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Facebook says, after an FBI tip, it took down several Pages and accounts pushing a fake left-wing news outlet made by people linked to Russian troll group IRA — New York (CNN Business)People associated with the infamous St. Petersburg troll group that was part of Russia's attempt to interfere …
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| Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo: |
Amazon had job listings, now removed, for “intelligence analysts” who would assess “labor organizing threats” and contribute to filings like restraining orders — Jeff Bezos obviously doesn't want a union in his company. Amazon's increasingly flippant statements …
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| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Twitter says it plans to add context to trending topics, including picking a “representative tweet” for trends, amid criticism that the feature amplifies hoaxes — Twitter announced Tuesday that it plans to make a series of small changes to its trending topics feature to try …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia announces new RTX 3080 GPU, priced at $699 and launching Sept. 17, boasting up to two times the performance of the RTX 2080, as well as a $499 RTX 3070 — Nvidia promises a PC gaming breakthrough — Nvidia is unveiling its new GeForce RTX 3000 series graphics cards today.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: TikTok sale talks have been complicated by China's new AI export restrictions, with parties unsure whether TikTok's algorithms can be included in sale — Complexity of new Chinese export restrictions has reduced the chances of a sale occurring soon
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Apple and Google unveil a framework to help states easily generate and deploy interoperable contact tracing apps, coming in iOS 13.7 now and Android 6.0+ later — States can now deploy exposure notifications without building their own apps — Apple and Google are launching …
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail attempts by Amazon delivery drivers in Chicago to beat peers to new orders by hanging smartphones in trees near Amazon's delivery stations — - Scammers seem to have rigged Amazon system to get orders first — Operation reflects ferocious rivalry for gigs in a bad economy
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
VoIP provider Dialpad has acquired video conferencing startup Highfive, which had raised $77.4M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, a16z, and others — VoIP provider Dialpad, the company behind the popular video conferencing service UberConference, today announced that it has acquired Highfive … | Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal: |
Patreon says it has raised $90M at a $1.2B+ pre-money valuation, nearly twice the $660M valuation it had prior to a funding round last year — New Enterprise Associates and Wellington Management led the $90 million funding round — Membership platform Patreon Inc., which enables musicians …
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| Microsoft on the Issues: |
Microsoft unveils new tools to identify deepfake videos and launches an interactive quiz at SpotDeepfakes.org to combat disinformation — Today, we're announcing two new technologies to combat disinformation, new work to help educate the public about the problem, and partnerships to help advance …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: dating app Bumble is preparing for an IPO sometime in early 2021, seeking a valuation between $6B and $8B — - Bumble in talks with banks about an IPO early next year — Blackstone Group bought majority stake in Bumble last year — Bumble, a dating app that lets women … | Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Sources: US believes another teen, age 16, was involved in the July 15 Twitter hack and conducted a search of his home; warrant and other docs are under seal — On Tuesday, federal agents served a Massachusetts teenager with a search warrant. He appears to have played a significant role …
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Sources: AT&T decides not to sell its Warner Bros. gaming division, deciding to abandon a potential ~$4B deal once it realized the division's growth potential — - Boom in gameplay takes unit off list of assets to jettison — ‘No sacred cows,’ said Stankey, but this could be an exception| CNN: |
Donald Trump, his campaign's “War Room” account, Steve Scalise, and Dan Scavino recently shared misleading videos; Twitter labeled three as “manipulated media” — (CNN Business)A series of deceptively edited and misleading videos shared by prominent Republicans …
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| Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam / Reuters: |
Pakistan says it has blocked dating apps Tinder, Grindr, Tagged, Skout, and SayHi for violating local laws and streaming “immoral content” — KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Tuesday it has blocked Tinder, Grindr and three other dating apps for not adhering to local laws …
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| Bloomberg: |
Trump reiterates his demand that the US be “well compensated” by the sale of TikTok's US assets, saying he told those involved a deal had to happen by Sept. 15 — - President also reiterates Sept. 15 deadline to strike a deal — White House has explored collecting fees from sale of TikTok
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Biden campaign releases official yard signs for Animal Crossing that players can use to decorate their virtual homes, as politicians try to reach voters online — It's the campaign's latest foray into online organizing — Starting today, September 1st, Animal Crossing …
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| Oliver Reichenstein / iA: |
Apple allows Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to sell ads, which are digital goods, in their iOS apps via direct transactions, avoiding IAP and the 30% cut — Why should Facebook—the biggest beneficiary of the iPhone, its tools, and its infrastructure—pay $99.-, when small developers have to pay tens and hundreds of thousands?
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