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Nick Clegg says that Facebook will put “more friends, less politics” in News Feed and will “nudge” teens away from toxic Instagram content — Fighting back after a whistleblower's damning testimony earlier this week before a Congressional committee …
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech — If what faces Big Tech is anything like what happened to Big Tobacco, the road ahead is likely to be a yearslong battle over proposed rules and regulations.
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| BBC: |
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will give evidence to the UK Parliament's Online Safety Bill committee on October 25 — Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who accuses the technology giant of putting profit ahead of safety, will give evidence to the UK Parliament later this month.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Leaked marketing site: Pixel 6 phones will include a 50MP primary camera, with 12MP ultrawide and 48MP 4x telephoto lenses on Pro, and a Magic Eraser feature — The Pixel 6 series is set to deliver the biggest camera overhaul the Pixel lineup has ever seen, and now a pair of marketing sites …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Facebook and its apps were inaccessible for about two hours on Friday afternoon, which the company says was caused by a “configuration” change — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and its family of apps were inaccessible on Friday afternoon, the second time in a week that the social network …
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
EU's proposed tech regulations to curb Big Tech's power have become bogged down in the European Parliament and now risk being watered down and heavily delayed — Deep divides over proposed EU tech regulation likely to trigger long delays — A frank intervention in the European parliament …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Profile of Ifeoma Ozoma as she launches The Tech Worker Handbook, an online guide for tech workplace complaints, and Silenced No More Act becomes California law — - Ifeoma Ozoma, a former employee at Pinterest and Google, just published a resource guide for tech workers who are considering …
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| Evelyn Douek / The Atlantic: |
When trying to address problems that social media may cause for young people, lawmakers focus on Facebook and largely ignore TikTok, which most teens use — Many people think of TikTok as a dance app. And although it is an app full of dancing, it's also a juggernaut experiencing astronomical growth.
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at Pix, a mobile payments system launched 11 months ago by Brazil's Central Bank and used at least once by half of Brazil's population — One year ago the Pix platform didn't exist. Now half the population uses it, showing just how quickly adoption of digital payments can spread.
Tweets: @marketplunger1, @andrewrosati, @katywatson, and @shannongsims
| Sean Captain / Fast Company: |
Profile of Jack Poulson, a former Google researcher who exposes tech company ties with the US military, as the head of the Tech Inquiry nonprofit — Jack Poulson has developed an encyclopedic knowledge of how tech companies are evolving into military contractors.
Tweets: @fastcotech, @fastcompany, @mattdrange, and @seancaptain
| Jeff Verkoeyen / @featherless: |
[Thread] Google's staff engineering lead for Apple's platforms says Google stopped using Material Design for iOS apps after almost a decade, in favor of UIKit — This year my team shifted the open source Material components libraries for iOS into maintenance mode. Why? A 🧵...
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| Bloomberg: |
MindMaze, which makes VR software to help patients regain motion after strokes or traumatic brain injuries, raises $125M, source says at a $1.5B valuation — - MindMaze's software aids recovery from traumatic brain injury — AlbaCore Capital provides financing round of $125 million
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