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DOJ charges six Russian GRU officers who were allegedly behind NotPetya, BlackEnergy blackouts in Ukraine, cyberattacks on Olympics and French election, more — The US Department of Justice has unsealed today charges against six GRU officers believed to be members of Sandworm …
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UK and US say Russian military intelligence services were planning a cyberattack on the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, originally scheduled for this summer — Patrick Wintour in London, Julian Borger in Washington — Russian military intelligence services were planning a cyber-attack … | Jem Aswad / Variety: |
Apple launches Apple Music TV, a free 24-hour curated livestream of popular music videos, available in the US on Apple's Music and TV apps — Apple has launched Apple Music TV, a free 24-hour curated livestream of popular music videos that will also include “exclusive new music videos and premiers …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Twitter blocking NY Post's story, driven by unfair blaming of tech for the media's 2016 mistakes, undermined its role as a facilitator for information sharing — Manage your Stratechery subscription. — On September 8, 2004, longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather presented four documents …
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EU is investigating Instagram's handling of children's personal data, after complaints that contact information on business accounts was publicly visible — Instagram is being investigated by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) over its handling of children's personal data on the platform.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Leaked Apple docs say 5G speeds are not supported on iPhone 12 when using two lines in Dual SIM mode; source says Apple will enable this feature later this year — iPhone XS models and newer feature both a physical SIM slot and a digital eSIM, allowing for a feature known as dual SIM, dual standby.| Reuters: |
Japan's Fair Trade Commission says the country will join US and Europe in challenging market abuses by Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will join forces with the United States and Europe to take on any market abuses by the four Big Tech companies … | Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
Facebook announces an open source AI model that can translate directly between 100+ languages without first translating to English — Whether you're logging on from the US, Brazil, Borneo, or France, Facebook can translate virtually any written content published on its platform …
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| Avery Hartmans / Business Insider: |
Survey of 3,023 employees at tech firms by anonymous workplace app Blind: 68% feel more burned out by WFH, including 79% at Google and 81% at Facebook — - Silicon Valley's workforce is reporting feeling more burned out than before the pandemic. — A new survey from anonymous workplace …
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Facebook expands its Messenger API to Instagram, letting developers and businesses integrate messaging from Instagram into other apps — Facebook is expanding its Messenger API to support Instagram messaging, enabling developers and businesses to integrate messaging from Instagram into other business applications.
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As Trump sags in polls, Facebook's recent moderation decisions, like banning QAnon, could be preparation for a Biden admin expected to push for more regulation — How the prospect of a “blue wave” is changing content moderation. — until two weeks ago, Facebook was a place …
Tweets: @andymstone, @willoremus, and @hypervisible
| Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
TikTok expands its QAnon bans beyond hashtags, removing all content and accounts that promote videos advancing the conspiracy — TikTok is toughening its stance against the QAnon conspiracy theory, expanding its ban to all content or accounts that promote videos advancing baseless ideas from the far-right online movement.Sponsor Posts
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