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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
In court filing, Epic says Fortnite has 116M iOS users, a third of the game's 350M users, and iOS DAUs declined by 60%+ since its removal from the App Store — Epic is formally asking for a preliminary injunction — Shortly before midnight on the Friday before Labor Day weekend … | New York Times: |
Nonparent employees are increasingly voicing their grievances over the extra benefits companies like Facebook extend to parents working from home — Pandemic policies at tech companies have created a rift between parents offered more benefits and resentful workers who don't have children.
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| Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: |
Twitch says it is shutting down Twitch Sings, a live streaming karaoke game it had co-developed with Rock Band studio Harmonix, on January 1, 2021 — Twitch said it's being shuttered to ‘invest in broader tools and services’ for its music community. — Twitch Sings has sung its last …
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| Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post: |
US government is considering adding Chinese chip manufacturer SMIC to the Entity List, which would block US companies from selling SMIC tech without a license — Pentagon says the Trump administration is weighing possible trade sanction on SMIC — The Trump administration …
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Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, PR Newswire, Digital Trends, CNBC, Bloomberg, TheStreet, and South China Morning Post
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| Maureen Dowd / New York Times: |
Interview with Reed Hastings, on the future of Hollywood, the US election and social media, his new book about Netflix's aggressive company culture, and more — Netflix started with sending DVDs — remember them? — through the mail, but now the streaming pioneer sits atop a Hollywood it has thoroughly upended.
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Financial Times. Tweets: @nytimes, @nytimesbusiness, @harper4nc, @sub8u, @nuitseracalme, @mbrandolph, @morganhousel, @ericliptonnyt, @shannon_liao, and @maureendowd
| Loren Grush / The Verge: |
Trump administration issues its fifth Space Policy Directive, aimed at enhancing cybersecurity, with officials saying threats “occur with concerning regularity” — Government officials are worried about increasing cyber threats — Today, the Trump administration released … | Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
Q&A with AI Now Institute's Amba Kak on the organization's new report detailing eight case studies of how biometric ID systems are regulated around the world — A new report from the AI Now Institute reveals how different regulatory approaches work or fall short in protecting communities from surveillance.
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Tweets: @evanselinger, @_karenhao, @techreview, @dmonett, @hypervisible, and @katecrawford
| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon bans foreign plant sales in the US, after mystery seeds sent to households this summer led US officials to raise alarm over ease of e-commerce seed sales — Shift by the e-commerce giant comes as agricultural authorities investigate the delivery of thousands of packets of seeds
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
TikTok's high-touch approach to furthering careers of its creators, a path rivals like Instagram never pursued, helps it build a strong advocacy base in the US — James Henry, known for slapstick comedy and dance videos on TikTok, got an email last fall from the app's creator relationships team.| Jeremy B. Merrill / ProPublica: |
Facebook's ban on political ads in the week prior to the election applies to election officials, who use Facebook to inform voters about the voting process — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
PicnicHealth, which lets patients access and manage their health records online and share their medical history with researchers, raises $25M Series B — PicnicHealth, the startup that's looking to give patients a way to manage their care in one place and pharmaceutical companies access …
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PicnicHealth, Business Wire, and FinSMEs
| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
A look at the role of WeChat in China and abroad, its differences with TikTok, and how its features are inextricably woven with surveillance and censorship — A vital connection for the Chinese diaspora, the app has also become a global conduit of Chinese state propaganda, surveillance and intimidation.
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