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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says hackers accessed the DM inbox for up to 36 of the 130 high profile accounts targeted in last week's attack — Last week's hack of over 100 very high-profile Twitter accounts did in fact expose the direct messages of many of those accounts, the company admitted today …
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Tweets: @twittersupport, @sethweathers, @briannawu, @zackwhittaker, @kfile, @twittersupport, and @thekarami
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nvidia expressed interest about a potential deal for ARM as SoftBank explores a sale; Apple declined to pursue a bid after being approached by SoftBank — - Graphics chipmaker expressed interest in recent weeks — SoftBank approached Apple to gauge its interest in Arm| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Apple hires economists to help prove its App Store commissions aren't anti-competitive — Ahead of an antitrust hearing on Capitol Hill next week, Apple is fighting back against the perception that its App Store charges onerous commission rates to developers.
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Analysis Group, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, GamesIndustry.biz, MacRumors, Variety, Input, PYMNTS.com, Michael Tsai, Fast Company, and MacDailyNews
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft Q4: revenue up 13% YoY to $38B, net income of $11.2B, down 15% YoY, Intelligent Cloud revenue of $13.4B, up 17%, and Azure revenue up 47% — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
US bank regulator grants national savings banks and federal savings associations the authority to provide cryptocurrency custody services to their customers — The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has opened the door for federal savings associations and national savings banks …
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OCC, CoinDesk, Fortune, The Next Web, Coin Center, Decrypt, CryptoGlobe, CryptoSlate, Ethereum World News, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, and Bitcoin Magazine
Tweets: @cryptomanran, @alexisgoldstein, @alexsaundersau, @stomarova, @crypto_tone1, @lopp, @vtg2, and @mdudas. Thanks:@saniyamore
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple starts giving “hacker-friendly” iPhones with a custom and more accessible iOS version to vetted researchers in the iOS Security Research Device program — For the past decade Apple has tried to make the iPhone one of the most secure devices on the market.
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Tweets: @alexstamos, @adamely, @zackwhittaker, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, and @josephfcox
| Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News: |
Personal info of 200K+ Instacart users is being sold on the dark web, including names and last 4 digits of credit card numbers; Instacart denies a data breach — The personal information of what could be hundreds of thousands of Instacart customers is being sold on the dark web.| Bryan Walsh / Axios: |
Facebook VP of AI Jerome Pesenti says OpenAI's GPT-3 can “easily output toxic language that propagates harmful biases”, as some critics point out issues of bias — While GPT-3 has earned ecstatic reviews from many experts for its capabilities, some critics have pointed out clear issues around bias.
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| Manuel Vonau / Android Police: |
AT&T told some customers their phones are not compatible with its new network, without explicitly saying the issue may not affect them until February 2022 — Amid an economy-crushing pandemic, AT&T has decided that now is the best time to send a scaremongering email to some customers …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Facebook Messenger updates with a new App Lock feature with Face ID or Touch ID authentication on iPhone and iPad, as well as a new Privacy section in settings — There's a new Privacy section in settings — Facebook now lets you add an extra layer of security when opening Messenger on an iPhone or iPad.
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About Facebook, International Business Times, XDA Developers, Messenger News, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @messenger, @alexvoica, @alexvoica, and @mattnavarra
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
NY legislature passes a bill pausing use of facial recognition and other biometric ID tech in schools until 2022, the first such regulation in the US if signed — The New York legislature today passed a moratorium banning the use of facial recognition and other forms of biometric identification in schools until 2022.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is testing a new design for Pages with the removal of the Like button and Like counts while keeping follower counts, which reflect a Page's true reach — Facebook is testing a new design for Facebook Pages that will, among other things, remove the “Like” count … | Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Sources: Facebook is preparing to limit the reach of QAnon content, with an announcement next month, and has been coordinating with Twitter and other companies — The company permanently suspended thousands of accounts associated with the fringe conspiracy theory movement.
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The Verge and Wired
Tweets: @twittersafety, @donie, @oliverdarcy, @parismartineau, @mikeisaac, @wexler, @katestarbird, @oliviasolon, @dfriedman33, @cjewel, @yashar, @drg1985, @mikeisaac, @alexia, and @yashar
| Katy Smith / Columbus CEO: |
Ohio-based Branch Insurance, whose tech helps customers bundle home and auto insurance online by just providing name and address, raises $24M Series A — Katy Smith Editor, Columbus CEO @ceo_editor — Columbus-based Branch Insurance is ready to expand nationally.
Tweets: @quinnypig and @joshconstine
| Peter Aldhous / BuzzFeed News: |
Hackers attacked GEDmatch servers and caused over 1M of its profiles to be opted-in for searching by law enforcement, which were previously opted-out — First GEDmatch, the DNA database that helped identify the Golden State Killer, was hacked. Then email addresses from its users were used … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon unveils new Alexa developer tools including Alexa for Apps, to let Alexa apps trigger actions like searches within phone apps, and Alexa Conversations — Today during Alexa Live, a virtual event for Alexa vendors and developer partners, Amazon unveiled tools and resources designed to enable new Alexa voice app experiences.
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The Verge, Pocket-lint, Engadget, Amazon Developer Services, SlashGear, Voicebot.ai, Ubergizmo, Pocketnow, Bestgamingpro, BW Businessworld, and iMore. Tweets: @brianroemmele
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Profile of Tim Bray, the former VP at Amazon who quit in May criticizing its “vein of toxicity” and who is building a business case for breaking up the company — Tim Bray was a celebrated engineer at Amazon. Now, he is its highest-profile defector.
Tweets: @kyweise, @kyweise, @nytimesbusiness, @zephyrteachout, @stacyfmitchell, @nytimestech, and @pinboard
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google delays its switch to mobile-first indexing of Search, originally scheduled for this September, until March 2021, citing “uncertain times” — With smartphone browsing so much more common in this day and age, Google wants Search results to reflect that reality.
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Google Webmaster Central Blog, SlashGear, and Search Engine Roundtable
Tweets: @googlewmc, @aleyda, and @glenngabe
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
As investors become skeptical about self-driving tech, startups can compete by focusing on commercializing the least demanding applications of self-driving tech — Slow progress is forcing self-driving startups to tighten their belts. — Progress on self-driving technology has been slower … | Bloomberg: |
Shopify adds Affirm Inc. as a partner, working together to offer flexible payment plans to Shopify's US consumers; the plans are expected by the end of the year — - Canadian e-commerce firm links with Affirm on payment plans — Move aimed at luring shoppers who want to avoid credit cards| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Fintech startup Meemo emerges from stealth with $10M seed investment from Greycroft and others and launches its social finance app — Fintech startup Meemo came out of a year-long stealth period Tuesday to launch its social finance app with a seed investment of $10 million.| Nick Greenhalgh / AmericanInno: |
Propeller, a 3D mapping and data analytics company for construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management worksites, raises $18M Series B — Denver's Propeller, a 3D mapping and worksite analytics company, announced today that it has raised $18 million in Series B funding to more rapidly scale its operations.Sponsor Posts
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