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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap reports it added 7M DAUs in Q3 to hit 210M, up 13% YoY, revenue of $446M, up 50% YoY, and a net loss of $227M, down from $325M a year ago — The Snap-back continues. Snapchat blew past earnings expectations for a big beat in Q3, as it added 7 million daily active users this quarter to hit 210 million, up 13% year-over-year.
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The Verge, Snap Inc., CNBC, AdExchanger, PYMNTS.com, Social Media Today, SiliconANGLE, Telegraph, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, Mashable, Bloomberg, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Reuters, Engadget, and Axios
Tweets: @alexeheath, @thestalwart, @rmac18, @newsycombinator, @bradesposito, @alex, @joshconstine, @cnbcnow, and @joshconstine
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
US lawmakers debut a bipartisan bill that would force tech giants to make user data portable and interoperable via an API-like interface for secure transfers — Mark Zuckerberg wants his own apps to be interoperable, but not like this — Over the past few months, lawmakers have taken aim at Big Tech …
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Reuters, U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, Axios, Wall Street Journal, US Senate, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, AVC, Gizmodo, Forbes, Engadget, Boing Boing, and ZDNet
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
A look at HireVue's controversial AI-driven face and voice scanning “employability” assessment tool, used by 100+ employers including Hilton and Goldman Sachs — HireVue claims it uses artificial intelligence to decide who's best for a job. Outside experts call it ‘profoundly disturbing.’
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The Overspill. Tweets: @drewharwell, @hypervisible, @lisatozzi, @jsnell, @ajsalts, @drewharwell, @samaugustdean, @drewharwell, @drewharwell, @benzevgreen, @shobitap, @peterwsinger, @jevanhutson, @drewharwell, @mannymoss, @nmsanchez, @harrisonsethdc, @matt_pc, and @lisatozzi
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts a free, ad-supported news aggregation app for Fire TV in the US, letting users watch clips and live feeds from nearly 20 outlets like Reuters, CBS — Beginning today, Amazon will be rolling out a news aggregation app for Fire TV users in the U.S. The app serves …
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amazonfiretv.blog, Engadget, Good e-Reader, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, iPhone Hacks, Android Police, Variety, and Cord Cutters News. Tweets: @amazonfiretv
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
New York State's attorney general says 46 attorneys general have joined its antitrust probe into Facebook, separate from DOJ and FTC investigations — The expanded roster of 47 states and territories taking part reflects broad concerns among officials that ‘Facebook may have put consumer data at risk’
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NY State Attorney General, CNBC, Business Insider, CNET, Gizmodo, NC DOJ, South Carolina Attorney …, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, and CNBC
Tweets: @indivisiblenet, @upstreamism, @bruno_j_navarro, @jason_kint, @moorehn, and @bowenxiao3
| New York Times: |
Researchers: China's state sponsored hackers have switched tactics over the last few years, focusing increasingly sophisticated attacks on its ethnic minorities — SAN FRANCISCO — China's state-sponsored hackers have drastically changed how they operate over the last three years …
Tweets: @paulmozur, @liyuan6, @nytimes, and @nicoleperlroth
| Conor Dougherty / New York Times: |
Facebook announces a pledge of $1B in a package of grants, loans, and land as part of a partnership with California to help build more affordable housing — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Tuesday it would give $1 billion in a package of grants, loans and land toward easing California's …
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Facebook, Axios, Mercury News, SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, The Next Web, Neowin, and CNET
Tweets: @davidwseattle, @nytimes, @rolandlisf, @dillonliam, @conordougherty, and @kurtwagner8
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Former SAP CEO Bill McDermott has been named chief executive of cloud automation platform ServiceNow; he replaces John Donahoe, who will become CEO of Nike — McDermott will replace John Donahoe, who is stepping down from his role leading ServiceNow to become the CEO of Nike.
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Business Wire, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, and CNN
Tweets: @s_v_g, @billrmcdermott, and @eringriffith
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
In prepared remarks for Congress, Mark Zuckerberg argues Libra “will extend America's financial leadership” and that China is pursuing similar projects — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg intends to tell Congress that Facebook will not launch Libra anywhere in the world unless all U.S. regulators approve it.
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New York Times, Axios, Fortune, Engadget, Politico, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @mims, @_cingraham, @johnrobb, @jbouie, @asmith83, @anandwrites, @johnwilson, @reuters, @ceciliakang, @slightlylate, @nathanielpopper, and @davidhmandel. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Verizon is giving away Disney+ for free for one year to all of its wireless customers on unlimited-data plans and to FiOS and 5G home internet customers — New Fios broadband, 5G home wireless internet customers also eligible for 12-month free offer — Verizon is giving away Disney Plus …
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Verizon Fios & Custom TV, CNBC, The Verge, Android Police, Motley Fool, iMore, Lifehacker, TechSpot, Digital Trends, Stop the Cap!, Neowin, Cheddar, Android Headlines, Telecompetitor, Android Central, iDownloadBlog.com, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Droid Life, International Business Times, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, iPhone Hacks, Fortune, The Streamable, and Engadget
Tweets: @karlbode, @rachelking, @loudmouthjulia, and @stevekovach
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 70 arrives with social tracking blocked by default, a personalized privacy report to show how many trackers have been blocked, and performance gains — Mozilla today launched Firefox 70 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Firefox 70 includes social tracking protection …
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The Mozilla Blog, Mozilla, Mozilla Gfx Team Blog, The Next Web, Mozilla Hacks, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Neowin, The Register, OnMSFT.com, Windows Central, OMG! Ubuntu!, iPhone in Canada Blog, Thurrott, and Inquirer
Tweets: @mike_conley, @multikev, @dbader_org, @glenngabe, @marcoinenglish, @mozhacks, @andreasbovens, @andrei_popa, and @mkennedy
| Becca Farsace / The Verge: |
GoPro Max review: the most accessible 360 camera with durable hardware, great audio and display, but stabilization is jittery and non-fisheye footage is grainy — But will anyone use it more than once? — Last year, Insta360 revolutionized the idea of what a 360 camera could be capable …
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| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
A deep dive into the debate whether the Americans with Disabilities Act should apply to websites and apps, and what lies in the future for accessibility — Is the Web subject to the ADA? “Of course,” says congressman who wrote the ADA. — The US Supreme Court last week formally declined …
Tweets: @arstechnica and @kcoxdc
| CNBC: |
Sources: SoftBank to take control of WeWork, spending $4B-$5B on new funding and existing shares in The We Company, valuing it between $7.5B and $8B — KEY POINTS — Softbank to spend $4 billion to $5 billion on new equity, existing shares, sources say.
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Tweets: @profgalloway, @ranimolla, @cnbcnow, @shiraovide, @cnbc, @yashar, @kentremendous, @mattdpearce, @levie, @ezraklein, @matthewstoller, @johnjcook, @nesrinemalik, @tomgara, @zeynep, @shiraovide, @shiraovide, @danprimack, @shiraovide, @can, @athertonkd, @_jon_green, @lauraklein, @bypatrickgeorge, @can, @mattdpearce, @libbycwatson, and @mikeisaac
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Medium says it will now pay its Partner Program writers based “primarily” on reading time, not claps; the platform has paid $6M+ to 30,000+ writers since 2017 — Medium is announcing significant changes to its Partner Program, where subscribers pay for access to exclusive content, and the revenue gets split with writers.
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3 min read. Tweets: @noahchestnut, @laurahazardowen, @chrismessina, @alex, @caseynewton, @_am1t, and @profjeffjarviss
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Defense Secretary Esper recuses himself from JEDI contract decisions to avoid conflict of interest with his son's employer IBM, an original contract bidder — Defense Secretary Mark Esper — The Pentagon's acquisition team will continue its review of bids submitted by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Q&A with Steve Roddy, vice president of the machine learning group at Arm, on culling neural nets for embedded devices, competing with Nvidia and Intel, more — Arm may be a bit late to the whole machine learning and artificial intelligence bandwagon, at least with specialized designs for modern chips.
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Android Authority, VentureBeat, Android Police, and SiliconANGLE
| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Task management app Todoist gets a major update to its mobile, desktop, and web apps, adding sections inside projects for better organization, and more — Todoist is one of the best to-do apps out there — in fact, we picked it as our favorite about 18 months ago.
Tweets: @carl_pullein, @samjohnbeck, @todoist, and @ziontechgroup2
| Aimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet: |
Trend Micro acquires Cloud Conformity for $70M, says the acquisition will help it address security issues caused by cloud infrastructure misconfigurations — The deal will see all Cloud Conformity staff and customers join Trend Micro. — Trend Micro has announced the acquisition … | Joseph Cox / VICE: |
The FTC issues its first-ever ban on “stalkerware” as it bars Retina-X from selling apps that monitor mobile devices unless a legitimate use for them is shown — The FTC's move comes after Motherboard revealed a hacker had repeatedly breached Retina-X and gained access to sensitive user data.
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Engadget, Federal Trade Commission, Threatpost, BleepingComputer, and Axios
Tweets: @lex_node, @lorenzofb, @joejerome, @motherboard, and @evacide
| Grady McGregor / Fortune: |
Profile of Colin Yao, head of Tencent's game development subsidiary TiMi Studios, responsible for building some of the most played games in China — Colin Yao, head of Tencent's largest in-house game developer TiMi Studios, exudes a warm and reserved confidence, yet he is clearly antsy … | Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Calgary-based Benevity, a platform helping employees of companies like Apple and Google give donations, raises $40M Series C from JMI Equity, General Atlantic — Benevity, a global leader in corporate social responsibility and one of the largest startups in the Prairies, has raised $40 million in a Series C round of funding.
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