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Twitter says it is now letting the NY Post link be shared because the info had spread so widely that it can no longer be considered private — The latest change underlined how rapidly social media platforms are shifting their positions in the days leading up to the election.
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Senate Republicans say the Judiciary Committee will issue a subpoena to Jack Dorsey about Twitter's blocking of a New York Post article — Move by GOP lawmakers on Judiciary Committee follows social-media platform's decision to limit sharing of New York Post report — Breaking News:
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources describe how Mark Zuckerberg, who was once uninterested in politics, transformed himself into an active political operator during the Trump era — Facebook's chief, once uninterested, has transformed himself into an active political operator in the Trump era
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| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
Google says Chinese state-linked hacker group, known as APT31, has been using malware on GitHub to upload and download files on networks in targeted attacks — Former vice president Joe Biden. Chinese hackers have unsuccessfully targeted the campaign, according to Google. (Flickr / Gage Skidmore)
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| Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: |
Twitter will now warn users with a prompt before they attempt to retweet or quote tweet a post that has been flagged under the platform's misinformation rules — Twitter has added another warning prompt to slow the spread of misinformation, this time alerting users when they go to share …
Tweets: @twittersupport and @joetidy
| Tara Seals / Threatpost: |
Broadvoice, a VoIP provider for SMBs, has leaked 350M+ customer records, including thousands of voicemail transcripts, many including medical and financial info — Broadvoice, a well-known VoIP provider that serves small- and medium-sized businesses, has leaked more than 350 million customer records related …
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infosecurity-magazine.com, Comparitech, and HealthITSecurity
Tweets: @om, @threatpost, and @norton
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nextdoor is considering going public, through a direct listing or merger with a SPAC, targeting a $4B-$5B valuation; it was last valued at $2.2B in '19 — - Social network for neighbors had rebuffed SPACs in the past — Company was last valued at $2.2 billion in September 2019| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
EU data protection authority finds IAB Europe's GDPR consent framework, adopted by Google and others, fails to meet required legal standards of data protection — A flagship framework for gathering Internet users' consent for targeting with behavioral ads — which is designed by ad industry body …
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Irish Council … and Wall Street Journal
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| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
At an all-hands, Brian Armstrong said a “silent majority” at Coinbase agreed with his apolitical stance; COO said some staff were asked to delete Slack posts — An internal all-hands meeting obtained by Motherboard shows Coinbase management was accused of “stunting internal discussion” …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google details how it is using AI to improve search, including indexing individual passages from webpages, allowing searches for songs by humming, and more — During a livestreamed event this afternoon, Google detailed the ways it's applying AI and machine learning to improve the Google Search experience.
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Tweets: @epro, @starfire2258, @tsuvik, @baxiabhishek, @daveleeft, @google, @kayoberbeck, @itskyleharris, @salgar, @searchliaison, @searchliaison, and @thekenyeung
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Comcast's NBCUniversal and some PE firms approached Disney earlier this year about acquiring Hulu or operating it as a partnership, but were rebuffed — Toward the end of 2019, Hulu delivered a proposal to Walt Disney Co., its controlling shareholder, outlining a strategy to expand …
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The Streamable and Gizmodo
Tweets: @technology, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, @theericgoldman, @business, and @digitalshields
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Watch with Family Setup, Apple's take on GPS tracking smartwatches for kids, has features like Schooltime mode while offering strong privacy, but is very costly — Apple's take on a GPS tracker for kids is unique but costly — The most interesting Apple Watch product Apple announced …
Tweets: @dcseifert, @edgar_a_bitch, @backlon, @ow, and @verge
| Eric Lipton / New York Times: |
With Trump's re-election in doubt, federal agencies are scrambling to enact regulatory changes, like allowing DHS to collect more extensive biometric data — With the president's re-election in doubt, cabinet departments are scrambling to finish dozens of new rules affecting millions of Americans.
Tweets: @ericliptonnyt, @unlawfulentries, and @ericliptonnyt
| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Interview with AMD's CTO, Mark Papermaster, on the launch of Zen 3, its new core complex design and improved power efficiency, and pressure from Arm ecosystem — The announcement of the new Ryzen 5000 processors, built on AMD's Zen 3 microarchitecture, has caused waves of excitement and questions as to the performance.Thanks:@iancutress
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