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Twitter removed 32K+ accounts engaged in propaganda linked to Russia, China, and Turkey, describing the accounts as “state-linked information operations” — - Accounts spread ‘deceptive’ claims about Hong Kong politics — Russia-linked accounts supported Kremlin, attacked dissidents| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Twitter says it had shut down more than 170K accounts tied to the Chinese government spreading deceptive narratives favoring China around COVID-19, HK, more — (CNN Business)Twitter announced Thursday that it had shut down more than 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government.
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| Lee Fang / The Intercept: |
Sources: Facebook internally showcased a feature for its Workplace chat product that allowed administrators to remove and block trending topics like “unionize” — During an internal presentation at Facebook on Wednesday, the company debuted features for Facebook Workplace … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK Competition and Markets Authority, the country's antitrust watchdog, launches an investigation into Facebook's acquisition of Giphy — Facebook wants to be the go-to platform for all of your social needs, but a big move it made last month to take ownership in the world of GIFs …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Internet Archive to close its National Emergency Library, which offers free, unrestricted access to ebooks, on June 16, after lawsuit from four major publishers — Online library asks publishers to “call off their costly assault.” — The Internet Archive has ended its National Emergency Library programs …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Chris Cox is returning to Facebook as its chief product officer, a year after quitting over differences with Mark Zuckerberg over the company's direction — The longtime executive had quit in 2019 after a difference of opinion over the company's direction — A year after quitting the company …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Facebook announces the results of its first Deepfake Detection Challenge, says the winning algorithm spotted deepfakes with an average accuracy of just 65.18% — But the company says deepfakes are not currently ‘a big issue’ — Facebook has announced the results of its first Deepfake Detection Challenge …
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Jim Keller, SVP of Intel's Silicon Engineering Group, has resigned from the company due to personal reasons, will remain as a consultant for next six months — Intel has just published a news release on its website stating that Jim Keller has resigned from the company, effective immediately, due to personal reasons.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony reveals new hardware design for its upcoming PlayStation 5, which ships in two versions, one with a 4K Blu-ray drive and a Digital Edition without — Sony's next-gen console is here — Sony is finally revealing what the PlayStation 5 looks like. After nearly an hour of PS5 game announcements …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Palantir is preparing to register an S-1 filing confidentially, with plans to go public in the coming weeks and start trading as early as fall — Palantir Technologies Inc., the secretive big-data firm, plans to file to go public in the coming weeks and could start trading as early as the fall …
Tweets: @william_fitz, @wolfmetric, @mdudas, @quinnypig, @sonalibasak, @sallyshin, @hunterwalk, and @sashaperigo
| The Verge: |
Google countersues Sonos, alleging infringement of patents; Google says it provided “significant assistance” in integrating Google music and Assistant services — The tech giant says it must ‘assert its intellectual property rights’ — Google has countersued Sonos for patent infringement …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook announces Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative with a $100M commitment, led by VP of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson — Tim Cook has just announced a new major commitment from Apple to support the fight for racial equality and justice …
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| TechCrunch: |
Norwegian educational gaming company Kahoot raised $28M in a private placement and $62M in a secondary share sale on Oslo's exchange, is now valued at ~$1.4B — As schools stay closed and summer camp seems more like a germscape than an escape, students are staying at home for the foreseeable future …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap announces Minis, apps made by third-party developers that run inside of Snapchat, launching on Android and iOS in July — - Snap on Thursday announced a new product called Snap Minis — small apps built by third-party software developers that can be opened within Snapchat.
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| Paige Leskin / Business Insider: |
Sources: at all-hands, Snap CEO said he would not release diversity numbers so as not to reinforce the perception minority groups are underrepresented in tech — - At a company all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel addressed concerns of racism at the company …
Tweets: @paigeleskin, @cgrantwsj, @_harshilshah, @carnage4life, @ryannmcenany, @iancoldwater, @belfastagmt, @lordkabelo, @garycoby, and @econ_marshall
| Reuters: |
Sources: Netflix is in talks with Network18, the media unit of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, to establish a multiyear content creation partnership — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. video streaming company Netflix is in talks with Viacom18, part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance … Sponsor Posts
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