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| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook asks NYU Ad Observatory, which analyzes political ad targeting using data collected from a browser extension, to cease the practice for violating TOS — In letter this month, Facebook says the project violates provisions in its terms of service that prohibit bulk data collection
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
GitHub removes 18 projects related to YouTube download library youtube-dl after RIAA sent a letter saying it enabled infringement — Main target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed more than 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and services.
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| Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg: |
Patreon says it will remove accounts that actively spread QAnon's beliefs and will warn those that spread some QAnon ideas but are not dedicated to such content — - Accounts tied to QAnon-dedicated creators to be removed — Followers of conspiracy theory complain of being censored
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Big data analytics service Databricks is planning an IPO in H1, 2021; the company raised about $900M and was valued in 2019 at $6.2B — - Big data company is preparing IPO for first half of year — IPO plan comes on the heels of Snowflake's successful debut
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: state and federal investigators are expected to file antitrust charges against Facebook as soon as November — State and federal investigators are expected to file antitrust charges against Facebook as soon as November, according to four people familiar with the matter …
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| Tim Anderson / The Register: |
Survey of 17K developers in 159 countries: JavaScript is the most popular language with 12.4M active developers, followed by Python at 9M, and then Java at 8.2M — Plus: What puts off developers from adopting cloud? Price — A new developer survey has shown the popularity of C# … | Christopher Bing / Reuters: |
Sources: the Louisiana National Guard was called in to stop cyberattacks aimed at small government offices in recent weeks, after a similar case in Washington — (Reuters) - The Louisiana National Guard was called in to stop a series of cyberattacks aimed at small government offices across …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google removes three Android apps for children, with 20M+ downloads between them, after a nonprofit watchdog raises concerns about their data practices — When it comes to apps, Android leads the pack with nearly 3 million apps in its official Google Play store.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
US Treasury imposes sanctions against Russian research institute for its role in developing the Triton malware — US imposes sanctions against Russia's Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM). — The US Treasury Department announced sanctions today …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Nov. 17 on their platforms' handling of NY Post story and the election — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 17th.
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United States Senate Committee …, The Information, Politico, Reuters, Engadget, Axios, TechCrunch, The Hill, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @sentedcruz, @jonsmack220, and @taylor_reidy
| Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: |
Output, which develops software and virtual instruments for musicians, composers, producers, and sound designers, raises $45M Series A led by Summit Partners — Output, a tech company whose software has been used in songs by Drake, Coldplay, Justin Bieber and Rihanna and musical scores …
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PR Newswire, PE Hub, and Digital Music News
| Takashi Nakano / Nikkei Asia: |
Singapore now has 1,000+ B2B fintech startups, up 70%+ YoY, after the city-state started luring foreign entrepreneurs with special visas and monetary support — City-state lures foreign entrepreneurs with special visas and financial support — SINGAPORE — Singapore is striving to enhance … Sponsor Posts
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