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Meta confirms taking “enforcement actions” against The OG App, which offers an ad-free Instagram feed, as developers UN1feed say Apple removed the App Store app — A third-party Instagram app, called “The OG App,” which promised an ad-free feed more like the original Instagram experience …
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Google announces new Maps features, including the ability to visually soar over some areas, 250 more landmark views, enriched neighborhood info, and AR search — Google is gearing up to launch several new updates for Maps in the coming months, the company announced today at its Search On event.
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
An Apple support document and compliance page reference an “iPhone 14 Max”, suggesting Apple chose the iPhone 14 Plus name at short notice — Newly discovered references to the iPhone 14 Plus as “iPhone 14 Max” on Apple's website suggest this was the name originally intended …
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An investigation shows the CIA's failure to secure its messaging system for Iranian assets, often hidden within websites, leading to capture, torture, and death — The spy was minutes from leaving Iran when he was nabbed. — Gholamreza Hosseini was at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran in late 2010, preparing for a flight to Bangkok.| Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press: |
Amnesty International: Meta's algorithms “proactively amplified and promoted content” on Facebook that incited violent hatred against the Rohingya in Myanmar — With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that's been his home since 2017 …
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| Clothilde Goujard / Politico: |
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, the US candidate to lead the UN's International Telecommunication Union, which sets global tech rules, beats Russia's by 139 to 25 votes — BUCHAREST — A top U.S. official won a massive majority to lead the United Nations agency that sets global standards for telecoms and tech infrastructure.
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Meta permanently bans Pornhub's Instagram account for “repeatedly violating” its policies, after a three-week suspension and ToS breaches accruing over 10 years — Pornhub claims its account was “fully PG,” and cites the uneven treatment of mainstream celebrities like Kim Kardashian …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft plans to end support for SwiftKey on iOS and delist it from the App Store on October 5; SwiftKey on Android will continue to be supported — Questions about what's going on with Microsoft's support of the predictive SwifKey keyboard app for iOS have been bubbling up over the past few weeks.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail Chaos, a new cross-platform malware that infected a wide range of Linux and Windows devices, including routers, FreeBSD boxes, and servers — Small office routers? FreeBSD machines? Enterprise servers? Chaos infects them all. — Researchers have revealed a never …
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon encourages some customer service staff to work from home, sources say to cut real estate costs; source: Amazon plans to close multiple US call centers — Amazon.com Inc. is encouraging customer service employees at some US call centers to work from home, signaling the company's preference …
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| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
SWIFT is working with blockchain data provider Chainlink on a cross-chain interoperability protocol to let SWIFT messages instruct on-chain token transfers — Interest from institutional investors moving into crypto has been “undeniable,” according to SWIFT's Strategy Director.| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
A look at Botometer, which claims to identify the likelihood that a Twitter account is a bot and has been cited by Elon Musk's lawyers in the Twitter lawsuit — In the battle over Twitter's future, the number of bots on the platform is a key issue. Problem is, nobody knows how to count them.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank begins laying off Vision Fund employees, with cuts expected to impact over 150 people, or 30%+ of its staff, following massive losses — SoftBank Group Corp. has started laying off employees at its loss-making Vision Fund and is expected to cut at least 30% of its staff, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jakarta-based Traveloka, Southeast Asia's largest online travel startup, raised $300M from BlackRock and others; Traveloka was valued at $3B in 2020 — Traveloka has secured $300 million in new financing from investors including BlackRock Inc., as Southeast Asia's biggest online travel startup counts …
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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
A look at Portugal's Meia Praia beach, a haven where crypto supporters gather, creating a bubble of optimism about digital currencies amid crypto's downturn — In crypto havens such as Meia Praia beach, the confidence in digital currencies remains undimmed even after this summer's crash.
Tweets: @satariano, @diditaihuttu, and @alleenbrown
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Block's bitcoin-focused TBD subsidiary partners with Circle to build infrastructure for cross-border, dollar-linked stablecoin transfers and savings — The partnership aims to improve people's access to dollar-linked stablecoins in countries with rapidly devaluing currencies.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Meta details its text-to-video AI generator, called Make-A-Video, which can produce five second videos with no audio; the model is currently private — AI text-to-image generators have been making headlines in recent months, but researchers are already moving on to the next frontier: AI text-to-video generators.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Ox Security, which helps companies improve software supply chain security, raised a $34M seed from Microsoft's M12 and others, and says it has 30 customers — The rise in software supply chain attacks, like the SolarWinds hack, prompted last year's executive order from the Biden Administration …
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Google announces new US shopping features, including a “Shop the Look” display of complementary products, 3D images, trending items, and more personalization — At its Search On event this afternoon, Google announced a number of shopping-related changes and new features across areas … | Financial Times: |
An investigation details China's crackdown on executives at its $47B Big Fund for semiconductor self-sufficiency, including 12+ disappearances and detentions — The sudden disappearance in July last year of Gao Songtao, the bespectacled former vice-president of government fund manager Sino IC Capital, was a warning of a coming storm.
Tweets: @simonbchen, @edwardwhitenz, and @michaelxpettis
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Pornhub tests a chatbot in the UK that sends users searching for CSAM to a service where they can get help; the bot intervened 173,904 times in its first month — Pornhub is trialing a new automated tool that pushes CSAM-searchers to seek help for their online behavior. Will it work?
Tweets: @jcperrino, @joellatto, and @mikestabile
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
BMW and Amazon partner to let BMW use Alexa's technology to build its own voice assistant, coming to cars launching within the next two years — Amazon Alexa will be the foundation of BMW's next-generation voice assistant, the companies announced Wednesday at Amazon's annual Devices and Services launch event.
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