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Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more — SOURCE CODES AND USER PAYOUTS AMONG THE DATA RELEASED IN A 128GB TORRENT — An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked …
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Mark Zuckerberg says that Facebook does not prioritize profit over safety and well-being and argues that many of Frances Haugen's claims don't make sense — I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company. — Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you.
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Sources: Facebook has begun limiting internal info sharing and paused product rollouts in recent days as employees conduct “reputational reviews” — Social-media company puts hold on some work for existing products while it addresses blowback from whistleblower, lawmakers
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter is testing a feature that gives users advice for maintaining civility before they join a potentially controversial conversation — In its battle to add more “social privacy” upgrades to its platform and make Twitter a better place, the blue bird company announced a new feature they're testing …
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google announces updates to Search, Maps, Travel, and Nest, focusing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions for users — There are updates to Search, Maps, Travel, Nest, and more — Google announced a suite of new features that it says will help people who use their platforms make more sustainable choices.
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Brandon Silverman, the founder and CEO of the Facebook-owned analytics tool CrowdTangle, is leaving the company; team members were reassigned several months ago — CrowdTangle has been caught up in an internal transparency battle at Facebook — Brandon Silverman, the founder and CEO …
Tweets: @kevinroose, @donie, @brandyzadrozny, @janelytv, @sofiadmateus, and @daveyalba
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU plans to launch antitrust case against Apple next year over Apple Pay terms and blocking competitors from accessing the NFC chip in its devices — EU antitrust regulators are set to charge Apple (AAPL.O) with anti-competitive practices related to its NFC chip technology …
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DOJ plans to crack down on crypto exchanges that allow money laundering and pursue companies with poor cybersecurity practices that receive federal funds — U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Wednesday unveiled two new Justice Department enforcement initiatives aimed targeting cryptocurrencies …
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Tweets: @sethforprivacy and @clearing_fog
| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Sensor Tower: as Facebook went dark, Snap saw a 23% rise in Android users over the previous week, Telegram rose 18%, Signal rose 15%, and Twitter rose 11% — - Telegram, Signal also recorded usage surge, Sensor Tower says — Traditionally, many users switch back once services recover| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest rolls out new promotion tools for brands, including slideshow ads for catalogues, and adds seven more countries to its Verified Merchant Program — Pinterest is rolling out new features for advertisers and brands to promote their products to users on its site.
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Samsung says its 3nm chips with gate-all-around transistor tech are delayed until 2022, and its 2nm chips will arrive in 2025 — The company's 3-nanometer manufacturing technology is late, but Samsung also announced that its more advanced 2nm successor will arrive in 2025.
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Yonhap News Agency, FierceElectronics, AnandTech, TechSpot, and Business Wire. Tweets: @stshank
| Yashraj Sharma / Rest of World: |
Instagram usage exploded in India after the TikTok ban, but the creator economy is still devastated, and critics say Reels content is comparatively bland — “TikTok was a canteen; Instagram is a café. But the canteen has better food, and the café serves costly coffee that not everyone drinks."| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD warns that its CPUs running Windows 11 may suffer 3%-5% reduced performance for some apps, 10%-15% for esports games; AMD and Microsoft are working on a fix — AMD has announced that all of its WIndows 11-compatible processors can suffer from reduced performance in some applications …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Quantum computing startup Rigetti Computing to go public via SPAC, in a deal expected to raise $458M at a $1.5B valuation — Rigetti is going public. — The Bay Area-based makers of quantum computers and processors announced Wednesday that it will merge with a SPAC called Supernova …
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Sources: YouTube, which is a top destination for podcast listeners of some shows, is looking to hire its first executive to oversee its podcasting business — The video site is looking for someone to manage the growing number of podcasts uploaded every day| Manas Mishra / Reuters: |
Twitter is selling mobile ad subsidiary MoPub to AppLovin for $1.05B, after acquiring it for nearly $350M in 2013 — Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Wednesday it has agreed to sell mobile ads company MoPub to AppLovin Corp (APP.O) for $1.05 billion in cash. — MoPub, which generated …
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Tweets: @nedsegal, @aripap, @thezedwards, @mjbarash, @swodinsky, @nedsegal, @derella, and @tkawaja
| Christopher Bing / Reuters: |
TSA to mandate that critical US railroad and aviation companies name a chief cyber official, disclose hacks to the government, and draft hack recovery plans — (Reuters) -The Transportation Security Administration will introduce new regulations that compel the most important U.S. railroad …
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Tweets: @jimlangevin and @bing_chris
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Survey of 1,200 US adults: 66% view Facebook favorably, down from 71% in 2020, compared to 79% for Apple (down 2%), 87% for Amazon (down 4%), and 90% for Google — After a year of the pandemic, we asked Americans if their trust in big tech companies has changed — and if the biggest ones should be broken up| Ekin Genç / VICE: |
Last week, the anonymous developer behind the NFT project Evolved Apes siphoned ~$2.7M from the project, took down its Twitter account and website, and vanished — The developer behind the NFT project, ‘Evil Ape,’ suddenly disappeared along with its Twitter account, website, and $2.7 million.
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Tweets: @seldo, @jessethorn, @mjgault, @callmeshitto, @ben_mckenzie, @avast_o, @iucounu, and @mikeisaac
| Annie Njanja / TechCrunch: |
Sundar Pichai says Google will invest $1B to support “digital transformation” across Africa, including laying a subsea cable and low-interest loans for SMBs — The developing world represents the best chance of growth for large internet companies, and today one of the very biggest set …
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