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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter is testing a way to downvote replies on iOS to understand the types of replies users find relevant to a conversation; downvotes won't be public — Last year, Twitter's chief product officer Kayvon Beykpour confirmed that the social network was “exploring” the idea of adding a dislike button to the app.
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| Bloomberg Law: |
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has sued Activision Blizzard for sexual harassment of and discrimination against its female staff — Video game giant Activision Blizzard Inc., maker of games including World of Warcraft and Diablo, fosters a “frat boy” …
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| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
NSO Group says “all the finger-pointing should be at the customer” not the company as it compares itself to a car manufacturer and its clients to drunk drivers — The maker of powerful spy software allegedly used to hack the phones of innocent people says blaming the company is like …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
The FTC formally pledges to fight unlawful right-to-repair restrictions, says it will use its power to lower repair costs and support independent repair shops — It comes days after the White House endorsed similar rules — The Federal Trade Commission formally pledged to take on unlawful …
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| Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo: |
Grindr has a track record of saying that data shared with brokers is encrypted and unidentifiable, despite the use of such data to out a Catholic priest, others — The latest scandal to rock the Catholic Church was both incredibly unnerving and entirely preventable. Why isn't anyone doing anything about it?
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
The Biden administration's promise to “review” Section 230 in response to anti-vax posts on Facebook will fail since being wrong online is protected speech — ‘Reviewing’ Section 230 isn't the answer to anti-vax posts — Last week, the White House declared war … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Q&A with Zuckerberg about his vision for the metaverse and its potential to further splinter our sense of shared reality, Biden's comments about Facebook, more — As June came to an end, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his employees about an ambitious new initiative.
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| Edwin Chan / Bloomberg: |
Sources: China sees Didi's decision to go public despite regulator pushback as a challenge to its authority and is considering unprecedented penalties — - Regulators weigh several penalties, from fine to delisting — Ride-hailing startup raised $4.4 billion in U.S. listing| CNN: |
Facebook hides the tag #VaccinesKill from searches, displaying a message that says it is “keeping our community safe”, two years after Instagram hid the tag — (CNN)Last week, even as it came under fire from the White House over its role in spreading anti-vaccine misinformation …
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| Just Security: |
Concerns over China's online influence campaigns overseas, while valid, are often overblown as there is little evidence to show campaigns are actually working — On April 27, 2021, Tristan Harris, a tech critic and former Google employee, warned at a U.S. Senate hearing that we are facing …
Tweets: @citizenlab and @yoyoel
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Backup by Google One, a unified Android cloud backup that syncs app data, messages, photos, and more; Backup replaces the Play Services tool — Google today started rolling out “Backup by Google One” as an update over the existing Android backup service that now means end users …
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Oculus rolls out v31, adding Messenger Reactions, a new Security Settings panel, and a new “Invite to App” button that makes it easier to invite friends to play — Invite friends, react on Messenger, and have your passwords autofill in the Browser
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Clubhouse is no longer invite-only as it exits beta and says the 10M people on its waitlist will be added to the app over time — The app goes wide — Clubhouse is going wide. Co-founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth announced today that the app is no longer invite-only.
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Magic, which provides an SDK for developers to implement a variety of passwordless authentication methods, raises $27M Series A led by Northzone — Magic, a San Francisco-based startup that builds “plug and play” passwordless authentication technology, has raised $27 million in Series A funding.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Visa buys Currencycloud, which sells software for banks and fintech companies to process cross-border payments, in a deal valuing the UK startup at £700M — - Visa is buying Currencycloud in a deal valuing the British payments start-up at £700 million.
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Uber Freight to acquire Transplace, which makes transportation management software, from TPG, in a deal that values Transplace at $2.25B — - Uber Freight, the rideshare company's trucking division, said Thursday it's acquiring Transplace in a deal that values the transportation logistics company at $2.25 billion.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yoobic, an app for service workers to manage tasks and communicate with colleagues, raises $50M Series C, source says at a valuation between $300M and $400M — Slack set the standard in many ways for what knowledge workers want and expect out of a workplace collaboration app these days …
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Index Ventures closes a $900M early-stage fund, a $2B growth-stage fund, and a $200M seed-stage fund, giving Index $3B in new capital, its largest tranche yet — Index Ventures has closed a trio of new funds: a $900 million early-stage fund, a $2 billion growth-stage fund and a previously announced $200 million seed-stage fund.| Washington Post: |
Profile of the NSO Group, which has been hailed as an Israeli version of a Silicon Valley success story, as its founders defend their spyware operations — HERZLIYA, Israel — It was a proposition that would change everything. — Two 20-something Israeli entrepreneurs who had been running …
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Facial-recognition company Clearview AI raises $30M Series B amid legal and ethical concerns, with new investors requesting they not be publicly identified — Clearview AI is currently the target of multiple class-action lawsuits and a joint investigation by Britain and Australia.
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
India's antitrust regulator accuses Amazon of concealing facts when it sought approval for a 2019 investment in a Future Group unit, according to a June letter — India's antitrust regulator has accused Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) of concealing facts and making false submissions when it sought approval … | Reuters: |
Filing: Teads, which provides automated buying and selling of online ad space, plans to raise up to $808.5M in its US IPO, at a valuation of about $5B — Advertising technology company Teads BV, owned by French telecom company Altice, said on Wednesday it aims to raise up to $808.5 million through … | PYMNTS.com: |
Bill.com to acquire Invoice2Go, whose accounts receivable software helps businesses and freelancers manage invoicing and payments, for $625M in cash and stock — Back-office software provider Bill.com announced on Monday (July 19) that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Invoice2go in a $625 million stock and cash deal.| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler: stock tokens and stablecoins backed by securities “are implicated by the securities laws and must work within our securities regime” — Stock tokens and stablecoins backed by securities might be treated as securities under U.S. law, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
CB Insights: blockchain startups raised a record $4.38B in Q2, up 50%+ QoQ and a ninefold increase from Q2 2020; fintech startups raised $30.8B, up 30% QoQ — - Blockchain start-ups raised a record $4.38 billion in the second quarter, according to data from analytics firm CB Insights.Sponsor Posts
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