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Internal documents: Facebook's own research found that a 2018 change to encourage positive interactions had the opposite effect; Zuckerberg resisted any fixes — Internal memos show how a big 2018 change rewarded outrage and that CEO Mark Zuckerberg resisted proposed fixes
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft will let users access accounts without a password from today by using Microsoft Authenticator, Windows Hello, a security key, or a verification code — You can delete your Microsoft account password — Microsoft now lets you remove passwords from Microsoft accounts to embrace a passwordless future.
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Windows Experience Blog. More:
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Tweets: @profwoodward, @markrussinovich, @johnlegere, @campuscodi, and @satyanadella
| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
NFT marketplace OpenSea acknowledges that its head of product, Nate Chastain, purchased NFTs he knew were going to be displayed prominently — Quick Take — The marketplace has acknowledged that its head of product Nate Chastain purchased NFTs that he knew were going to be displayed prominently.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's iPhone 13 and 13 Pro are the first to support dual eSIM, expanding on support for eSIM and regular SIM in previous iPhones — Apple introduced eSIM support on iPhone with iPhone XR and iPhone XS in 2018. However, while you can use a regular SIM and an eSIM simultaneously …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, CNET, YouTube, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Apple Support, Engadget, and Gizchina
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| Apple: |
Apple's iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max will feature a macro photography mode for close-up shots, access to the professional-grade video codec ProRes, and more — The most advanced pro camera system ever on iPhone; Super Retina XDR display with ProMotion; a massive leap in battery life …
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| BBC: |
Google's Grace Hopper transatlantic communications cable, measuring 4,350 miles and operational in 2022, has reached Bude in the UK and Bilbao in Spain — A new “massive” undersea transatlantic communications cable has been brought ashore on a beach in Cornwall.
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The Keyword. More:
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
StrongDM, which builds tools to manage servers, databases, and other infrastructure, raises $54M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing total funding to $77M — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
Book excerpt examines Peter Thiel's support for Trump and partnership with Steve Bannon, libertarian ideology, battles with the IRS, and founding of Palantir — In an exclusive excerpt from The Contrarian, a new biography, the disruption-preaching power broker is revealed … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
DOJ court documents: three former US intel operatives, who worked as mercenary hackers for the UAE, face charges of conspiring to violate hacking laws — The US Department of Justice has fined three former NSA employees who worked as hackers-for-hire for a United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company.
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U.S. Department of Justice. More:
BBC, Reuters, New York Times, Washington Post, VICE, CSO, ZDNet, cybernews.com, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @bradheath, @bradheath, @chuckrossdc, @nuancebro, and @jsrailton
| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
WhatsApp launches its first test of a public directory for businesses within the app, starting in São Paulo — (Reuters) - Facebook's messaging service WhatsApp on Wednesday launched a new feature to make it possible to search for businesses within its app for the first time, the company told Reuters.
Tweets: @wcathcart, @wcathcart, @wcathcart, and @eculliford
| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
After being sued by the state of California, Activision Blizzard is sued by a group representing employees, alleging it tried to prevent them from organizing — Organized by CODE-CWA, the suit claims Activision Blizzard engaged in coercive and intimidating behavior
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Communications Workers …, Activision Blizzard, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and Protocol. Tweets: @pikachulita
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Irish data commissioner launches GDPR probe into TikTok's handling of children's data and the transfer of user information to China — Irish regulator adds to scrutiny of video app that has drawn national security concerns — The Irish data commissioner has launched investigations … | Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Xiaomi unveils 11-inch Pad 5 tablet, starting at €349, an updated Mi Smart Band 6 with NFC for €55, and Mi Smart Projector 2 with Google Assistant for €599 — Xiaomi has also launched a new tablet, the Pad 5, and an NFC version of the Mi Smart Band 6 today, in addition to its new
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techadvisor.com, Android Police, TechSpot, XDA Developers, t3.com, phonearena.com, and SlashGear
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
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Mi Blog. More:
The Verge, CNET, 9to5Google, Laptop Mag, Mi Blog, techadvisor.com, techadvisor.com, Android Authority, AnandTech, Gizmodo, Android Police, Android Police, 9to5Google, BGR India, Engadget, Pandaily, t3.com, Mashable, phonearena.com, Wccftech, Notebookcheck.net, Pocketnow, Android Headlines, TechRadar, SlashGear, TalkAndroid.com, Android Central, Pocket-lint, and Phandroid
Tweets: @mkbhd, @maxwinebach, and @maxwinebach
| Keith Broni / Emojipedia: |
Unicode Consortium launches version 14.0 with 112 new emoji, including multiracial handshake, melting face, saluting face, and heart hands — Today the latest emoji list will be released by the Unicode Consortium, with additions including Biting Lip, Troll, Saluting Face …
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Unicode. More:
MobileSyrup, iThinkDifferent, appadvice.com, The Unicode Blog, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Phone Scoop, AppleInsider, XDA Developers, Silicon Republic, and SlashGear
Tweets: @unicode, @mattnavarra, @emojipedia, @unicode, @campuscodi, @emojipedia, @emojipedia, and @emojipedia
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
SEC charges App Annie with securities fraud, accusing it of “engaging in deceptive practices” and misrepresenting its data; App Annie will pay a $10M settlement — The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that it's charging App Annie, the mobile app data provider …
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U.S. Securities …. More:
App Annie, Law Street Media, The Register, The Verge, MediaNama, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @eric_seufert, @catthekin, and @chronic
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Snap hires Jacqueline Beauchere, the chief online safety officer at Microsoft, to be its first global head of platform safety — Snap Inc. has hired Jacqueline Beauchere, the current Chief Online Safety Officer at Microsoft, to be its first-ever Global Head of Platform Safety, a spokesperson tells Axios.
Tweets: @rachelracusen
| Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
Apple, in a first, reported no CPU gains for the A15, likely because of the engineer exodus to companies like Nuvia and Rivos — Apple has been long hailed for having the best CPU cores for consumer workloads for years. They have by far the highest performance per clock and efficiency driven …
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9to5Mac, Mashable, The Mac Security Blog, TechSpot, and Coinspeaker
| Alex Engler / Tech Policy Press: |
Enrollment algorithms used by colleges intentionally reduce scholarships and may lead to crises of student loan debt, college dropout, and racial inequity — As colleges look for any advantage in the fierce competition to enroll students, hundreds of institutions have turned to algorithms … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Manchester-based Matillion, which offers “low-code” tools to manage disparate data, raises $150M at a $1.5B valuation led by General Atlantic — Businesses and the tech companies that serve them are run on data. At best, it can be used to help with decision-making …
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SiliconANGLE, CRN, FinSMEs, VentureBeat, and The Times
| The Verge: |
Nintendo adds Bluetooth audio support to the Switch, which limits the device to two wireless controllers when in use and does not support microphones — Out of the blue(tooth) — Nintendo has surprise-announced that Bluetooth audio support has come to the Switch through a software update.
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techadvisor.com, HotHardware.com News, TechSpot, KnowTechie, Gearburn, Phandroid, GamingBolt, PCMag, iPhone Hacks, thegamer.com, Engadget, International Business Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, fossbytes.com, and Kotaku
Tweets: @nintendoamerica, @reckless, @gamingtallen, @adamtotscomix, @tomwarren, @backlon, @davegershgorn, and @anildash
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Persona, an identity verification startup used by Robinhood, DoorDash, and Square, raises $150M Series C led by Founders Fund at a $1.5B valuation — - Startup raises $150 million from Index Ventures, Coatue — Clients include Robinhood, DoorDash, Square, Coursera| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Swedish caller ID and spam blocking service Truecaller seeks to raise $116M in Stockholm IPO at a valuation of about $3B — Truecaller, which operates an eponymous caller-identification service, said on Wednesday it is looking to raise $116 million in an initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm.| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
Chainalysis: Africa's crypto market grew 1,200%+ in value between July 2020 and June 2021 to reach $105.6B; retail-sized transfers made up 7%+ of overall volume — P2P platforms, the need for remittances to circumvent restrictions from banks, and putting savings into crypto as a means … | Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: |
SmartNews, a news aggregation app that shows users articles on the same topic with labels on their political bent, raises $230M at a ~$2B valuation — Tokyo-based news-discovery company is valued at $2 billion in its latest funding round — SmartNews Inc. has raised $230 million … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft board of directors approves the appointment of Brad Smith to vice chair — - Brad Smith joined Microsoft in 1993 and has overseen the resolution of antitrust cases. — He holds over $200 million in Microsoft stock. — Microsoft said Tuesday its board approved the appointment …
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Microsoft, Thurrott, ZDNet, OnMSFT.com, WinBuzzer, and Windows Central
| Sanjana Shivdas / Reuters: |
Report: Uber CTO Sukumar Rathnam has resigned after a year in the position amid tensions with Uber CPO Sundeep Jain — Uber (UBER.N) Chief Technology Officer Sukumar Rathnam is stepping down as the company's head of engineering, Business Insider reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Insider
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Dutch startup Sendcloud, which offers cloud-based tools for retailers to manage shipping services, raises $177M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 — E-commerce has undoubtedly seen a huge boost in growth in the last year and a half of Covid-19 living, with people turning to the web …
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