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Ajit Pai says FCC will start a rulemaking to clarify the meaning of Section 230, and social media doesn't have “special immunity denied to other media outlets” — - Agency chief says it will conduct rulemaking Trump sought — Social media doesn't have special immunity, Chairman Pai says
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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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| Wall Street Journal: |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google details how it is using AI to improve search, including indexing individual passages from webpages, allowing searches for songs by humming, and more — During a livestreamed event this afternoon, Google detailed the ways it's applying AI and machine learning to improve the Google Search experience.
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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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| Sophie Alexander / Bloomberg: |
Source: Robinhood estimates that ~2,000 accounts were compromised in a recent hack; Robinhood said a “limited number” were affected by personal email breaches — - A fake Arizona ID offers clue on how a hacker accessed funds — Some clients dispute assertion that email accounts to blame| 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.| 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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| 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 …
| 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 — - Group used shell companies, bank accounts to move stolen funds — Victims included Brooklyn synagogue, Michigan auto-parts maker| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Seattle-based Temporal, which is building an open source, stateful microservices orchestration service, raises $18.75M Series A led by Sequoia — Temporal, a Seattle-based startup that is building an open-source, stateful microservices orchestration platform, today announced that it has raised …
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GeekWire, FinSMEs, GitHub, and SiliconANGLE
| 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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| 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.| 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.
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Amazon.com, Inc., GeekWire, CNET, PYMNTS.com, and 9to5Toys
Tweets: @jeffawilke and @shiraovide
| 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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The State of Security, CNN, ZDNet, BleepingComputer, Lifehacker, The Digital Reader, Engadget, Fast Company, Dark Reading, TechRadar, Android Central, TechSpot, CyberScoop, infosecurity-magazine.com, Good e-Reader, and WVLT
Tweets: @kywnewsradio, @theregister, @lamonicabuzz, @randymarchany, @theregister, @susanthesquark, and @ourielohayon
| 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, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @rktweets, @lazerwalker, @stuartdredge, @lollardfish, @andrewrangeley, and @xoxogossipgita
| 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.| 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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Tweets: @pierce, @adamsinger, @kantrowitz, @paldhous, @pewmethods, @marshallk, and @pewresearch
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