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Internal Facebook documents detail XCheck, a program that shields VIP users from normal content enforcement policies, which included over 5.8M users in 2020 — A program known as XCheck has given millions of celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users special treatment, a privilege many abuse| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
What to expect from Apple's September 14 event: narrower iPhone 13 notch, LTPO displays on Pro models, redesigned Watch Series 7, no M1X MacBook Pros, and more — This is the free version of Power On. If you like it, consider subscribing to Bloomberg.com — you'll receive …
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Sources: Beijing wants to break up Ant Group's Alipay, which has over 1B users, and create a separate app for the company's highly profitable loans business — Chinese fintech will turn over user data to new joint venture partly owned by state — Beijing wants to break up Alipay …
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Mozilla says it has bypassed Microsoft's cumbersome method for switching browsers in Windows 11, letting users set Firefox as default with one click — It's easier to switch to Firefox as default now — Mozilla has quietly made it easier to switch to Firefox on Windows recently.
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Litecoin saw its price spike by ~20% after several news outlets published reports that Walmart would begin accepting Litecoin based on a fake press release — An apparently fake press release said the retailer would begin accepting the cryptocurrency — The Litecoin cryptocurrency saw …
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| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Antitrust lawyers say the judge's recent ruling in Apple v. Epic presents challenges for DOJ's investigation, as Apple was not found to violate the Sherman Act — - Judge rejected Epic's federal antitrust claims against Apple — Decision doesn't foreclose DOJ antitrust suit, lawyers said| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
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Analysis: Irish DPC has failed to apply EU's privacy laws to US Big Tech companies, with 98% of 164 significant complaints about privacy abuses still unresolved — Irish regulator has not resolved 98% of 164 significant data protection complaints — Ireland is failing to apply …
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Coinbase says it plans to raise around $1.5B through a debt offering, to invest in product development and M&A, after saying it will raise $1.25B in May — Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) is planning to raise about $1.5 billion through a debt offering to invest in product development … | Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's booming iPhone 12 sales have been driven in part by attractive offers from carriers to boost 5G, raising questions about how long such deals will last — Apple is expected to show off its latest iPhone Tuesday as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon fight to attract customers to their networks
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Weeks after forcing Groovy Bot offline, Google is doing the same to Rythm, a bot with 560M+ users that lets Discord users play music from YouTube videos — The Rythm Discord music bot is disappearing on September 15th — Just weeks after forcing the Groovy Discord music bot offline …
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JumpCloud, a cloud-based directory service for enterprises, raises $159M Series F at a $2.56B valuation, bringing its total raised to $350M — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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How Amazon would be affected by California's new bill aimed at regulating the company's use of productivity quotas in warehouses, the first bill of its kind — The online retailer relies on employees' high pace of work for its fast shipping — California is taking aim at the grievances …
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