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Facebook says it will temporarily suspend political ads after US polls close on Nov. 3 and will remove calls for poll watching that use “militarized” language — The move is intended to limit confusion and misinformation on the platform, the social media company says
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
The details of House's antitrust report matter less than the fact it exists, signaling an intent to challenge Big Tech's power, although how remains to be seen — William Letwin, in Law and Economic Policy in America: The Evolution of the Sherman Antitrust Act, argued that the only way to understand …
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| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
Following the House's antitrust report, an overview of how Democrats and Republicans view regulation and the common ground between them, like more FTC funding — - The House Subcommittee on Antirust released its report on Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, building a case for why each company has monopoly power.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google announces security features, including cross-app alerts for account security issues, coming first to iOS, and Assistant guest mode for some Nest devices — They're rolling out on a limited basis in the coming weeks — Google is announcing a few security-related updates today …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Intel says its 11th-gen Rocket Lake desktop CPUs will arrive in Q1 2021, with PCIe 4.0 support; AMD is set to unveil new CPUs at an event tomorrow — Just ahead of AMD's own next-gen Zen 3 announcement — Intel has confirmed that its 11th Gen Rocket Lake desktop processors will be out sometime … | Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A group of tech companies, publishers, and advocates unveil Global Privacy Standard, to let users opt out of the sale of personal data at the browser level — California's privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs. Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test.
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| Tucker Higgins / CNBC: |
A look at the scrutiny Google and Oracle faced from Supreme Court justices during the companies' arguments Wednesday, where no clear winner emerged — - Things got technical at the Supreme Court as the justices heard arguments from Google and Oracle in a blockbuster copyright dispute that has captivated Silicon Valley for a decade.
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| New York Times: |
Trump administration announces changes to the H-1B visa program, substantially raising the wages companies must pay and narrowing the eligibility criteria — Four weeks before the election, the Trump administration has announced stricter rules for the H-1B visa program, which U.S. companies have long valued.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Slack says it will add Snapchat-like stories and push-to-talk audio calls before end of 2020 — Get ready to Slack your daily stories — Slack is getting ready to introduce Instagram-like stories and push-to-talk audio into its communications software before the end of 2020.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amazon has filed a legal notice against Future Group, India's second largest retail chain, for selling a large portion of its business to Reliance Retail — Amazon has sent a legal notice to Future Group, India's second largest retail chain, for breaching the terms of its contract by selling …
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| Axios: |
Apple TV+ joins the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the MPAA's anti-piracy coalition, as Apple commits to protecting its original content — Apple's TV+ streaming service has joined the Motion Picture Association of America (MPA's) anti-piracy coalition, the Alliance for Creativity …
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| Izabella Kaminska / Financial Times: |
UK ICO publishes three-year investigation into Cambridge Analytica, finding no evidence that CA or associate company SCL misused data to influence Brexit vote — UK Information Commission concludes three-year investigation into digital marketing group — A sprawling investigation …
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| Rachel E. Greenspan / INSIDER: |
Etsy says it will ban all merchandise related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, citing its policies against hate speech, inciting violence, and misinformation — A ghost. … - Digital marketplace Etsy has announced a ban on all items related to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony publishes a full PS5 teardown, revealing removable sides, dust catchers, storage expansion, and more — A closer look inside the PlayStation 5 — Sony has published a seven-minute teardown video of the PS5. The teardown gives us the best look at the PS5 so far …
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| Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
Federal judge ordered Twitter to reveal identity behind @whyspertech, who allegedly forged an FBI doc to spread conspiracy theory on killing of DNC's Seth Rich — A federal judge in California has ordered that Twitter reveal the identity of an anonymous user who allegedly fabricated … | The Information: |
Documents show that Airbnb spent $1.2B between mid-2019 and mid-2020, with the biggest portion of cash burn coming in Q1 2020 as it issued refunds amid COVID-19 — Airbnb burned through more than $1.2 billion in cash between mid-2019 and mid-2020, according to previously undisclosed figures …
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| Logan Moore / Wall Street Journal: |
Dispo, a disposable camera app co-created by YouTube star David Dobrik, raises $4M seed led by Alexis Ohanian's new fund Seven Seven Six — Seven Seven Six fund leads a $4 million seed round for social-media platform Dispo, also known as David's Disposable
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| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Salesforce partners with Okta to help customers use Salesforce's Work.com COVID-19 tools, like contact tracing for workplaces — - Pact will help get more employee data into work.com platform — Software giant faces steep competition from ServiceNow| The Guardian: |
Facebook's QAnon ban left some high-profile Australians who are linked to the conspiracy theory untouched because the ban does not extend to individual profiles — Pages and groups deleted but individual accounts - like Pete Evans' profile - left untouched| NBC News: |
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