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Instagram says it will not remove deepfake video of Mark Zuckerberg, will treat it the same way as it does all misinformation on the platform — A fake video of Mark Zuckerberg giving a sinister speech about the power of Facebook has been posted to Instagram. The company previously said it would not remove this type of video.
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Sources: Zuckerberg contacted Pelosi to discuss viral misinformation, but she has not engaged, frustrated by how Facebook handled a manipulated video of her — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg contacted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in recent weeks to discuss … | Aaron Tilley / The Information: |
Sources: Apple is in talks to buy a key part of Intel's smartphone modem business, its German operations — Apple is in talks to buy a key part of Intel's smartphone modem business—its German operations—in a deal that could boost the iPhone maker's plans to internally develop a modem for its devices … | Rani Molla / Vox: |
Mary Meeker releases her 333-page Internet Trends 2019 report showing growing e-commerce, expanded US ad spending, rising number of gamers, 51% of world online — Here are all the slides, plus analysis. — It's the holiday season for data nerds: That is, Mary Meeker is delivering …
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The DOJ's antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, lays out potential antitrust arguments the US government may use against big tech — KEY POINTS — Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim laid out some possible antitrust arguments against big tech in a new speech in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
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After shutting down its Research and Onavo programs, Facebook releases its similar Study From Facebook app for Android, saying it's more transparent than before — Facebook shut down its Research and Onavo programs after TechCrunch exposed how the company paid teenagers for root access …
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| Will Oremus / OneZero: |
Tech platforms are poor arbiters of acceptable speech, altering enforcement of already-uneven rules when controversies flare up, but there's no clear fix — For YouTube, Facebook and the rest, if a decision becomes too controversial, change it — acing pressure to ban a hatemonger … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Fireblocks raises $16M Series A for its platform that enables secure movement of blockchain-based digital assets between exchanges, wallets, trading desks, more — Digital asset theft is on the rise, enabled at least in part by poorly secured credentials and APIs.
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Sources: Huawei has indefinitely postponed the announcement of a new Windows laptop, originally scheduled for this week, due to ongoing US trade sanctions — Huawei has indefinitely postponed the announcement of a new laptop computer that was originally scheduled for this week …
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 4 details are starting to leak, indicating that the upcoming flagship may have a square rear camera bump, Project Soli radar tech for new gestures — Project Soli returns? — Google has been releasing Pixel phones in October for three years now, and so we're expecting a Pixel 4 and a Pixel 4 XL this October too.
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Troy Hunt is looking for a buyer for Have I Been Pwned to help keep up with the exploding growth of the archive of breaches and take it to the next level — Back in 2013, I was beginning to get the sense that data breaches were becoming a big thing. The prevalence of them seemed …
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Ten state attorneys general file suit in New York to oppose the T-Mobile-Sprint merger over concerns about pricing and competition — Executives at T-Mobile and Sprint have pitched the merger of their companies as a way for the country to greatly expand its 5G network, a priority for President Trump …
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Radiohead says they're releasing 18 hours' worth of unheard music to benefit climate change group, after hackers stole lead singer's files and attempted ransom — Activist group Extinction Rebellion will benefit too. — Radiohead has announced that they're releasing 18 hours' worth of unheard music …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers unveil the RAMBleed technique, showing it's possible to use Rowhammer-style side-channel attacks to read protected memory, even with ECC enabled — RAMBleed side-channel attack works even when DRAM is protected by error-correcting code. — The Rowhammer exploit … | John McDermott / OneZero: |
Sensor Tower data: following Snapchat's new gender-swapping and baby filters, global downloads in May reached 41.5M, up from 16.8M in the previous month — But can the company build on the momentum? — Last month, Snapchat achieved the kind of virality most companies can only dream of.| Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg: |
Profile of Tucker Roberts, son of Comcast's CEO, who oversees the cable giant's expansion into esports, including Overwatch League's team Philadelphia Fusion — When the Philadelphia Fusion plays, the team president, Tucker Roberts, likes to stay in the dugout, alongside the coaches and bench players.| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Edgewise Networks, which offers a machine learning-based microsegmentation service for securing enterprise networks, raises $11M, bringing total raised to $18M — Edgewise Networks Inc. said today it has raised $11 million in venture funding and also launched a new platform that it claims …
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CrowdStrike prices its IPO at $34 per share, above the high end of its expected range, raising $612M and valuing the company at around $6.6B — Software maker CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. raised $612 million in one of the biggest-ever initial public offerings for a cybersecurity company.
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Pinterest has banned anti-abortion group Live Action for “misinformation related to conspiracies and anti-vaccination advice” — Pinterest has permanently banned Live Action, the influential anti-abortion group that published videos claiming Planned Parenthood harvested … Sponsor Posts
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