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Twitter applied its “manipulated media” label for the first time, after a clipped video of Joe Biden was tweeted by a White House official, retweeted by Trump — It's the first time the social network has enforced a new policy to fight doctored videos and photos
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
In an internal memo, Tim Cook outlines measures Apple is implementing in response to COVID-19, says office employees in all affected regions can work remotely — - Apple CEO outlines work from home, other steps in new memo — ‘This is a challenging moment’, Apple CEO tells employees
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Twitter says Silver Lake will invest $1B as it enters into an agreement with Elliott Management to avoid ousting Dorsey and launches a $2B share buyback program — This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.
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| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Australia's information commissioner sues Facebook for allegedly breaching the privacy of over 300,000 Australians caught up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal — Facebook alleged to have committed serious breaches with data collected by This is Your Digital Life app used by Cambridge Analytica for political profiling
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| Jon Schuppe / NBC News: |
Investigation details how a man became a burglary suspect when police used a “geofence warrant” to gather Google location data from devices near a crime scene — “I was using an app to see how many miles I rode my bike and now it was putting me at the scene of the crime," the man said.
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| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Amazon says it will start selling its cashier-less store tech used in Amazon Go, dubbed Just Walk Out, to other companies — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Monday is set to announce a new business line selling the technology behind its cashier-less convenience stores to other retailers, the company told Reuters.
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| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Argent, a cryptocurrency wallet for controlling digital assets and identity, raises $12M Series A led by Paradigm, a Sequoia Capital-backed fund — London-based Argent, a smart wallet for controlling digital assets and identity, has raised a $12 million Series A led by Paradigm … | Yomi Kazeem / Quartz: |
A look at the rise of unofficial “WhatsApp mods”, like GB WhatsApp, one of the most used messaging apps across Africa with extra features like multiple accounts — WhatsApp is, by far, the top social media platform of choice across several African countries.
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| Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
A look at the state of telecommuting as ICANN holds its four-day Public Meeting, with ~3,000 people from 150 countries, remotely for the first time — On Thursday morning, as the number of new coronavirus cases in California climbed, crates of telecommunications equipment …
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| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
A look at the rise of “sharia-fintech” startups in Indonesia, where questions about compliance with Islamic law pose hurdles for adoption of digital payments — JAKARTA (Reuters) - Like millions of other Indonesians, Gandi Iswara had for years carried a wad of currency notes … | Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
As ARM narrows the performance gap with x86 and chips from startups like Ampere rival Intel Xeon, transitioning even Mac Pros to “Axx” CPUs may be feasible — Once again, we look at what needs to happen for the Mac to shed its old x86 processors and make the tantalizing transition … | Caleb Henry / SpaceNews.com: |
AST & Science raises $110M Series B led by Rakuten and Vodafone to build a broadband network via a constellation of satellites that link directly to smartphones — WASHINGTON — Japanese online shopping giant Rakuten and global telecom leader Vodafone led a $110 million investment …
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