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Adam Mosseri says Instagram is pausing work on Instagram Kids, after criticism from parents, experts, regulators, policymakers, and others — - We believe building “Instagram Kids” is the right thing to do, but we're pausing the work. — We'll use this time to work with parents …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Facebook offers a metaverse definition, will invest $50M over two years in programs and external research to “responsibly” build the “next computing platform” — It defines the metaverse and calls it the ‘next computing platform’ — Facebook has announced …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
The researcher who disclosed three iOS zero-days last week says Apple apologized for the delayed response and said it is still investigating the vulnerabilities — Apple apologized for the delay in responding to the researcher, but experts think Apple needs to do better. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
TikTok says it now has 1B MAUs — TikTok says it has crossed a key milestone: The social video app claims it now counts more than 1 billion monthly active users. — TikTok is the successor to Musical.ly, the short-form video app that was acquired by Chinese internet giant ByteDance in 2017 …
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Coinbase says it will let US users directly deposit any percentage of their paychecks into their Coinbase account, in USD or cryptocurrencies — - Coinbase will let U.S. users deposit any percentage of their paychecks directly into their accounts in the coming weeks.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
In an interview, Satya Nadella described Microsoft's failed TikTok deal as the “strangest thing” he has ever worked on and says TikTok came to Microsoft — Remember when wild policy swings like this happened all the time? — It's difficult to remember now … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
FCC details a $1.9B program to reimburse mostly rural US telecom carriers for removing network equipment made by Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday said it would open a $1.9 billion program to reimburse mostly rural U.S. telecom carriers … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn confirms it is testing a new, paid ticketed events service and says 21M people attended an Event on LinkedIn in 2020 — LinkedIn earlier this month unveiled a new push around creators to bring more original content (and engagement) to its platform, but that's not the only effort …
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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Activision Blizzard settles with the EEOC, which sued it earlier in the day over alleged sexual harassment and discrimination, will create $18M fund for victims — The video game publisher Activision Blizzard said Monday that it would pay $18 million in a settlement with a federal employment agency …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Google begins its appeal of EU's $5B fine, arguing Android has boosted competition; a verdict isn't expected for months and can be appealed to EU's top court — Regulator says the Alphabet unit abused its market dominance, while Google says it boosts competition against Apple
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Warner Music signs a deal to use Twitch's new content reporting system and launch dedicated Twitch channels for its artists — terms with the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA), Twitch has — signed a deal with Warner Music Group. In partnering with the record label …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bijnis, whose app helps factory owners in India build a digital presence and sell products to retailers, raises $30M Series B led by Westbridge Capital — The proliferation of affordable and fast mobile data allowed hundreds of millions of Indians to come online for the first time in the past decade.
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Entrackr, Tech in Asia, and The Economic Times
| James Hercher / AdExchanger: |
Google says it will no longer use last-click attribution as the default conversion model in Google Ads, and will default to “data-driven attribution” instead — “Because of how we've been improving and training our data-driven attribution models, we've eliminated [that] previously existing requirement,” she said.
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| Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank Vision Fund's sole senior managing partner, Deep Nishar, says he will leave by the end of 2021 after six years at the fund — - Nishar is Vision Fund's sole senior managing partner — Previously an executive at LinkedIn before joining SoftBank| Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online: |
Nasdaq sets Amplitude's reference price at $35 per share for its direct listing on Tuesday, which would give the data analytics company a valuation of ~$3.6B — The Nasdaq assigned a $35 reference price to Amplitude, the data analytics company going public Tuesday.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Cloudflare announces Email Routing and Email Security DNS Wizard, built on top of Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, and others to prevent phishing, spoofing, and more — The internet infrastructure company wants to protect your inbox from targeted threats, starting with the launch of two new tools.
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Tweets: @cloudflare, @lilyhnewman, @cloudflare, and @maxclark
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based neobank Aspire, which offers Southeast Asian SMBs working capital and other financial services, raises $158M Series B in equity and debt — Aspire, the Singapore-based neobank that wants to become an “end-to-end financial operating system” for Southeast Asian businesses …
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| Sai Krishna / 91mobiles.com: |
[Exclusive] Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2021 specifications revealed: 10.5-inch display, 7040mAh battery, and more — Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2021 specifications have been revealed. — The tablet is said to come with a 10.5-inch FHD TFT display, Unisoc T618 processor, a 7,040mAh battery, 8MP camera and up to 128GB storage.
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