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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul that was allegedly for reporting violence and looting, as Facebook blocks other “official Taliban channels” — Complaints number meant to act as emergency hotline for civilians to report violence and looting
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
As Facebook bans the Taliban, Twitter says it only takes action against accounts breaking its rules and YouTube says it will terminate Taliban-linked accounts — Who will control Afghanistan's official Facebook page? — Social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are coming under …
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CNN, BBC, Yahoo Entertainment, Mediaite, Daily Mail, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Insider, and New York Post
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| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
T-Mobile says an investigation found 7.8M current users and 40M past and prospective users who applied for credit had information stolen in a cyberattack — - About 7.8 million current customers had information stolen — Records from former and prospective users also accessed
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung confirms it will stop showing ads in default apps, including Weather, Pay, and Theme, starting later this year — Including its Weather, Pay, and Theme apps — Samsung has confirmed that it will stop showing ads in default apps including Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Theme.
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SamMobile, Engadget, XDA Developers, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Neowin, Android Community, Phandroid, SlashGear, and Android Police
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Twitter tests adding an option for users to report misinformation in the US, Australia, South Korea, and will use the reports to study and identify trends — - Not all flagged tweets will be reviewed by fact checkers — Experiment will run in the U.S., Australia and South Korea| South China Morning Post: |
Tencent reports Q2 revenue rose 20% YoY to $21.3B, beating estimates, as profit reached $6.6B, up 29% YoY from $5.1B — The Hong Kong-listed company reported a profit of US$6.6 billion in the quarter ended June The results come amid a recent stock market rout for the country's tech sector …
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Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Financial Times, WRAL TechWire, Tencent Investor Relations, and benzinga.com
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| Politico: |
BlackBerry discloses a critical flaw in QNX OS, impacting 200M+ cars, hospital equipment, more; sources say it resisted public disclosure until talks with CISA — A flaw in software made by BlackBerry has left two hundred million cars, along with critical hospital and factory equipment …
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BlackBerry, us-cert.cisa.gov, Engadget, PCMag, Reuters, US Food and Drug …, SecurityWeek, Neowin, CyberNews, infosecurity-magazine.com, ZDNet, CyberScoop, and Dark Reading
Tweets: @ericgeller, @chey_cobb, @hrbrmstr, @icscert, @timclicks, @0xbanana, @ericgeller, @jason_healey, and @icscert
| Reuters: |
Apple appeals a 2019 copyright case it lost against Corellium, after settling other claims with the company relating to the DMCA this month to avoid a trial — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal in a copyright case it brought against cybersecurity firm Corellium LLC in 2019.
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MIT Technology Review, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @howelloneill, @howelloneill, @howelloneill, @evacide, @ryanaraine, and @corelliumhq
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google says the Pixel 5a is the last Pixel phone that will come with a charging brick, claiming most people already have a USB-C charger — Google says the 5A is the last Pixel phone to include a charging brick — Google is the latest manufacturer to bid farewell to the in-box charging brick …
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Tweets: @film_girl, @tech_that_out, @scalzi, @rdrv3, and @counternotions
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
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Macworld, The Keyword, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Android Police, Android Central, Bloomberg, Pocket-lint, benzinga.com, Gizchina, CNBC, Neowin, and ExtremeTech
Tweets: @robpegoraro, @maxwinebach, @techaltar, @franciscof_1990, @allisonjo1, @backlon, and @dcseifert
| The Intercept: |
Sources: the Taliban have seized US military biometric devices, known as HIIDE, that could aid in the identification of Afghans who supported coalition forces — The Taliban have seized U.S. military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces … | Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
YouTube introduces new search features, including viewing video chapters directly on the search page and better recommendations for translated videos — YouTube announced two feature updates today to make it easier for people to find the content they're looking for on the platform.
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YouTube Official Blog, PCMag, Android Police, XDA Developers, phonearena.com, Android Headlines, Ubergizmo, CNET, Social Media Today, MUO, Search Engine Journal, and Neowin
Tweets: @nealmohan, @glenngabe, and @ohmdee
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Palantir acquired $50.7M in 100-ounce gold bars in August, in preparation for a “black swan event”, and will accept payment from clients in gold — - Company spent $50.7 million on 100-ounce gold bars in August — Customers can now pay for software in gold or Bitcoin
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CNBC, Barron's Online, and Coinspeaker
Tweets: @stevesi, @thestalwart, @bryanrbeal, @paulbuitink, @leahmcelrath, @ryan_browne_, and @caseynewton
| New York Times: |
Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the world's top retail seller outside China; FactSet says people spent $610B+ on Amazon in the 12 months ending in June — Proof that the online future has arrived: The biggest e-commerce company outside China has unseated the biggest brick-and-mortar seller.
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Bloomberg, New York Times, Quartz, and Forbes
Tweets: @kyweise, @lanceulanoff, @stevelohr, @phkeane, @aparanjape, @nytimes, @shiraovide, and @puiwingtam
| Joseph Bernstein / Harper's: |
A look at the focus on disinformation by media, tech, and academic leaders, and how assumptions about disinfo effectiveness echo old media and advertising myths — In the beginning, there were ABC, NBC, and CBS, and they were good. Midcentury American man could come home after eight hours … | David Gilbert / VICE: |
Report: militias like the Three Percenters are key spreaders of vaccine misinfo on Facebook, and some of their Facebook Group admins get a “Group Expert” badge — Violent militia groups have become “key” spreaders of vaccine misinformation on Facebook, and now those groups …
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Tech Transparency Project. More:
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Tweets: @katyperry, @chelseaclinton, @timinhonolulu, @jeffhorwitz, @ninaism, @vicenews, @jesselehrich, and @daithaigilbert
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 15 beta 6 adds an option to show Safari's address bar at the top, while displaying some buttons like back, forward, and share in a bottom toolbar — Apple has just released the sixth beta of iOS 15 for developers, and while we don't know exactly what has changed with this update …
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Macworld, Gizchina, TechRadar, Pixel Envy, iMore, Cult of Mac, and OS X Daily
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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Laptop Mag, iMore, Neowin, iMore, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, Tom's Guide, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @jamesthomson and @steipete
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Postman, which helps developers build, test, and iterate their APIs, raises $225M Series D led by Insight Partners at a $5.6B valuation, up from $2B in 2020 — San Francisco-based Postman, which operates a collaborative platform for developers to help them build, design, test and iterate their APIs …
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The Economic Times, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, Moneycontrol, Insider, and Business Wire
| Dylan Martin / CRN: |
Intel says it's “winding down” its RealSense camera business, which focused on hardware for computer vision applications — The semiconductor giant tells CRN that it is ‘winding down’ the company's portfolio of high-tech cameras and sensors that were built for computer vision applications …
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MSPoweruser, SiliconANGLE, The Robot Report, SlashGear, Tom's Hardware, Ubergizmo, PetaPixel, and The Verge
| Nikkei Asia: |
Recent COVID-19 outbreaks are slowing plans by Apple, Google, and Amazon to shift production from China to Vietnam as governments tighten border controls — Suppliers say tighter border controls are hindering output expansion in Vietnam — TAIPEI — Recent outbreaks of COVID-19 …
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iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, benzinga.com, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iMore, and Financial Times
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
MobileCoin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that Signal is offering in the UK as a payment feature, raises $66M Series B at a $1.066B valuation — MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency business that counts founder Moxie Marlinspike of the encrypting messaging app Signal as its earliest technical advisor …
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CoinDesk, VentureBeat, and PR Newswire
| Bloomberg: |
Binance says former US government cybercrime investigator Greg Monahan will lead global money laundering reporting — - Ex-IRS investigator Greg Monahan to join cryptocurrency firm — Company faces scrutiny including criminal probe and new rules — Binance has named Greg Monahan …
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The Block, Binance Blog, Silicon Republic, Gizmodo, Finextra, Cointelegraph, and Crypto Briefing
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: several execs at Waymo, which saw a mass exodus of top talent this spring, felt frustrated about the sluggish pace of progress with its driverless tech — The world's most famous autonomous car shop has lost its CEO and is still getting stymied by traffic cones. What's taking so long?
Tweets: @mhbergen, @asymco, @mattrosoff, @bgurley, @daveleeft, @crtrud, @bradstone, @johnfraher, and @mhbergen
| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
ByteDance joins the Open Invention Network, the largest US-based patent non-aggression consortium covering Linux and related open-source tech — Another major social network, TikTok, acknowledges the importance of Linux and open-source software by joining the OIN.| Carrie Mihalcik / CNET: |
The Consumer Technology Association says attendees of CES 2022 will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination — People attending CES 2022 in person in Las Vegas will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, the Consumer Technology Association announced on Tuesday.
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PCMag, CES, PR Newswire, The Verge, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Android Central, MarketWatch, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @garyshapiro and @gregnibler
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