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Hackers defaced Twitch for a few hours this morning, replacing a number of background game images with photos of Jeff Bezos — Twitch isn't having a good week — Hackers have managed to deface Twitch for a few hours this morning, replacing a number of background game images with photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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YouTube says it will stop making year-end Rewind videos, after canceling the 2020 edition due to the pandemic — After shelving last year's iteration of YouTube Rewind due to the hardships and heaviness of 2020, YouTube has exclusively confirmed to Tubefilter that it is doing away with the annual compendium for good.
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Profile of privacy activist Ashkan Soltani, who was named head of the California Privacy Protection Agency on Monday — The California Privacy Protection Agency's new executive director Ashkan Soltani is uniquely poised to tackle enforcement and rulemaking for The Golden State's landmark … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google and YouTube say they will prohibit ads and monetization on content that denies climate change, starting next month — Google and YouTube on Thursday announced a new policy that prohibits climate deniers from being able to monetize their content on its platforms via ads or creator payments.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Microsoft acquires Ally, whose software helps companies track and hit their goals; PitchBook: Ally was last valued at $345M after its $50M Series C in February — Microsoft has acquired Ally, a 3-year-old Seattle-based startup that helps companies track and hit their goals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Notion raises $275M led by Coatue Management and Sequoia at a $10B valuation; the company was reportedly valued at $2B in April — Covering venture capital, software and startups — Early this year, Notion experienced a problem unusual to enterprise software startups: it went viral on TikTok.| Sarah Krouse / The Information: |
Sources: Google is working on Big Moments, a Search feature that contextualizes and highlights the most authoritative facts about major events in real time — Google is trying to learn a tough job that news editors around the world do everyday: curating information about breaking news.| The Verge: |
Gov. Newsom signs Silenced No More Act, which ex-Pinterest employee Ifeoma Ozoma helped draft, to protect CA workers who call out discrimination despite NDAs — Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Silenced No More Act to protect whistleblowers in California — California governor Gavin Newsom signed …
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| Maddie Stone / Grist: |
Microsoft reaches an agreement with investor advocacy nonprofit As You Sow to make its devices easier to fix, increasing access to spare parts and repair docs — In a first-of-its-kind agreement, the company has committed to increasing access to spare parts and repair documents.
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| Song Jung-a / Financial Times: |
Samsung reports Q3 operating profit of $13.26B, up 28% YoY, its best in three years, but warns chips could be entering a downcycle as laptop demand subsides — South Korean company has record sales but warns semiconductors could be entering downcycle — Samsung Electronics has estimated … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
As Twitch grapples with the fallout from its giant data leak, a look at the impact on its streamers, who had extensive revenue and personal data leaked — The leak of source code and some internal security files does not expose sensitive data, according to a former Twitch employee.
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| Vikas Sn / Moneycontrol: |
Truecaller opens up 15.4% in its Stockholm market debut at $6.82 per share, giving it a market cap of ~$2.5B — Truecaller cofounders Alan Mamedi (L) and Nami Zarringhalam — Caller identification firm Truecaller, which earns majority of its revenues from India, made its trading debut at $6.82 …
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google confirms bug that causes AMP URLs in Google Search results on devices running iOS 15 to redirect to the original site's page, says it is working on a fix — This bug should be resolved soon according to a Google spokesperson. — With the iOS 15 release on September 20th, AMP URLs in Google Search just stopped working.
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