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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap reports it added 7M DAUs in Q3 to hit 210M, up 13% YoY, revenue of $446M, up 50% YoY, and a net loss of $227M, down from $325M a year ago — The Snap-back continues. Snapchat blew past earnings expectations for a big beat in Q3, as it added 7 million daily active users this quarter to hit 210 million, up 13% year-over-year.
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Tweets: @alexeheath, @thestalwart, @rmac18, @newsycombinator, @bradesposito, @alex, @joshconstine, @cnbcnow, and @joshconstine
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
A look at HireVue's controversial AI-driven face and voice scanning “employability” assessment tool, used by 100+ employers including Hilton and Goldman Sachs — HireVue claims it uses artificial intelligence to decide who's best for a job. Outside experts call it ‘profoundly disturbing.’
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts a free, ad-supported news aggregation app for Fire TV in the US, letting users watch clips and live feeds from nearly 20 outlets like Reuters, CBS — Beginning today, Amazon will be rolling out a news aggregation app for Fire TV users in the U.S. The app serves …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
US lawmakers debut a bipartisan bill that would force tech giants to make user data portable and interoperable via an API-like interface for secure transfers — Mark Zuckerberg wants his own apps to be interoperable, but not like this — Over the past few months, lawmakers have taken aim at Big Tech … | Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
New York State's attorney general says 46 attorneys general have joined its antitrust probe into Facebook, separate from DOJ and FTC investigations — The expanded roster of 47 states and territories taking part reflects broad concerns among officials that ‘Facebook may have put consumer data at risk’
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| New York Times: |
Researchers: China's state sponsored hackers have switched tactics over the last few years, focusing increasingly sophisticated attacks on its ethnic minorities — SAN FRANCISCO — China's state-sponsored hackers have drastically changed how they operate over the last three years …
Tweets: @paulmozur, @liyuan6, @nytimes, and @nicoleperlroth
| Conor Dougherty / New York Times: |
Facebook announces a pledge of $1B in a package of grants, loans, and land as part of a partnership with California to help build more affordable housing — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Tuesday it would give $1 billion in a package of grants, loans and land toward easing California's …
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Tweets: @davidwseattle, @nytimes, @rolandlisf, @dillonliam, @conordougherty, and @kurtwagner8
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Former SAP CEO Bill McDermott has been named chief executive of cloud automation platform ServiceNow; he replaces John Donahoe, who will become CEO of Nike — McDermott will replace John Donahoe, who is stepping down from his role leading ServiceNow to become the CEO of Nike.
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Business Wire, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, and CNN
Tweets: @s_v_g, @billrmcdermott, and @eringriffith
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Verizon is giving away Disney+ for free for one year to all of its wireless customers on unlimited-data plans and to FiOS and 5G home internet customers — New Fios broadband, 5G home wireless internet customers also eligible for 12-month free offer — Verizon is giving away Disney Plus …
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Tweets: @karlbode, @stevekovach, @rachelking, and @loudmouthjulia
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
In prepared remarks for Congress, Mark Zuckerberg argues Libra “will extend America's financial leadership” and that China is pursuing similar projects — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg intends to tell Congress that Facebook will not launch Libra anywhere in the world unless all U.S. regulators approve it.
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New York Times, Axios, Fortune, Engadget, Politico, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @mims, @_cingraham, @johnrobb, @jbouie, @asmith83, @anandwrites, @johnwilson, @reuters, @ceciliakang, @slightlylate, @nathanielpopper, and @davidhmandel. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 70 arrives with social tracking blocked by default, a personalized privacy report to show how many trackers have been blocked, and performance gains — Mozilla today launched Firefox 70 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Firefox 70 includes social tracking protection …
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Tweets: @mike_conley, @multikev, @dbader_org, @glenngabe, @marcoinenglish, @mozhacks, @andreasbovens, @andrei_popa, and @mkennedy
| Becca Farsace / The Verge: |
GoPro Max review: the most accessible 360 camera with durable hardware, great audio and display, but stabilization is jittery and non-fisheye footage is grainy — But will anyone use it more than once? — Last year, Insta360 revolutionized the idea of what a 360 camera could be capable …
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CNET, The Next Web, and Yahoo Finance
| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
A deep dive into the debate whether the Americans with Disabilities Act should apply to websites and apps, and what lies in the future for accessibility — Is the Web subject to the ADA? “Of course,” says congressman who wrote the ADA. — The US Supreme Court last week formally declined …
Tweets: @arstechnica and @kcoxdc
| CNBC: |
Sources: SoftBank to take control of WeWork, spending $4B-$5B on new funding and existing shares in The We Company, valuing it between $7.5B and $8B — KEY POINTS — Softbank to spend $4 billion to $5 billion on new equity, existing shares, sources say.
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Tweets: @profgalloway, @ranimolla, @cnbcnow, @shiraovide, @cnbc, @yashar, @kentremendous, @mattdpearce, @levie, @ezraklein, @matthewstoller, @johnjcook, @nesrinemalik, @tomgara, @zeynep, @shiraovide, @shiraovide, @danprimack, @shiraovide, @can, @athertonkd, @_jon_green, @lauraklein, @bypatrickgeorge, @can, @mattdpearce, @libbycwatson, and @mikeisaac
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Medium says it will now pay its Partner Program writers based “primarily” on reading time, not claps; the platform has paid $6M+ to 30,000+ writers since 2017 — Medium is announcing significant changes to its Partner Program, where subscribers pay for access to exclusive content, and the revenue gets split with writers.
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3 min read. Tweets: @noahchestnut, @laurahazardowen, @chrismessina, @alex, @caseynewton, @_am1t, and @profjeffjarviss
| Nextgov: |
Defense Secretary Esper recuses himself from JEDI contract decisions to avoid conflict of interest with his son's employer IBM, an original contract bidder — Defense Secretary Mark Esper — The Pentagon's acquisition team will continue its review of bids submitted by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft … | Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Task management app Todoist gets a major update to its mobile, desktop, and web apps, adding sections inside projects for better organization, and more — Todoist is one of the best to-do apps out there — in fact, we picked it as our favorite about 18 months ago.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Q&A with Steve Roddy, vice president of the machine learning group at Arm, on culling neural nets for embedded devices, competing with Nvidia and Intel, more — Arm may be a bit late to the whole machine learning and artificial intelligence bandwagon, at least with specialized designs for modern chips.
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Android Authority, VentureBeat, Android Police, and SiliconANGLE
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
The FTC issues its first-ever ban on “stalkerware” as it bars Retina-X from selling apps that monitor mobile devices unless a legitimate use for them is shown — The FTC's move comes after Motherboard revealed a hacker had repeatedly breached Retina-X and gained access to sensitive user data.
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Engadget, Federal Trade Commission, Threatpost, BleepingComputer, and Axios
Tweets: @lex_node, @lorenzofb, @joejerome, @motherboard, and @evacide
| Aimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet: |
Trend Micro acquires Cloud Conformity for $70M, says the acquisition will help it address security issues caused by cloud infrastructure misconfigurations — The deal will see all Cloud Conformity staff and customers join Trend Micro. — Trend Micro has announced the acquisition … | Grady McGregor / Fortune: |
Profile of Colin Yao, head of Tencent's game development subsidiary TiMi Studios, responsible for building some of the most played games in China — Colin Yao, head of Tencent's largest in-house game developer TiMi Studios, exudes a warm and reserved confidence, yet he is clearly antsy … Sponsor Posts
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