, the buck stops at Zuckerberg, more — - Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a Senate panel Tuesday, telling lawmakers they must intervene to solve the …
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| Santosh Janardhan / Facebook Engineering: |
Facebook says configuration changes on its backbone routers disrupted network traffic between its data centers, causing an outage across its platforms — To all the people and businesses around the world who depend on us, we are sorry for the inconvenience caused by today's outage across our platforms.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google announces the Pixel 6 virtual launch event will be on October 19 at 10am PT — The Pixel Fall Launch is on — Google traditionally holds an October hardware event to reveal its new Pixel phones. This year, it already announced them — here's the Pixel 5A and the Pixel 6.
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Pro 8 review: new modern look, 120Hz display, and improved stylus, but it is expensive, accessories aren't included, and ports are limited — This is the best Surface Pro we've seen in years — I've been waiting for the Surface Pro 8. — Microsoft has been selling …
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Sources: Visa plans to trim the fee banks pay Apple for recurring automated payments next year amid discontent in the banking industry; Apple opposes the change — Banks are nudging Visa to change the way it processes some Apple Pay transactions, according to people familiar with the matter| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Leaked court doc shows US investigators secretly used a “keyword warrant” to order Google to provide data on anyone searching a victim's name and personal info — The U.S. government is secretly ordering Google to provide data on anyone typing in certain search terms, an accidentally unsealed court document shows.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Twitter is shutting down Scroll in about 30 days, will roll the ad-free subscription web service into its Twitter Blue subscription as Ad-Free Articles — Scroll won't be available as an independent service anymore — Scroll's ad-free subscription web service is shutting down as an independent entity in … | Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Filing: Circle, which backs the USDC stablecoin, received a subpoena in July from the SEC for documents on “our holdings, customer programs, and operations” — Circle Financial is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC), the payments company disclosed Monday.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat rolls out a new “Run for Office” in-app tool to encourage young adults to run for local office, including a portal with 75K+ curated upcoming elections — Snapchat is rolling out a new ‘Run for Office’ in-app tool to encourage young adults to run for local office.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
D-Wave says it aims to build a gate-model quantum computer, but will keep investing and developing the quantum annealing tech that it has pursued for 20+ years — For more than 20 years, D-Wave has been synonymous with quantum annealing. Its early bet on this technology allowed it to become … | Kris Holt / TechCrunch: |
Report: for at least a couple of years, Amazon has worked on a fridge that can monitor usage and suggest products and recipes, investing $50M/year on the effort — Amazon is reportedly aiming to bring some of the tech it uses at cashierless Amazon Go stores to your kitchen.| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Review of Apple's A15 shows big efficiency gains and adequate speed improvements, which range from 2.5% to 37% over A14 depending on the type of workload — A few weeks ago, we've seen Apple announce their newest iPhone 13 series devices, a set of phones being powered by the newest Apple A15 SoC.
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| Rachel Phua / DealStreetAsia: |
Orca Security, which provides tools for protecting cloud-based assets, extends Series C to $550M led by Temasek at a $1.8B valuation, up from $1.2B in March — Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has led a $550 million extended Series C round for Los Angeles-based Orca Security …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram ditches the IGTV brand and combines IGTV's long-form videos and Instagram Feed videos into a new Instagram Video format; Reels is unaffected — Instagram head Adam Mosseri recently said was “no longer a photo-sharing app,” noting the company was prioritizing a shift … | Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Online course provider Udemy files for IPO, says its revenue grew from $276.3M in 2019 to $429.9M in 2020, and H1 2021 revenue was up 24.5% YoY to $250.6M — After digging into the Rent the Runway IPO filing this morning, we're turning to Udemy. — The Udemy offering comes in the wake …
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| Josh Ye / South China Morning Post: |
China's top court ruled in September that a consumer's antitrust suit against Apple can proceed to Shanghai court, a move that some say may bring more lawsuits — Supreme People's Court in China ruled that a lawsuit filed by a Chinese consumer against Apple's China entity on antitrust grounds …
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Sky Mavis, developer of NFT game Axie Infinity, raises ~$150M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, sources say at a nearly $3B valuation — Sky Mavis, the developer of the popular crypto-based online game Axie Infinity, is raising approximately $150 million in Series B funding …
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