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Google and YouTube say they will prohibit ads and monetization on content that denies climate change, starting next month — Google and YouTube on Thursday announced a new policy that prohibits climate deniers from being able to monetize their content on its platforms via ads or creator payments.
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support.google.com, Mashable, The Register, Variety, The Verge, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, Tubefilter, New York Times, Digiday, CNET, The Hill, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Google, Insider, AdExchanger, Android Central, and CNN
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Microsoft acquires Ally, whose software helps companies track and hit their goals; PitchBook: Ally was last valued at $345M after its $50M Series C in February — Microsoft has acquired Ally, a 3-year-old Seattle-based startup that helps companies track and hit their goals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.| Maddie Stone / Grist: |
Microsoft reaches an agreement with investor advocacy nonprofit As You Sow to make its devices easier to fix, increasing access to spare parts and repair docs — In a first-of-its-kind agreement, the company has committed to increasing access to spare parts and repair documents.
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VICE, As You Sow, The Register, TechSpot, Digital Trends, Liliputing, Bloomberg, Windows Central, Gizmodo, The Verge, Tom's Hardware, and Mashable
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| Louis Barclay / Slate: |
Developer says Facebook banned him for life and threatened to sue after he made Unfollow Everything, a browser extension to help people use Facebook less — If someone built a tool that made Facebook less addictive—a tool that allowed users to benefit from Facebook's positive features … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
US federal judge rules Cloudflare is not liable for copyright infringement between websites that use its services — Judge rules content-delivery service doesn't “contribute” to copyright infringement. — Cloudflare is not liable for the copyright infringement of websites that use … | Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
Microsoft says Russia carried out 58% of detected state-backed hacks in the year ending June 30, with a 32% success rate; China accounted for 8% — BOSTON (AP) — Russia accounted for most state-sponsored hacking detected by Microsoft over the past year, with a 58% share …
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Microsoft On the Issues, The Independent, CNN, Newsweek, govtech.com, Dark Reading, Voice of America, Thurrott, and Neowin
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| Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo: |
How WhatsApp became a popular messaging app in the Global South, driven by high device compatibility and telecom partnerships — When the app suffered a six hour outage this week, millions of people's lives were thrown into turmoil. Why were they there at all? — Alerts| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Many popular VPN services are owned by companies with shady track records, like London-based Kape Technologies, which also owns VPN review sites — Many virtual private network services that were meant to protect your web browsing can no longer be trusted. Here are other ways.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Payments company Paddle announces an alternative in-app payments system for iOS, charging 5%-10% fees and launching December 7, following Epic v. Apple ruling — In response to the Epic Games vs. Apple ruling last month, payments platform Paddle today announced that it plans to launch …
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| The Verge: |
Gov. Newsom signs Silenced No More Act, which ex-Pinterest employee Ifeoma Ozoma helped draft, to protect CA workers who call out discrimination despite NDAs — Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Silenced No More Act to protect whistleblowers in California — California governor Gavin Newsom signed … | Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Facebook removes its brand from its in-development social VR platform Facebook Horizon, renaming it as Horizon Worlds, and announces a $10M Creator Fund — Facebook removed its brand from in-development social VR platform Horizon and plans to focus the effort around VR-based building tools …
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About Facebook, Oculus, Social Media Today, Forbes, Android Central, The Verge, VRScout, The Information, and Forbes
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Visionrare, an NFT marketplace for “fantasy startup investing” where users spend money to buy fake shares in startups, shuts down the service after one day — Just over 24 hours into its open beta, Visionrare, which launched an NFT marketplace for “fantasy startup investing,” …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Ireland, where most US tech companies have their European HQ, says it will join the global agreement to set a minimum rate of 15% for taxing corporate profits — The country had been one of a small number of holdouts on an agreement that aims to overhaul global taxation
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google confirms bug that causes AMP URLs in Google Search results on devices running iOS 15 to redirect to the original site's page, says it is working on a fix — This bug should be resolved soon according to a Google spokesperson. — With the iOS 15 release on September 20th, AMP URLs in Google Search just stopped working.| Jackson Barnett / FedScoop: |
Palantir says it signed a $90M, four-year contract to help integrate data across the Department of Veterans Affairs' health systems — Big data analytics company Palantir is expanding its health- and defense-related work with its first major contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the company told FedScoop.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is developing an iPhone-based car control system that could access climate control, speedometer, radio, seats, and more, expanding on CarPlay — - Company looks to build on success of CarPlay, launched in 2014 — Initiative, known as ‘IronHeart,’ is still in the early stages
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BGR, SlashGear, MobileSyrup, iMore, KnowTechie, TechSpot, The Verge, and Redmond Pie
Tweets: @fosspatents, @ranjenim, @davidclinchnews, @horwitz, @parkerortolani, @newsynick, @markgurman, and @rakeshlobster
| Gordon Gottsegen / Built In Chicago: |
Chicago-based The Mom Project, a job site aimed at women returning to work, raises $80M Series C led by Leeds Illuminate, bringing its total raised to $106M — Too many women feel like they have to choose between being a good mom and having a good career. The Mom Project wants to convince them that they can do both.
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Wall Street Journal and WAGM-TV
| Zeke Faux / Bloomberg: |
A deep dive on Tether, which issued 48B coins this year, as regulators struggle to understand its cash reserves, organizational structure, and other details — A wild search for the U.S. dollars supposedly backing the stablecoin at the center of the global cryptocurrency trade—and in the crosshairs of U.S. regulators and prosecutors.
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Tether, Crypto Briefing, Fortune, Blockworks, Cointelegraph, and The Block
| Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle: |
Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more — SOURCE CODES AND USER PAYOUTS AMONG THE DATA RELEASED IN A 128GB TORRENT — An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked …
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AndroidPolice, The Record, Pocketnow, BleepingComputer, The Verge, PC Gamer, Washington Post, Wired, Insider, Threatpost, Gizmodo, CNET, dexerto.com, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, Music Ally, Dot Esports, Tubefilter, Kotaku, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @knows0mething, @kellen_browning, @tehmorag, @doodybeardlive, @mattmday, @sarinacsgo, @darrenrovell, and @tomwarren
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