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OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any “sexually explicit conduct” starting in October, but will allow nude photos and videos — - Popularity of the website has exploded during the pandemic — Many sex workers use OnlyFans to charge customers online
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| Noel Titheradge / BBC: |
Internal documents show OnlyFans moderators can give multiple warnings to successful accounts posting illegal content before closing them — Internal documents, leaked to BBC News, reveal that OnlyFans allows moderators to give multiple warnings to accounts that post illegal content …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
An overview of the most interesting internal emails from the Apple v. Epic trial, including discussions about an “iPhone nano” and lowering App Store fees — In May, the world watched as Epic Games dragged Apple to court, challenging the most profitable company in the world …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Court docs: Google's “Premier Device Program” gave Android OEMs a greater share of Search revenue for not preinstalling third-party app stores on their devices — Android OEMs couldn't preload apps that could install other apps — Newly unredacted sections of Epic's antitrust complaint …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Epic complaint alleges that Google paid game developers hundreds of millions in incentives to keep their games on the Play Store as part of its “Project Hug” — Google reportedly spent hundreds of millions to avoid another Fortnite situation — Google quietly paid game …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
FTC files a new antitrust complaint against Facebook, after a judge dismissed the first complaint in June; Facebook has until October 4 to respond — - The Federal Trade Commission filed a new antitrust complaint against Facebook on Thursday. — A federal judge dismissed …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Internal memo: Apple is delaying its return to corporate offices from October until January at the earliest because of surging COVID-19 cases and new variants — - Company pushes back return from October, encourages vaccines — Apple doesn't plan to close stores, offices on rising cases
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| Josh Horwitz / Reuters: |
China passes a data privacy law mandating that data collection has a reasonable purpose, user consent, and limited to “minimum scope”, taking effect November 1 — China's National People's Congress on Friday passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy and will implement …
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Elon Musk says Tesla is working on a humanoid robot that will handle “tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring”, with a prototype “sometime next year” — A prototype is supposedly coming ‘sometime next year’ — Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company is working … | April Glaser / NBC News: |
Facebook rolls out new security features for people in Afghanistan, including a one-click tool to quickly lock accounts and limit account discoverability — Facebook said Thursday it is rolling out new user controls for people in Afghanistan who are rushing to delete their digital footprints …
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| Emily Flitter / New York Times: |
Binance is aiming for an IPO for its US division after an unsuccessful VC deal and the resignation of its CEO — The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, needs investors for its U.S. unit after a recent venture capital deal fell through — a setback that cost him a C.E.O.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Twitter is rolling out ability to DM a tweet to multiple people in different chats at once on iOS and web, and long press messages for reactions on iOS — No more accidental group messages when you're trying to share with more than one DM — Twitter on Thursday said it's introducing several … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it will raise the prices of commercial Microsoft 365 subscription bundles in March 2022, the first major price change since their 2011 launch — - This is the first major price change for Office 365 since Microsoft launched it in 2011. — Microsoft has also expanded Office …
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Silicon Republic and The Register
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| Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed News: |
Around 1,500 Stitch Fix employees quit after new CEO announces they will no longer have flexible work hours and part-timers must work at least 20 hours per week — Employees are departing the clothing subscription company, while those who remain fear their jobs are gradually being replaced by an algorithm.| Bloomberg: |
Adobe says it will acquire Frame.io, which makes video collaboration software, for about $1.3B in cash — - Frame.IO adds to Adobe creative cloud unit, home of Photoshop — Frame.io serves broadcasters, media agencies and brands — Adobe Inc. is acquiring Frame.io …
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Tweets: @alex, @garrytan, @techcrunch, @ron_miller, @joshconstine, @rubicon49bc, and @snazzyq
| Wall Street Journal: |
Google Health VP David Feinberg, who led Google's COVID-19 initiatives, will depart the company to take over as CEO at electronic health records company Cerner — David Feinberg led tech giant's healthcare push, Covid-19 initiatives — David Feinberg, who led Google's ambitious …
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Silicon Republic, GlobeNewswire News Room, CNBC, 9to5Google, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @cerner and @bob_wachter
| The Economic Times: |
India-based AgNext Technologies, which uses AI to assess food quality and accelerate trade, raises $21M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation fund — AgNext Technologies has raised $21 million in its Series A round, led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), in the largest Series A funding received by an Indian agri-tech startup so far.
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| Neil Munshi / Financial Times: |
A look at the fintech boom in Nigeria, where 60M adults without bank accounts are driving explosive growth; fintech has seen ~40% of Nigeria's $307M VC funding — Down an alley off Kukawa Street in Lagos Island, across from a building abandoned mid-construction, Paulo Communications does a brisk trade.
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