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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Former Pinterest COO accuses the company of gender bias in a new lawsuit, alleges she was fired in April after complaining about sexist treatment — Françoise Brougher, Pinterest's former chief operating officer, said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.
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Former Pinterest COO provides a detailed account of her claims about gender discrimination and toxic workplace culture and recommendations for the company — Pinterest has always been about aspiration. It is a platform for sharing beautiful images, curating galleries of an idealized world.
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Towards Data Science. Tweets: @flopezluis, @steipete, @gassee, @arlery, @carnage4life, @gergelyorosz, and @nongaap
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Analysis: TikTok used an Android security hole to collect MAC addresses, possibly for ad tracking, without an ability to opt out; the practice ended in November — The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption, appears to have violated Google policies
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TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, Android Authority, Android Central, Softpedia News, Neowin, Android Headlines, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, SlashGear, The Overspill, The Hill, 9to5Google, Business Insider, Input, CNET, and Variety
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @senhawleypress, @daniele_manca, @kate_okeeffe, @bcasturo, @jason, @dinodaizovi, @w7voa, @tattytats, and @dannyroa
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Trump's executive order to ban TikTok by Sept. 20 is a gross abuse of power and sets an alarming precedent for the executive branch's control over software — An alarming precedent for government control over software — For months, President Trump has been teasing some kind of ban on TikTok …
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Reuters, The Verge, AppleInsider, iMore, Lawfare, and Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @andyboxall, @politicswolf, and @taylorlorenz
| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Biden's VP pick Kamala Harris, who has close ties with tech execs and has dodged questions about breaking up Big Tech, is likely to generate excitement in SV — Kamala Harris, left, has had a close relationships with Sheryl Sandberg, right. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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TechCrunch, Mother Jones, Wired, VentureBeat, New York Times, Fast Company, The Daily Dot, The Hill, The Daily Dot, and CNET
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft commits to launching the Xbox Series X in November and will delay Halo Infinite until 2021 — Halo Infinite will not be available until 2021 — Microsoft is committing to launching its next-generation Xbox Series X console in November. The company had previously only confirmed a vague …
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Halo Waypoint, Xbox Wire, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, GameSpot, Kotaku Australia, Input, Pocket-lint, USgamer.net, TechSpot, Tom's Hardware, Thurrott, Laptop Mag, Game Rant, CNET, Neowin, Twinfinite, TweakTown News, Tom's Guide, Ars Technica, Android Authority, OnMSFT.com, CNBC, GamingBolt, GeekWire, Wccftech, and BGR
Tweets: @tomwarren, @vicious696, @gaohmee, @dennyvondoom, @cosolix, @woggerman1974, @geoffkeighley, @theeggman64, and @sydsogood
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is now letting anyone limit who can reply to their tweets to just those that follow the author or just the accounts that are tagged in the tweet — Twitter may describe itself as the town square, but that doesn't mean you have to talk to everyone walking past your seat at the cafe.
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Twitter, Vox, Social Media Today, MediaNama, USA Today, PCMag, and Reuters
Tweets: @twittersupport and @dgwbirch
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft fixes 17 critical and two zero-day flaws, including an actively-exploited RCE flaw in IE that can compromise PCs when users visit malicious sites — Microsoft says attackers have used a Windows zero-day to spoof file signatures and another RCE in the Internet Explorer scripting engine to execute code on users' devices.
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Krebs on Security, BetaNews, Securelist, ComputerWeekly.com, SANS Internet Storm Center …, Technology@Intel, VoidSec, infosecurity-magazine.com, Softpedia News, Computer Business Review, Windows Report, Neowin, Kaspersky official blog, SC Media, Dark Reading, Threatpost, The Hacker News, Help Net Security, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @briankrebs, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn says it has sold presentation-sharing service SlideShare to Scribd, which will take over its operation on September 24 — SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price. — According to LinkedIn …
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Scribd Blog, OnMSFT.com, Beyond Search, Inc42 Media, MSPoweruser, Neowin, and ZDNet
Tweets: @amitranjan, @rashmi, @sameerpatel, @scribd, @jcolman, @amitranjan, @jaycuthrell, @jboutelle, @quinnypig, and @randfish
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it removed 22.5M posts for violating hate speech policies in Q2, up 2x from Q1, and that 95% of the violations were caught using automated systems — - Hate speech removal has jumped nearly 10-fold since 2018 — Facebook to undergo third party audit for content in 2021
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Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @epro, @issielapowsky, @schrep, @issielapowsky, @jeffstone500, @guyro, @w7voa, @edcauchi, @hypervisible, @hypervisible, @instagramcomms, and @worldjewishcong
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
NJ Supreme Court ruled that compelling a suspect to unlock their cell phone doesn't violate Fifth Amendment, following opposite ruling by Indiana SC in June — Courts are split on whether phone unlocking orders violate the Fifth Amendment. — New Jersey's Supreme Court has ruled …
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9to5Mac, NorthJersey.com, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, iMore, Android Authority, New Jersey Online, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @2aupdates
| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Samsung Display reveals new generation of variable refresh rate mobile display panels, making its debut in the Note20 Ultra, helping lower device power usage — By now we've become quite familiar with high refresh-rate displays in the mobile space, as the first pioneering 90Hz devices …
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삼성디 …, Business Wire, Engadget, XDA Developers, Gizchina, Neowin, MSPoweruser, SamMobile, Android Authority, and PhoneArena. Tweets: @anandtech
| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
US judge sides with Google in a lawsuit brought by Genius, which alleged that Google scraped lyrics in violation of copyright law — Google may have been caught “redhanded,” but a federal judge rules that Genius hasn't alleged any viable claims not be preempted by copyright law.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, International Business Times, Android Authority, Pitchfork, Variety, Gizmodo, and Search Engine Land
Tweets: @chrismessina, @eringriffith, @eriqgardner, and @thr
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Simpplr, which develops AI-powered intranet software for employee directories, raised $10M Series B led by Norwest Venture Partners — Simpplr today raised $10 million for its AI-powered intranet platform that is designed to streamline communications. CEO Dhiraj Sharma says the funds …
Tweets: @ichetan
| Yimou Lee / Reuters: |
Foxconn reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit of $778.54M for Q2, up 34% YoY, on revenue of $38B, says revenue from smartphones dropped ~15% YoY — TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer (2317.TW), reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit …
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iMore, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Airbnb plans to confidentially file for IPO this month, a step toward a potential listing before the end of the year — Shares in the home-sharing platform could begin trading by year-end — Airbnb Inc. is close to filing to go public in a move that would underscore a surprising rebound …
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Protocol, Forbes, Forbes, Barron's Online, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, The Information, CNN, Telegraph, and Fortune
Tweets: @bowknowsbiz, @vusithembekwayo, and @wsj
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Routable, a startup focused on streamlining B2B payments, comes out of stealth with $12M Series A from Y Combinator, Founders' Co-Op, and others — Routable, a fintech startup with Seattle roots, came out of stealth mode this week and announced a $12 million Series A funding round.
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PYMNTS.com, Business Wire, and FinSMEs
| Sara Harrison / The Markup: |
While US adoption of the Google-Apple Exposure Notification API has been slow, 16 nations have used it in apps; Ireland's has 1.4M downloads since early July — Contact tracing—monitoring who's getting COVID-19 and tracking down anyone who might have been in contact with that person so they can quarantine …
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| Dani Kass / Law360: |
A Texas federal jury said Apple should pay PanOptis and related companies $506M+ for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE technology — In the country's first in-person jury trial over patents since the COVID-19 pandemic led to nationwide court closures, a Texas federal jury on Tuesday …
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iMore, Bloomberg Law, 9to5Mac, Forbes, Wccftech, Micky, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @inafried
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
MicroStrategy buys ~$250M in bitcoin, becoming the first publicly traded company to buy the currency as part of its capital allocation strategy — MicroStrategy, the Nasdaq-listed business intelligence company, has become the first publicly-traded company to buy bitcoin as part of its capital allocation strategy.
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Business Wire, CoinDesk, The Next Web, Cointelegraph, The Daily Hodl, Cointelegraph, NewsBTC, and Crypto.IQ
Tweets: @ronp, @sybal_io, @winklevoss, @bgarlinghouse, @1crypticpoet, @bitcoin, @tylerwinklevoss, and @fintechfrank. Thanks:@saniyamore
| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
Google announces new features in its computer vision Lookout app, like document scanning, an Android Auto refresh, and Bedtime mode is no longer Pixel-exclusive — Ahead of the upcoming official release of Android 11, Google is pushing out a few updates to all Android phones …
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Android Developers Blog, Pocket-lint, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @androiddev, @google, and @androiddev
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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Firstpost Tech, Fossbytes, TechRadar, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, and SlashGear
Tweets: @google, @micropat, @davey_burke, @android, @tingftw, @hadip, @robpegoraro, @robpegoraro, @caseynewton, @ow, and @backlon
| Martha Pskowski / VICE: |
A look at growing movements by gig economy workers in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador, protesting the conditions at UberEats, Rappi, and iFood — Militant strikes and protests against dangerous working conditions and low pay have spread through Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador.
Tweets: @vice, @vice, and @motherboard
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