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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Facebook hits back at Apple with a second full-page newspaper ad today, says upcoming iOS changes will “change the internet as we know it - for the worse” — Facebook isn't done criticizing Apple just yet — Facebook is stepping up its campaign against Apple's privacy changes with a second full-page newspaper ad today.
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MacRumors, New York Post, Protocol, Hindustan Times, CNBC, iLounge, Ubergizmo, phonearena.com, WRAL TechWire, and iMore. Tweets: @gadgetsboy
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple responds to Facebook's criticism of iOS 14 privacy measures, says Facebook won't be forced to change how it tracks users, but it must give users a choice — Apple has responded to Facebook's criticism over an upcoming iOS 14 privacy measure — specifically a change that will require users …
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Daring Fireball, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, International Business Times, iPhone Hacks, Pocketnow, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @hkanji, @arainert, @ldrogen, @s_oehler, and @tomwarren
| Wall Street Journal: |
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Facebook for Business, New York Times, iDownloadBlog.com, Axios, iPhone Hacks, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Tweets: @timsweeneyepic, @cheratomo, @can, @morfid_plays, @karissabe, @jstrauss, and @shiraovide
| Bloomberg: |
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About Facebook, Business Insider, Computerworld, XDA Developers, Washington Post, The Guardian, AppleInsider, Input, BGR, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, and CNN
Tweets: @tomwarren, @johnpaczkowski, @mosseri, @waltmossberg, @mosseri, @davestangis, @mikeisaac, @fbnewsroom, @ralphhhenson, @rsgnl, @benedictevans, @mikeisaac, @mkarolian, @moonalice, @larakiara, @jason_kint, @blackamazon, @emdubin, @carolecadwalla, @caseynewton, @davepell, @alexlindsay, @rmac18, @allenholub, @moonalice, @iamtherog, @jeremybmerrill, @samfbiddle, @bdsams, @amy_siskind, @kfury, @jasperboerstra, @eric_seufert, @kentbye, @mosseri, @wolfiechristl, @glennf, @glennf, @alexhern, @joshuajames, @jeremiahjw, @eric_seufert, @jason_kint, @fboversight, @eric_seufert, @liviamcapital, @markoff, @donie, @brendonbigley, and @chronic
| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A look at allegations in Texas AG's antitrust suit, accusing Google of giving Facebook special privileges in exchange for not supporting a competing ad system — A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising.
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United States District Court, The Information, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Politico, Fortune, Reuters, Reuters, MarketWatch, Texas Attorney General, CNBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Guardian, The Next Web, Axios, Android Headlines, Bloomberg, Firstpost Tech, Gizmodo, and BBC
Tweets: @txag, @robinberjon, @johnnyryan, @wired, @parismarx, @linamkhan, @moonalice, and @amir
| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
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New York Times, 9to5Google, and The Economic Times
| Jack Morse / Mashable: |
Twitter says it will stop prompting users to Quote Tweet, restoring the standard RT functionality, and says QT use increased but overall sharing dropped by 20% — Well, it was worth a shot. — Twitter announced Wednesday that it will cease prompting users to quote tweet in lieu of the standard retweet.
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The Verge, MakeUseOf, Pocketnow, Android Central, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Pocket-lint, and TechRadar
Tweets: @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @molleindustria, @jwaaaap, @twittersupport, @wongmjane, @noupside, @grabmybuttsticc, @katebevan, @sethamandel, @parkermolloy, @yoda, @javi_draws, @luulubuu, @jillpantozzi, @kerubright, @jmj, @aelkus, @mashable, @kevinbparry, @nkulw, @marklittlenews, @anthony, @immort4l_legacy, and @villainmorris
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Twitter says it will start removing tweets that spread harmful COVID-19 vaccine misinformation starting next week and will label conspiracies starting in 2021 — It may apply labels early in 2021 — Twitter announced Wednesday that it will remove tweets making false or misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Twitter, Social Media Today, help.twitter.com, and OneZero
Tweets: @twittersafety, @daveyalba, @oneunderscore__, @yoyoel, @noupside, and @markdistef
| Thomas P. Bossert / New York Times: |
Ex-Homeland Security Adviser: the magnitude of the Solarwinds breach is hard to overstate and the remediation effort alone will be staggering — The magnitude of this national security breach is hard to overstate. — Mr. Bossert was the homeland security adviser to President Trump …
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Financial Times and Forbes
Tweets: @tombossert, @kylieatwood, @dnvolz, @dandrezner, @nicoleperlroth, @kaitlancollins, @dnvolz, @ewong, @alaneyre1, @normative, @marcambinder, @dnvolz, @jonhurwitz, and @brett_mcgurk
| Washington Post: |
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Krebs on Security, Krebs on Security, The Register, New York Times, Wired, Politico, The Verge, BBC, The Guardian, and Forbes
| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Robinhood agrees to pay $65M to settle SEC charges that the company deceived customers between 2015 and late 2018 about its source of revenue — This is a developing story. Check back for updates. — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged Robinhood with the deceiving customers … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart partners with TikTok to test live-streamed video shopping, during which users will be able to shop Walmart fashion without leaving the app — Walmart and TikTok announced this morning they will be partnering on the first pilot test of a new shoppable product experience on TikTok's social video app.
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Walmart Inc., Forbes, Engadget, USA Today, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @ginnymarvin, @mgtalksretail, and @producthunt
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Facebook rolls back a post-election change that boosted news from authoritative outlets, even as some staff asked for the “nicer news feed” to be made permanent — Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets …
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The Verge, Engadget, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @kevinroose, @brianstelter, @ericschultz, @johnkruzel, @oliverdarcy, @trentlmoore, @dabeard, @slpng_giants, @davidbauer, and @taraemcg
| CNBC: |
The European Commission approves Google's $2.1B acquisition of Fitbit, on condition of compliance with a set of commitments related to privacy and user consent — - The Commission on Thursday set out a number of commitments that Google must follow over the next 10 years.
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European Commission, The Verge, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Thurrott, 9to5Google, CNET, Bloomberg, Reuters, Android Central, Neowin, MacDailyNews, and MyHealthyApple
Tweets: @lewis_crofts, @tomvalletti, @kostasrossoglou, @linamkhan, @martinsfp, and @markdistef
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Vice food vertical Munchies is launching a channel on OnlyFans, the first verified media publisher to do so, to post exclusive weekly videos for $4.99/month — Vice's food vertical, Munchies, is launching a verified channel on the breakout creator platform OnlyFans, a subscription site …
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Complex. Tweets: @sarafischer, @ryanrodenbaugh, @carnage4life, @sportsrapport, @modestproposal1, @caseynewton, @sachgau, @austin_rief, @richlightshed, and @neerajka
| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
Alibaba's cloud business site detailed how clients could use its software to detect the faces of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities within images and videos — The website for the tech titan's cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members …
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The Guardian, Reuters, IPVM, and VICE
Tweets: @inihelene, @poppymcp, @crtejada, @cjwerleman, @gadyepstein, @kenroth, and @fabiochiusi
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
GoCardless, which processes direct debit payments for businesses, raises $95M led by Bain Capital at a $970M valuation — - Payments technology start-up GoCardless raised $95 million in an investment round that values it at $970 million. — GoCardless plans to capitalize on an emerging trend …
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TechCrunch, Telegraph, Tech.eu, and coinspeaker.com
| Bloomberg: |
A group of AI researchers at Google have asked for policy and leadership changes including the removal of VP Megan Kacholia from their reporting hierarchy — - Team says it must be able to contest Google ‘revenue agendas’ — Letter to CEO asks company to commit to academic integrity
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Beyond Search, CNN, NPR, CNBC, Axios, and Reuters
Tweets: @mattrosoff, @josheidelson, @joelgrus, @josheidelson, and @business
| Vikas SN / The Economic Times: |
Google unveils an open source multilingual language model supporting 16 Indian languages to help researchers and students build tech in local languages — Google has unveiled a machine learning tool for Indian languages to help researchers, students, and startups keen on building local language technologies …
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Official Google India Blog, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Inc42 Media, Android Police, and XDA Developers. Thanks:@tsuvik
| Nick Keppler / VICE: |
Staff at AI companies are training/testing gun detection algorithms by recording staged “active shooter” events in their homes, raising concerns from ethicists — Companies are using bizarre methods to create algorithms that automatically detect weapons.
Tweets: @vice, @gallagherfergal, @mtrc, @hypervisible, @oliviasolon, and @akinunver
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
NY-based direct-to-consumer health insurance service Oscar raises $140M led by Tiger Global Management, following its last raise of $225M in June — Oscar, the New York-based health insurance upstart at the vanguard of a wave of venture capital healthcare investment made in the wake …
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FinLedger and Yahoo Finance
| Washington Post: |
A look at the “grinch bots” tailored to help resellers know when hot holiday gifts like the PS5 are in stock, and complete orders faster than humans can — Bots, easily gamed retailers and supply shortages have caused consoles to sell for double the price — This Christmas, it's boy vs. bot.| Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic: |
A pessimistic look at Facebook and its enormous, uncontrollable impact on the US and world, giving Zuckerberg incredible power with little oversight — The Doomsday Machine was never supposed to exist. It was meant to be a thought experiment that went like this: Imagine a device built … | Katie Jennings / Forbes: |
Curai, a chat-based telemedicine service helping doctors make better and faster decisions about patient care, raises $27.5M Series B led by Morningside Group — I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com. — Telemedicine makes doctors more accessible … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Brainly, which operates a crowdsourced service for students and parents to help with homework, raises $80M Series D led by Learn Capital — The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a major upswing in virtual learning — where some schools have gone (and stayed) remote, and others … Sponsor Posts
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