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Meta plans to shut down Facebook's decade-old facial recognition system this month, deleting the face scan data of 1B+ users following legal and regulatory woes — Saying it wants “to find the right balance” with the technology, the social network will delete the face scan data of more than one billion users.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Zillow says it is shutting down its home buying business, laying off ~2,000 employees, and taking a write down of $500M+; stock drops 10%+ — Zillow Group's ambitious tech-fueled bid to shake up how people buy and sell homes is coming to a surprising end. — The Seattle online real estate giant …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft will bring its mixed reality platform Mesh with 3D avatars and VR support to Teams in the first half of 2022 — Microsoft and Meta are on a collision course for metaverse competition — Microsoft is entering the race to build a metaverse inside Teams, just days after Facebook rebranded …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces Loop, an app that combines a “flexible canvas” with collaborative components that sync across Microsoft 365 services — At its Ignite 2021 conference today, Microsoft announced Loop, a new app that combines a “flexible canvas” with components … | Mike Minotti / VentureBeat: |
Activision Blizzard says Blizzard co-leader Jen Oneal is stepping down, leaving Mike Ybarra as sole leader; Oneal says she'll focus on diversity in the industry — Activision Blizzard announced today that Jen Oneal is stepping down from her role as Blizzard co-leader, which she started in August along with Mike Ybarra.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Activision Blizzard reports Q3 revenue of $2.07B, up 6% YoY, net bookings of $1.88B, up 6% YoY, as user growth remains flat at 390M MAUs — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Netflix rolls out its exclusive mobile games globally to the Play Store and plans to feature them in its Android app starting this week — After early tests in select markets, Netflix announced today its debut lineup of exclusive mobile games will begin rolling out to all members globally on Android devices, starting this week.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Zoom says it is testing ads on its free Basic tier; the ads appear on the browser page shown to users at the end of a call — They'll appear in a browser page at the end of meetings — Zoom is piloting showing ads to users on its free “Basic” tier, the company has announced in a blog post.
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Oculus rolls out v34, adding a Space Sense safety feature notifying users when objects, people, or animals intrude on a safe VR space, alongside other features — Version 34 is starting to roll out today — Fresh off of Meta's Connect 2021 keynote, where Grand Theft Auto …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Edge for Linux is now available for all users, supporting multiple distributions including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE — It's ‘Chredge’ time for Linux: Microsoft's Edge browser is now generally available for a number of Linux distributions.
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| Emily Flitter / New York Times: |
After downplaying cryptocurrencies early on, banks are experimenting with them more and lobbying regulators for rules to deny crypto lenders “unfair” advantages — Digital payments technology is forcing the financial system to evolve. Banks feel their power waning and want to regain control.| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Nintendo will only be able to produce ~24M units of its Switch game console in FY 2021 due to chip shortages, 20% below its original plan of 30M — Production revised down to 24 million units for fiscal 2021 despite high demand — OSAKA — Nintendo will only be able to produce …
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| Meaghan Tobin / Rest of World: |
As Microsoft shuts down LinkedIn in China, developers worry GitHub could be next, even though nearly 10% of GitHub's contributors in 2020 were from China — As Microsoft scales back the Chinese version of LinkedIn, developers worry the code repository could be next.
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Lyft reports Q3 revenue of $864.4M, up 73% YoY and up 13% QoQ, but misses with 18.9M active riders vs 19.7M estimated; stock up 12%+ after hours — - Lyft reported third-quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell, sending shares surging in extended trading.
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Source: ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming, who stepped down as CEO in May, has left the board after stepping down as chairman; CEO Liang Rubo to become chairman — - Zhang announced in May he was giving up his CEO title — Chinese tech giant this week announced a restructuring
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Deep dive on Pixel 6's Tensor SoC, its architecture, and how it compares to rival chips like Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100 in performance and efficiency tests — It's been about two weeks since Google officially announced their newest flagship devices in the form of the Pixel 6, and Pixel 6 Pro.| PYMNTS.com: |
Laika, which helps companies implement compliance guidelines by automating infosec workflows, raises a $35M Series B led by JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners — Compliance-as-a-service platform Laika has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round led by J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners …
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| Marie Dealessandri / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Splash, whose AI tools facilitate music creation and integration in games, including in Roblox, raises a $20M Series A led by Alexa Fund and Bitkraft Ventures — The funding round was co-led by Amazon's Alexa Fund and Bitkraft Ventures — Roblox music game developer Splash raised $20 million …
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| Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: |
A joint probe by Australia and UK's Information Commissioners finds Clearview AI collected data on 3B+ people by indiscriminately scrapping info from the web — Despite uncovering Clearview AI's intrusive practices, Australia's Information Commissioner conceded that the number of Australians … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Everlaw, which offers ML-powered ediscovery tools for legal teams, raises a $202M Series D led by TPG Growth at a $2B+ valuation — Everlaw, a cloud-native legal technology platform specializing in electronic discovery (ediscovery), has raised $202 million in a series D round of funding …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Coinbase is acquiring Agara, which operates an AI-powered customer support platform in India and the US; sources say the price is between $40M and $50M — Coinbase is acquiring the startup Agara, which operates an AI-powered customer support platform, the two said Tuesday …
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| Eduardo Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Chilean fintech startup Fintual raises a $39M Series B led by Sequoia, says it manages $665M in assets for 70,000+ clients through passive investments like ETFs — - Chilean startup Fintual will use the funds to expand in Mexico — Fintual CEO Pedro Pineda speaks in exclusive interviewSponsor Posts
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