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The dearth of TikTok videos on Hong Kong protests offers a glimpse of how China could shape the perception of real-world events by US and global audiences — Hong Kong unrest features prominently on most social media, but not on TikTok — A search for “#hongkong” on Twitter reveals … | What's New in Publishing: |
A look at TopBuzz, the English version of ByteDance's Chinese AI-powered news aggregator Toutiao, that rose from 1.8M MAUs in Nov. 2017 to 23M MAUs by Oct. 2018 — The MIT Technology Review called it “the insanely popular Chinese news app that you've never heard of.”| Rob Walker / New York Times: |
Despite what media and politicians say, there is no tangible tech backlash from consumers, who shrug off warnings of a dystopian future and embrace new tech — Worse, we think there is one. — Mr. Walker is the author of “The Art of Noticing.” — It's fun, and increasingly fashionable, to complain about technology.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Personal information of most of Ecuador's population, including 6.7M children, left exposed online with home addresses, phone numbers, work information, more — Elasticsearch server leaks personal data on Ecuador's citizens, their family trees, and children, but also some users' financial records and car registration information.| Colin Packham / Reuters: |
Sources: Australia has concluded that China was responsible for the hacking of its national parliament and three largest political parties earlier this year — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian intelligence determined China was responsible for a cyber-attack on its national parliament … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Libra representatives to meet officials from 26 central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, in Basel, Switzerland on Monday — Facebook will be quizzed by global regulators on its planned Libra coin project amid concerns from EU governments over the threat …
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Israel-based Trigo raises $22M Series A to enable supermarkets to launch Amazon Go-like cashierless stores by providing them with cameras, sensors, and software — The days of supermarket queues are numbered. That's if Amazon and a slew of well-financed startups' recent activities are anything to go by.
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As AT&T's CEO plans to retire, AT&T's TV business keeps declining, the Time Warner integration looks shaky, and now an activist shareholder pushes for changes — Plans by CEO Randall Stephenson to leave the helm to a longtime ally triggered the threat of a proxy fight by an aggressive Wall Street activist investor
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Facebook says it is planning changes to tool allowing advertisers to rewrite news story headlines after UK's Conservative party altered a BBC headline in an ad — BBC article used in ad with a changed headline that contradicted article content — Advertisers on Facebook are able … | Ry Crist / CNET: |
The Wi-Fi Alliance launches the Wi-Fi Certified 6 program for devices using next-gen 802.11ax Wi-Fi radios, expected to be up to 40% faster than Wi-Fi 5 — Promising a “new Wi-Fi era,” the nonprofit Wi-Fi Alliance industry group launched the Wi-Fi Certified 6 program Monday.| Sean O'Neill / Skift: |
Beekeeper, a communications platform for hourly workers without desktop PCs, raises $45M Series B co-led by Thayer Ventures and Swisscanto — To understand the startup Beekeeper, think of workplace communications tools like Slack or Microsoft Teams. The service helps hourly workers without …
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Greenlight, which provides preloaded debit cards for kids 13 and older that parents can manage from their smartphones, raises $54M Series B led by Drive Capital — Kids have to learn financial literacy sometime — or should, depending on your parenting philosophy.Sponsor Posts
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