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Facebook removes over 980 Groups, 520 Pages, and 160 ads for “US-based militia organizations” and those that identify as Antifa — Facebook has taken down or restricted more than 10,000 groups, pages and Instagram accounts associated with QAnon, in the latest effort …
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| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Facebook says it has further cracked down on QAnon, removing 790 Groups and restricting another 1,950 Groups, 440 Pages, and over 10,000 Instagram accounts — The social network also said it was restricting another 1,950 groups, 440 pages on Facebook and more than 10,000 accounts on Instagram related to the conspiracy group.
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| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
Police in NYC and Miami have reportedly used facial recognition software to arrest people who allegedly committed crimes during Black Lives Matter protests — Cops' use of the tech among the list of things protesters are demonstrating against. — Law enforcement in several cities …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Airbnb said it submitted its draft S-1 for an IPO to the SEC on Wednesday — - Airbnb has submitted a draft registration to the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. — The company did not disclose its financial information nor did it specify how many shares would be offered.
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| South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba posts quarterly revenue of $21.8B, up 34% YoY, and profit of $6.7B, up 124% YoY on the back of its online retail and cloud computing businesses — Revenue hit US$21.8 billion in the June quarter, up 34 per cent from a year ago, on the back of its China online retail …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, and more Google services were hit by widespread disruption globally for a few hours Thursday — A number of Google services including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Groups, Chat, Keep and Voice are experiencing service disruptions, the company is reporting on its G Suite Status Dashboard.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple becomes the first US company to reach a $2T market cap during intraday trading, two years after reaching $1T — Just two years after becoming the first U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion market capitalization, Apple has officially doubled its value to $2 trillion.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Netflix confirms it's been testing a “Shuffle Play” feature, which will randomly play content based on what a user watches or saves to a list, since July — One variant is called Shuffle Play, and you might already see it — Does your Netflix home screen — you know …
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| Ed Sealover / Denver Business Journal: |
Palantir lists Denver as its headquarters on its website, after Alex Karp said in a May interview that Palantir was considering moving out of Silicon Valley — Palantir Technologies Inc., a $20 billion data-analysis software firm that sells its products to governments to help them track everything …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
CISA and the FBI have identified new RAT malware BLINDINGCAN, attributed to NK-sponsored Lazarus Group, and say it can remove itself from compromised systems — U.S. government agencies today published a malware analysis report exposing information on a remote access trojan (RAT) …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ThredUp, an online marketplace for used clothing is planning to go public, with an IPO targeted for early next year that could raise $200M-$300M — ThredUp Inc., an online marketplace for second hand clothing, is gearing up to go public, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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| Reuters: |
Taiwan to stop local sales for Chinese internet streamers iQiyi and Tencent, but won't block them as users will still be able to buy overseas subscriptions — TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan plans to stop local sales for Chinese internet television streaming services operated by the likes of iQiyi … | Committee to Protect Journalists: |
Ankhi Das, a top Facebook exec in India, filed a criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari for sharing a WSJ article critical of Das on Facebook — Facebook regional director Ankhi Das should withdraw her criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari, and respect citizens' rights …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Zoom says it is adding support for Amazon Echo Show, Facebook Portal, and Google Nest Hub Max later this year — Zoom from even more places — Zoom is expanding to a variety of new devices later this year, with the company announcing that the Amazon Echo Show, Facebook Portal …
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter successfully stopped the second “Plandemic” video from going viral, likely due to widespread announcements about its premiere — The trick is getting the hucksters to announce a premiere date — One of the more hopeful developments at tech platforms … | The Guardian: |
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