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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Facebook and Twitter deserve some credit for rapidly restricting the New York Post hack-and-leak operation that made allegations about Hunter Biden — In a New York Post report, Facebook and Twitter smell a rat — I. — In the run-up to the 2020 election, platforms have been preparing for all manner of threats.
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook limits the distribution of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Hunter Biden, pending fact-check, while Twitter blocks sharing — Facebook and Twitter said they will be limiting the distribution of or blocking a New York Post story making unverified claims about former vice president Joe Biden.
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| @twittersafety: |
[Thread] Twitter clarifies why it blocked the sharing of NY Post's Biden story, saying it contained private info and violated its Hacked Materials Policy — We want to provide much needed clarity around the actions we've taken with respect to two NY Post articles that were first Tweeted this morning.
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Washington Post, Politico, New York Magazine, New York Post, Yahoo News, Business Insider, Vox, NPR, Reason, New York Times, and news.com.au
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Senate Republicans say the Judiciary Committee will issue a subpoena to Jack Dorsey about Twitter's blocking of a New York Post article — Move by GOP lawmakers on Judiciary Committee follows social-media platform's decision to limit sharing of New York Post report — Breaking News:
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Stripe acquires Nigerian startup Paystack, which enables integration of payments services using an API, sources say for $200M+ — When Stripe announced earlier this year that it had picked up another $600 million in funding, it said one big reason for the funding was to expand its API-based payments services into more geographies.
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| NBC News: |
YouTube bans conspiracy theory content, such as QAnon or Pizzagate, that justifies “real-world violence”, but stops short of banning QAnon content outright — YouTube said Thursday that it would no longer allow content that targets individuals and groups with conspiracy theories …
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| Matthew Leske / The Keyword: |
Google says Chat will be available as a free service next year, both as a standalone app and integrated into Gmail; Google will remove Fi support in Hangouts — Over the past few years, we've invested in building helpful and secure products you can use to communicate and stay connected with the people in your life.
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CNET, 9to5Google, Android Police, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, Google Workspace Updates, Neowin, Android Central, Droid Life, and TechRadar
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Xbox Series X preview: focus on basics that matter like being quiet and cool, high frame rates, faster load times, accessory support, and backward compatibility — I haven't been using my Xbox One as much recently, as it just feels outdated. As someone who plays primarily on PC …
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VentureBeat, The Verge, Android Authority, BBC, Windows Central, Engadget, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Windows Central, TechRadar, Engadget, VentureBeat, Polygon, and Mashable
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Snapchat now lets iOS users add song clips from a curated catalog of music to their Snaps and Stories — Snapchat today is launching a new feature called Sounds — which, taking a page from TikTok, lets app users add song clips to their Snaps and Stories. Currently, though, it's available only in the app for Apple's iOS.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple confirms an upcoming update will let HomePod, but not HomePod mini, output Dolby Atmos as well as 5.1 and 7.1 channel audio from Apple TV 4K — With new home cinema feature — Apple's HomePod is getting a lot more useful as a home cinema speaker for Apple TV 4K owners.
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Macworld, Trusted Reviews, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, iMore, Engadget, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @reckless
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Survey: US consumers spend an average $20.78/month on app subscriptions, with those subscribing to streaming and on-demand services spending $33.58/month — Mobile measurement firm Adjust has launched a subscription-tracking service and found that people in the U.S. spend an average $20.78 a month on app subscriptions.| Tony Aarons / Bloomberg: |
International operation by UK, US, Australia, and others arrests 20 in connection with QQAAZZ group, which police say has laundered millions for cyber criminals — Twenty people were arrested as part of an investigation into QQAAZZ, a group that police said had laundered millions on behalf of the world's most prolific cyber criminals.| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
Barnes and Noble confirms it was hacked, says some users' personal information may have been stolen; some customers were unable to download purchased e-books — Nook, line and sinker: Servers restored from backups, punters unable to download purchased e-books
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ZDNet, The State of Security, BleepingComputer, CNN, CyberScoop, Fast Company, The Digital Reader, infosecurity-magazine.com, TechRadar, Android Central, TechSpot, Engadget, Good e-Reader, WVLT, SecurityWeek, BleepingComputer, and SlashGear
Tweets: @theregister, @susanthesquark, and @ourielohayon
| Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger: |
Argyle, which allows businesses to access employment records via an API or a web interface, raises $20M Series A led by Bain Capital — Argyle, which is building a “gateway to access employment records,” announced Thursday a $20 million Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures.Thanks:@bayareawriter
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
River, which offers a customized stream of bite-sized, shareable news stories from sources like NPR, Twitter, and NYT, raises $10.4M and launches on iOS — River today launched its eponymous social media app, which is designed to organize conversations into streams of shareable stories.
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FinSMEs and TechCrunch
| CNBC: |
Amazon says third-party sellers made more than $3.5B from Prime Day, up 60% YoY, but didn't disclose total Prime Day sales — - Amazon said the small- and medium-sized businesses that sell on its marketplace made more than $3.5 billion during Prime Day, which is a 60% increase from last year's sales.| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Telegram says when Apple recently ordered it to delete specific posts, Apple demanded it not leave a notice explaining why, because such info was “irrelevant” — Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been writing about a controversy that I think is fairly summarized as follows …
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Forbes, iMore, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @steipete, @timsweeneyepic, @corpssquaddevs, and @starfia
| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
How “Among Us”, an online social deduction game from 2018, took off among people of all ages during social distancing; one Discord server has 98,000+ fans — YouTubers, influencers and streamers popularized the multiplayer game. Then their fans started playing too.
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YouTube Culture & Trends, Pocket Gamer.biz, Wccftech, GamesIndustry.biz, and GameSpot
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @lazerwalker, @stuartdredge, @lollardfish, and @xoxogossipgita
| David Pierce / Protocol: |
Pew: 92% of all tweets since last November were made by 10% of users, 69% of whom were Democrats; Trump's was the most-mentioned account followed by YouTube's — In case you needed a reminder that Twitter isn't the real world, the Pew Research Center found that 10% of users produced 92% of all tweets since last November.
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Pew Research Center, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @pierce, @adamsinger, @kantrowitz, @paldhous, @pewmethods, @marshallk, and @pewresearch
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Whisper, maker of a hearing aid that uses AI to learn and adjust to different hearing situations, comes out of stealth with $35M Series B led by Quiet Ventures — A few years ago, Whisper president and co-founder Andrew Song was talking to his grandfather about his hearing aids.
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VentureBeat, Forbes, and Crunchbase News
| Noah Kirsch / Forbes: |
Kasa Living, an Airbnb rival offering short-term rentals inside hotels and multi-family properties, raises $30M Series B, bringing its total raised to $50M — Kasa Living, a startup that offers short-term rentals inside hotels and multi-family properties, has raised $30 million in Series B funding …
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Business Wire
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Balto, whose AI for call centers listens to conversations and prompts agents on what to say next, raises $10M Series A, bringing its total raised to $14M+ — Balto, a startup developing a conversational AI platform for call centers, today closed a $10 million funding round.
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Tech News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and FinSMEs
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Zoom says it will begin rolling out end-to-end encryption next week, starting with a technical preview followed by three additional phases — Zoom has confirmed that it will begin rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) next week, starting with a 30-day technical preview to glean feedback from users …
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Zoom Blog, infosecurity-magazine.com, Computerworld, Threatpost, TechRadar, The Next Web, ZDNet, and Forbes
Tweets: @levie and @timstringer
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