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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says its new policy that bans the denial or distortion of the Holocaust does not apply to other genocides, such as the Armenian or Rwandan genocides — Facebook Inc. will ban posts that deny the Holocaust in a reversal of a long-held and controversial policy.
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| Associated Press: |
Facebook will now ban posts that deny or distort the Holocaust; Zuckerberg says his “thinking has evolved” as data shows an increase in anti-Semitic violence — Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources …
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| Andrew Marantz / New Yorker: |
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| Davey Alba / New York Times: |
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft, Symantec, ESET, and other tech companies orchestrated an attempt to take down the TrickBot malware botnet, which had infected 1M+ computers — FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and the Microsoft Defender team participated in the takedown.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Despite a broad effort to disrupt TrickBot, including legal action by Microsoft, some command and control servers of the botnet still appear to be online — Microsoft Corp. has executed a coordinated legal sneak attack in a bid to disrupt the malware-as-a-service botnet Trickbot …
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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Disney announces a reorg, says its “primary focus” for entertainment will be streaming, as the pandemic has dramatically impacted its theatrical business — - Disney is restructuring its media and entertainment divisions. — In order to further accelerate it's direct-to-consumer strategy …
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| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
Foxconn, which touted its partnership with Wisconsin to build an LCD plant there, is denied WI tax subsidies after it failed to meet hiring benchmarks in 2019 — Foxconn isn't building what it promised and failed to hire enough people — Through the many twists and turns …
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| Daniel Bader / Android Central: |
Sources: Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, has left the company in recent weeks after rumors of a power struggle with current CEO, Pete Lau — His departure comes after launching the Nord sub-brand earlier this year. — OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has left the company, Android Central can confirm.
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| Matthew Prince / The Cloudflare Blog: |
Cloudflare announces Cloudflare One, a comprehensive service for managing corporate networks, meant to replace a patchwork of WAN technologies — Today we're announcing Cloudflare One™. It is the culmination of engineering and technical development guided by conversations with thousands …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are pushing for a reform to CA tax law that would use property taxes to fund education, spending almost $11M on the effort — Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are making the biggest electoral bet of their careers to date. Courtesy of The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twilio confirms it is buying customer data infrastructure company Segment for $3.2B in an all-stock deal, expected to close in Q4 2020 — Twilio today announced its biggest acquisition to date, spearheading a strong move into customer data management alongside its existing API-based tools … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google's Nest unveils a thermostat with a simpler design, ditching the rotating dial, available to pre-order today for $130, a $40 discount on Nest Thermostat E — The new Nest Thermostat ditches the signature rotating dial — Google's Nest smart home division has a new smart thermostat available to order starting today.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: TikTok rival Triller is raising ~$250M, having secured ~$100M so far at a $1.25B valuation, and is talking with SPACs about a merger to go public — (Reuters) - Triller Inc, a budding competitor to popular short-video app TikTok, is in discussions with blank-check acquisition companies …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts an AR app that works with QR codes on its shipping boxes to create “interactive, shareable” AR experiences such as projecting halloween pumpkins — Amazon has quietly launched a new augmented reality application that works with QR codes on the company's shipping boxes to create … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
SoftBank says it's planning to launch a SPAC in upcoming weeks; source: its purpose is not to acquire an existing SoftBank portfolio company — SoftBank is planning to launch a blank check acquisition company in the upcoming weeks, according to comments made today at the Milken Virtual Conference … Sponsor Posts
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