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| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon changed its search algorithm last year to boost items that were more profitable for it, overriding internal dissent from lawyers and engineers — The e-commerce giant overcame internal dissent from engineers and lawyers, people familiar with the move say.
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| Washington Post: |
The dearth of TikTok videos on Hong Kong protests offers a glimpse of how China could shape the perception of real-world events by US and global audiences — Hong Kong unrest features prominently on most social media, but not on TikTok — A search for “#hongkong” on Twitter reveals …
Tweets: @oldestlivingboy, @reedalbergotti, @mattdpearce, @craigsilverman, @tombschrader, @profcarroll, @fryan, @mbrennanchina, @mbrennanchina, @tombschrader, @mcwm, @tombschrader, @klustout, @tombschrader, @jchengwsj, @ourobororoboruo, @beirutspring, @chrismessina, @tariqkrim, @wongmjane, and @drewharwell
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google announces a hardware event on October 15 in NYC, where it's expected to announce the Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL, Pixelbook 2, and new Google Home speakers — Pixel 4, Pixelbook 2, new Google Assistant speakers, and more — Google has invited media to a hardware event on October 15th in New York City.
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Axios, MacRumors, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Axios, Android Authority, XDA Developers, and Android Central. Tweets: @wongmjane
| Ry Crist / CNET: |
The Wi-Fi Alliance launches the Wi-Fi Certified 6 program for devices using next-gen 802.11ax Wi-Fi radios, expected to be up to 40% faster than Wi-Fi 5 — Promising a “new Wi-Fi era,” the nonprofit Wi-Fi Alliance industry group launched the Wi-Fi Certified 6 program Monday.
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Wi-Fi Alliance, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, Softpedia News, Cult of Mac, and Gizchina. Thanks:@rycrist
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Personal information of most of Ecuador's population, including 6.7M children, left exposed online with home addresses, phone numbers, work information, more — Elasticsearch server leaks personal data on Ecuador's citizens, their family trees, and children, but also some users' financial records and car registration information.| Colin Packham / Reuters: |
Sources: Australia has concluded that China was responsible for the hacking of its national parliament and three largest political parties earlier this year — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian intelligence determined China was responsible for a cyber-attack on its national parliament …
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The Register, Washington Post, Sydney Morning Herald, TechNode, and Politico
| Rob Walker / New York Times: |
Despite what media and politicians say, there is no tangible tech backlash from consumers, who shrug off warnings of a dystopian future and embrace new tech — Worse, we think there is one. — Mr. Walker is the author of “The Art of Noticing.” — It's fun, and increasingly fashionable, to complain about technology.| CBC News: |
Facebook says it is planning changes to tool allowing advertisers to rewrite news story headlines after UK's Conservative party altered a BBC headline in an ad — BBC article used in ad with a changed headline that contradicted article content — Advertisers on Facebook are able …
Tweets: @mattnavarra and @eamorris_
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Qualcomm to buy TDK's remaining interest in RF360 Holdings, a joint venture focused on RF front-end, paying $3.1B total, a sum that includes earlier payments — One of Qualcomm's important but under-appreciated 5G business areas, RF front-end (RFFE) development, is about to come fully …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Greenlight, which provides preloaded debit cards for kids 13 and older that parents can manage from their smartphones, raises $54M Series B led by Drive Capital — Kids have to learn financial literacy sometime — or should, depending on your parenting philosophy.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank Vision Fund backers Saudi Arabia's PIF and UAE's Mubadala are reconsidering how much to commit to Vision Fund II as a big bet on WeWork sours — - Saudis, Abu Dhabi consider dramatically cutting investment — Discussions follow WeWork IPO process, drop in valuation
Tweets: @selviano
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook rolls out Instagram and IGTV content scheduling for up to 6 months in advance, and new video tools for live video, Watch Party, and Creator Studio — Facebook on Monday announced a number of updates aimed at video creators and publishers, during a session at the International … Sponsor Posts
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