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Twitter says it proactively suspended ~200K “spammy” accounts, before they became “substantially active”, alongside its initial ban of 936 China-linked accounts — We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong … | Twitter: |
Twitter says it will no longer accept advertising from state-controlled news media entities, says it does not apply to “taxpayer-funded entities” — Our singular mission is to serve the public conversation. This mission applies to every part of our service, including our advertising and promotional products.
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After a tip from Twitter, Facebook removes 7 Pages, 3 Groups, 5 accounts originating in China “involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior” regarding Hong Kong — Today, we removed seven Pages, three Groups and five Facebook accounts involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior …
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Twitter accuses China of running a disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters, attempting to “sow political discord”, suspends 936 associated accounts — KEY POINTS — Twitter said Monday it suspended hundreds of accounts that are believed to be tied to a …
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The first public jailbreak in years for up-to-date iPhones has been posted online, researchers say, after a bug that was patched in iOS 12.3 was reintroduced — Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability it had already fixed, making current versions of iOS vulnerable to hackers.
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Wired, 9to5Mac, iMore, Gizmodo, Thurrott, BleepingComputer, Engadget, MacRumors, CNET, Cult of Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, Tom's Guide, iOS Hacker, iPhone in Canada Blog, and The Mac Observer. Tweets: @lorenzofb
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Disney+ to launch in Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand along with the US in November, will stream on all major platforms except Fire TV — Disney today confirmed its first global launches for the company's upcoming Disney+ subscription service, and it outlined which devices …
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| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Reddit to test live video streaming for users, from 9am to 5pm through the end of this week, to be entirely moderated by Reddit employees — ON FRIDAY, A series of cryptic posts began to appear on r/pan, a Reddit community that seemed to materialize out of nowhere.| Reuters: |
Google shuts down its free service to show carriers weak spots in their coverage, sources say to avoid potential scrutiny over sharing data from its users — NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has shut down a service it provided to wireless carriers globally that showed …
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Android Authority, The Hill, Digital Trends, CircleID, MSPoweruser, PYMNTS.com, FierceWireless, The Next Web, Engadget, SlashGear, Android Police, CNET, Seeking Alpha, and Silicon Valley Business …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Nvidia says that its GeForce Now game streaming service, which is in public beta for Mac, PC, and Shield TV, will be coming to Android later this year — Ahead of the next Stadia Connect livestream where Google will announce more games, Nvidia revealed that its competing GeForce Now streaming service will be coming to Android.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Spotify's Premium Family Plan is getting parental controls with an explicit content filter and a Family Mix personalized playlist for the whole family — Spotify is rolling out a new Premium Family Plan with a much-awaited setting. Parents will now have the ability to filter out songs with swearing …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Binance says it plans to launch Venus, an “independent regional version of Libra”, which will develop “localized” stablecoins pegged to fiat currencies — The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is planning to launch “Venus,” calling it an … | Tushar Mehta / XDA Developers: |
Microsoft brings SMS Organizer, its Android app to filter spam texts and get smart notifications about bills, flights, and more, from India to Australia, UK, US — Microsoft's aspirations of creating and selling smartphones may have collapsed but its association with smartphones has not ended.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
US Commerce Department adds 46 Huawei affiliates to its Entity List and extends the temporary general license by 90 days for US firms doing business with Huawei — Update: Huawei has responded to the DoC's move, … The United States Department of Commerce announced this morning the addition …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is expanding its data abuse bounty program, first introduced after Cambridge Analytica, to Instagram after more data incidents — Facebook is expanding its data abuse bug bounty to Instagram. — The social media giant, which owns Instagram, first rolled out its data abuse bounty … | Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Report: 650K+ tests in the US from early 2018 to early 2019 show that carrier throttling on mobile for Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video, is pervasive — - New research finds location, time of day play no role — Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video targeted for slowdowns
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| Tiernan Ray / Fortune: |
Cerebras Systems unveils the world's biggest semiconductor chip that is the size of a large mousepad, with 400K cores, 1.2T transistors, and 18GB of SRAM memory — Tucked in the Los Altos hills near the Stanford University campus, in a low-slung bunker of offices across from a coffee shop …
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| Elizabeth Schulze / CNBC: |
Amazon raises seller fees by 3% for thousands of SMBs in France, blaming the country's new digital tax — KEY POINTS — Amazon is raising seller fees by 3% for thousands of small and medium-sized businesses in France because of a new digital tax passed by the French government.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube sues an alleged copyright troll who, using 15+ identities, filed fraudulent strikes against multiple Minecraft YouTubers and demanded money from them — Chris Brady seemed to target the Minecraft community, according to the suit — YouTube is going after an alleged copyright troll using …
Tweets: @loudmouthjulia
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo are working on an AirDrop-style wireless file transfer protocol that will work between their devices with speeds of up to 20MB/s — Three of China's biggest smartphone makers are working together on a new wireless file transfer protocol that will work between their respective devices.
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XDA Developers, 9to5Google, Android Police, Firstpost Tech, Android Authority, Android Central, The Next Web, Thurrott, Caixin Global, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @clintonjeff, @frankie_tech, and @jonrussell
| Jane Manchun Wong: |
A deep look at Spotify's Android app shows the company is working on Stories for Playlists, opened by tapping a profile picture at the top of the playlist page — A lot of Spotify playlists curated by artists are great. It lets artists share their favorite music with listeners.Thanks:@wongmjane
| Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten launches crypto exchange for trading in bitcoin, ether, and bitcoin cash, via an Android app, with no fees for making trades — Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has launched its own exchange for crypto spot trading. — Announced Monday … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Without evidence or any attempt at further explanation, Trump accuses Google of manipulating millions of votes in 2016's election, says Google “should be sued” — The President this morning lashed out at Google on Twitter, accusing the company of manipulating millions of votes …
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Tweets: @realdonaldtrump, @hillaryclinton, @reckless, and @willoremus
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