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Russia says its deep packet inspection tech is now installed at 500 telco locations, covering 100% of mobile traffic and 73% of broadband — Russia's boldest moves to censor the internet began in the most mundane of ways — with a series of bureaucratic emails and forms.
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| Tim De Chant / Ars Technica: |
A look at the cultural and investment shifts Intel undertook to build a leading-edge foundry business, which some say could take five years to fully appraise — Intel wants to be a foundry—again. Will this time be different? — Last month, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger stepped to a podium on a hazy … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
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| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Twitter says its research shows its algorithms amplify right-leaning content more than left-leaning content, but doesn't know what causes the amplification — Twitter is publicly sharing research findings today that show that the platform's algorithms amplify tweets from right-wing politicians …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: ransomware gang REvil was hacked and forced offline this week by an active multi-country operation that includes US law enforcement — The ransomware group REvil was itself hacked and forced offline this week by a multi-country operation, according to three private sector cyber experts working …
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| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Walmart is testing letting shoppers buy bitcoin at 200 Coinstar kiosks in its US stores through a Coinme partnership — Walmart, the world's largest company by revenue, is letting customers buy bitcoin at dozens of its U.S. stores. — Shoppers can purchase the cryptocurrency …
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| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Lyft releases its first safety report, says it received 4,000+ reports of sexual assault, including 360 reports of rape, on its app from 2017 through 2019 — Ride-hailing company's first safety report came nearly 2 years after Uber released a similar set of data for its app
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Windows 11 update fixes AMD CPU latency issues that reduced performance 3-5% for some apps and 10-15% for esports games — First patch arrives, second is inbound … AMD has also confirmed to Tom's Hardware that it has released a patch for one of the two bugs that lead to reduced performance …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap Q3: $1.07B revenue, up 57% YoY, vs. $1.10B est., DAUs up 23% to 306M, net loss down 64% to $72M, blames iOS ATT changes for revenue miss; stock down 20%+ — - Snap reported its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, missing revenue expectations after Apple's iPhone privacy changes disrupted its advertising business.
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| ABC News: |
Trump announces the Trump Media & Technology Group and TRUTH Social, a social network coming in Nov. to “stand up” to Big Tech, in the App Store for preorder — The former president has been banned from several platforms. — Silenced by many major platforms …
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| Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: |
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads — Internet service providers fail to disclose to consumers how they use sensitive data, obscure privacy practices and making …
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| New York Times: |
Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa discusses the role of social media in polarization, interactions with Zuckerberg and Sandberg in 2017, Frances Haugen, more — The journalist, whose reporting has taken on the president of the Philippines and the C.E.O. of Facebook, discusses the …
Tweets: @dabeard, @nytopinion, @karaswisher, and @nytopinion
| Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: |
ByteDance's Douyin adds a five-second mandatory pause between videos to curb binge-viewing in China, following Beijing's focus on addictive online behavior — Douyin, the Chinese version of short video-sharing app TikTok, is forcing users to take a break after long viewing sessions …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Hong Kong-based XanPool, whose software facilitates faster crypto and fiat settlements, raises a $27M Series A led by Valar Ventures — XanPool, a payment infrastructure provider that facilitates faster crypto and fiat settlements, announced today it has raised a $27 million Series A led by Valar Ventures.
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XanPool Blog, CoinDesk, The Block, Tech in Asia, FinSMEs, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, and Finextra
| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Apple says the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max will feature a High Power Mode for intensive, sustained workloads — The new 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Max Apple Silicon chip will feature a new High Power Mode for intensive, sustained workloads, according to Apple.| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Tencent says a now-fixed vulnerability made some WeChat content available to Google and Bing, which are blocked in China — - WeChat content made available to Google, Bing searches — China has been pushing tech firms to dismantle online barriers — Tencent Holdings Ltd … | Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal: |
US Commerce Department data: ~$103B worth of export licenses issued for chips and other products to suppliers of Huawei and SMIC from Nov. 2020 to April 2021 — Commerce Department data shows that suppliers of the blacklisted Chinese tech companies maintained access to U.S. products including semiconductorsSponsor Posts
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