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| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
YouTube says it is banning prominent anti-vaccine activists, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and blocking all anti-vax content, not just about COVID-19 vaccines — The Google-owned video site previously only banned misinformation about coronavirus vaccines. Facebook made the same change months ago.
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Tweets: @adamconover, @laralogan, @hilaryluros, @americanatheist, @beardedstoner, @philip_germain, @mtracey, @qorigins, @brandyzadrozny, @brandyzadrozny, @brandyzadrozny, @andrewhclark, @mmasnick, @donie, @donie, @helenbranswell, @sheeraf, @evelyndouek, @evelyndouek, @evelyndouek, @brandyzadrozny, @phil_lewis_, @stevekovach, @mikedelmoro, @joshsternberg, @wiczipedia, @kantrowitz, and @fenitn
| Reuters: |
Russia arrests Ilya Sachkov, the CEO of cybersecurity company Group-IB, on suspicion of treason and will hold him in custody for two months — Russia has arrested Ilya Sachkov, the chief executive of top Russian cybersecurity company Group IB, on suspicion of state treason and will hold … | Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple says the “jelly scroll” issue on the 6th-gen iPad mini is normal for LCD screens; the issue isn't noticeable on other latest iPad models with LCD screens — Apple says the issue is caused by normal LCD screen behavior. — Update, 9/28/2021: In response to our inquiry … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researchers discover a malware operation that has infected 10M+ Android devices in 70+ countries via benign-looking apps, netting $1.5M-$4M per month — Security researchers have found a massive malware operation that has infected more than 10 million Android smartphones across …
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Zimperium Mobile Security Blog. More:
Wired, PCMag, BleepingComputer, Tom's Guide, Forbes, and ZDNet. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Matthew Gault / VICE: |
Internal docs detail Amazon's Astro, including its use of facial recognition and “Sentry” mode; sources who worked on Astro say it is a “privacy nightmare” — Leaked meetings show the robot will heavily rely on facial recognition and user behavior, but sources who worked on Astro say the robot is flawed.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @dcseifert, @jjvincent, @jonerlichman, @jojobickley, @tomwarren, @benwood, @fallontonight, @kentremendous, @mcnees, @seldo, and @nikhilchawla
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is rolling out Reels to all US mobile users, after launching a beta last month, and announces a Reels Play bonus program for creators — After launching into beta tests just last month, Facebook today is rolling out Reels to all Facebook users in the U.S. on both iOS and Android.
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
AngelList launches AngelList Stack, a set of tools to help founders start and run their companies, including end-to-end incorporation and banking services — AngelList Stack is a new suite of workflow products for founders — AngelList this week launched AngelList Stack …
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AngelList Venture and AngelList Venture
Tweets: @angellist, @alexh_johnson, @nmasc_, @nickabouzeid, @roblalka, @alanb, @nmasc_, @apompliano, @_damarioj, @jess, @shanemac, @thisiskp_, @nmasc_, @sugupta, @benwerd, @nmasc_, @clementc, and @semil
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the FTC is considering strengthening online privacy protections, including for children, in an effort to bypass legislative logjams in Congress — Agency is looking at strengthening rules that govern how digital businesses collect user data — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission …
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Senate Commerce Committee, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @georgetownlaw, @georgetownlaw, @ryanjtracy, and @karlbode
| Rachel Pannett / Washington Post: |
Russia threatens to block YouTube unless it restores two German-language RT channels that were banned for COVID-19 misinformation — Russia has threatened to block YouTube unless the Google-owned video service restores two German-language channels managed by Russia's state media company RT …
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The Guardian, euronews, Gizmodo, BBC, The Hill, DW.COM, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Reuters, Android Police, The Economic Times, Bloomberg, and Associated Press. Tweets: @digiphile
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google says it is improving Search using the MUM AI model, with features like “Things to know”, which gives users additional context about searched topics — At its Search On event today, Google introduced several new features that, taken together, are its strongest attempts yet … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Netflix acquires its first game studio, Night School Studio, which was founded by Sean Krankel and Adam Hines in 2014 and is best known for the game Oxenfree — Netflix has acquired its first game studio with the acquisition of Oxenfree creator Night School Studio. The purchase price wasn't disclosed.
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Night School Studio. More:
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Tweets: @nightschoolers, @wario64, @carnage4life, @ruelpascualart, @loudmouthjulia, @mrsambarlow, @jmdornbush, and @cade_onder
| TechCrunch: |
Andela, which trains African programmers to work remotely for US companies, raises $200M Series E led by Vision Fund 2 at a $1.5B valuation — Andela, a fully remote company that helps tech companies build remote engineering teams (initially from Africa but now a global market) …
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Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Andela, FinSMEs, StreetInsider.com, Rest of World, and TechCabal. Tweets: @carnage4life
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Seattle-based Read AI, which offers a dashboard for Zoom meetings to measure engagement, sentiment, and more, emerges from stealth with $10M in seed funding — Meetings can go one of two ways... either be productive, or be ineffective. Read AI wants all meeting goers to be engaged and feel productive …
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TechRadar, 9to5Mac, AdExchanger, GeekWire, ZDNet, and VentureBeat
| Krebs on Security: |
Researcher discloses AirTag Lost Mode vulnerability that enables a phishing attack, and says Apple spent three months investigating and refused basic questions — The new $30 Airtag tracking device from Apple has a feature that allows anyone who finds one of these tiny location beacons …
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Bobbyr, 9to5Mac, Macworld, XDA Developers, iPhone Hacks, The Mac Observer, iDownloadBlog.com, PCMag, The Mac Security Blog, The Overspill, MacRumors, Security Boulevard, and TechRadar
Tweets: @rralstonagile, @kurtseifried, @benlovejoy, @briankrebs, and @briankrebs
| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
CFTC fines Kraken $1.25M for illegally offering margined crypto products from June 2020 to July 2021 and not registering as a futures commission merchant — “Margined, leveraged or financed digital asset trading offered to retail U.S. customers must occur on properly registered …
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CFTC, CryptoSlate, CoinJournal, Bitcoin News, Coinspeaker, NewsBTC, CoinDesk, and BitcoinExchangeGuide
| South China Morning Post: |
Chinese regulators jointly detail a three-year plan to regulate algorithms and hold companies accountable for misusing them, following draft rules from August — A three-year plan jointly published by nine central government bodies asks local authorities to regulate the use of algorithms … | Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
A look at IBM Cloud's missteps, driven by marketing mistakes, duplicated development processes, and a sales-driven culture catering to existing clients — The words stunned IBM's cloud executives in November 2013. Former CEO Ginni Rometty had just told them that Watson, IBM's dubious crown jewel …
Tweets: @wallstcynic, @tomkrazit, and @quinnypig
| Reuters: |
Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal say a Facebook whistleblower will testify at an October 5 Senate hearing on child safety — Two U.S. senators said on Tuesday a Facebook Inc (FB.O) whistleblower will testify at a Senate hearing next week about what one of them called the social media company's “toxic effects” on young users.
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U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn …. More:
Tech Policy Press
Tweets: @senblumenthal, @viacristiano, @ceciliakang, @melissaryan, @jason_kint, @viacristiano, @mshannahmurphy, and @jason_kint
| Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
UK Met Office and DeepMind partner to improve short-term weather forecasts using AI, particularly predictions of storms and heavy rain — Better rainfall predictions could save lives when floods threaten, say researchers — Artificial intelligence improves the accuracy of short-term weather forecasts …
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Nature, MIT Technology Review, VentureBeat, Wired UK, The Guardian, The Guardian, and New Scientist
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Cocoon, which offers a service to help companies and employees manage leave, raises $20M Series A led by Index Ventures — Employee leave benefits are a complicated web of company and government policies, and Cocoon is out to bring clarity and simplicity to both the employer and employee experience.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
EquityBee, which runs a marketplace with ~12K investors to help startup employees exercise their stock options, raises $55M Series B led by Group 11 — Stock options can hold a lot of potential reward for employees when their company is doing well, but not every person will have the funds … | Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
Ripple Labs says it is starting a $250M fund for NFT creators, exploring new use cases and providing financial, creative, and technical support — - Mintable, mintNFT, VSA Partners will have access to the fund — Projects will be tokenized on the XRP Ledger blockchain
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Ripple. More:
The Block, Decrypt, CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, cryptonews.com, Cointelegraph, and FinSMEs. Tweets: @kylesgibson
| Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: |
Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pleads guilty to violating US sanctions law following a crypto and blockchain presentation at a 2019 North Korean conference — Griffith was charged with violating sanctions law by giving a cryptocurrency and blockchain presentation at a North Korean conference in 2019.
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CryptoSlate
| Dalya Alberge / The Guardian: |
Analysis by Swiss AI company Art Recognition of 148 paintings suggests UK National Gallery's Samson and Delilah by Peter Paul Rubens, bought in 1980, is a fake — Long-held doubts about the authenticity of the National Gallery's masterpiece, bought for £2.5m in 1980, are backed by pioneering technology
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TNW, Telegraph, ARTnews.com, and Slashdot
Tweets: @apdox, @arthistorynews, and @smithsonianmag
| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Filings: General Catalyst is aiming to raise up to $300M for a fund to buy sales contracts from tech startups, one of the first and largest funds to do so — One of Silicon Valley's largest venture capitalists gets into financial engineering — General Catalyst, one of the largest US venture capital firms …
Tweets: @jstrauss
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Tonic.ai, which helps engineers create synthetic data sets, raises $35M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $45M — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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