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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google will pay publishers $1B+ through 2023 to create and curate high-quality journalism for the new Google News Showcase, starting in Germany and Brazil — Google will pay publishers more than $1 billion over the next three years to create and curate high-quality journalism for a new set …
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
DOJ and CFTC charge BitMEX and its founders with allegedly operating an unregistered trading platform and violating CFTC anti-money laundering rules — The U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have filed charges against crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX …
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CFTC, BitMEX Blog, Department of Justice, CoinDesk, New York Times, BTC Times, Cointelegraph, CoinGeek, CryptoGlobe, Financial Times, Reuters, Ethereum World News, NewsBTC, Cryptonews, Crowdfund Insider, CryptoSlate, Crypto Briefing, and Tech News
Tweets: @peterlbrandt, @uglyoldgoat1, @aridavidpaul, @bitcoinmagazine, and @ncweaver. Thanks:@saniyamore
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook announces updates for Groups: automating moderation, surfacing some public group discussions in News Feeds and search results, and more — The company is pushing people to join Groups — Facebook is expanding the reach of public groups today with new features that could lead … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils $549 Surface Laptop Go with smaller 12.4" display, 10th-gen Intel Core i5, in three color variants, preorders start today, shipping October 13 — This new Surface laptop is smaller, lighter, and less powerful — Microsoft is introducing a new Surface Laptop Go today …
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Tweets: @marioguzman, @panos_panay, @tomwarren, @arekfurt, @mattk, and @markhachman
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon says that of its 1.37M frontline workers, 19K+ contracted COVID-19 from March 1 to September 19, with an infection rate lower than general US population — - Amazon on Thursday released comprehensive data into the spread of the coronavirus across its workforce.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
The Senate Commerce Committee votes to subpoena CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to testify before the panel about concerns over Section 230 — The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday voted on a bipartisan basis to subpoena the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter to testify before the panel …
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BBC, The Verge, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Politico, Spectator USA, U.S. Senate Committee …, Washington Post, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, AppleInsider, VICE, The Daily Dot, Axios, Bloomberg, Mashable, The Hill, International Business Times, Reuters, Adweek, and Patently Apple
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it will turn off face retouching by default and avoid references to “beauty” in its Camera app, starting with the Pixel 4a, 4a 5G, and 5 — When Digital Wellbeing launched, it was initially used to manage how often people use their phones.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Roblox is considering a US IPO next year that it expects could double its recent $4B valuation — (Reuters) - Roblox Corporation is working with investment banks to prepare for a U.S. stock market listing that could come early next year and which the online gaming platform expects …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Netflix support document says that 4K streaming will be available only on Macs that have macOS 11.0 Big Sur, the latest Safari browser, and a T2 security chip — Macs without a T2 chip can't watch 4K Netflix — macOS Big Sur, Apple's upcoming release of its Mac operating system …
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| Zane Schwartz / The Logic: |
Apple sues electronics recycling company GEEP Canada for allegedly stealing and reselling nearly 100,000 iPhones, iPads, and Watches it was supposed to recycle — Apple is suing electronics recycling firm GEEP Canada for allegedly stealing and reselling nearly 100,000 iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches it was supposed to destroy.
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| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Facebook makes Forecast, an app for crowdsourced predictions and collective insights, available to all users — The company thinks Forecast will ‘encourage measured, respectful conversation.’ — Facebook isn't exactly known for balanced conversations or reliable information …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
A look at Twitter's plans for work from home, two years in the making, that created a wave of copycats, and the lessons it learned — Twitter's plans for work from home indefinitely have prompted a wave of copycats. But its transformation has been two years in the making — and the rest of America can learn some lessons.
Tweets: @lizzadwoskin and @lizzadwoskin
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches its updated Maps in UK, after completing rollout across the US in 2019, with its Look Around feature in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin — Apple today officially launched its in-house mapping data in the United Kingdom and Ireland, after completing the rollout across the United States in 2019.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook details a months-long attack from a sophisticated malware gang, SilentFade, using a combination of hacks to defraud users of $4M for malicious ad buys — SilentFade group utilized a Windows rootkit, browser injections, clever scripting, and a Facebook zero-day to buy and post ads on behalf of hacked users.
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Wired, VB2020, Input, CyberScoop, and CNET
| Jim Salter / Ars Technica: |
Survey of 500+ North American developers: ~50% say they manage at least 100 times more code than they did in 2010 — Developers manage more code, in more languages, for more platforms than ever. — Sourcegraph, a company specializing in universal code search, polled more than 500 North … | Traf: |
A designer shares how he generated $100K+ selling custom app icon sets via a simple website when iPhone home screen customization exploded after iOS 14 release — This title is a little misleading. Sure, it took me 6 days to amass 3,626 sales for a total of $101,528, but like any overnight success, it was years in the making.
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Tweets: @swgs, @danielkorpai, @simonswiss, @just_some_d00d, @eposvox, @ibnkhalid_, @dr, @robertoblake, @traf, and @carnage4life
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
US Treasury says those who facilitate payments on behalf of ransomware victims, including digital forensics firms, face fines if recipients are under sanctions — Companies victimized by ransomware and firms that facilitate negotiations with ransomware extortionists could face steep fines …
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Decrypt, Reuters, Ars Technica, Channel Futures, Dark Reading, HealthITSecurity, SC Media, BleepingComputer, DataBreaches.net, SecurityWeek, ZDNet, and CyberScoop. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Gordon Corera / BBC: |
UK report says Huawei has failed to adequately tackle security flaws in its telco equipment despite previous complaints — Huawei has failed to adequately tackle security flaws in equipment used in the UK's telecoms networks despite previous complaints, an official report says.
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Sky News, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, SC Media, ComputerWeekly.com, The Register, Bloomberg, Light Reading, Reuters, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Slashdot
Tweets: @campuscodi, @alexmartin, @gordoncorera, and @aadilbrar
| Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop: |
DOD and DHS say malware dubbed SlothfulMedia is being used in ongoing campaigns in India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Russia, and Ukraine — The Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security are calling out an unspecified “sophisticated cyber actor” …
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| Stanford Cyber Policy Center: |
Researchers detail communities of accounts on Instagram and Twitter that role play with stolen images of minors, sometimes to sexualize children — A Look at the Use of Stolen Child Imagery in Social Media Role-Playing Games — In June 2020 Stanford Internet Observatory came across communities … | Stephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Global app revenue grew 32% YoY in Q3 2020 to more than $29B; consumer spending in the App Store grew 31% to $19B while Play Store grew ~34% YoY to $10.3B — Worldwide consumer spending in mobile apps reached $29.3 billion and their installs climbed to 36.5 billion across Apple's App Store … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Braintrust, a network for freelance technical and design talent, raises $18M, says it became profitable after raising a $6M seed round in the summer — Braintrust, a network for freelance technical and design talent that launched over the summer, is announcing that it has raised $18 million in new funding.
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