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Instagram brings back support for Twitter Card previews after removing the feature in 2012 — Instagram is bringing back support for Twitter Card previews starting today. Now when users share an Instagram link on Twitter, a preview of the post will be shown in the tweet.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
US sanctions four companies, including NSO Group, that sell spyware or hacking tools, adding them to a list of entities engaging in “malicious cyber activities” — The US government has sanctioned today four companies that develop and sell spyware and other hacking tools, the US Department of Commerce announced today.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta announces new Facebook creator tools, including custom subscription links that use its native payments system to bypass Apple and Google's IAP cut — The change is specifically about circumventing Apple's 30 percent tax, according to Zuckerberg — Facebook has found a way to skirt Apple's 30 percent tax on in-app transactions.
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @fbforcreators, @mikeisaac, @carnage4life, @omri_legacy, @eric_seufert, @btj_games, @kyurieff, @bestpinoza, @skasriel, @kattenbarge, @jaredfps, @kattenbarge, @kattenbarge, @wongmjane, @muchiriimike, @alexeheath, @stonemountain64, @bettemidler, @oakleyboiii, @epro, @zerohedge, and @carnage4life
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Take-Two Interactive Q2: revenue of $858.2M, up 2% YoY, net bookings of $984.9M, up 3%; GTA V has sold 155M+ copies and generated $6B+ in revenue since 2013 — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.| New York Times: |
Google is aggressively pursuing a major cloud computing and AI contract with the Pentagon, three years after employee outcry ended similar work on Project Maven — Three years ago, the company walked away from a Defense Department project after employees objected to it.
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
FCC approves Boeing's application to deploy and operate satellites providing broadband internet to US consumers and business; application was filed in 2017 — According to the FCC, Boeing plans on using the satellite internet system to supply broadband to residential, commercial, and government customers.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
CISA creates a catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, including in Apple and Google products, and orders federal agencies to patch within timeframes — The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has established today a public catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited …
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| TechCrunch: |
PitchBook: female-founded startups raised a record $40.4B across 2,661 VC deals in the first three quarters of 2021, with the value of exits reaching $59B — The coronavirus pandemic disproportionately reduced venture capital funding for female founders last year, despite a greater boom …
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| Rebecca Heilweil / Vox: |
Meta will retain some of its facial recognition systems, including its DeepFace model, and plans to incorporate biometrics into its metaverse products — The social network is scaling back facial recognition, but similar technology could show up in the metaverse.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub CEO Nat Friedman is stepping down on November 15; Thomas Dohmke, who became chief product officer in August, will take over as CEO — GitHub CEO Nat Friedman is stepping down from his role on November 15 to become the Chairman Emeritus of the Microsoft-owned service.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
A look at the booming market for bots that steal 2FA codes, often using SMS services like Twilio, to break into Coinbase, Amazon, PayPal, and bank accounts — The bots convincingly and effortlessly help hackers break into Coinbase, Amazon, PayPal, and bank accounts. — Joseph Cox
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| PYMNTS.com: |
Klarna to acquire PriceRunner, a product and price comparison service, for ~$124M as it looks to strengthen its buy now, pay later service — Klarna announced on Tuesday (Nov. 2) that it will acquire U.K.-based price comparison service PriceRunner for 1.06 billion Swedish crowns ($124.36 million) …
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Qualcomm Q4: revenue of $9.3B, up 43% YoY, net income of $2.9B, up 75%, chip revenue of $7.7B, up 56%, and FY 2021 revenue of $33.5B, up 55%; stock up 5%+ — The company saw solid revenue growth across handsets, RF front-end, IoT and automotive. — Qualcomm published better … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
EA beats in Q2 with revenue of $1.83B vs. $1.75B est., net income of $294M, up from $185M YoY, net bookings of $1.85B vs. $910M in Q2 2020 — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase confirms it is testing Coinbase One, a subscription service that internal docs show could feature zero trading fees and prioritized phone support — Quick Take — Coinbase is testing out a new subscription service, dubbed Coinbase One — The service would give users access to more features such as zero-fee trading
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Tweets: @killedbygoogle, @joemccann, @caseynewton, @jeffwangcrypto, @datacommandant, @hidenotslide, and @mdudas
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Roku misses with Q3 revenue of $680M vs. $683.4 est., up 51% YoY, 56.4M active accounts, up 23% YoY and up 1.3M QoQ, 18B streaming hours, up 21%; stock down 8%+ — - In its shareholder letter, the company said the slowdown is a result of “global supply chain disruptions that have impacted the U.S. TV market.”| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google News will return to Spain “early next year” following a change to Spain's copyright laws that will let Google negotiate fees with individual publishers — Spain has changed its copyright law in accordance with EU legislation — Who should get paid when big tech platforms aggregate news stories?
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The Keyword, Techdirt, 9to5Google, Android Central, and Search Engine Land
Tweets: @pedrodias, @googleeurope, @googlenews, @mattbrittin, and @lilyraynyc
| Katie Jennings / Forbes: |
Medallion, which helps health care providers automate administrative tasks, raises a $30M Series B led by Sequoia Capital, bringing its total raised to $50M — I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com. — Derek Lo acknowledges healthcare administration …
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Medallion
| Dubi Ben-Gedalyahu / Globes Online: |
Israel-based Autobrains, formerly Cartica AI, which develops AI-powered assisted and autonomous driving tech, raises a $101M Series C led by Temasek — Based on over 250 patents, Autobrains' technology delivers sophisticated and affordable advanced artificial intelligence capabilities for the new era of safety and autonomy.| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Internal documents shed light on Facebook's “holdout” experiments, where it withholds certain protections from a subset of users to see how they will react — In her testimony before Congress last month, whistleblower Frances Haugen told lawmakers Facebook has conducted experiments …
Tweets: @protocol, @justinhendrix, @issielapowsky, @issielapowsky, and @issielapowsky
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Whimsical, which makes tools for workplace collaboration, raises a $30M Series A led by Accel after being bootstrapped since its founding in 2017 — Whimsical, a startup creating tools for workplace collaboration, announced Tuesday its first funding round, a $30 million Series A investment led by Accel.Sponsor Posts
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