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YouTube starts hiding public dislike counts on videos to keep smaller creators from being targeted by dislike attacks, following a test in March — Creators will still be able to see how many people disliked their videos — YouTube has announced that it'll be hiding public dislike counts on videos across its site, starting today.
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| Ben Brody / Protocol: |
The US Justice Department sues Uber, alleging the company overcharged riders with disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act — The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday it filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging the company charged disabled passengers a “wait time” fee when they were slow to enter their rides.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Elon Musk's preplanned moves for Tesla stock, after it fell 12%+ following his weekend Twitter poll where users voted he should sell 10% of his shares — Three-days of share disposals come as the billionaire chief executive exercises a large number of stock options
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| Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils Business Essentials for SMBs, with device management, iCloud storage, and more, starting at $2.99/month per user and launching in spring 2022 — Apple is introducing a new business offering called Apple Business Essentials that combines device management …
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| Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: |
Disney misses Q4 estimates after slower streaming services growth: Disney+ added 2M subscribers to 118M, Hulu added 700K to 39.7M, and ESPN+ added 2.3M to 17.1M — The streaming service now has 118 million subscribers, up only 2 million from last quarter. — Disney posted muted earnings …
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Instagram is testing Take a Break, an opt-in feature that reminds users to take a break after 10, 20, or 30 minutes — Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today the comapny has begun testing a new feature this week called “Take a Break” which will allow users to remind themselves …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft and Meta partner to integrate Workplace content into Teams and plan to integrate Teams video meetings into Workplace groups by early 2022 — Microsoft Teams is integrating into Workplace — Microsoft is partnering with Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook …
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| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
Sandbox VR, which offers VR experiences at a dozen retail locations worldwide, raises a $37M Series B led by a16z, following its $68M Series A in 2019 — After a challenging year for location-based virtual reality startups due to COVID-19, Sandbox VR, a location-based VR startup …
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google launches Project Relate, a beta Android app that English speakers with speech impairments can use as a voice assistant, in the US, NZ, Canada, Australia — It builds on Google's Project Euphonia — Google launched a beta app today that people with speech impairments can use …
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| Moneycontrol: |
Online food delivery platform Zomato invests $175M across Indian startups Shiprocket, Curefit, and Magicpin, and plans to invest $1B in startups over two years — Online food delivery platform Zomato on November 10 announced a $175 million investment across three homegrown startups …
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| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Valve delays Steam Deck from December 2021 to February 2022, citing supply chain issues — Valve has notified customers that it is delaying the Steam Deck for two months, pushing it to February 2022. — “We're sorry about this,” Valve wrote in emails to customers and on its blog.| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Trend Micro report details the activities of hacker-for-hire group Void Balaur, which has targeted US telecom companies and others since the mid-2010s — Cyber-security firm Trend Micro has published today a 46-page report detailing the history and activity of a hacker-for-hire group …
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Sources: Didi plans to relaunch its ride-hailing and other apps in China, as Beijing's investigations begin to conclude; source says Didi expects a ~$1.6B fine — Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) is preparing to relaunch its ride-hailing and other apps in China by the end of the year in anticipation …
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Cerebras, which makes “wafer-scale” AI chips with 2.6T transistors, raises a $250M Series F at a $4B valuation, bringing its total funding to $720M — Every once in a while, a startup comes along with something out of left field. In the AI hardware generation, Cerebras holds that title, with their Wafer Scale Engine.| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Indonesia's GoTo raises $1.3B+ from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Google, and others ahead of its IPO — - ADIA, Avanda, Fidelity join investors such as Google, Tencent — Jakarta-based GoTo plans to go public at home and the U.S. — GoTo Group, formed this year by the merger …
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| Worth Sparkman / Axios: |
Arkansas-based Zenwork, which develops tax and regulatory compliance software, raises $162.5M led by Spectrum Equity and says 100,000+ US SMBs use its services — A little-known Fayetteville technology company just landed a pile of cash to help it grow. — What's happening …
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based e-commerce logistics startup Hive raises $34M led by Earlybird and Picus at a $157M valuation, bringing its total raised to $44M — Berlin-based Hive announced $34 million in new investment Wednesday as it continues developing its technology that provides direct-to-consumer brands an alternative way to manage operations.
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Twitter will no longer crop photo previews on the web after a similar update on iOS and Android in May, following claims of bias in its auto-cropping algorithm — Say goodbye to inaccurate image previews — Twitter is dropping the crop on web. This is the same update …
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