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India's government says it ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic; companies complied — Aimed at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the move sets up a clash over free speech amid a widening political and public health crisis.
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Facebook says it has a policy letting any person initiate a takedown of a post containing an image of their residence, regardless of the post's newsworthiness — The New York Post has complained that Facebook is blocking and downplaying its stories. But the platform doesn't pay any special deference to journalists.| Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
Survey finds direct correlation between the percentage of someone's net worth invested in crypto and negative impacts to their personal relationships — - A greater portion of assets in crypto makes issues more likely — Big gains or losses of money can have an effect: analyst
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A deep look at the slander industry, and the symbiotic relationship between the sites that host slander and the “reputation management” companies who remove it — I wanted to slander someone. — My colleague Kashmir Hill and I were trying to learn who is responsible for …
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Documentary short Colette, co-produced by EA and Oculus Studios for VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, wins an Oscar, a first for the videogame industry — Facebook just won its first Oscar. — “Colette,” from the social giant's Oculus VR group and EA's Respawn Entertainment …
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| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
The entrance of Gen Z women in the VC industry signals the VC establishment's growing interest in funding companies focused on Gen Z consumers — The new entrants hope their arrival is a sign that the VC establishment is open to new perspectives on which ideas deserve funding
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Dan Kaminsky, the celebrated security researcher widely known for his work on discovering crucial DNS security flaws and Sony Rootkit infections, has died at 42 — The celebrated security researcher, Dan Kaminsky, widely known for his work on discovering crucial DNS security flaws …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple's marketing head Greg Joswiak and hardware chief John Ternus on M1 chip in iPad Pro, Liquid Retina XDR display, Center Stage camera capability, and more — Apple SVPs chat about the iPad Pro, merging with the Mac and its new unified processor strategy
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| Rick Prelinger / Wired: |
NFTs could incentivize underfunded public and private museums and archives to tokenize their holdings and become less accessible to non-commercial users — Non-fungible tokens and artificial intelligence make tracing the origins of a digital object more fragile. What are the world's archivists to do?| Kaavya Chandrasekaran / The Economic Times: |
upGrad, an online education startup focused on the post K-12 space, raises $120M from Singapore's sovereign fund Temasek, sources say at a $575M-$675M valuation — Education technology startup upGrad, promoted by media entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala, said it has raised $120 million …
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Netflix, Disney, and Amazon are slowing Hollywood exports and spending billions of dollars to make international content as the US market saturates — With U.S. market saturated, companies are slowing Hollywood exports and spending billions of dollars to make international content
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| Anna Hensel / Modern Retail: |
Affirm to acquire Returnly, a software startup that allows retailers to offer store credit before an item is returned, for $300M in a cash and equity deal — Buy now, pay later startup Affirm is looking to acquisitions to gain an edge over its competitors.
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