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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Senators grilled Facebook exec Antigone Davis at a hearing about Instagram's impact on teens and were frustrated by her reticence to answer questions directly — Last night, Facebook published two annotated slide decks in an attempt to contextualize the documents that the Wall Street Journal published …
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Senate Commerce Committee, New Yorker, New York Times, Wired, U.S. Senate Committee …, Engadget, Bloomberg, BBC, The Guardian, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, New York Times, WRAL TechWire, and The Guardian
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| Wall Street Journal: |
WSJ publishes six internal Facebook documents it used for its report about Instagram's negative impact on teen girls, after Facebook published two of the docs — The Senate holds a hearing Thursday about the social network's impact, prompted by The Wall Street Journal's coverage
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The Information, WSJ, WSJ, New York Post, WSJ, Washington Post, Input, Engadget, Gizmodo, and Protocol
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Facebook Files don't show that the company's execs are evil or incompetent, but highlight their hubris in believing they can still get things back under control — Over the last few weeks, the WSJ has run a series of posts generally called “The Facebook Files,” which have exposed a variety …
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The Conversation and Input
| The Verge: |
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Facebook and Facebook. More:
NPR, VICE, ZDNet, NBC News, Reuters, Insider, and Ad Age
Tweets: @georgia_wells, @fbnewsroom, @issielapowsky, @rmac18, @andymstone, @rmac18, @donie, @willoremus, @jesselehrich, @lam_barrett, @jeffhorwitz, @npr, @caseynewton, @rmac18, @rmac18, @dlauer, @willoremus, @stevekovach, @hawleymo, and @shiraovide
| BBC: |
Researchers: a flaw in Apple Pay lets attackers make a Visa payment with a locked iPhone in Express Transit mode; Apple calls it “a concern with a Visa system” — Large unauthorised contactless payments can be made on locked iPhones by exploiting how an Apple Pay feature designed …
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TimeTrust. More:
Telegraph, Threatpost, HotHardware.com News, Gizmodo, University of Birmingham, WeLiveSecurity, Tom's Guide, Silicon Republic, Forbes, TechRadar, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, iLounge, New York Post, SecurityWeek, Pocketables, PCMag, and IT PRO
Tweets: @chey_cobb, @serghei, @telegraph, @lindayueh, and @danbridgland
| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
TikTok launches Top Moments, an NFT collection featuring six “culturally significant TikTok videos” from creators including Lil Nas X — TikTok is launching a non-fungible token (NFT) collection that will see its top content creators partner with top NFT creators.
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TikTok, The Verge, GeekWire, Variety, CNET, TheStreet, Sydney Morning Herald, TechCrunch, Rolling Stone, The A.V. Club, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, Input, Slashdot, dexerto.com, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @immutable, @rtfktstudios, @carnage4life, and @jowyang
| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
USB Implementers Forum issues new USB-C certified logos that show if a cable or port supports 60W or 240W, hoping to solve customer confusion — The group responsible for the USB-C protocol has issued new certified logos that show if a cable or port supports 60W or 240W, hoping that customers will read the labels.
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Business Wire, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, PCMag, Ars Technica, Android Authority, PCWorld, How-To Geek, The Verge, AndroidPolice, and ZDNet
Tweets: @reckless, @reneritchie, @reckless, @reckless, and @chancehmiller
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Visually impaired users say that iOS 15 appears to have removed call, email, and voicemail Siri features they relied on — With the recent release of iOS 15, Apple appears to have made some changes to Siri functionality that have removed features relied on by low vision and blind iPhone users.
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MacRumors, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @electrrricity, @upright, @garlicbreadben, @saranbyte, and @wavesblog
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Chinese AR company Nreal unveils Nreal Air, consumer glasses with micro OLED displays and iOS compatibility, shipping in Dec. in Japan, China, and South Korea — They'll ship later this year in Asia — Augmented reality company Nreal is launching a cheaper, iOS-compatible, more compact version of its smart glasses.
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Protocol, TechSpot, VRScout, Ars Technica, VRFocus, Input, SlashGear, Forbes, UploadVR, The Ghost Howls, Android Central, VentureBeat, The Information, Engadget, and XDA Developers
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces updates to Messenger, including group chats between Instagram and Messenger contacts — Facebook Messenger is releasing a bundle of products this morning — most notably, including cross-app group chats. Last year, the company introduced cross-app messaging between Messenger …
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Messenger News. More:
Social Media Today, iDownloadBlog.com, TNW, MSPoweruser, Digital Trends, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Mac, and PCMag
| Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios: |
LinkedIn blocks the profiles of several US journalists on its Chinese platform, citing “prohibited content” without specifying what it was — LinkedIn blocked the profiles of several U.S. journalists from the company's China-based platform this week, citing “prohibited content.”
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, South China Morning Post, Slashdot, Insider, International Business Times, National Review, U.S. Senator Rick Scott, and DW.COM
| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Source: ex-OnlyFans staff had access to highly sensitive user and model data, like bank statements, legal names, and KYC images, long after leaving the company — Addresses, full names, passports, bank statements and other sensitive personal data were viewable. — Samantha Cole
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Input and New York Post
Tweets: @alanaevansxxx, @samleecole, @motherboard, @jason_koebler, @lorenzofb, @josephfcox, and @jason_koebler
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Intel unveils Loihi 2, a second-generation neuromorphic computing chip, and Lava, an open-source framework for developing “neuro-inspired” applications — Intel today announced a major update to its neuromorphic computing program, including a second-generation chip called Loihi 2 and Lava …
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Intel. More:
CNET, SiliconANGLE, AnandTech, Ars Technica, PCWorld, ZDNet, EEJournal, HPCwire, HotHardware.com News, Forbes, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @stshank, @tiernanraytech, and @iancutress
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Apple, for the first time, shares the top paid podcast subscriptions and free channels globally, counting devices that played at least one second of an episode — Happy International Podcast Day! In today's podcast news roundup, Apple releases the top 10 most-subscribed podcasts and free channels …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Hollywood Reporter, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, and RAIN News
Tweets: @ganunlester and @xpangler
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Retailer Neiman Marcus says it notified 4.6M customers that their personal info, including credit card numbers, may have been exposed in a May 2020 data breach — The retailer told 4.6 million customers their personal information including names and credit card data may have been affected
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NMG, CNN, MarketWatch, and Reuters
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Alloy, which offers an identity verification service for the financial services industry, raises $100M Series C at a $1.35B valuation led by Lightspeed — Alloy, which has built an identity operating system for banks and fintechs, announced Thursday that it has raised $100 million at a $1.35 billion valuation.
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Finextra, VentureBeat, FinSMEs, Lightspeed Venture Partners, FinLedger, and PR Newswire
Tweets: @jmover, @jmover, @semil, @kiramccroden, @bayareawriter, @davidcohen, @addielerner, @cbirn, @charleshearn, and @ethankurz
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Amazon settles with two former employee activists, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, over accusations it illegally fired them for organizing — Amazon has settled with two of its most prominent internal critics, staving off a public hearing over accusations that the company illegally fired the pair …
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Amazon Employees For Climate Justice. More:
Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Axios, Seattle Business Journal, CNN, Bloomberg, Reuters, Ars Technica, NBC News, Associated Press, GeekWire, The Verge, CNET, Insider, Engadget, Law Street Media, New York Post, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @kyweise, @joe_miz, @shailjapatel, @dgorganize, and @amznforclimate
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Forta, a security service aimed at smart contracts being spun out by blockchain cybersecurity startup OpenZeppelin, raises $23M led by a16z — Blockchain cybersecurity startup OpenZeppelin this morning announced a $23 million investment in Forta, a security service aimed at smart contracts.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Mexico City-based Higo, which offers a B2B payments service for SMBs in Latin America, raises $23M Series A led by Accel — Just six months after raising $3.3 million in seed funding, Mexico City-based Higo announced today it has raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Accel.
Tweets: @amitku, @satyap, @susaventures, and @bayareawriter
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sweden's Sinch acquires Pathwire, the cloud-based email provider behind Mailgun, for ~$1.9B in cash and stock, setting up Sinch as a competitor to Twilio — Sinch, the Swedish company that competes with Twilio and others in the world of messaging and other communication APIs is making another big M&A play to build out its platform.
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GlobeNewswire News Room. More:
Mailgun, San Antonio Business Journal, Reuters, and Light Reading
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom says it no longer plans to acquire cloud-based call center software maker Five9, following the FCC's review of the $14.7B deal on national security grounds — - Zoom's attempted acquisition of cloud contact center software maker failed to win sufficient approval from Five9 shareholders.
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, GlobeNewswire News Room, and Five9, Inc.. Tweets: @levynews
| Benjamin Wallace / New York Magazine: |
Miami's mayor has helped turn Miami into the most crypto-friendly US city, even as Florida's governor appears to object to the idea of an influx of tech workers — Silicon Valley's favorite politician, Miami mayor Francis Suarez, has many lures to dangle when he's wooing techies to relocate to his city.
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Washington Post, The Block, and cryptodaily.co.uk
Tweets: @kmcannalaw, @spartan06_btc, and @delcrxpto
| Andrés Engler / CoinDesk: |
Research: startups in Latin America raised a record ~$6.5B in VC funding in H1 2021, up from $4B in all of 2020; cryptocurrency related startups raised $517M — Latin America is experiencing a boom in venture capital (VC) investments. — In the first six months of 2021 …
Tweets: @marceloclaure
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has quietly begun allowing users to rate and review its built-in iPhone and iPad apps in the App Store with iOS 15 — For the longest time, the App Store did not allow users to rate or review Apple's built-in iPhone and iPad apps, like Mail, Music, News, Stocks and Calculator.
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appadvice.com, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, KnowTechie, Gamereactor UK, Macworld, Neowin, iPhone Hacks, and TechSpot
Tweets: @keleftheriou and @kantrowitz
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Massachusetts-based Catalog, which claims to be developing a DNA-based computing platform, raises $35M Series B, bringing total funding to $45M+ — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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SiliconANGLE, HPCwire, BetaNews, and Blocks and Files
| Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: |
US and EU will cooperate across various tech areas, including AI, semiconductors, and supply chain security, to ensure sensitive technologies are not misused — The new US-EU Trade and Technology Council aims to keep an eye on how sensitive technologies are used.
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United States Trade Representative. More:
Tom's Hardware
Tweets: @tysonbarker, @kennedycsis, @reprobinkelly, and @us2eu
| Financial Times: |
Shares of London-listed Alphawave, which develops chips with fast data flows, dropped up to 50% after FT report highlighted close links to key contract partners — Toronto-based chip designer loses more than £1bn of market value — Alphawave's London-listed shares crashed …
Tweets: @bondhack, @burnettgracem, @bondhack, and @stewrandall
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