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Google cracks down on The Federalist and ZeroHedge for violating policies on race-related content and may permanently suspend their access to Google Ads revenue — - Google is cracking down on two right-wing outlets, ZeroHedge and The Federalist, for violating its policies on race-related content.
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NBC News, The Verge, The Hill, Reclaim The Net, Gizmodo, Techdirt, Adweek, CNBC, TechCrunch, Variety, and Forbes
Tweets: @google_comms, @google_comms, @scottnover, @hawleymo, @google_comms, @oliverdarcy, @dangillmor, @timcast, @brendancarrfcc, @thedextriarchy, @baldingsworld, @michaelbd, @drwinarick, @redsteeze, @rossbarkan, @hawleymo, @tonybalogna, @reckless, @file411, @chuckrossdc, @jason_kint, @ravmabay, @oliverdarcy, @mtracey, @alex, @donaldjtrumpjr, @dloesch, @waynedupreeshow, @brianhartpr, @mmasnick, and @cernovich
| David Pierce / Protocol: |
Shortly after Basecamp debuted its email service, Hey, it says its next iOS app update was rejected because Apple wasn't getting its cut of subscription revenue — Right around the time the team at Basecamp was launching their Hey email service to the public on Monday, Zach Waugh …
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Daring Fireball, App Store, Wired, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Reclaim The Net, AppleInsider, The Verge, Michael Tsai, Business Insider, TechSpot, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppAdvice.com, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, Cord Cutters News, and Financial Times
Tweets: @dhh, @pierce, @dhh, @dhh, @dhh, @mgsiegler, @stroughtonsmith, @maxlynch, @dhh, @briannawu, @benthompson, @jsusek, @mynameismurray, @dhh, @steven_aquino, @dhh, @taylorlorenz, @dhh, @amyhoy, @romaindillet, @dhh, @benedictevans, @dhh, @jacknicas, @dhh, @briannawu, @5tu, @ow, @lazerwalker, @jamesrbuk, @timbray, @bzamayo, @dhh, @gruber, @dhh, @dhh, @dhh, @matthewkeyslive, @sarthakgh, @firstadopter, @protocol, @fmanjoo, @dhh, @stroughtonsmith, @dhh, @lehrjulian, @caseynewton, @brian_henderson, @backlon, @dhh, @sephr, @jdeamattson, @reneritchie, @reckless, @pierce, @chrismessina, @mvolpe, @dhh, @harrymccracken, @caseynewton, @davewiner, @shiraovide, @rustyshelf, @dhh, and @dhh
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The European Commission opens two antitrust investigations into Apple's App Store and Apple Pay practices — Both investigations begin today — The European Commission is opening two antitrust investigations into Apple's App Store and Apple Pay practices today.| Bloomberg: |
Being a Black CEO in Silicon Valley can be humiliating, from being advised to have a white wingman in meetings, to being judged on a different rubric by VCs — Will Hayes has grown accustomed to an awkward start to business meetings. On numerous occasions, venture capitalists would confuse Hayes … | Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Graphika report details a Russia-based influence campaign, known as Secondary Infektion, that ran over 6 years and 300 sites, but failed to win a large audience — Group known as Secondary Infektion used multiple languages, burner accounts to circumvent attempts to detect it| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Boston Dynamics says Spot, its quadruped robot, is now available to businesses in the US as part of a developer kit for $74,500 — Boston Dynamics today opened commercial sales of Spot, its quadruped robot that can climb stairs and traverse rough terrain. Businesses can purchase …
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Tweets: @epro, @cccalum, and @anuraag_saxena
| Washington Post: |
CIA report: security was so lax at the time of the Vault 7 breach that if WikiLeaks hadn't published its trove, CIA may have never known they were compromised — The theft of top-secret computer hacking tools from the CIA in 2016 was the result of a workplace culture in which the agency's … | Mark Zuckerberg / USA Today: |
Facebook launches Voting Information Center for accurate election information and tools for voter registration, aims to help register 4M people via its apps — The 2020 election is going to be unlike any other. It was already going to be a heated campaign, and that was before the pandemic … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
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Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Associated Press
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers disclose 19 flaws in a TCP/IP library, first released in 1997, found in many IoT products; patches are available but unlikely to be widely applied — Security researchers disclose 19 vulnerabilities impacting a TCP/IP library found at the base of many IoT products.
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Wired, JSOF, US-CERT, Dark Reading, SC Media, and infosecurity-magazine.com
Tweets: @mikedecesare, @campuscodi, @a_greenberg, @campuscodi, and @reverseics
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it is deploying AI-powered software called Distance Assistant in warehouses that tells workers if they are too close to colleagues — - Workers failing to keep safe distance will be circled in red — Robotics engineer likens technology to highway speed checkers
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The Amazon Blog, CNBC, Gizmodo, The Next Web, and Business Insider
Tweets: @aaronmiri, @siddhss5, @hypervisible, @amazonnews, and @_msw_
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Bose is shutting down its AR program, saying its technology couldn't be commercialized as planned, with current AR apps ceasing to function within 30 days — Bose has become the latest company to throw in the towel on immersive computing, shutting down its ambitious Bose AR program.| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Robert Farkas, co-founder of Centra Tech, a celebrity-backed crypto startup, pled guilty to securities and wire fraud after raising $25M+ in a fraudulent ICO — The Centra Tech ICO debacle finally results in a verdict for one co-founder, with the others still set to go on trial. — In brief| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
ConsenSys launches a pilot “staking-as-a-service” tool, with customers including Binance, ahead of proof-of-stake tech being rolled out with Ethereum 2.0 — Ethereum development house ConsenSys is being backed by heavy hitters like Binance and Huobi to test its new …
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ConsenSys, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Decrypt, and ihodl.com
Tweets: @coindesk, @koeppelmann, @vladzamfir, @thevladcostea, and @sightpm
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Dropbox launches a password manager, a secure vault for storing documents like birth certificates, a backup service, and a family plan — The company announced a bunch of new updates today — Dropbox is launching a bunch of new features today, many of which are security-focused …
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Work in Progress, SlashGear, Android Police, TechCrunch, iPhone Hacks, CNET, Android Central, and PCWorld
Tweets: @jake_k, @adamnash, @alexhern, and @sarthakgh
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
San Francisco's district attorney sues DoorDash for allegedly misclassifying workers as contractors instead of employees despite California's AB5 law — The largest food delivery service in the US is accused of misclassifying workers — DoorDash, the high-flying food delivery startup …
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Mission Local, Eater SF, LAW.com, Business Insider, TechCrunch, and San Francisco Chronicle. Tweets: @chesaboudin
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle reports Q4 revenue of $10.44B, down 6% YoY, missing expectations of $10.65B, cloud and on-premises license revenue fell 22% to $1.96B — - Revenue declined more than the company had predicted in the quarter — The company won business from video-calling software provider Zoom in the quarter.
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MarketWatch, Barron's Online, TheStreet, ZDNet, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @jordannovet, @danielnewmanuv, @lamonicabuzz, and @jordannovet
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Nearly a week after its removal from Google's Play Store, Chinese TikTok clone Zynn has been removed from Apple's App Store following claims of stolen videos — The app was taken off Google's Play Store last week following reports of plagiarism — Zynn, the Chinese video sharing app that's …
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TechCrunch and Business Insider
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Gmail on Android and iOS now lets you join a Meet video call by simply clicking an event link in an email, without needing the standalone Meet app — Google today announced a deeper integration between Gmail on mobile and its Meet video conferencing service.| BBC: |
Report finds 11% of people under 25 use Instagram for news compared with 12% for Twitter, predicts Instagram will overtake Twitter next year as a news source — Photo-sharing app Instagram is set to overtake Twitter as a news source, research suggests. — The 2020 Reuters Institute Digital …
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Reuters Institute, Nieman Lab, Washington Post, and Digital Trends
| David Cohen / Adweek: |
LinkedIn outlines steps to address racial inequality within the company and on its site, following CEO's apology for employees' Black Lives Matter comments — Internally, the professional network is focused on diversity, inclusion, retention and development
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: in letters, Facebook and Google signaled they'd dispatch their CEOs to testify to Congress at antitrust hearing provided other tech giants' CEOs went — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai signaled they are open to testifying to Congress as part …
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NBC News, Politico, Bloomberg, and Input
Tweets: @midwincharles, @ccieby30, @chrismessina, @voxdotcom, and @dylanbyers
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Helsinki-based Swappie, an iPhone-only refurb marketplace with its own refurbishment factory, has raised $40M to expand across Europe — Swappie has raised $40 million in venture capital to expand its refurbished iPhone marketplace across Europe, where sales of used consumer electronics continue to surge.
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