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OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit conduct starting in October, but will allow them to post 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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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
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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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| The Verge: |
FTC's new suit says Facebook has a monopoly in “US personal social networking services”, distinguishing it from TikTok, and Lina Khan will not recuse herself — FTC chair Lina Khan will not recuse herself from the case — The Federal Trade Commission has filed …
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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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| 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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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Elon Musk says Tesla is working on a humanoid robot which will handle “tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring”, will build a prototype “sometime next year” — A prototype is supposedly coming ‘sometime next year’ — Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Facebook announces Horizon Workrooms, a virtual meeting space with avatars, spatial audio, a whiteboard, and more, in beta on Oculus Quest 2 — It wasn't long into a recent press briefing I attended in virtual reality when Mark Zuckerberg showed up to talk about the metaverse.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Internal memo: Apple is delaying return to corporate offices from October until January at the earliest because of surging COVID-19 cases and new variants — - Company delays office return from October, encourages vaccines — Apple doesn't plan to close stores, offices on rising cases| 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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| 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 … | Nick Statt / Protocol: |
Epic says its Game Store has 58M MAUs, up from 56M at the end of 2020 and 32M in 2019; Steam's Valve had 120M MAUs in 2020 — Epic's Game Store now has 58 million monthly active users, the company announced on Thursday as part of an announcement on its new self-publishing tools.| Gavin Butler / VICE: |
How the Taliban moved away from its technophobic roots and began using WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook to launder its brand and advance its agenda — The modern, tech-savvy Taliban aren't the same as they were 20 years ago. Now they're using the internet to control the narrative—and assert their dominance.
Tweets: @motherboard, @sophiacai99, @drayesharay, @sophiacai99, and @jerrycap
| April Glaser / NBC News: |
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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.
Tweets: @kriswilliams, @jowyang, @txc84, @ceodonovan, @counternotions, and @post_market
| 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 … | Emily Birnbaum / Politico: |
Library of Congress bomb suspect livestreamed on Facebook for 71 minutes as he sat in his car surrounded by federal agents before Facebook took down his account — The man suspected of making a bomb threat in front of the Library of Congress posted lengthy Facebook livestreams several times throughout the morning.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Intel details its Alder Lake lineup, coming this fall, which uses a 10nm process and offers hybrid performance and efficiency x86 cores — Coming this fall — Intel has spent much of 2021 announcing plans for its future: a new IDM 2.0 strategy, new naming schemes for its process nodes, and new desktop GPUs.
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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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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon plans to open several large physical stores across the US, starting in Ohio and California, to extend its reach in clothing and other areas — Online shopping pioneer wants a larger retail presence to sell clothing and household items and facilitate exchanges
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Tweets: @cvpayne, @parismarx, @janepitt, and @jwjnational
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it is testing Reels in the News Feed and Groups in the US, after launching the feature in India, Mexico, and Canada earlier this year — Reels are coming to Facebook in the U.S. The company this morning announced it will begin testing a new feature, Facebook Reels …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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