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Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default — The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content … | Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Series 10 review: sleep apnea detection has potential, bigger but not bulky display, and much faster charging, but no blood oxygen feature in the US — The Series 10 bets big on a larger display and a more wearable design. As far as iterative updates go, that's a savvy choice.| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Snap unveils new Spectacles it will lease to devs creating Snapchat AR lenses, with a more immersive display, longer battery life, and a more lightweight design — Will developers finally help Snap take AR glasses mainstream? … Snap's fifth-generation Spectacles have a richer, more immersive display.| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Snapchat gets a redesign, simplifying from five to three tabs including a new unified For You feed of full-screen videos from publishers and creators — Snapchat is undergoing its biggest redesign in years by simplifying from five to three tabs: one for messages and Stories with friends … | Victor Tangermann / Futurism: |
OpenAI confirms fixing an issue “where it appeared as though ChatGPT was starting new conversations”, after users reported ChatGPT reaching out proactively — “Did you just message me first?” — Over the weekend, a redditor going by the name of SentuBill posted a peculiar screenshot … | Bloomberg: |
The EU picks veteran Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen to take over from Thierry Breton, pending her confirmation; Virkkunen was central in creating the DSA — - Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen was instrumental on DSA — Virkkunen emphasized importance of European competitiveness| Jason Shubnell / The Block: |
Trump launches World Liberty Financial, a DeFi lending project on Ethereum underpinned by the WLFI governance token; up to 63% of WLFI to be sold to the public — - Donald Trump helped unveil a few details of his highly anticipated cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial, on Monday night.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google plans to flag AI-made images with C2PA metadata on Search in the “about this image” box and integrate C2PA metadata in its ad systems within a few months — Google is planning to roll out a technology that will identify whether a photo was taken with a camera … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
IBM acquires Kubecost, a FinOps startup launched in 2019 that helps companies monitor and optimize Kubernetes clusters; Kubecost had raised $30M+ in funding — IBM today announced that it has acquired Kubecost, a FinOps startup that helps teams at companies like Allianz, Audi … | Reuters: |
EssilorLuxottica and Meta announce a 10-year deal to continue developing smart eyewear, after creating two generations of Ray-Ban glasses since 2019 — EssilorLuxottica (ESLX.PA) said on Tuesday it had extended its partnership with Meta Platforms (META.O) by agreeing a 10-year deal to continue developing smart eyewear.| NBC News: |
Meta bans Russian media outlet RT from its apps globally, days after the Biden administration accused RT of acting as an arm of Moscow's spy agencies — U.S. officials on Friday accused RT of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Russia's spy agencies.| Alicia Clanton / Bloomberg: |
Pew survey: 17% of US adults say they regularly get news on TikTok in 2024, up from 14% in 2023 and 3% in 2020; 39% aged 18 to 29 do so, up from 32% a year ago — - Almost 40% of young adults regularly get news from the app — TikTok faces a ban in the US if parent company doesn't divest| Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal: |
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Workday acquires Evisort, an AI-powered contract management service that had raised $155.6M in capital and debt — Workday announced on Tuesday that it's acquiring Evisort, an AI-powered contract management platform, for an undisclosed amount. — In a statement, Terrance Wampler … | Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Armenian startup EasyDMARC, which uses the DMARC standard to simplify email security and authentication, raised a $20M Series A led by Radian Capital — EasyDMARC, a B2B SaaS startup out of Armenia that aims to simplify email security and authentication, said it has raised $20 million … | Gabriel Stargardter / Reuters: |
A look at France's LOPMI law, enacted in January 2023 to criminalize tech executives whose platforms allow illegal activities, as Pavel Durov remains on bail — When French prosecutors took aim at Telegram boss Pavel Durov, they had a trump card to wield - a tough new law with no international equivalent … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla says it will shut down its Mastodon server, Mozilla.social, giving users until December 17 to export their data and migrate to another instance — Mozilla is exiting the fediverse. Though the concept of the open social web, also known as the fediverse, has been picking … | Curtis Heinzl / Bloomberg: |
Uber says it plans to start checking US passengers' account info against third-party ID verification databases; drivers will be able to see a user's blue badge — - Verified riders will receive a blue tick visible to drivers — Uber will match passengers against third-party databases| Christopher Grimes / Financial Times: |
How Netflix staged a remarkable recovery since its 2022 stock crash, adding 45M+ subscribers via a password crackdown and gaining an edge over Hollywood rivals — The company has staged a remarkable recovery since the ‘great correction’ of 2022 and now has the edge over Hollywood rivals| Financial Times: |
Microsoft calls for “clarity and consistency” over US export controls that have held up shipping AI chips to UAE-based G42, in which Microsoft invested $1.5B — Tech giant creates new AI institutes with UAE's G42 as it awaits decision to lift US controls on chip shipments| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Denver-based Hotel Engine, a hotel booking and management service, now called Engine, raised a $140M Series C at a $2.1B valuation, up from $1.3B in late 2021 — Elia Wallen never expected this. — Wallen started Hotel Engine as a subsidiary of corporate housing company Travelers Haven in 2015 … | Kristian Burt / CNBC: |
The US awards Intel up to an additional $3B under the CHIPS and Science Act for the Secure Enclave program to expand the supply of microelectronics for the DOD — The Biden administration on Monday awarded Intel up to an additional $3 billion under the CHIPS and Science Act for the … | CNBC: |
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