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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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YouTube Official Blog. More:
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Tweets: @brooklynmarie, @brandyzadrozny, @brandyzadrozny, @moonalice, @andrewhclark, @brandyzadrozny, @donie, @mmasnick, @donie, @helenbranswell, @brandyzadrozny, @sheeraf, @evelyndouek, @evelyndouek, @evelyndouek, @laralogan, @hilaryluros, @brandyzadrozny, @qorigins, @phil_lewis_, @stevekovach, @mikedelmoro, @americanatheist, @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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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, ExtremeTech, Input, Digital Trends, HotHardware.com News, Wccftech, Thurrott, YouTube, TechSpot, PCMag, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, Macworld, Engadget, Pocketnow, and MacRumors
Tweets: @backlon, @iupdate, @tapbot_paul, @stroughtonsmith, @iupdate, @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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9to5Google, The Verge, Search Engine Land, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Android Central, The Keyword, and Fast Company. Tweets: @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, TechCrunch, The Keyword, PYMNTS.com, and Engadget
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, Threatpost, ZDNet, PCMag, Tom's Guide, Dark Reading, 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:
PCMag, CNET, Android Central, MacRumors, Tubefilter, iDownloadBlog.com, Variety, The Verge, Neowin, 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
| 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 and AngelList Venture
Tweets: @angellist, @nmasc_, @nickabouzeid, @roblalka, @alanb, @nmasc_, @apompliano, @_damarioj, @alexh_johnson, @jess, @shanemac, @thisiskp_, @nmasc_, @sugupta, @benwerd, @nmasc_, and @clementc
| 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, Gizmodo, BBC, euronews, DW.COM, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Reuters, The Hill, Associated Press, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @itosettimd_mba, @golovchenko_yev, @digiphile, 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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FinSMEs, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, AdExchanger, GeekWire, ZDNet, and VentureBeat
| 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
| Krebs on Security: |
Researcher discloses AirTag Lost Mode vulnerability that enables a phishing attack, and says Apple spent three months investigating and refused basic questions — The new $30 Airtag tracking device from Apple has a feature that allows anyone who finds one of these tiny location beacons … | 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
| 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: @deepmind and @financialtimes
| 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: @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:
Tech Policy Press
Tweets: @senblumenthal, @viacristiano, @ceciliakang, @viacristiano, @jason_kint, @melissaryan, @jason_kint, and @mshannahmurphy
| 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 … | Matthew Gault / VICE: |
Internal docs detail Amazon's Astro, including its use of facial recognition and “Sentry” mode; sources who worked on Astro say it is a “privacy nightmare” — Leaked meetings show the robot will heavily rely on facial recognition and user behavior, but sources who worked on Astro say the robot is flawed.
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The Verge, Washington Post, The Verge, The Verge, Bloomberg, CNET, IEEE Spectrum, BBC, MobileSyrup, New York Times, IGN, Gizmodo, Gizchina, Patently Apple, TechRadar, The Week, Android Authority, Mashable, Tom's Guide, Silicon Republic, Telecoms.com, XDA Developers, The Ambient, Telegraph, Input, TechSpot, Security Boulevard, Gamereactor UK, KnowTechie, Music Ally, thegamer.com, Insider, Android Police, and Amazon Science
Tweets: @geoffreyfowler, @jason_koebler, @drewharwell, @marshacollier, @kackjennedy, @josephfcox, @jason_koebler, @evacide, @absurdistwords, @beccacaddy, @dcseifert, @mjgault, @jason_koebler, @drewharwell, @moonalice, @bergmayer, @jjvincent, @mjgault, @katienotopoulos, @benthepcguy, @wadhwa, @dorotheabaur, @rcalo, @jojobickley, @benwood, @tomwarren, and @bigblackjacobin
| 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.| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
CFTC fines Kraken $1.25M for illegally offering margined crypto products from June 2020 to July 2021 and not registering as a futures commission merchant — “Margined, leveraged or financed digital asset trading offered to retail U.S. customers must occur on properly registered …
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CFTC, CoinDesk, CoinJournal, Bitcoin News, Coinspeaker, NewsBTC, and BitcoinExchangeGuide
| 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, CRN, and ZDNet
| 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:
Reuters, Input, Cord Cutters News, Polygon, iPhone in Canada Blog, FinSMEs, Memeburn, Video Games Chronicle, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @nightschoolers, @wario64, @carnage4life, @ruelpascualart, and @loudmouthjulia
| 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, Blockworks, The Block, SiliconANGLE, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, cryptonews.com, FinSMEs, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, and CoinDesk. Tweets: @kylesgibson
| 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
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Telegraph, ARTnews.com, Slashdot, and TNW
Tweets: @apdox, @arthistorynews, and @smithsonianmag
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