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| The Intercept: |
Sources: the Taliban have seized US military biometric devices, known as HIIDE, that could aid in the identification of Afghans who supported coalition forces — The Taliban have seized U.S. military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces … | Bloomberg: |
Adam Mosseri says Facebook is “proactively” removing content from its platforms that promotes or represents the Taliban — A Facebook Inc. executive said the company is “proactively” removing content from its platforms that promotes the Taliban as the group seizes power in Afghanistan.
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Washington Post, CNBC, BBC, Insider, Sputnik News, The Independent, CNET, Reclaim The Net, Reason, Agence France-Presse, The Independent, The Verge, and Reuters
Tweets: @jkosseff, @donie, @willoremus, @donie, @epro, @sam_l_shead, @evelyndouek, @issielapowsky, @sam_l_shead, and @amyspitalnick
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul that was allegedly for reporting violence and looting, as Facebook blocks other “official Taliban channels” — Complaints number meant to act as emergency hotline for civilians to report violence and looting| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google says the Pixel 5a is the last Pixel phone that will come with a charging brick, claiming most people already have a USB-C charger — Google says the 5A is the last Pixel phone to include a charging brick — Google is the latest manufacturer to bid farewell to the in-box charging brick …
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Engadget, Android Police, MacRumors, XDA Developers, Techaeris, MSPoweruser, Droid Life, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, TalkAndroid.com, Phandroid, Android Central, Android Headlines, and SamMobile
Tweets: @counternotions, @film_girl, @rdrv3, @tech_that_out, and @scalzi
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google's new $449 Pixel 5a review: IP67 water resistance, big 4,680mAh battery, and top-class camera, but limited availability and only three years of updates — Smart updates and a lower price — Google is revealing a phone this year where it's pulling out all the stops and going big on a cutting-edge …
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The Keyword, 9to5Google, benzinga.com, Android Police, Pocket-lint, Bloomberg, CNBC, ExtremeTech, 9to5Mac, Financial Times, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, PCMag, ZDNet, CNET, SlashGear, Droid Life, Insider, Gizmodo, The Verge, Wired, Android Police, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @allisonjo1, @dcseifert, @backlon, and @franciscof_1990
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Twitter tests adding option for users to report misinfo in the US, Australia, S. Korea, and will primarily use the reports to study and identify misinfo trends — - Not all flagged tweets will be reviewed by fact checkers — Experiment will run in the U.S., Australia and South Korea
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The Verge, PCMag, The Guardian, CNN, Engadget, TechCrunch, CNET, and Variety
| New York Times: |
Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the world's top retail seller outside China; FactSet says people spent $610B+ on Amazon in the 12 months ending in June — Proof that the online future has arrived: The biggest e-commerce company outside China has unseated the biggest brick-and-mortar seller.
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New York Times, Quartz, Forbes, and Thurrott
Tweets: @kyweise, @lanceulanoff, @shiraovide, @nytimes, @stevelohr, @phkeane, @puiwingtam, and @aparanjape
| Politico: |
BlackBerry admits a critical flaw in its QNX OS, impacting 200M+ cars, hospital equipment, more; sources say it resisted public disclosure until talks with CISA — The former smartphone maker turned software firm resisted announcing a major vulnerability until after federal officials stepped in.
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support.blackberry.com, us-cert.cisa.gov, Reuters, ZDNet, CyberScoop, US Food and Drug …, Dark Reading, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @ericgeller, @hrbrmstr, @icscert, @ericgeller, @icscert, @jason_healey, and @chey_cobb
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
YouTube introduces new search features, including viewing video chapters directly on the search page and better recommendations for translated videos — YouTube announced two feature updates today to make it easier for people to find the content they're looking for on the platform.
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YouTube Official Blog, CNET, Social Media Today, Android Central, The Verge, Tubefilter, MUO, Search Engine Journal, Engadget, and Neowin
Tweets: @ohmdee, @nealmohan, and @glenngabe
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers find a bug in the ThroughTek Kalay SDK, which connects over 83M IoT devices with apps, that lets attackers access audio and video streams — A vulnerability in the Kalay platform leaves countless IoT devices susceptible to hackers. — A VULNERABILITY IS lurking in numerous types …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
OnlyFans begins promoting OFTV, a free safe-for-work app available on iOS and Android with 800+ videos, as it prepares to raise new funding — The most common question customers ask Tim Stokely, the chief executive officer of OnlyFans, is why he doesn't have an app.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, PR Newswire, MobileSyrup, TechSpot, Mashable, Gizmodo, Android Central, Input, New York Post, Android Police, and Pixel Envy
Tweets: @martinsfp, @lucas_shaw, @jediqueenie, @alanaevansxxx, and @ashleylatke
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Microsoft hires former Uber product chief Manik Gupta as corporate vice president for Teams Consumer, Skype, and GroupMe — Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: tips@geekwire.com
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The Verge, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, Windows Central, and OnMSFT.com. Tweets: @jwarnke. Thanks:@toddbishop
| Christian Shepherd / Financial Times: |
Shares in Alibaba, Tencent, and JD fall after China's antitrust watchdog announces a ban on unfair competitive practices, including exploiting user data — Shares of country's big tech companies slide as crackdown on sector intensifies — China will ban its internet platforms from a wide array …
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Reuters, Wall Street Journal, benzinga.com, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @jojjeols, @financialtimes, and @mdudas
| Samantha Hissong / Rolling Stone: |
TikTok partners with Audius, a music streaming service built on Ethereum, to let users upload their music as TikTok Sounds — It's the blockchain-powered Audius, rather than Spotify or Apple Music, that will let artists share their sounds into TikTok in one click| Dylan Martin / CRN: |
Intel says it's “winding down” its RealSense camera business, which focused on hardware for computer vision applications — The semiconductor giant tells CRN that it is ‘winding down’ the company's portfolio of high-tech cameras and sensors that were built for computer vision applications … | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft invests in IT and cloud security startup Rubrik to sell anti-ransomware tools; source: investment was in the low tens of millions at a ~$4B valuation — 'You don't have to pay the bad guys,' Rubrik CEO Says. — Microsoft Corp. is investing in software startup Rubrik Inc …
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Rubrik, Silicon Valley Business …, Petri, SiliconANGLE, CRN, OnMSFT.com, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @rubrikinc, @bipulsinha, and @dinabass
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 15 beta 6 adds an option to show Safari's address bar at the top, while displaying some buttons like back, forward, and share in a bottom toolbar — Apple has just released the sixth beta of iOS 15 for developers, and while we don't know exactly what has changed with this update …
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MacRumors, Macworld, The Verge, Pixel Envy, iMore, Appleosophy, iThinkDifferent, The Mac Observer, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, OS X Daily, and SlashGear
Tweets: @ohmdee, @stevesi, @filipeesposito, @markgurman, @9to5mac, @gregorymcfadden, and @9to5mac
| Carrie Mihalcik / CNET: |
The Consumer Technology Association says attendees of CES 2022 will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination — People attending CES 2022 in person in Las Vegas will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, the Consumer Technology Association announced on Tuesday.
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CES, PR Newswire, Barron's Online, The Verge, MarketWatch, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Windows Central, Engadget, Tom's Hardware, Droid Life, ZDNet, and Slashdot
Tweets: @garyshapiro and @gregnibler
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Travel booking app Hopper raises $170M Series G at a $3.5B+ valuation, after raising $170M Series F in March 2021, bringing its total raised to nearly $600M — Travel tech company Hopper has raised a $175 million Series G, the company said today. That's nearly the same amount it raised …
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PR Newswire, FinLedger, Boston Business Journal, The Boston Globe, BetaKit, Skift, VentureBeat, FinSMEs, PYMNTS.com, and PhocusWire
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple tells staff it will increase COVID-19 testing for corporate and retail employees and pauses relaunching classes at Apple Stores this month in some regions — - Company to start testing employees for Covid-19 twice per week — Apple reverses course on relaunching store classes this month
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PCMag, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer, MacDailyNews, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @markgurman and @markgurman
| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Report: militias like the Three Percenters are key spreaders of vaccine misinfo on Facebook, and some of their Facebook Group admins get a “Group Expert” badge — Violent militia groups have become “key” spreaders of vaccine misinformation on Facebook, and now those groups …
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Tech Transparency Project and Input
Tweets: @ninaism, @vicenews, @jesselehrich, @chelseaclinton, @timinhonolulu, @daithaigilbert, and @jeffhorwitz
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Brex, which offers credit cards tailored to startups, acquires Weav, a developer of a universal API for commerce platforms, for $50M — Fintech Brex first partnered with Weav, a developer of a universal API for commerce platforms, last summer. — In March, Brex launched Instant Payouts …
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Business Wire, nocamels.com, Crowdfund Insider, PYMNTS.com, CTech, and Globes Online
Tweets: @bayareawriter and @angusdav
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
T-Mobile confirms hackers gained access to its systems, following reports that sensitive data, including SSNs, for over 100M people was for sale on the dark web — “We have determined that unauthorized access to some T-Mobile data occurred.” — Joseph Cox
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T-Mobile. More:
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Tweets: @knieriemen, @bradmichelson, @chronotope, @danielnewmanuv, @rizzn, @josephfcox, @briankrebs, @chrisblec, @odell, @jason_koebler, @mshelton, @bdsams, @deviantollam, and @seahawkerholm
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