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Mark Zuckerberg says that Facebook does not prioritize profit over safety and well-being and argues that many of Frances Haugen's claims don't make sense — I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company. — Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you.
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Sources: Facebook has begun limiting internal info sharing and paused product rollouts in recent days as employees conduct “reputational reviews” — Social-media company puts hold on some work for existing products while it addresses blowback from whistleblower, lawmakers
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| Ali Breland / Mother Jones: |
During her testimony, Frances Haugen offered only weak remedies for Facebook's failures and specifically opposed breaking up the company — Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — Leaks are generally good.
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| Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle: |
Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more — SOURCE CODES AND USER PAYOUTS AMONG THE DATA RELEASED IN A 128GB TORRENT — An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked …
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google announces updates to Search, Maps, Travel, and Nest, focusing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions for users — There are updates to Search, Maps, Travel, Nest, and more — Google announced a suite of new features that it says will help people who use their platforms make more sustainable choices.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU plans to fine Apple over iPhone's NFC chip, focusing on Apple Pay terms and blocking rivals' access; charge sheet could be sent to Apple next year — EU antitrust regulators are set to charge Apple (AAPL.O) with anti-competitive practices related to its NFC chip technology … | Ekin Genç / VICE: |
Last week, the anonymous developer behind the NFT project Evolved Apes siphoned ~$2.7M from the project, took down its Twitter account and website, and vanished — The developer behind the NFT project, ‘Evil Ape,’ suddenly disappeared along with its Twitter account, website, and $2.7 million.
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Sensor Tower: as Facebook went dark, Snap saw a 23% rise in Android users over the previous week, Telegram rose 18%, Signal rose 15%, and Twitter rose 11% — - Telegram, Signal also recorded usage surge, Sensor Tower says — Traditionally, many users switch back once services recover| Santosh Janardhan / Facebook Engineering: |
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| Annie Njanja / TechCrunch: |
Sundar Pichai says Google will invest $1B to support “digital transformation” across Africa, including laying a subsea cable and low-interest loans for SMBs — class="c-virtual_list__item" tabindex="0" role="listitem" data-qa="virtual-list-item">
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| Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: |
Gary Gensler tells Congress that SEC has no plans to ban crypto, decentralized exchanges need to be regulated, stablecoins are like “poker chips”, and more — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler told Congress on Tuesday that the SEC has no plans to ban crypto.| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Survey of 1,200 US adults: 66% view Facebook favorably, down from 71% in 2020, compared to 79% for Apple (down 2%), 87% for Amazon (down 4%), and 90% for Google — After a year of the pandemic, we asked Americans if their trust in big tech companies has changed — and if the biggest ones should be broken up
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| Steven Aquino / Forbes: |
Amazon updates Alexa on iOS and Android with an opt-in feature to wait longer for users to finish speaking, helping those with speech impediments — Amazon on Tuesday is adding a new feature to the Alexa app, available on iOS and Android, that forces Alexa to wait longer in order for a person to finish speaking.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Report claims Apple's health team has faced several internal issues and high-level departures; Apple says the report is based on “inaccurate” information — Apple CEO Tim Cook has previously stated that Apple's greatest contribution to mankind will be related to health …
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| Chris Bing / Reuters: |
DOJ plans to crack down on crypto exchanges that allow money laundering and pursue companies with poor cybersecurity practices that receive federal funds — U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Wednesday unveiled two new Justice Department enforcement initiatives aimed targeting cryptocurrencies … | Melissa Heikkilä / Politico: |
EU Parliament overwhelmingly votes for a non-binding resolution banning police use of facial recognition and AI-powered predictive policing — The European Parliament today called for a ban on police use of facial recognition technology in public places, and on predictive policing …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinSwitch Kuber raises $260M Series C led by a16z and Coinbase Ventures at a $1.9B valuation, a16z's first Indian investment — Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase Ventures have minted a new unicorn in India: CoinSwitch Kuber. The two firms have co-led … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: YouTube, which is a top destination for podcast listeners of some shows, is looking to hire its first executive to oversee its podcasting business — The video site is looking for someone to manage the growing number of podcasts uploaded every day| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
UK media regulator Ofcom says TikTok, Snapchat, OnlyFans, and other video platforms must verify ages and remove harmful content swiftly or face fines — Regulator gears up to oversee UK-based video streaming platforms with warning over content and user age| New York Times: |
Profile of Biden's DOJ antitrust chief nominee Jonathan Kanter, a star corporate lawyer who worked on anti-Google cases while representing Microsoft and others — How Jonathan Kanter, the Biden administration's choice to be the Justice Department's antitrust chief, became a progressive foe of Big Tech.
Tweets: @stevelohr
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Modern Treasury, which helps improve the efficiency of bank transfers, raises $85M at a $2B+ valuation led by Altimeter, up from $300M at the start of 2021 — - Altimeter leads $85 million investment in payments startup — Benchmark-backed Modern Treasury focuses on bank paymentsSponsor Posts
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