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Square is changing its name to Block, effective December 10, and renaming Square Crypto to Spiral, as its business shifts toward technologies like blockchain — - Payments giant Square will change its corporate name to Block, effective Dec. 10. — The move comes as Square expands beyond …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
In its end-of-year threat report, Meta says it took down several global disinformation networks, including anti-vaccine groups and groups linked to state actors — The takedowns described in the company's latest threat report demonstrate how the cat-and-mouse game between Facebook and bad actors is escalating
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| CNBC: |
Meta expands the number of eligible regulatory licenses for running crypto ads on Facebook and Instagram from three to 27 — - Facebook on Wednesday announced its decision to reverse long-standing policy that prevented most cryptocurrency companies from running ads on its services.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces the best apps and games of 2021, across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, and the most downloaded apps of the year — Apple today released its anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of the year across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple, which cut its projected iPhone 13 production targets for 2021 by up to 10M units, tells suppliers that it may not make up the shortfall in 2022 — Apple Inc., suffering from a global supply crunch, is now confronting a different problem: slowing demand.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
DOJ charges an ex-employee of IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti with data theft and for attempting to extort his employer while posing as a whistleblower and a hacker — Nickolas Sharp, a former employee of networking device maker Ubiquiti, was arrested and charged today with data theft and attempting …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, a 5nm chip with 5G and Wi-Fi 6, promising up to 85% better CPU and up to 60% faster GPU performance compared to Gen 2 — Third time's the charm? — Qualcomm has announced its latest flagship chip for PCs: the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, which … | Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch: |
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
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| Michelle Singletary / Washington Post: |
The CFPB's rule that lets debt collectors send texts, emails, and private social media messages to debtors, and requires opt-out instructions, goes into effect — Federal regulators have given debt collectors the okay to pursue debtors via email, text messages and social media sites
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| Berber Jin / The Information: |
Sources: Instacart is planning to launch a 15-minute-or-less grocery delivery pilot for US customers, from existing partner stores — For Instacart, the leading U.S. grocery delivery company, being fast may not be fast enough. — The $39 billion-valuation startup is planning to launch … | The Markup: |
Investigation finds US predictive policing tool PredPol, used countrywide, often perpetuates biases, directing police to poor, Black, and Latino neighborhoods — Plainfield, N.J. Plainfield, N.J. Los Angeles — Orange County, Fla.
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| The Verge: |
Federal judge blocks a Texas law that limits large social media platforms' ability to moderate content, saying it violates the platforms' First Amendment rights — ‘Social media platforms have a First Amendment right to moderate,’ wrote the judge — A federal judge has blocked a Texas law … | Washington Post: |
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles says a hacker gained access to its network in October, compromising the information of ~400,000 patients including clinical data — A hacker gained access to the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Planned Parenthood patients in October …
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| James Clayton / BBC: |
Meta will no longer block searches nor remove praise of Kyle Rittenhouse on Facebook and Instagram, after designating him a shooter in a “mass murder” in 2020 — Facebook has reversed a decision to block searches on its platform for a US teenager who was acquitted of killing two people during unrest in Wisconsin.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn adds Hindi support in India after initially supporting only English, which is spoken by less than 20% of India's 1.3B people — Less than 20% of India's 1.3 billion people speak English. But LinkedIn, the largest professional social network globally, has so far catered … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Goalsetter, which offers a financial literacy education app for kids, raises a $15M Series A led by Seae Ventures — Goalsetter, a financial education platform for kiddos, has announced the close of a $15 million Series A financing round. The funding was led by Seae Ventures … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Teams Essentials, a standalone version of Teams for SMBs with a simplified UI, focus on meetings, and no Office apps for $4 per user/month — This standalone version of Teams is even more of a Zoom competitor — Microsoft is creating its first standalone version of Microsoft Teams for small businesses.
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Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft, SiliconANGLE, TheStreet, GeekWire, and The Register
Tweets: @wallstcynic, @microsoftteams, and @xparacha
| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
AI researcher Timnit Gebru, who left Google last year, launches Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research, focusing on the responsible use of AI — The researcher, who says Google fired her a year ago, wants to ask questions about responsible use of artificial intelligence. … APPLICATION| Reuters: |
Grab begins trading on Nasdaq today after a record SPAC merger valuing it at $40B and raising $4.5B, the largest US listing by a Southeast Asian company — Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, makes its market debut on Thursday after a record $40 billion merger …
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ZDNet, Tech in Asia, Forbes, Financial Times, CNN, Bloomberg, and The Economic Times
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Shiftsmart, a labor marketplace that matches workers with shifts, raises a $95M Series B led by D1 Capital, bringing its total funding to $117M — The holiday shopping season kicked off last week with some lackluster results, but employers are still in dire need of workers.| Radhika Anilkumar / Reuters: |
Canadian video platform Rumble, popular with right-wing users, will go public via SPAC at a $2.1B valuation and expects to raise around $400M — Canadian video platform Rumble Inc said on Wednesday it would go public by merging with blank-check firm CF Acquisition Corp VI (CFVI.O) at an initial enterprise value of $2.1 billion.
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