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Microsoft is shuttering the Chinese version of LinkedIn and replacing it with a job board; sources say China told LinkedIn in March to better regulate content — LinkedIn cites challenging operating environment, as retreat marks the biggest departure from China by a major tech company in years
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| Wilson Walker / CBS San Francisco: |
Residents of a quiet San Francisco street say Waymo's self-driving cars are flocking to the neighborhood throughout the day, seemingly confused by a dead end — SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A normally quiet neighborhood in San Francisco is buzzing about a sudden explosion of traffic.
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Gizmodo, The Verge, 9to5Google, govtech.com, International Business Times, and Insider
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Facebook details Ego4D, a research project in partnership with 13 universities that uses first-person video to improve perception by AI assistants — AI tools that could one day appear in Facebook's AR glasses — Facebook is pouring a lot of time and money into augmented reality, including building its own AR glasses with Ray-Ban.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out continuous scrolling for English-language mobile search results in the US — Google announced today it's changing the way search works on mobile devices, initially in the U.S. Now, when you reach the bottom of a set of search results on your phone, you won't have to tap to go to the next page.
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CNET, Android Headlines, AndroidPolice, SlashGear, The Verge, Search Engine Land, 9to5Google, and Engadget
Tweets: @__nca, @aleyda, @backlon, @backlon, @searchmartin, @marie_haynes, and @tsimonite
| The Markup: |
Investigation finds Amazon places its own brands above competitors, even those with higher ratings and more sales, despite telling Congress otherwise — The online giant gives a leg up to hundreds of house brand and exclusive products that most people don't know are connected to Amazon
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ADIF, The Markup, CNET, and The Markup
| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
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Tweets: @amyklobuchar and @rice_ricej
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp starts rolling out e2e encryption for chat history backups in iCloud and Google Drive — WhatsApp is beginning to roll out a new feature that will provide its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat history backup in iCloud or Google Drive, patching a major loophole … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
HTC announces $499 Vive Flow, a VR headset that requires an external battery and uses an Android phone as a wireless controller, available in November — After years of focusing on business-oriented virtual reality, HTC is launching a $499 entertainment-focused headset called the Vive Flow in November …
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Tweets: @benz145, @drgregvr, @nimazeighami, @nimazeighami, @jetscott, @tojiro, @jetscott, @jetscott, @russellholly, @russellholly, @thedextriarchy, @jank0, and @stshank
| Ax Sharma / Ars Technica: |
How a US hacker built a secret network of “news” sites and Facebook Groups to push bogus stories after an undisclosed company hired him to sway 2016's election — He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right. — This is the story of the mastermind behind … | Wall Street Journal: |
Coinbase asks Congress to regulate digital assets outside of the existing financial system and to create a special regulator for digital asset markets — Crypto trading platform asks Congress to create an oversight regime separate from existing market regulators| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Roblox outlines plans to add more realism to player avatars, introduce new in-game monetization streams, add NFT-like limited edition items, and more — At its annual developer conference Thursday, Roblox painted a picture of what's next for the fast-growing online multiplayer portal that's like catnip for kids and teens.
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The Information, VentureBeat, and Roblox Blog
| Harmeet Singh Walia / Counterpoint Research: |
In Q2 2021, Apple captured 75% of the overall handset market operating profit and 40% of revenue despite accounting for only 13% of global smartphone shipments — The dynamics of the top global handset OEMs keep changing from a shipment point of view, as we saw with Xiaomi becoming … | Daily Mail: |
UK judge rules in favor of a woman who claimed her neighbor's Ring doorbell breached her privacy, potentially paving the way for similar lawsuits — - A judge ruled that a doctor's neighbour's Ring smart doorbell cameras breached her privacy in landmark case
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
GitLab closed up 35% in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a $14.9 billion market cap, after raising $801M in its IPO at an $11B valuation — - GitLab started trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday under ticker symbol “GTLB.” — The company, whose code-sharing software competes with Microsoft's GitHub …
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Tweets: @levie, @cnbcjosh, @levynews, @austen, @carnage4life, @thedomino, @smartfootball, @ranjanxroy, @levynews, and @quinnypig
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter begins testing ads in replies on Android and iOS globally, placed after the first, third, or eighth reply to a tweet — Just kidding, it's a bad place — I don't know about you, but I sometimes feel like Twitter is overloaded with ads in my feed.
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Tweets: @twitterbusiness, @carnage4life, @kiruti, @tomwarren, @ow, @sep, and @carnage4life
| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
PitchBook: tech investors and employees have netted $582.5B from US IPOs and sales in the year to September, with 93 listings between July and September — IPO and Spac booms have delivered a record windfall for venture capitalists in 2021 — A wave of US public listings and sales …
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PYMNTS.com, pitchbook.com, and pitchbook.com
| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Profile of Cher Scarlett, an Apple employee leading the #AppleToo campaign highlighting racism, retaliation, sexual and other forms of workplace harassment — Cher Scarlett is willing to risk a dream job at Apple to blow the whistle on alleged labor violations at the iPhone maker.
Tweets: @zoeschiffer, @washpostbiz, @timnitgebru, @timnitgebru, and @reedalbergotti
| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
Enterprise search company Elastic to acquire Optimyze, whose continuous profiling platform Prodfiler can detect the CPU efficiency of fleets of machines — Elastic intends to join the computer profiling function of Optimyze to the enterprise observability functions of metrics, logs and traces.
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VentureBeat, Elastic Blog, and Business Wire
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
FTC notifies 700+ companies, including Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft, that they could face penalties of up to $43,792 per violation for using deceptive reviews — The FTC sent a notice to hundreds of companies, including AT&T, Dunkin' Donuts, Hulu, and Macy's.
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Federal Trade Commission. More:
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Tweets: @jeremys, @jeremys, @linakhanftc, and @drbarnard
| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Tala, which provides mobile-first financial services in emerging markets, raises a $145M Series E led by Upstart, source says at an $800M+ valuation — Tala, an emerging markets digital lender that offers loans between $10 to $500 to consumers and small business owners, has raised $145 million in Series E funding.
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Tala, Finextra, Blockworks, Forbes, CNBC, FinSMEs, PYMNTS.com, dot.LA, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @talamobile, @davegirouard, @denelledixon, @shivsiroya, and @pesa_africa
| Nikkei Asia: |
TSMC says it will build its first plant in Japan, focusing on 22nm and 28nm chips, starting construction in 2022 and operations in 2024 — Taiwan titan warns of softening smartphone and PC demand amid supply chain chaos — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. …
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Reuters, Bloomberg, The Verge, Tom's Hardware, Benzinga, Wall Street Journal, and iMore
Tweets: @trengriffin, @tculpan, @dnystedt, @mit_obe, @kennedycsis, @pareekhjain, @debjani_ghosh_, @dnystedt, and @dnystedt
| Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: |
Analysis of 80M ransomware samples: Israel and South Korea are the most affected countries; GandCrab was the most active ransomware gang since the start of 2020 — Israel has submitted the largest amount of ransomware samples since the start of 2020, according to a study.
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VirusTotal and The Keyword. More:
The Register, SecurityWeek, The Hacker News, and cybernews.com
Tweets: @threatintel, @raj_samani, @mikko, and @hatr
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook says it is expanding its “less political” News Feed test to 75 new countries, for a total of more than 80 — Facebook is slowly expanding its effort to weed out political content from News Feed. The company is now testing its “less political” feed in 75 new countries, Facebook said in an update.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Jana Partners took a stake in Macy's and is urging the retailer to spin off its e-commerce business, which has about $8B in annual revenue — Activist investor says stand-alone e-commerce business would be worth a multiple of Macy's current market value
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CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg, Barron's Online, and New York Business Journal. Tweets: @cararlombardo
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