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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans a modest iPhone update, with a smaller notch, faster refresh rate, and camera upgrades, including ProRes recording and video Portrait mode — - Company plans video Portrait mode and higher-quality recording — New models to include smaller display cutout and faster chip
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google will let under 18s delist photos by request, restrict ad targeting of children based on age, gender, or interests, and more — As part of a new series of protections for kids under 18 — Google will no longer allow ad targeting of children based on their age, gender …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple's plan to find CSAM should have centered around scanning images on iCloud servers, not on users' devices, where there is a greater expectation of privacy — It was in August 2009, two months after the release of the iPhone 3GS, that the barbarians crashed the gates; from The Online Photographer:
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| New York Times: |
Inside the rift between the White House and Facebook over vaccine misinformation, as the administration grew frustrated with Facebook's lack of transparency — Frustrations grew behind the scenes among top leaders on both sides, potentially hurting the government's efforts to overcome the pandemic.
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Robinhood buys Say Technologies, which has raised $8M and whose service helps stock shareholders exercise their full ownership rights, in a $140M cash deal — U.S. consumer investing and trading service Robinhood announced this morning that it will acquire Say Technologies in a $140 million cash deal.
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| Jeff Benson / Decrypt: |
The latest cryptocurrency compromise amendment to Senate's infrastructure bill fails to reach a vote after Sen. Shelby files an objection over military spending — The Senate rejected an amendment championed by the cryptocurrency industry that exempts non-custodial crypto actors …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Salesforce launches Salesforce+, a free streaming service aimed at business professionals, with original programming from Salesforce and eventually its clients — Salesforce is the latest tech giant to venture into video streaming with the launch of a new service aimed at business professionals …
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| Davey Alba / New York Times: |
Twitter suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for seven days over vaccine misinfo, saying it is her fourth strike and another offense could lead to permanent ban — Twitter on Tuesday suspended Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, from its service for seven days … | David Jeans / Forbes: |
Gusto, which offers payroll and HR software for SMBs, raises $175M led by T. Rowe Price at a $9.5B valuation — Last year, as the pandemic left offices empty throughout the country, Josh Reeves watched the small business customers of his HR software company, Gusto, fighting to survive.| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Amazon says it will pay up to $1,000 in damages for dangerous goods sold by third-party merchants starting September 1 in the US — More than half of products sold on the platform come from third parties and are not vetted by ecommerce giant — Amazon will start directly paying compensation …
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| Danielle Kaye / Reuters: |
According to an internal Google pay calculator, staff who choose to work from home will likely get a pay cut, especially those who commuted over long distances — Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently … | Twitter: |
Analysis of tweets about Euro 2020, including racist abuse towards England players: 99% of accounts suspended were not anonymous and most abuse came from the UK — In February this year, we outlined the steps we have been taking to combat racist abuse on Twitter.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
HP announces two Chrome OS PCs: all-in-one Chromebase AiO, with a 21.5" rotating touchscreen, and Chromebook x2 11, with a detachable display, both from $600 — Plus a new Works With Chromebook-certified USB-C monitor — HP is announcing two new Chrome OS computers for its consumer-focused lineup.
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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
How text-heavy meme posts, often paired with nonsensical, low-quality images, have begun sweeping through Instagram, thanks largely to Gen-Z accounts — Fueled by Gen Z, text-heavy meme posts, often paired with nonsensically unrelated pictures, are turning the photo and video app into a destination for written expression.| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Twitter's photo cropping algorithm favors people with slimmer, younger-looking faces, and lighter skin; a researcher was awarded $3,500 for the discovery — A researcher at Switzerland's EPFL technical university won a $3,500 prize for determining that a key Twitter algorithm favors faces …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils the 5nm Exynos W920 for wearables, featuring two Cortex-A55 cores and a Mali-G68 GPU, and claims 20% better CPU and 10x better GPU performance — New hardware for new software — Samsung has announced the Exynos W920, a new processor designed for smartwatches and other wearables.| Nikkei Asia: |
App Annie: TikTok was the most downloaded app globally in 2020, displacing Facebook-owned apps for the first time since 2018 — Data protection becoming more important as consumers demand privacy — TOKYO — A global survey of downloads in 2020 shows TikTok, a video-sharing app developed in China …
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| Reuters: |
Shares of Krafton, the game studio behind PUBG, fell as much as 20% after it raised $3.8B in its Seoul IPO at a valuation of ~$19B, likely due to China concerns — Shares in Krafton Inc (259960.KS), the Tencent Holdings-backed (0700.HK) South Korean company behind blockbuster video game …
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