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Internal docs: Facebook's own research shows Instagram is harmful to a sizeable percentage of users, especially teen girls, but has taken few remedial steps — Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public
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| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
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
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Citizen Lab says it found evidence of ForcedEntry on an activist's iPhone and the exploit worked on iPads, Macs, and Watches as well, prior to recent updates — Citizen Lab says the ForcedEntry flaw affects all iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches — Apple has released security updates …
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South Korea fines Google $177M for abusing market dominance, saying it prevented companies like Samsung from developing or using modified versions of Android — - Company said to have impeded development of competing software — Regulator orders change to Google contracts with manufacturers
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Intuit says it has agreed to acquire Mailchimp for $12B in cash and stock — - Intuit will buy email marketing company Mailchimp for $12 billion, the companies announced Monday. — Intuit said it will use the acquisition to accelerate growth among small business clients.
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Biden to nominate Georgetown law professor Alvaro Bedoya, who focuses on privacy issues, to be a commissioner at the FTC — Alvaro Bedoya has spearheaded pivotal research into how the government's use of facial recognition software hurts America's most marginalized| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
A look at the harsh reality of working for on-demand delivery apps in NYC, including fluctuating pay and relentless time pressure, and labor organizing efforts — Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. The city's 65,000 bikers have only themselves to count on.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Amazon partners with ticketing company AXS to use its Amazon One palm scanner at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the first outside partnership for Amazon One — Launching at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre — Amazon's palm-scanning technology, Amazon One, has always been about more than just fast payments.| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Interview with Will Cathcart on the criticism of humans reviewing reported WhatsApp content, encrypted backups, and the broader geopolitics of e2e encryption — After a contentious year, candid talk on encryption, privacy, and ProPublica — It has been a contentious year for WhatsApp.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India and Singapore are working to link India's Unified Payments Interface and Singapore's PayNow by 2022, seeking to enable “instant, low-cost” transfers — India and Singapore are working to link their digital payments systems to enable “instant, low-cost fund transfers,” …
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Christine Martinez files a suit against Pinterest claiming breach of implied contract, saying she co-created Pinterest but was never compensated — In a lawsuit, a woman who said she had helped create Pinterest claimed the founders had agreed to compensate her but never did.| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
Researcher discovers an AI-powered service that makes it incredibly easy for users to generate nonconsensual deepfake porn by uploading a picture of a face — Deepfake researchers have long feared the day this would arrive. — The website is eye-catching for its simplicity.
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @_karenhao, @mat, @_karenhao, and @_karenhao
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
A breakdown of Apple vs. Epic decision, which was a near total victory for Apple, and the limitations of the injunction on App Store's anti-steering provision — The vast majority of Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers decision in Epic v. Apple is both straight-forward and predictable …
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| Sun Yu / Financial Times: |
Chinese police are using a state-backed anti-fraud app, installed on 200M+ devices, to identify and question people who have viewed overseas financial news — Police identify and question people on back of software meant to prevent online scams — Chinese police are using …
Tweets: @colgo, @paulmozur, @jchengwsj, @elimeixler, @gwbstr, @elimeixler, and @ftchina
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle misses in Q1 with revenue of $9.73B, up 4% YoY, vs. $9.77B expected, cloud services and license support revenue of $7.37B, up 6% YoY, vs $7.41B expected — - Oracle's top business segment missed expectations, as did hardware. — The software maker announced a program …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Q&A with Parler CEO George Farmer, a British hedge fund partner married to Candace Owens, who says the social network is planning a relaunch after Capitol riots — George Farmer seeks to revive ‘free speech’ app that imploded after US Capitol riots — Parler, the “free speech” …
Tweets: @bondhack and @martinsfp
| Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine: |
Interview with SEC chair Gary Gensler on meme-stock mania, commission-free trading apps, regulating cryptocurrencies, and whether SPACs need more oversight — When financial regulators demonstrate that they hold generous views of bitcoin — that, contrary to the prevailing mood in Washington …
Tweets: @jenwieczner, @ldrogen, and @mdudas
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Amazon announces an OS update for Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Oasis with a new UI, the first refresh since around 2016, rolling out now — Refined look and feel coming to most Kindles released since 2015. — Amazon's Kindle e-readers get new software updates regularly … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
London-based PassFort, which helps companies with KYC and AML requirements, raises $16.2M Series A led by Level Equity — London-based PassFort, a SaaS provider that helps business meet compliance requirements such as KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) reporting … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Ambi Robotics, which builds autonomous hardware for supply chains, raises $26M Series A led by Tiger Global — Five months ago, Ambi Robotics emerged from stealth with a $6 million raise. Today the Bay Area-based firm is back with several times that, announcing a $26 million Series A, led by Tiger Global.
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| 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 week: The long-awaited ruling in Apple Inc.'s suit with Epic Games Inc. arrives just before the iPhone 13 …
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Tweets: @majinbuofficial, @markgurman, and @spigenworld
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Maryland-based cyber risk management company Tenable has agreed to acquire infrastructure-as-code tech provider Accurics for $160M in cash — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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| Charis McGowan / Rest of World: |
Workers for Cornershop, an online grocer that employs all of its delivery workers, say they fear deteriorating working conditions following Uber's acquisition — Everything changed after Chilean unicorn Cornershop was bought by the American ride-hailing giant. — • SANTIAGO, CHILE
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