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| 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
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MIT Technology Review, Forbes, CNBC, Protocol, The Intercept, Insider, BBC, MediaNama, Reuters, Insider, TNW, and Raw Story
Tweets: @mliammccollum, @therecount, @nahaltoosi, @bbcyaldahakim, @jkylebass, @markscott82, @sheeraf, @b_fung, @donaldjtrumpjr, @eculliford, @mmasnick, @hotepjesus, @kasparov63, @jg_major, @ianbremmer, @sam_l_shead, @mollyemccluskey, @etbrooking, @bernardkerik, @abhirahmantx, @b_fung, @chizmaga, @countdankulatv, @dlknowles, @micsolana, @realcandaceo, @acmeaviation, @b_fung, @cernovich, @errolwebber, @conservmillen, @sinai, @dineshdsouza, @ryanradloff, @realkunalashah, @jkylebass, @newsmax, @3r1ng, @sam_l_shead, @dailytrix, @michaeldweiss, @ariehkovler, @aaschapiro, @aliceemross, @cr3, @mshannahmurphy, and @rmac18
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
As Facebook bans the Taliban, Twitter says it only takes action against accounts breaking its rules and YouTube says it will terminate Taliban-linked accounts — Who will control Afghanistan's official Facebook page? — Social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are coming under …
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CNN, Yahoo Entertainment, Mediaite, Daily Mail, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, The Information, Insider, New York Post, The Register, and The Hill
Tweets: @daveyalba, @sam_l_shead, @willoremus, @b_fung, @rmsalih, @willoremus, @donie, @b_fung, @b_fung, @b_fung, @donie, @mtracey, and @daveyalba
| South China Morning Post: |
Tencent reports Q2 revenue rose 20% YoY to $21.3B, beating estimates, as profit reached $6.6B, up 29% YoY from $5.1B — The Hong Kong-listed company reported a profit of US$6.6 billion in the quarter ended June The results come amid a recent stock market rout for the country's tech sector …
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Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Financial Times, WRAL TechWire, Tencent Investor Relations, and benzinga.com
Tweets: @therealjoshye, @therealjoshye, and @therealjoshye
| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
T-Mobile says an investigation found 7.8M current users and 40M past and prospective users who applied for credit had information stolen in a cyberattack — - About 7.8 million current customers had information stolen — Records from former and prospective users also accessed
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T-Mobile. More:
ZDNet, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Silicon Republic, Gizmodo, TechRadar, Neowin, Pocketnow, CyberNews, and Reuters
Tweets: @iblametom, @drewfitzgerald, @jeremy_kirk, and @jeremy_kirk
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung confirms it will stop showing ads in default apps, including Weather, Pay, and Theme, starting later this year — Including its Weather, Pay, and Theme apps — Samsung has confirmed that it will stop showing ads in default apps including Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Theme.
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SamMobile, XDA Developers, Android Authority, Android Community, Neowin, Phandroid, 9to5Google, SlashGear, and Android Police
Tweets: @shiraovide and @rajupp
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Twitter tests adding an option for users to report misinformation in the US, Australia, South Korea, and will use the reports to study and identify 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, The Guardian, MediaNama, TechCrunch, Memeburn, TechRadar, Neowin, Social Media Today, ZDNet, PCMag, Input, Variety, and CNET
| Politico: |
BlackBerry discloses a critical flaw in QNX OS, impacting 200M+ cars, hospital equipment, more; sources say it resisted public disclosure until talks with CISA — A flaw in software made by BlackBerry has left two hundred million cars, along with critical hospital and factory equipment …
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BlackBerry, us-cert.cisa.gov, Engadget, PCMag, Reuters, US Food and Drug …, SecurityWeek, Neowin, infosecurity-magazine.com, CyberNews, ZDNet, CyberScoop, and Dark Reading
Tweets: @ericgeller, @chey_cobb, @hrbrmstr, @icscert, @timclicks, @0xbanana, @ericgeller, @jason_healey, and @icscert
| 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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The Economic Times, Ars Technica, XDA Developers, Mashable, Pocketnow, Gizchina, SlashGear, Input, Neowin, Laptop Mag, Techaeris, MSPoweruser, Droid Life, Android Police, iPhone in Canada Blog, Slashdot, TechRadar, MacRumors, Android Headlines, Android Central, Phandroid, TalkAndroid.com, SamMobile, and MobileSyrup
Tweets: @film_girl, @tech_that_out, @scalzi, @rdrv3, and @counternotions
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
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The Keyword, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Macworld, Android Police, Android Central, Bloomberg, Pocket-lint, benzinga.com, Gizchina, CNBC, Neowin, ExtremeTech, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, Financial Times, TalkAndroid.com, XDA Developers, Thurrott, Mashable, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @robpegoraro, @maxwinebach, @techaltar, @franciscof_1990, @allisonjo1, @backlon, and @dcseifert
| Reuters: |
Apple appeals a 2019 copyright case it lost against Corellium, after settling other claims with the company relating to the DMCA this month to avoid a trial — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal in a copyright case it brought against cybersecurity firm Corellium LLC in 2019.
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MIT Technology Review, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @howelloneill, @howelloneill, @howelloneill, @evacide, @ryanaraine, and @corelliumhq
| 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 …
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TNW. Tweets: @xor, @wbm312, @ripperdoc1138, @stutinmishra, @grayconnolly, @gnuseibeh, @hshaban, @bethbourdon, @johnkeilman, @lisa_curry, @aazamishervin, @kenklippenstein, @laurajanegrace, and @mollyjongfast
| 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, PCMag, Android Police, XDA Developers, Android Headlines, Ubergizmo, CNET, Social Media Today, MUO, Search Engine Journal, Neowin, and Droid Life
Tweets: @nealmohan, @glenngabe, and @ohmdee
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Palantir acquired $50.7M in 100-ounce gold bars in August, in preparation for a “black swan event”, and will accept payment from clients in gold — - Company spent $50.7 million on 100-ounce gold bars in August — Customers can now pay for software in gold or Bitcoin
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CNBC, Barron's Online, and Coinspeaker
Tweets: @stevesi, @thestalwart, @bryanrbeal, @leahmcelrath, @paulbuitink, @caseynewton, and @ryan_browne_
| 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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Bloomberg, New York Times, Quartz, Forbes, and Thurrott
Tweets: @kyweise, @lanceulanoff, @stevelohr, @phkeane, @aparanjape, @nytimes, @shiraovide, and @puiwingtam
| 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. More:
Input
Tweets: @katyperry, @chelseaclinton, @timinhonolulu, @jeffhorwitz, @ninaism, @vicenews, @jesselehrich, and @daithaigilbert
| 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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Macworld, Gizchina, TechRadar, Pixel Envy, iMore, Cult of Mac, OS X Daily, iPhone Hacks, iThinkDifferent, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MacRumors
Tweets: @viticci, @carnage4life, @bzamayo, @stevesi, @markgurman, @snazzyq, @bzamayo, @stevesi, @tapbot_paul, @ohmdee, @stevesi, @rileytestut, @viditb, @stevesi, @bzamayo, @gtinari, @ishanagarwal24, @stevesi, @nathanblawrence, @mattbirchler, @stevesi, @filipeesposito, @gregorymcfadden, @9to5mac, and @9to5mac
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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Laptop Mag, Engadget, Neowin, iMore, iMore, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @jamesthomson and @steipete
| Joseph Bernstein / Harper's: |
A look at the focus on disinformation by media, tech, and academic leaders, and how assumptions about disinfo effectiveness echo old media and advertising myths — In the beginning, there were ABC, NBC, and CBS, and they were good. Midcentury American man could come home after eight hours … | 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 …
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MSPoweruser, Ubergizmo, SiliconANGLE, The Robot Report, Tom's Hardware, SlashGear, PetaPixel, and The Verge
| Nikkei Asia: |
Recent COVID-19 outbreaks are slowing plans by Apple, Google, and Amazon to shift production from China to Vietnam as governments tighten border controls — Suppliers say tighter border controls are hindering output expansion in Vietnam — TAIPEI — Recent outbreaks of COVID-19 …
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iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, benzinga.com, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iMore, and Financial Times
| 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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PCMag, CES, PR Newswire, The Verge, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Android Central, MarketWatch, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @garyshapiro and @gregnibler
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
MobileCoin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that Signal is offering in the UK as a payment feature, raises $66M Series B at a $1.066B valuation — MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency business that counts founder Moxie Marlinspike of the encrypting messaging app Signal as its earliest technical advisor …
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CoinDesk, VentureBeat, and PR Newswire
| Bloomberg: |
Binance says former US government cybercrime investigator Greg Monahan will lead global money laundering reporting — - Ex-IRS investigator Greg Monahan to join cryptocurrency firm — Company faces scrutiny including criminal probe and new rules — Binance has named Greg Monahan …
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The Block, Binance Blog, Gizmodo, Silicon Republic, Finextra, Cointelegraph, and Crypto Briefing
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: several execs at Waymo, which saw a mass exodus of top talent this spring, felt frustrated about the sluggish pace of progress with its driverless tech — The world's most famous autonomous car shop has lost its CEO and is still getting stymied by traffic cones. What's taking so long?
Tweets: @asymco, @mhbergen, @mattrosoff, @bgurley, @daveleeft, @crtrud, @bradstone, @johnfraher, and @mhbergen
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