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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that shields politicians from the content moderation rules that apply to other users — Going forward politicians will be treated more like everyone else — Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that shields politicians …
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oversightboard.com, Insider, and Forbes
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Twitter launches its subscription service Twitter Blue on iOS in Canada and Australia for CAD$3.49 and A$4.49/month, with Undo Tweet, Bookmark Folders, more — - Twitter Blue is designed for power users who are willing to pay a monthly fee for exclusive features.
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Twitter, The Verge, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, TNW, New York Times, Forbes, help.twitter.com, Nieman Lab, Engadget, XDA Developers, PYMNTS.com, Android Police, Tubefilter, ZDNet, Android Headlines, Social Media Today, The Hill, mobilesyrup.com, Variety, Wccftech, Slashdot, MSPoweruser, TechSpot, Candid.Technology, and Axios
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter redesigns its app to make Spaces the center tab in the main navigation bar, initially on iOS for around 500 people from the original Spaces beta test — Twitter is updating its app to make its audio chat room feature, Twitter Spaces, a central part of the user experience.
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Engadget, Social Media Today, 9to5Mac, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @kiruti, @mattnavarra, and @robaeprice
| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Apple will launch an Android app to detect AirTags that may be in use to track a person and reduces the interval before AirTags sound an alert in such cases — Apple said it's adjusting its approach to its AirTags sensors, changing the time they play an alert when separated from their owner …
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Gizmodo, Android Authority, MacRumors, USA Today, ZDNet, Macworld, mobilesyrup.com, Engadget, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, MSPoweruser, Android Central, Apple Must, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Wccftech, SlashGear, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @iansherr, @evacide, @mikarv, @geoffreyfowler, @pradeepviswav, @stshank, and @journeydan. Thanks:@iansherr
| WABetaInfo: |
Zuckerberg says WhatsApp is working on a Disappearing Mode for messages in all threads, View Once for photos and videos, and multi device support — Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry — WhatsApp has unexpectedly reached out to me to confirm that some important features are coming on WhatsApp!
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TechCrunch, Trusted Reviews, Forbes, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, MUO, KnowTechie, SlashGear, Android Police, MacRumors, Neowin, Wccftech, phonearena.com, Android Central, XDA Developers, Pocketnow, 9to5Mac, Engadget, TNW, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @rdrv3, and @wabetainfo
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Trump shutting down his blog shows the significance of social media platforms' amplification mechanics and how they give free and huge reach to the worst actors — What a failed blog tells us about the power of Twitter — Last month, after months of hyping up a forthcoming “social media platform” … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Review of Google's new $99 Pixel Buds A-Series: good sound quality, improved comfort, and water resistant, but audio can cut out and ear hooks are non-removable — The $99 Pixel Buds are a better buy than their pricier predecessors — With the new, awkwardly named Pixel Buds A-Series …
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The Keyword, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, Android Police, AppleInsider, Thurrott, HotHardware.com News, androidauthority.com, TalkAndroid.com, MacRumors, TNW, The Verge, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Android Police, 9to5Google, Engadget, MSPoweruser, 9to5Google, and BGR India
Tweets: @madebygoogle, @joshto, @markguim, @durvidimel, @dcseifert, @russellholly, @dcseifert, @chriswelch, and @backlon
| Christopher Bing / Reuters: |
US DOJ says it is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack — The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack …
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CoinDesk, iTnews, PYMNTS.com, CyberScoop, The Hill, The Block, BleepingComputer, Villages-News, and Mashable
Tweets: @c_c_krebs, @bing_chris, @alexhern, @bing_chris, @ahcastor, and @gossithedog
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
In email to developers, Google says it will soon cut off access to “Advertising IDs” when Android users opt out, instead showing developers a “string of zeros” — Search giant introduces new safeguards for users who do not want to be tracked by advertisers
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mobilesyrup.com, Big Tech, Bloomberg, The Verge, XDA Developers, Social Media Today, CNBC, BGR, Gizchina, Neowin, Engadget, and Android Police
Tweets: @find_evil, @patrickmcgee_, and @jason_kint
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Stratechery's Ben Thompson announces a service called Passport to let creators manage their subscriptions and communicate with subscribers — Seven years ago, when I initially launched the paid Daily Update, there weren't really any tools designed for independent subscription businesses …
Tweets: @vgr, @gnsubramanian, @stratechery, @edwinwee, @tomcritchlow, @nicolasmagand, @steven_aquino, @benjamingcox, @caseynewton, @alex, and @panzer. Thanks:@sean_lynch
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
IDG, owner of PCWorld, Macworld, and IDC, to be acquired by Blackstone for $1.3B — It's been a busy week for private equity with Cloudera, Stack Overflow and FireEye coming off the board on Tuesday and Wednesday. Today Blackstone bought media and data company IDG for $1.3 billion.| Politico: |
SCOTUS narrows the scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, ruling it can't be used to charge people who misused databases they are otherwise entitled to access — The Supreme Court has sharply curtailed the scope of the nation's main cybercrime law, limiting a tool that civil liberties advocates …
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NBC News, Protocol, The Register, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Associated Press, Bloomberg, and Reuters
| Associated Press: |
EU unveils plans for a digital ID wallet that residents can use to prove their identities and share electronic documents across the 27-nation bloc — LONDON (AP) — The European Union unveiled plans Thursday for a digital ID wallet that residents could use to access services across the 27-nation bloc …
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European Commission, CNET, PYMNTS.com, Finextra, and Voice of America
Tweets: @violaroberto, @eu_justice, @eucyprus, @digitaleu, @drpippam, and @ap_europe
| New York Times: |
Facebook employees say discontent at the company has surged over its handling of government demands to take down content in India and Israel — The social network wrongly bowed to government demands to take down content in the countries, employees said, in more signs of internal dissent.
Tweets: @sheeraf, @karan_singhs, @sidhubaba, @puiwingtam, and @venkatananth
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it will require police departments that need Ring security footage to publicly post requests in Ring's Neighbors app, beginning next week — - The change follows criticism of cozy ties to law enforcement — Police officers must post requests in Ring's Neighbors app
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The Ring Blog, GeekWire, Seattle Business Journal, 9to5Mac, Reuters, CNET, The Hill, Gizmodo, Input, CNBC, New York Post, and Tom's Guide. Tweets: @caro1inehaskins
| BBC: |
Google says it removed diversity strategy lead Kamau Bobb over a 2007 post in which he said Jews have an “insatiable appetite for war” — Google has removed its head of diversity over a 2007 blog post that said Jewish people had “an insatiable appetite for war and killing”.
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CNET, CNBC, and Insider
Tweets: @adamnash, @simonwiesenthal, @stopantisemites, @michaeldickson, @bnaibrith, @k_aminthaabet, @ighaworth, @brianfagioli, @michaelrapaport, @antoniogm, @joydoreenbiira, @ruthstarkman, @orenjacob, @jasonrantz, @ewerickson, @ostrov_a, @theview, @kennethbaer, @richardgrenell, @jgreenblattadl, @jeff_jacoby, @hopes_revenge, @jewishspacelazr, @akmonday, and @josh_hammer
| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Some current members of Google's ethical AI team say they have been in limbo for months and have serious doubts about whether Google can rebuild credibility — Six months after Timnit Gebru left, Google's ethical artificial intelligence team is still in a state of upheaval.| Paul R. La Monica / CNN: |
NortonLifeLock says it's adding an Ethereum mining function to Norton 360, its paid antivirus software, initially to a small group of customers — New York (CNN Business)Mining for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is typically done by companies that own massive server farms operating outside of the United States.
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BleepingComputer, Business Wire, Laptop Mag, The Register, Crypto Briefing, Coinspeaker, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, KnowTechie, ExtremeTech, Tom's Hardware, ZDNet, Coin Journal, Tech.co, Protos, and Neowin
Tweets: @sub8u, @SwiftOnSecurity, @bpreneel1, @raichoo, @tenderlove, @shs96c, @charlesarthur, @weldpond, @_xpn_, and @gregghoush
| Livemint: |
Sources: SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 is in talks to invest $700M in Flipkart at a valuation of $28B; SoftBank sold its stake in Flipkart to Walmart in 2018 — MUMBAI : SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks with Flipkart to invest $700 million in the internet retailer, three years after it sold … | Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Kamala Harris announces that the Biden administration will make $1B in grants available to expand broadband access and adoption on tribal lands — The Biden administration will make $1 billion in grants available to expand broadband access and adoption on tribal lands …
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Politico. Tweets: @kcoxdc, @dleichtman, @gormogons, @agreilingkeane, @xarinatan, @herbieziskend46, and @thirdwaytweet
| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Tiger Global has invested in 118 companies so far in 2021, up 10x YoY, led or co-led deals worth $10.5B, and participated in rounds totaling a further $11.5B — Tiger Global Management, already one of the most voracious startup investors in recent years, is roaring into 2021 more aggressively than ever.
Tweets: @workmj, @kateclarktweets, and @sarthakgh
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Paramount+ will launch its ad-supported Essential Plan on Monday, priced at $4.99 per month and replacing CBS All Access for new subscribers — If you didn't want to shell out $9.99 per month to watch the meme-worthy iCarly reboot, now you won't have to. On Monday, Paramount+ will launch … | Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese researchers unveil WuDao 2.0, an AI model they say was trained using 1.75T parameters, 10x more than GPT-3, to simulate conversational speech and more — The WuDao 2. natural language processing model had 1.75 trillion parameters, topping the 1.6 trillion that Google unveiled …
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TNW, Tom's Hardware, and PingWest
Tweets: @kchonyc, @chrismessina, @staronline, and @dez_blanchfield
| FinSMEs: |
Intrinsic, which consolidates Amazon Marketplace brands, comes out of stealth with $113M Series A led by Define Ventures — Intrinsic, a NYC-based health & wellness eCommerce company, raised $113m in Series A funding. — The round, which brought total raise to $115m …
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PYMNTS.com and PR Newswire
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Realtime Robotics, which develops tech to let industrial robots autonomously move in dynamic, fast-moving environments, raises $31.4M Series A — Realtime Robotics, a company developing technology that enables robots to alter their motions in dynamic, fast-moving environments, has raised $31.4 million in a series A round of funding.| Tim Starks / CyberScoop: |
Hart InterCivic, one of the big election vendors, says it will use Microsoft's voting software ElectionGuard in one of its systems as part of a pilot program — The ElectionGuard technology that Microsoft touts as a way to make elections more secure and verifiable is taking its biggest step yet …
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Microsoft, Wired, Windows Central, Bloomberg, and Washington Post
Tweets: @snlyngaas and @jeffstone500
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Gong, which uses AI to provide insights on customer behavior and improve sales, raises $250M Series E led by Franklin Templeton, at a $7.25B valuation — Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. — Enterprise sales enablement platform Gong.io today raised $250 million …
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CTech, TechCrunch, nocamels.com, and SiliconANGLE
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