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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter is testing a way to downvote replies on iOS to understand the types of replies users find relevant to a conversation; downvotes won't be public — Last year, Twitter's chief product officer Kayvon Beykpour confirmed that the social network was “exploring” the idea of adding a dislike button to the app.
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| Bloomberg Law: |
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has sued Activision Blizzard for sexual harassment of and discrimination against its female staff — Video game giant Activision Blizzard Inc., maker of games including World of Warcraft and Diablo, fosters a “frat boy” … | Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
The FTC formally pledges to fight unlawful right-to-repair restrictions, says it will use its power to lower repair costs and support independent repair shops — It comes days after the White House endorsed similar rules — The Federal Trade Commission formally pledged to take on unlawful …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Clubhouse is no longer invite-only as it exits beta and says the 10M people on its waitlist will be added to the app over time — The app goes wide — Clubhouse is going wide. Co-founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth announced today that the app is no longer invite-only.
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| Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo: |
Grindr has a track record of saying that data shared with brokers is encrypted and unidentifiable, despite the use of such data to out a Catholic priest, others — The latest scandal to rock the Catholic Church was both incredibly unnerving and entirely preventable. Why isn't anyone doing anything about it?
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
The Biden administration's promise to “review” Section 230 in response to anti-vax posts on Facebook will fail since being wrong online is protected speech — ‘Reviewing’ Section 230 isn't the answer to anti-vax posts — Last week, the White House declared war …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Backup by Google One, a unified Android cloud backup that syncs app data, messages, photos, and more; Backup replaces the Play Services tool — Google today started rolling out “Backup by Google One” as an update over the existing Android backup service that now means end users …
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| Just Security: |
Concerns over China's online influence campaigns overseas, while valid, are often overblown as there is little evidence to show campaigns are actually working — On April 27, 2021, Tristan Harris, a tech critic and former Google employee, warned at a U.S. Senate hearing that we are facing …
Tweets: @citizenlab
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Facial-recognition company Clearview AI raises $30M Series B amid legal and ethical concerns, with new investors requesting they not be publicly identified — Clearview AI is currently the target of multiple class-action lawsuits and a joint investigation by Britain and Australia.
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Biometric Update. Tweets: @jakelaperruque, @mviktoro, @pkedrosky, @evanselinger, @miad, @kashhill, and @rmac18. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Oculus rolls out v31, adding Messenger Reactions, a new Security Settings panel, and a new “Invite to App” button that makes it easier to invite friends to play — Invite friends, react on Messenger, and have your passwords autofill in the Browser
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| Edwin Chan / Bloomberg: |
Sources: China sees Didi's decision to go public despite regulator pushback as a challenge to its authority and is considering unprecedented penalties — - Regulators weigh several penalties, from fine to delisting — Ride-hailing startup raised $4.4 billion in U.S. listing
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Spanish police have arrested UK citizen Joseph O'Connor at the US' request over his alleged involvement in last year's hack of high-profile Twitter accounts — Authorities are still cracking down on participants in the July 2020 — Twitter celebrity hacks. Spanish National Police have
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| CNN: |
Facebook hides the tag #VaccinesKill from searches, displaying a message that says it is “keeping our community safe”, two years after Instagram hid the tag — (CNN)Last week, even as it came under fire from the White House over its role in spreading anti-vaccine misinformation …
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| PYMNTS.com: |
Bill.com to acquire Invoice2Go, whose accounts receivable software helps businesses and freelancers manage invoicing and payments, for $625M in cash and stock — Back-office software provider Bill.com announced on Monday (July 19) that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Invoice2go in a $625 million stock and cash deal.
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
India's antitrust regulator accuses Amazon of concealing facts when it sought approval for a 2019 investment in a Future Group unit, according to a June letter — India's antitrust regulator has accused Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) of concealing facts and making false submissions when it sought approval … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Visa buys Currencycloud, which sells software for banks and fintech companies to process cross-border payments, in a deal valuing the UK startup at £700M — - Visa is buying Currencycloud in a deal valuing the British payments start-up at £700 million.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler: stock tokens and stablecoins backed by securities “are implicated by the securities laws and must work within our securities regime” — Stock tokens and stablecoins backed by securities might be treated as securities under U.S. law, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said.
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| Reuters: |
Filing: Teads, which provides automated buying and selling of online ad space, plans to raise up to $808.5M in its US IPO, at a valuation of about $5B — Advertising technology company Teads BV, owned by French telecom company Altice, said on Wednesday it aims to raise up to $808.5 million through … | Washington Post: |
Profile of the NSO Group, which has been hailed as an Israeli version of a Silicon Valley success story, as its founders defend their spyware operations — HERZLIYA, Israel — It was a proposition that would change everything. — Two 20-something Israeli entrepreneurs who had been running …
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Tweets: @drewharwell, @aaschapiro, @zevshalev, @sushantsin, @acorn, and @lizzadwoskin
| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Poll: of 750 tech workers, half are at least somewhat interested in joining a union, and ~50% say there is already interest of unionizing at their workplace — A decade ago, many tech workers seemed more concerned with their stock options than forming a union.
Tweets: @techworkersco, @bizcarson, @_aupe_, and @alphabetworkers
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Tailor Brands, a SaaS platform to automate branding and marketing for SMBs, raises $50M Series C led by GoDaddy, bringing its total raised to $70M — Tailor Brands, a startup that automates parts of the branding and marketing process for small businesses, announced Thursday it has raised $50 million in Series C funding.
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| Bloomberg: |
Paycor, which makes HR management software for SMBs, closed up 13% in its trading debut, giving the company a market value of $4.46B — - VTEX, CS Disco, Kaltura also rise in software trading debuts — More than $6.7 billion sought in 29 U.S. listings this week
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