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Ahead of proposed media law, Facebook bans Australians from sharing or viewing news and all users from sharing and viewing news on Australian news Pages — In response to Australia's proposed new Media Bargaining law, Facebook will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing …
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Australian authorities in public health, weather, and other areas say Facebook has removed posts from their feeds following Facebook's news ban — Facebook has restricted access to news in Australia, and so far the tech giant seems to have taken a pretty broad definition of news.
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Banning Australian news makes sense for Facebook and may prompt people to visit news sites directly; Google's payoffs, though, will invite global shakedowns — But Google gives in. What's next? — Yesterday, I wrote that Australia's News Media Bargaining Code threatened to splinter the internet.
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| Usman Pirzada / Wccftech: |
NVIDIA announces dedicated crypto mining GPUs and says RTX 3060 GPU will detect the Ethereum cryptocurrency mining algorithm and limit the hash rate by 50% — NVIDIA has finally conceded to the overwhelming mining demand facing the GPU market right now and launched a lineup … | Bloomberg: |
YouTube says YouTube Kids app now has 35M weekly active users and launches new tools for creators to make money from their fans, including an applause feature — - Company says feature called Shorts still in testing stage — Google unit also introduces new revenue tools for creators| Noam Bardin: |
Former Waze CEO reflects on his time at Google and the impact of the acquisition on autonomy, the brand, hiring and firing, distribution, compensation, and more — It's been two weeks since I left Google and I keep getting asked “why did I leave now”? I think the better question is “why did I stay for so long”?
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| Allana Akhtar / Insider: |
Ahead of Congressional hearing on GameStop, Vlad Tenev denies Robinhood colluded with hedge funds, asks for revision of SEC rule so trades settle in real-time — - Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev released his testimony ahead of Thursday's Congressional hearing. — The House asked Tenev …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Court filing says a Facebook manager warned that the company reported revenues it “should have never made” by overstating how many users advertisers could reach — Lawsuit cites product executive's qualms over figures provided to advertisers — A Facebook employee warned …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Job listings show Apple is looking to hire engineers to start work on 6G, indicating it wants to be a leader in the technology — - Company wants to rely less on others for new technology — Job listings posted for positions in San Diego, Silicon Valley
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google will restructure its Responsible AI teams to centralize them under a single Black executive, Marian Croak, in wake of Timnit Gebru's departure — - Company seeks to stabilize department amid internal rancor — Responsible AI teams to be centralized under single executive
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Beyond Search. Tweets: @nicoagrant, @dinabass, @timnitgebru, @timnitgebru, @coflowco, and @tursiae_
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google launches over 50 new features for its education products, including Classroom, Meet, and Workspace, with a focus on meeting educators' and admins' needs — Google today introduced a suite of updates for its online education tools whose adoption and further development have been accelerated …
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| Ben Geman / Axios: |
Facebook says it will expand its program to fight climate lies to other regions, will debunk climate change myths, adds labels to climate change posts in the UK — Facebook is expanding the geographic reach of its recently launched online portal to counter misinformation about climate change …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Recent deals like the iHeart Media's purchase of Triton Digital suggest that ad tech, not exclusive content, will be the key to long-term success in podcasting — iHeart Media acquires Triton Digital for $230 million — iHeartMedia, the company behind podcasts like Stuff You Should Know and hundreds … | Mara Hvistendahl / The Intercept: |
Oracle has been marketing its data analytics software to police in China, detailing its ability to mine DNA, vehicle records, and facial recognition databases — Police in China's Liaoning province were sitting on mounds of data collected through invasive means: financial records …
Tweets: @marahvistendahl, @marahvistendahl, @marahvistendahl, and @mmasnick
| Karl Bode / VICE: |
FCC launches the Broadband Data Task Force to collect data and develop more precise maps of US broadband availability, which currently rely on ISP-provided data — You can't fix a problem you don't understand. And for decades the US has refused to accurately measure the full scope of US broadband market failure.
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
US federal judge rules that Citibank isn't entitled to be returned $500M it accidentally sent to creditors early via Flexcube software, which had a confusing UI — Citibank was trying to make $7.8M in interest payments. It sent $900M instead. — A federal judge has ruled that Citibank …
Tweets: @carnage4life and @sarasoueidan
| Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters: |
Sources: Apple is lobbying to participate in a new scheme to boost India's computer exports, as part of plans to bring iPad manufacturing to the country — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Apple Inc is angling to participate in a new scheme to boost India's exports of computer products …
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, TechRadar, MacDailyNews, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iMore, Patently Apple, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @reutersbiz
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Artie, a startup pivoting from AR avatars to mobile games playable inside social media apps without any additional app downloads, raises $10M seed — Artie has raised $10 million to make instant mobile games that can be played directly inside social media, video and messaging platforms …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
CrowdStrike to acquire log data analysis startup Humio for approximately $400M — CrowdStrike, a cloud-native cybersecurity company focused on endpoint protection and threat intelligence for enterprises, has announced plans to acquire U.K.-based log-analysis and observability startup Humio …
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Grip, which enables networking across virtual, hybrid, and live events, raises $13M Series A led by Kennet Partners, bringing its total raised to $14.5M — With offline events now firmly moved to online for the foreseeable future, startups in the networking space had to pivot fast in the face of the pandemic.| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Baidu reports Q4 revenue of $4.64B, up 4.8% YoY, driven by a 52% increase in its non-ad businesses, and forecasts sales of $4B-$4.4B for Q1, topping estimates — - Search giant has sought to transform itself into an AI company — Baidu shares climb in after-hours trading following earnings
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| Tyler Sonnemaker / Insider: |
A high-profile engineer at Mailchimp accuses the company of “sexism and bullying” in her resignation announcement — - Mailchimp engineer Kelly Ellis quit Wednesday after accusing the company of “sexism and bullying.” — Ellis said in a Twitter thread that she resigned after a conversation about pay “went south.”
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