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| The Verge: |
Some Apple workers are seeking an investigation into the hiring of Antonio García Martínez, an ex-Facebook PM, for past statements on women and people of color — ‘We demand an investigation into how his published views on women and people of color were missed or ignored’
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| Bloomberg: |
US agrees to remove Xiaomi from blacklist that could have restricted American investment in the company, following Xiaomi's lawsuit earlier this year — - U.S. to vacate order designating company as military-linked — Xiaomi had sued U.S. government following the Trump order
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Epic v. Apple is shining a light on Apple's anti-steering rules, which prevent developers from pointing users to better deals on their website or elsewhere — Would ending anti-steering rules fix the App Store? — Last week, the judge in Epic v. Apple asked whether Epic really had an antitrust case …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researcher discovers a series of vulnerabilities, known as Frag Attacks, impacting Wi-Fi devices from the past 24 years, even when WEP and WPA are activated — A Belgian security researcher has discovered a series of vulnerabilities that impact the WiFi standard, with some bugs dating …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon updates the Echo Show 8 and 5 with better cameras, the ability to turn on Alexa's security mode, and adds a $95 Kids Edition of the Echo Show 5 — Plus a price drop for the Echo Show 5 — Amazon is refreshing a handful of products in its Echo line: the Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 5 … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram will let users list up to four pronouns on their profiles, viewable to friends or the public, available in a “few countries” — You can make this public or only viewable to friends — Instagram is making it easier to address people by their defined pronouns.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Researcher details an exploit for Apple's Find My network that allows packets of arbitrary data to be transmitted by simulating a Find My broadcast — The Find My network is used by Apple to report locations of items and devices via the data connection of any nearby iPhone, Mac, or other Apple device.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
The US cable industry sees Biden's broadband plan as a grave threat because its language favors fiber and prioritizes funding for locally owned networks — The Biden administration's broadband plan read like a dream come true to Donnel Baird. The $2 trillion American Jobs Plan …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Review of Asus' new ZenFone 8 flagship, available for $599-$799: thoughtful and compact design, robust build, and great performance, but battery life is average — The ZenFone 8 delivers flagship-level build quality and performance in a small package — After a couple of generations making phones …
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| Maya Gebeily / Reuters: |
Instagram and Twitter apologize for deleting pro-Palestinian posts, blaming technical errors, but critics say their “discriminatory” algorithms are to blame — Instagram and Twitter have blamed technical errors for deleting posts mentioning the possible eviction of Palestinians …
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| Sonia Faleiro / Rest of World: |
An in-depth look at how a team of fact-checkers at Alt News in India is struggling against misinformation spread by the ruling BJP party on Facebook services — As the pandemic rages across the country, one team of fact-checkers contends with a post-truth dystopia.| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon wins appeal over $300M EU tax bill, as EU court annuls a 2017 decision, saying regulators had failed to prove that the company got an illegal advantage — Ruling deals a setback to EU competition chief who is seeking to rein in U.S. tech giants — Amazon. com Inc. struck a new blow …
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
VMware names COO of products and cloud services Raghu Raghuram as its new CEO, after Pat Gelsinger left to become Intel's CEO in January — The virtualization company has been vetting CEO candidates since the departure of Pat Gelsinger in January. — VMware has named Raghu Raghuram …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Cloudflare, which is already doing all of its computing on the edge, is uniquely suited to a world where politics matter more than economics — Manage your Stratechery subscription. — Matthew Prince, at the end of his prepared remarks after Cloudflare's recent earnings report, related a story from the company's earliest days:
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
FBI warns that cybercriminals are abusing search ads to promote phishing sites, often targeting banks, a growing trend since at least mid-2020 — The Federal Bureau of Investigation says that cybercrime gangs are using search results and search engine ads to lure victims on phishing sites …
Tweets: @benkow_, @benkow_, @benkow_, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Stampli, which helps companies manage invoices and see how costs are allocated, raises $50M Series C led by Insight Partners and says it has ~1,000 customers — This morning Stampli, a software platform that optimizes corporate invoice management, announced a $50 million Series C financing round …
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
As part of its Q2 earnings, Sonos says a German court granted a preliminary injunction against a Google subsidiary over a patent dispute — Sonos scored a point in its legal fight against Google: A German court issued a preliminary injunction against an Irish Google subsidiary for violating … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
Bird agrees to go public via a SPAC, at an implied value of around $2.3B; the deal includes a $160M investment led by Fidelity — The E-scooter company will ride its way to the New York Stock Exchange.| Erika Kinetz / Associated Press: |
Investigation: an army of fake bots covertly amplify Chinese propaganda on Twitter by retweeting posts from diplomats and state media tens of thousands of times — BRUSSELS (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.
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| Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
Snap suspends anonymous Q&A apps Yolo and LMK after lawsuit over teen's death, allegedly due to bullying messages — Yolo and LMK, two Snapchat apps that allow users to send anonymous messages, are no longer available to users of the social media platform after parent company Snap suspended them Tuesday.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Treasury Prime, which develops APIs to help banks automate routine business processes, raises $20M Series B co-led by Deciens Capital and QED Investors — This morning Treasury Prime, a banking-as-a-service startup that delivers its product via APIs, announced that it has closed …
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| Tanya Basu / MIT Technology Review: |
Q&A with Unicode Consortium's Jennifer Daniel, the first woman leading the Emoji Subcommittee, on inclusivity, how emoji are perceived globally, and more — As the new head of the Emoji Subcommittee for the Unicode Consortium, Jennifer Daniel has a vision for how to make these symbols work for everyone.
Tweets: @techreview and @tanyabasu
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Big Time Studios, started by ex-CEO of Decentraland, comes out of stealth with $21M to let game studios offer NFTs in their games — Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here! — Big Time Studios is going big this week with a funding round of $21 million to bring nonfungible tokens … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: blockchain-based gaming infrastructure startup Forte raises $185M Series B at a $1B post-money valuation led by Griffin Gaming Partners — Forte, a blockchain-based gaming infrastructure startup, recently agreed to raise $185 million at around a $1 billion post-money valuation, according to multiple sources.
Tweets: @danprimack
| Paul Sullivan / New York Times: |
Location tracking tax apps like TaxBird, which aim to shield users from audit risks due to residency status, have become popular with the rise of remote work — With remote work more common now, tax apps that track your location have become relevant for professionals who want to work wherever they want to live.| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Facebook's Diem says it has withdrawn its application for a Swiss payment license and will shift its operations to the US via a California state-chartered bank — - Diem, the digital currency project backed by Facebook, has abandoned plans to secure a payment license from Switzerland's FINMA watchdog.
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Diem Association, Reuters, CoinDesk, The Block, Crowdfund Insider, and Crowdfund Insider. Tweets: @documentingbtc
| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Israel-based VisibleRisk, which helps enterprises assess how vulnerable they are to hacking campaigns, raises $25M Series A from Moody's Corp. and Team8 Labs — Cybersecurity startup VisibleRisk Inc. today disclosed that it has raised $25 million in funding to drive the adoption …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Unmind, which lets employers offer digital mental health services to their staff, raises $47M Series B led by EQT Ventures — Mental health has been put into the spotlight in a big way in recent times. For many of us, our lives and lifestyles have changed massively in the last year … Sponsor Posts
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