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In crackdown, Twitter says it will limit reach of QAnon content and permanently suspend accounts violating policies, banning 7K+ QAnon accounts in last 2 weeks — Twitter announced on Tuesday it has begun taking sweeping actions to limit the reach of QAnon content and banned …
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Spotify launches video podcasts worldwide, starting with select creators, letting free and paid users seamlessly move between the video and audio versions — Spotify today announced the global launch of video podcasts. The new feature at launch will allow users, including both free users …
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Tweets: @backlon, @pierce, @spotifynews, @jbursz, @chrismessina, @jason, @ashleyrcarman, @kantrowitz, @mollyfud, and @simonowens
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
US charges two Chinese nationals over a 10+ year hacking spree, alleging theft of terabytes of data, including vaccine secrets, from many orgs in 11 countries — U.S. prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals, said to be working for China's state intelligence bureau …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches Dataflex, a relational database for building low-code business Teams apps — Microsoft today launched Dataflex, a relational database that lets business developers create, deploy, and manage Power Platform apps and chatbots without leaving Microsoft Teams.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
LinkedIn says it will cut ~960 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce, as the pandemic is having a sustained impact on demand for its recruitment products — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) professional networking site LinkedIn said on Tuesday it would cut about 960 jobs …
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| The Information: |
Sources: a small group of ByteDance's US investors are discussing the possibility of joining forces to buy a majority stake in TikTok — A small group of ByteDance's U.S. investors is discussing with the company's top management the possibility of joining forces to buy a majority stake in TikTok …
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| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
TikTok says it plans to hire 10,000 staff in the US over three years; TikTok's number of full-time US employees has jumped from <500 to ~1,400 this year — TikTok tells Axios it plans to add thousands of jobs in the U.S. over the next few years — ripping a familiar page from the “companies under fire” playbook.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
OnePlus says its €399 Nord smartphone will launch in Europe and India with a 90Hz 1080p OLED display, dual selfie cameras, Sub-6GHz 5G, 48-megapixel main camera — Plus all the other features you already know about — OnePlus has officially announced the Nord, its first serious attempt …
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Tweets: @jonporty, @backlon, @benwood, and @kimbulabunis
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Apple commits to becoming 100% carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030 — Already carbon neutral today for corporate emissions worldwide, the company plans to bring its entire carbon footprint to net zero 20 years sooner than IPCC targets
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Emily Kramer, a former VP at equity management service Carta who oversaw publication of Silicon Valley gender-pay gap research, sues Carta over unequal pay — Emily Kramer helped Carta Inc. build a brand that emphasized fair compensation for women in the startup world.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is testing a Personal Fundraiser feature on Android, first in the US, UK, and Ireland — Instagram today announced a new tool for personal fundraisers. The company says it's beginning a small test of the feature, which will allow users to link directly to a fundraiser from their profile page.
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Sources: Snap has hired a law firm to lead an investigation into accusations of racism and sexism within the company, after former employees spoke out in June — Former staff say they experienced a racist culture — Snap has launched an investigation into accusations of racism and sexism within … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q2 revenue of $454M, up 17% YoY, vs $439.1M est., global DAUs of 238M, up 17% YoY, a net loss of $326M, up from $255M, and ARPU of $1.91, flat YoY — - Snap's stock price fell more than 8% on Tuesday after the company reported its second-quarter earnings.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Kantar: Amazon spent $6.9B on US advertising in 2019, making it the top US ad spender, ahead of Comcast's $6.1B, AT&T's $5.5B, P&G's $4.3B, and Disney's $3.2B — Amazon spent nearly $7 billion on U.S. advertising in 2019, making it the top ad spender in the country, according to a new analysis from Kantar featured in AdAge.| CNN: |
Facebook adds labels to voting-related posts from US politicians like Trump and Biden that say “Get official voting info” without fact checking the posts — New York (CNN Business)After President Donald Trump posted an unfounded claim to Facebook (FB) on Tuesday that mail-in voting …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
AMD unveils 7nm Ryzen 4000 series desktop processors based on its Zen 2 architecture, but says they will only come in prebuilt OEM systems first — The new lineup is only coming to prebuilt OEM systems first, though — AMD is beginning to bring its latest 7nm Ryzen 4000 chips based … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Robinhood has postponed the launch of its stock trading app in the UK indefinitely, as it refocuses efforts on strengthening its core business in the US — - Robinhood has told U.K. customers that it will refocus its efforts on strengthening core business in the U.S.
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