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Internal docs: Facebook's own research shows Instagram is harmful to a sizeable percentage of users, especially teen girls, but it 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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Last week's court ruling leaves the door open for Apple to still attempt to collect a 30% commission from app developers who use their own payment methods — - Judge questioned, but didn't lower iPhone maker's commission — Maximizing revenue means logistical challenges, political risk
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MobileSyrup, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, iThinkDifferent, phonearena.com, International Business Times, and MediaNama
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| 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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Marco.org, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, New York Times, and Pixel Envy
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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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| 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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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.
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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.
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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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Amazon rolls out an OS update with a new UI for Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Oasis, the first refresh since around 2016 — Refined look and feel coming to most Kindles released since 2015. — Amazon's Kindle e-readers get new software updates regularly, and they're mostly of the nondescript … | 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 …
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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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| 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.| Jack Poulson / American Prospect: |
A former AI research scientist at Google details how tech companies and the US government hide their surveillance projects in plain sight — Learning about the Pentagon's drone program through FOIA requests and public filings — An MQ-9 Sea Guardian unmanned maritime surveillance drone flies … | 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” …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sendoso, which helps companies send customized physical gifts to clients at scale for a monthly fee, raises $100M Series C led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 — Corporate gift services have come into their own during the Covid-19 pandemic by standing in as a proxy for other kinds …
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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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| 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.| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Amazon says it is increasing its US hourly starting wage to $18 and plans to hire another 125,000 warehouse and transportation workers — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has increased its average starting wage in the United States to more than $18 an hour and plans to hire another 125,000 warehouse …
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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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| 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 … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Neosec, which offers tools to secure APIs, emerges from stealth with $20.7M Series A from True Ventures and others — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! — Neosec, a cybersecurity platform designed to secure APIs …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Truepic, which offers tools to verify digital photos and videos, raises $26M Series B led by Microsoft's M12 — Truepic, a digital image verification software provider, has raised $26 million in a Series B funding round led by M12, Microsoft's venture fund.
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| 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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| Jaewon Kang / Wall Street Journal: |
Kroger partners with Instacart to deliver food and household staples in as little as 30 minutes, after unsuccessfully testing quick deliveries two years ago — Partnership draws supermarket giant further into a crowded market — Kroger Co. said it is partnering with Instacart Inc … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
StreamNative, which offers real-time data streaming tools for analytics, raises $23.7M Series A, at a $133M post-money valuation, led by Prosperity7 Ventures — StreamNative, which offers a real-time data streaming platform, today announced that it raised $23.7 million in series A funding …
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| 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 …
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