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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Leaked audio recordings and internal posts show Mark Zuckerberg's balancing act, as employees demand a harder line against Trump but users want the opposite — In 2020, Facebook would be roiled by a global pandemic, internal protests over racial injustice, a deeply polarizing election …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out updates to Maps with a layer showing COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, with labels to indicate trends, coming to 220 countries and territories — Google today announced an update to Google Maps that will bring a new COVID-19 layer to the service to help you better understand the number of cases in a given area.
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Tweets: @google, @sundarpichai, @haleighhoffman, @sanjg2k1, @gigastacey, and @califf001
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
DOJ, in a rare legislative proposal, asks Congress to adopt a law weakening Section 230, in an effort to hold Facebook, Google, and others liable for content — The administration called on state attorneys general to open their own investigation on the same day it unveiled a legislative proposal …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Reuters, Vox, Bloomberg, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Techdirt, New York Times, Axios, AppleInsider, The Verge, Digital Trends, Engadget, and CNET
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 review: a big change for iPhones, with widgets, better notifications, and useful App Library, while iPad gets a more incremental update — It's time to blow up your iPhone's home screen — Apple spells out the significance of its new iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 updates right …
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Six Colors, iMore, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Polygon, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and Gizmodo
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| David Yaffe-Bellany / Bloomberg: |
ByteDance asks a US court for a preliminary injunction to prevent the US government from banning TikTok from app stores, as Trump's ban looms — - Chinese owner ByteDance seeks to block president's U.S. ban — Keeps legal iron in fire as Oracle, Walmart pact works its way
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Tweets: @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, and @scottnover
| Bloomberg: |
Shopify says two “rogue members” of its support teams stole customer data from over 100 merchants; the company is working with the FBI to investigate — - Emails, names, addresses, order details may have been exposed — E-commerce platform is working with FBI on investigation
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Shopify Community, BleepingComputer, ZDNet, Dark Reading, Security Affairs, New.blicio.us, Security Boulevard, Reuters, and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @campuscodi and @wbm312
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Twitter says it will begin testing audio DMs soon, after introducing support for audio in tweets, starting in Brazil — Shout into my DMs — After rolling out audio tweets for iOS in June, Twitter is now experimenting with the idea of letting people record and send voice messages through direct messages.
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9to5Mac, Neowin, Protocol, and Engadget
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources detail what went wrong at Magic Leap, which raised $3.5B and failed to build its much-hyped AR headset, with most blame placed on founder Rony Abovitz — The augmented reality startup was undone by profligate spending and its own hype. Investors finally lost patience when the pandemic struck.| Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: |
GoodRx, a price comparison service for prescription drugs at pharmacies, closes up 50%+ after its IPO, raising $1.14B and valuing the company at $19.4B — GoodRx Holdings Inc., which operates a telemedicine site and platform to track drug prices, rose as much as 50% in its trading debut … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Amazon launches “Climate Pledge Friendly” label in search results for more than 25K products that have one or more of 19 different sustainability certifications — The company is launching a new climate program for certified sustainable products
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils its Galaxy S20 FE, with a 6.5-inch display, Snapdragon 865, 120Hz refresh rate, starting at $699 for sub-6GHz model or $749 for mmWave 5G model — The ‘Fan Edition’ will be available October 2nd — Samsung already makes three different kinds of Galaxy S20 phones: a regular, a Plus, and an Ultra.
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Laptop Mag, Android Police, Verizon, ZDNet, CNET, International Business Times, BGR, MSPoweruser, XDA Developers, Mashable, Neowin, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Engadget, and Phone Scoop
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| Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
Reddit, one of QAnon's original hubs, has no meaningful QAnon presence now, although Reddit says it hasn't made a concerted effort to remove the conspiracy — Two years ago, most Americans knew nothing about QAnon, the ever-growing, diffuse, and violent movement devoted to a loosely connected set …
Tweets: @kait_tiffany, @theatlantic, @paulbisceglio, and @adriennelaf
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
NHS COVID-19, a contact tracing app created by the UK government, launches in England and Wales with Exposure Notification API from Apple and Google — NHS COVID-19, a contact tracing app created by the UK government, is rolling out to residents of England and Wales as of today, with the app available from the iOS App Store.| Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal: |
GOAT Group, operator of online sneaker marketplace GOAT, has raised $100M Series E from D1 Capital Partners, source says at a $1.75B valuation — New funding round values the company at $1.75 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal — Goat Group, best known for its online marketplace …
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Business Insider, PYMNTS.com, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @alexisohanian, @dannyrimer, @sizpatel, @indexventures, and @mdudas
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: Peter Thiel and Richard Li have created a SPAC called Bridgetown Holdings Ltd., targeting SE Asia investment, and are seeking to raise $575M via IPO — - Bridgetown also backed by Richard Li's Pacific Century — SPAC aims to raise $575 million, according to filing
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram updates Reels with longer videos, an extended timer, and better editing tools, after reports the TikTok competitor is failing to gain traction — Instagram is today rolling out a few changes to its TikTok competitor, Reels, after early reviews of the feature criticized its design …
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The Verge, Android Headlines, The Next Web, Engadget, MakeUseOf, Social Media Today, and CNET
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Online fitness coaching app Freeletics raises $25M Series B led by JAZZ Venture Partners and Causeway Media Partners, following a $45M Series A in 2018 — Freeletics, the “AI-powered” fitness coaching app, has closed $25 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is U.S.-based JAZZ Venture Partners … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Adobe debuts Liquid Mode, an update for Acrobat Reader that uses AI to reformat PDFs for easier reading on smaller screens, coming first to mobile and Chrome OS — Adobe today announced an update for Acrobat Reader that leverages Sensei, the company's machine learning platform …
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Adobe Blog, TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, SlashGear, Fast Company, Michael Tsai, Axios, and ZDNet
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Sling TV launches Sling Watch Party, the first co-watching feature from a pay-TV provider, in beta on Chrome for laptops and desktops only — Sling Watch Party is available now in beta on Chrome — Sling TV is joining the quarantine-era watch party bandwagon with a unique edge … | Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says developers can now use its open source UI framework Flutter to develop Windows apps, currently in alpha, with support for Windows 7 and newer — While Flutter first made its name for making it easy to create apps for iOS and Android, the app development framework has since grown …
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Flutter, MSPoweruser, Thurrott, Neowin, ZDNet, Windows Central, SiliconANGLE, and VentureBeat
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire Preempt Security, a provider of zero trust and conditional access tech for enterprise threat management, for about $96M — The company said it plans to use the deal to bolster its Falcon platform with conditional access technology.
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Business Wire, SiliconANGLE, Seeking Alpha, and CRN
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Tesla sues the Trump administration to end tariffs on imports of Chinese parts that are used in Tesla's Autopilot 3.0 hardware, enabling “Full Self-Driving” — Tesla is suing the Trump Administration over tariffs on a computer chip and other parts it imports from China … | Brian Fung / CNN: |
Avaaz analysis: Facebook has allowed hundreds of misleading super PAC ads, primarily spreading misinformation about Biden and USPS, with 10M+ views collectively — (CNN Business)Facebook has allowed political advertisers to target hundreds of misleading ads about Joe Biden and the US Postal Service …
Tweets: @b_fung, @oliverdarcy, and @marshallcohen
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google expands Google Cloud's Chronicle cybersecurity analysis tools with threat detection and alerts — Google is officially expanding its Chronicle cybersecurity platform into the threat detection realm, with the promise to bring “Google-scale threat analysis” to enterprises.
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ZDNet, Google Cloud Blog, Dark Reading, Security Boulevard, SiliconANGLE, and SC Media
| Sarah Jeong / OneZero: |
Q&A with Casey Newton on leaving The Verge to start a newsletter on Substack called Platformer, after many years as The Verge's Silicon Valley editor — Sarah Jeong talks to Newton about the details of his deal, subscription journalism, and the magic of email
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New York Times and Platformer
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Report: Facebook's CrowdTangle tool, used by US state election officials to monitor misinformation, doesn't effectively monitor most posts, like those in Groups — - Tech watchdog says Facebook content monitor shows limited data — Private groups, individual posts aren't tracked by CrowdTangle| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Intel launches 11th-gen CPUs aimed at edge computing, like kiosks, medical devices, and robots, with improved security and performance — Intel today announced the launch of new products tailored to edge computing scenarios like digital signage, interactive kiosks, medical devices, and health care service robots.
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| David French / Reuters: |
Robinhood raises $460M from a16z, Sequoia, DST Global, and others as a extension to its $200M Series G, at a $11.7B valuation — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc, the financial technology startup credited with helping popularize trading among millennials, has increased …
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