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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Former Pinterest COO accuses the company of gender bias in a new lawsuit, alleges she was fired in April after complaining about sexist treatment — Françoise Brougher, Pinterest's former chief operating officer, said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.
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The Verge, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Fortune, OneZero , and CNBC
| Francoise Brougher: |
Former Pinterest COO provides a detailed account of her claims about gender discrimination and toxic workplace culture and recommendations for the company — Pinterest has always been about aspiration. It is a platform for sharing beautiful images, curating galleries of an idealized world.
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Towards Data Science. Tweets: @flopezluis, @steipete, @gassee, @arlery, @carnage4life, @gergelyorosz, and @nongaap
| Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: TikTok used an Android security hole to collect MAC addresses, possibly for ad tracking, without an ability to opt out; the practice ended in November — The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption, appears to have violated Google policies
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The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, Android Authority, Android Central, Softpedia News, Neowin, Android Headlines, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, SlashGear, The Overspill, 9to5Google, Business Insider, The Hill, Input, CNET, and Variety
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @senhawleypress, @daniele_manca, @kate_okeeffe, @bcasturo, @jason, @dinodaizovi, @w7voa, @tattytats, and @dannyroa
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Trump's executive order to ban TikTok by Sept. 20 is a gross abuse of power and sets an alarming precedent for the executive branch's control over software — An alarming precedent for government control over software — For months, President Trump has been teasing some kind of ban on TikTok …
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Reuters, The Verge, iMore, Lawfare, and Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @andyboxall, @politicswolf, and @taylorlorenz
| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Biden's VP pick Kamala Harris, who has close ties with tech execs and has dodged questions about breaking up Big Tech, is likely to generate excitement in SV — The California senator has glad-handed with tech elites for decades. — For months, Silicon Valley hasn't been quite sure what to make of Joe Biden.
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TechCrunch, Mother Jones, Wired, The Daily Dot, VentureBeat, New York Times, The Hill, Fast Company, The Daily Dot, and CNET
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft commits to launching the Xbox Series X in November and will delay Halo Infinite until 2021 — Halo Infinite will not be available until 2021 — Microsoft is committing to launching its next-generation Xbox Series X console in November. The company had previously only confirmed a vague …
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Halo Waypoint, Xbox Wire, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, GameSpot, Kotaku Australia, Input, Pocket-lint, USgamer.net, TechSpot, Tom's Hardware, Thurrott, Laptop Mag, Game Rant, CNET, Neowin, Twinfinite, TweakTown News, Tom's Guide, Ars Technica, Android Authority, OnMSFT.com, CNBC, GamingBolt, GeekWire, Wccftech, BGR, Destructoid, Pureinfotech, Gamasutra, Trusted Reviews, and Polygon
Tweets: @tomwarren, @vicious696, @gaohmee, @dennyvondoom, @cosolix, @woggerman1974, @geoffkeighley, @theeggman64, and @sydsogood
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is now letting anyone limit who can reply to their tweets to just those that follow the author or just the accounts that are tagged in the tweet — Twitter may describe itself as the town square, but that doesn't mean you have to talk to everyone walking past your seat at the cafe.
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Twitter, Vox, Social Media Today, MediaNama, USA Today, PCMag, Reuters, and Droid Life
Tweets: @twittersupport and @dgwbirch
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn says it has sold presentation-sharing service SlideShare to Scribd, which will take over its operation on September 24 — SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price. — According to LinkedIn …
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Scribd Blog, OnMSFT.com, Beyond Search, Inc42 Media, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, and Neowin
Tweets: @amitranjan, @rashmi, @sameerpatel, @scribd, @jcolman, @amitranjan, @jaycuthrell, @jboutelle, @quinnypig, and @randfish
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it removed 22.5M posts for violating hate speech policies in Q2, up 2x from Q1, and that 95% of the violations were caught using automated systems — - Hate speech removal has jumped nearly 10-fold since 2018 — Facebook to undergo third party audit for content in 2021
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About Facebook, Reuters, The Verge, CNBC, The Next Web, Mashable, About Facebook, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @epro, @issielapowsky, @instagramcomms, @schrep, @issielapowsky, @jeffstone500, @worldjewishcong, @guyro, @w7voa, @edcauchi, @hypervisible, and @hypervisible
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft fixes 17 critical and two zero-day flaws, including an actively-exploited RCE flaw in IE that can compromise PCs when users visit malicious sites — Microsoft says attackers have used a Windows zero-day to spoof file signatures and another RCE in the Internet Explorer scripting engine to execute code on users' devices.
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BetaNews, Citrix Blogs, Krebs on Security, Securelist, SANS Internet Storm Center …, Technology@Intel, VoidSec, Computer Business Review, Kaspersky official blog, Softpedia News, Windows Report, Neowin, SC Media, Dark Reading, Threatpost, The Hacker News, Help Net Security, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, CyberScoop, Neowin, and Windows Central
Tweets: @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Mozilla says it plans to lay off around 250 employees and is closing the company's current operations in Taipei, Taiwan — The changes come as the Mozilla Corporation looks to invest in more revenue-generating projects like its recently announced VPN. — Joseph Cox
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The Mozilla Blog, ZDNet, Silicon Valley Business …, The Pondering Primate, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Road to VR, MediaNama, ExtremeTech, Michael Tsai, gHacks Technology News, International Business Times, Neowin, and Kotaku Australia
Tweets: @jensimmons, @bbatsov, @othermaciej, @matthew_d_green, @hangingoutyall, @mandy_kerr, @uid_, @octonion, @una, @abbyfuller, @matthew_d_green, @nateweiner, @firt, @cramforce, @josephfcox, and @josephfcox
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
NJ Supreme Court ruled that compelling a suspect to unlock their cell phone doesn't violate Fifth Amendment, following opposite ruling by Indiana SC in June — Courts are split on whether phone unlocking orders violate the Fifth Amendment. — New Jersey's Supreme Court has ruled …
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NorthJersey.com, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, iMore, Android Authority, New Jersey Online, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @2aupdates
| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
US judge sides with Google in a lawsuit brought by Genius, which alleged that Google scraped lyrics in violation of copyright law — Google may have been caught “redhanded,” but a federal judge rules that Genius hasn't alleged any viable claims not be preempted by copyright law.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Variety, International Business Times, Android Authority, Pitchfork, Gizmodo, Search Engine Land, and Thurrott
Tweets: @chrismessina, @eringriffith, @eriqgardner, and @thr
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Simpplr, which develops AI-powered intranet software for employee directories, raised $10M Series B led by Norwest Venture Partners — Simpplr today raised $10 million for its AI-powered intranet platform that is designed to streamline communications. CEO Dhiraj Sharma says the funds …
Tweets: @ichetan
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Airbnb plans to confidentially file for IPO this month, a step toward a potential listing before the end of the year — Shares in the home-sharing platform could begin trading by year-end — Airbnb Inc. is close to filing to go public in a move that would underscore a surprising rebound …
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Forbes, Fortune, Barron's Online, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, The Information, CNN, and Telegraph
Tweets: @bowknowsbiz, @vusithembekwayo, and @wsj
| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Samsung Display reveals new generation of variable refresh rate mobile display panels, making its debut in the Note20 Ultra, helping lower device power usage — By now we've become quite familiar with high refresh-rate displays in the mobile space, as the first pioneering 90Hz devices …
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Business Wire, Engadget, XDA Developers, MSPoweruser, Android Authority, and PhoneArena. Tweets: @anandtech
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Routable, a startup focused on streamlining B2B payments, comes out of stealth with $12M Series A from Y Combinator, Founders' Co-Op, and others — Routable, a fintech startup with Seattle roots, came out of stealth mode this week and announced a $12 million Series A funding round.
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PYMNTS.com, Business Wire, and FinSMEs
| Sara Harrison / The Markup: |
While US adoption of the Google-Apple Exposure Notification API has been slow, 16 nations have used it in apps; Ireland's has 1.4M downloads since early July — Contact tracing—monitoring who's getting COVID-19 and tracking down anyone who might have been in contact with that person so they can quarantine …
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| Dani Kass / Law360: |
A Texas federal jury said Apple should pay PanOptis and related companies $506M+ for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE technology — In the country's first in-person jury trial over patents since the COVID-19 pandemic led to nationwide court closures, a Texas federal jury on Tuesday …
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iMore, Bloomberg Law, 9to5Mac, Micky, MacRumors, Forbes, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @inafried
| Martha Pskowski / VICE: |
A look at growing movements by gig economy workers in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador, protesting the conditions at UberEats, Rappi, and iFood — Militant strikes and protests against dangerous working conditions and low pay have spread through Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador.
Tweets: @vice, @vice, and @motherboard
| Bloomberg: |
CuriosityStream, a streaming service for documentaries on science and history, has agreed to go public through a ~$330M merger with Software Acquisition Group — CuriosityStream, a streaming platform for documentaries on science, history and other topics, has agreed to go public through …
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Washington …, CuriosityStream, Deadline, PYMNTS.com, and Light Reading. Tweets: @curiositystream
| Bloomberg Law: |
US appeals court throws out a 2019 antitrust ruling against Qualcomm and its licensing practices in a case brought by the FTC — Listen — Qualcomm Inc. persuaded a U.S. appeals court to set aside a 2019 ruling that cast a pall over its licensing business and threatened to upend the smartphone industry.
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9to5Mac, CNET, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, LAW.com, Android Headlines, Barron's Online, New York Times, AnandTech, Android Authority, Associated Press, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, and Financial Times
Tweets: @binarybits, @randypicker, @benbajarin, @blaw, and @rogerentner
| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
Google announces new features in its computer vision Lookout app, like document scanning, an Android Auto refresh, and Bedtime mode is no longer Pixel-exclusive — Ahead of the upcoming official release of Android 11, Google is pushing out a few updates to all Android phones …
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Android Developers Blog, Firstpost Tech, TechRadar, Fossbytes, TechCrunch, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @androiddev, @google, and @androiddev
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