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| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
YouTube says it is banning prominent anti-vaccine activists, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and blocking all anti-vax content, not just about COVID-19 vaccines — The Google-owned video site previously only banned misinformation about coronavirus vaccines. Facebook made the same change months ago.
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Tweets: @drhoenderkamp, @draseemmalhotra, @brandyzadrozny, @aetiology, @brooklynmarie, @andrewhclark, @brandyzadrozny, @netpoette, @donie, @mmasnick, @donie, @helenbranswell, @brandyzadrozny, @sheeraf, @evelyndouek, @sewellchan, @evelyndouek, @evelyndouek, @laralogan, @hilaryluros, @brandyzadrozny, @brandyzadrozny, @aslavitt, @qorigins, @phil_lewis_, @stevekovach, @mikedelmoro, @americanatheist, @moonalice, @beardedstoner, @joshsternberg, @wiczipedia, @adamconover, @mtracey, @kantrowitz, @philip_germain, and @fenitn
| Reuters: |
Russia arrests Ilya Sachkov, the CEO of cybersecurity company Group-IB, on suspicion of treason and will hold him in custody for two months — Russia has arrested Ilya Sachkov, the chief executive of top Russian cybersecurity company Group IB, on suspicion of state treason and will hold … | Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple says the “jelly scroll” issue on the 6th-gen iPad mini is normal for LCD screens; the issue isn't noticeable on other latest iPad models with LCD screens — Apple says the issue is caused by normal LCD screen behavior. — Update, 9/28/2021: In response to our inquiry …
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, Input, ExtremeTech, Thurrott, YouTube, TechSpot, Digital Trends, PCMag, HotHardware.com News, iPhone Hacks, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, Wccftech, and Macworld
Tweets: @backlon, @iupdate, @tapbot_paul, @iupdate, @stroughtonsmith, @iupdate, @krazyfrog, @backlon, @stroughtonsmith, @samifathi_, @snazzyq, @christianselig, and @iupdate
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google says it is improving Search using the MUM AI model, with features like “Things to know”, which gives users additional context about searched topics — At its Search On event today, Google introduced several new features that, taken together, are its strongest attempts yet …
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iTnews, 9to5Google, The Verge, Search Engine Land, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Search Engine Journal, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, SlashGear, Android Central, Fast Company, and The Keyword
Tweets: @grady_booch and @backlon
| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Google announces online shopping tools, including a Lens upgrade coming first to iOS and Chrome desktop that helps users find products seen in images and videos — New search tools designed for shopping from home — Shopping online isn't always a convenience.
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Wall Street Journal, The Keyword, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @searchliaison, @searchliaison, and @producthunt
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researchers discover a malware operation that has infected 10M+ Android devices in 70+ countries via benign-looking apps, netting $1.5M-$4M per month — Security researchers have found a massive malware operation that has infected more than 10 million Android smartphones across …
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Zimperium Mobile Security Blog. More:
Wired, ZDNet, Threatpost, TechSpot, PCMag, Tom's Guide, Forbes, The Hacker News, and BleepingComputer. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is rolling out Reels to all US mobile users, after launching a beta last month, and announces a Reels Play bonus program for creators — After launching into beta tests just last month, Facebook today is rolling out Reels to all Facebook users in the U.S. on both iOS and Android.
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About Facebook. More:
Benzinga, PCMag, CNET, Android Central, Variety, The Verge, Tubefilter, Neowin, iDownloadBlog.com, and Engadget
Tweets: @mattnavarra and @justiacom
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the FTC is considering strengthening online privacy protections, including for children, in an effort to bypass legislative logjams in Congress — Agency is looking at strengthening rules that govern how digital businesses collect user data — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission …
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Senate Commerce Committee, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @lourdesturrecha, @georgetownlaw, @ryanjtracy, @moonalice, @karlbode, and @georgetownlaw
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google Maps adds a wildfire info layer, rolling out to Android this week and iOS and desktop in October, expands its Tree Canopy tool to 100 cities worldwide — “Fire” will be a top-level layer just like traffic, satellite, and transit maps. — Google Maps is getting a few new features …
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The Verge, The Keyword, MobileSyrup, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, CNN, ZDNet, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Engadget, and Mashable
Tweets: @googlemaps, @doiwildlandfire, and @googlemaps
| Rachel Pannett / Washington Post: |
Russia threatens to block YouTube unless it restores two German-language RT channels that were banned for COVID-19 misinformation — Russia has threatened to block YouTube unless the Google-owned video service restores two German-language channels managed by Russia's state media company RT …
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The Guardian, BBC, Gizmodo, euronews, Reuters, ABC News, DW.COM, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Hill, Associated Press, The Economic Times, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @itosettimd_mba, @digiphile, @golovchenko_yev, and @digiphile
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Seattle-based Read AI, which offers a dashboard for Zoom meetings to measure engagement, sentiment, and more, emerges from stealth with $10M in seed funding — Meetings can go one of two ways... either be productive, or be ineffective. Read AI wants all meeting goers to be engaged and feel productive …
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TechRadar, FinSMEs, 9to5Mac, GeekWire, VentureBeat, AdExchanger, and ZDNet
| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
AngelList launches AngelList Stack, a set of tools to help founders start and run their companies, including end-to-end incorporation and banking services — AngelList Stack is a new suite of workflow products for founders — AngelList this week launched AngelList Stack …
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AngelList Venture. Tweets: @angellist, @rolfmathies, @alexh_johnson, @apompliano, @nickabouzeid, @alanb, @_damarioj, @jess, @shanemac, @thisiskp_, @sugupta, @benwerd, @clementc, @nmasc_, @roblalka, @nmasc_, @nmasc_, and @nmasc_
| Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
Ripple Labs says it is starting a $250M fund for NFT creators, exploring new use cases and providing financial, creative, and technical support — - Mintable, mintNFT, VSA Partners will have access to the fund — Projects will be tokenized on the XRP Ledger blockchain
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Ripple. More:
Ripple, The Block, Blockworks, SiliconANGLE, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, cryptonews.com, FinSMEs, Cointelegraph, and Decrypt. Tweets: @kylesgibson
| Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: |
Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pleads guilty to violating US sanctions law following a crypto and blockchain presentation at a 2019 North Korean conference — Griffith was charged with violating sanctions law by giving a cryptocurrency and blockchain presentation at a North Korean conference in 2019.
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The Daily Hodl and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @chuckbaggett, @cryptoyieldinfo, @autismcapital, @kenkingcastle1, @johnlilic, @fredwalton216, and @brianeklein
| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
A look at IBM Cloud's missteps, driven by marketing mistakes, duplicated development processes, and a sales-driven culture catering to existing clients — The words stunned IBM's cloud executives in November 2013. Former CEO Ginni Rometty had just told them that Watson, IBM's dubious crown jewel …
Tweets: @tomkrazit, @quinnypig, @wallstcynic, and @marypcbuk
| TechCrunch: |
Andela, which trains African programmers to work remotely for US companies, raises $200M Series E led by Vision Fund 2 at a $1.5B valuation — Andela, a fully remote company that helps tech companies build remote engineering teams (initially from Africa but now a global market) …
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Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Andela, WeeTracker, Bloomberg, FinSMEs, StreetInsider.com, Rest of World, and TechCabal
Tweets: @rossdawson, @carnage4life, and @jmelaskyriazi
| Reuters: |
Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal say a Facebook whistleblower will testify at an October 5 Senate hearing on child safety — Two U.S. senators said on Tuesday a Facebook Inc (FB.O) whistleblower will testify at a Senate hearing next week about what one of them called the social media company's “toxic effects” on young users.
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U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn …. More:
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Tweets: @senblumenthal, @viacristiano, @ceciliakang, @viacristiano, @jason_kint, @melissaryan, @jason_kint, and @mshannahmurphy
| Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
UK Met Office and DeepMind partner to improve short-term weather forecasts using AI, particularly predictions of storms and heavy rain — Better rainfall predictions could save lives when floods threaten, say researchers — Artificial intelligence improves the accuracy of short-term weather forecasts …
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Nature, SiliconANGLE, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, The Guardian, The Guardian, New Scientist, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @financialtimes and @deepmind
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
EquityBee, which runs a marketplace with ~12K investors to help startup employees exercise their stock options, raises $55M Series B led by Group 11 — Stock options can hold a lot of potential reward for employees when their company is doing well, but not every person will have the funds … | South China Morning Post: |
Chinese regulators jointly detail a three-year plan to regulate algorithms and hold companies accountable for misusing them, following draft rules from August — A three-year plan jointly published by nine central government bodies asks local authorities to regulate the use of algorithms … | Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Cocoon, which offers a service to help companies and employees manage leave, raises $20M Series A led by Index Ventures — Employee leave benefits are a complicated web of company and government policies, and Cocoon is out to bring clarity and simplicity to both the employer and employee experience.| Eva Mathews / Reuters: |
Akamai acquires Tel Aviv-based Guardicore, which protects cloud workloads from cyber threats, for $600M, to help combat ransomware attacks — Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM.O) will acquire Israel-based Guardicore for about $600 million, it said on Wednesday, to beef up its cloud security offerings …
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SiliconANGLE, FierceTelecom, ZDNet, and CRN
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Netflix acquires its first game studio, Night School Studio, which was founded by Sean Krankel and Adam Hines in 2014 and is best known for the game Oxenfree — Netflix has acquired its first game studio with the acquisition of Oxenfree creator Night School Studio. The purchase price wasn't disclosed.
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Night School Studio. More:
Input, Cord Cutters News, Polygon, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, FinSMEs, Memeburn, Video Games Chronicle, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @nightschoolers, @wario64, and @carnage4life
| Dalya Alberge / The Guardian: |
Analysis by Swiss AI company Art Recognition of 148 paintings suggests UK National Gallery's Samson and Delilah by Peter Paul Rubens, bought in 1980, is a fake — Long-held doubts about the authenticity of the National Gallery's masterpiece, bought for £2.5m in 1980, are backed by pioneering technology| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Filings: General Catalyst is aiming to raise up to $300M for a fund to buy sales contracts from tech startups, one of the first and largest funds to do so — One of Silicon Valley's largest venture capitalists gets into financial engineering — General Catalyst, one of the largest US venture capital firms …
Tweets: @jstrauss
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Tonic.ai, which helps engineers create synthetic data sets, raises $35M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $45M — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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