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Facebook says it will limit message forwarding on Messenger to five people or groups at a time to tackle the spread of misinformation — The social network said it would block new political ads in late October, among other measures, to reduce misinformation and interference.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will stop accepting new political ads a week before the US presidential election, as part of steps to protect against election interference — Striking a compromise to prevent election misinformation — Facebook will stop taking new political advertising in the United States …
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G for Windows ARM-based laptops, with better AI performance and support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 — Here's a sign that the troubled Windows on Snapdragon platform isn't going away anytime soon: Qualcomm is announcing today its new made-for-PC processor based on ARM design.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Facebook expands its data portability tool, which lets users transfer photos and videos to other services, to support Dropbox and Koofr — Facebook's photo and video portability tool has added support for two more third party services for users to send data via encrypted transfer — namely …
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China emphasizes its right to approve or block the sale of technology abroad, confirming it will play a critical role in the sale of TikTok's US operations — - Ministry says new rules aren't targeted at any company — The assertion jeopardizes negotiations to buy TikTok U.S.| Josh Gerstein / Politico: |
Federal appeals court rules the NSA's mass surveillance program was possibly unconstitutional and the program's “bulk collection” of metadata was illegal — The National Security Agency program that swept up details on billions of Americans' phone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional …
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US Appeals court rules that Apple must pay 12,000+ retail workers in California for time they spent going through security screenings at the end of their shifts — An appeals court has ruled that Apple must pay retail staff for the time they spend waiting for their bags to be searched before they leave the store.
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Apple invests in world's largest onshore wind turbines in Denmark and advances clean energy efforts in Germany to expand renewable energy footprint in Europe — World's largest onshore wind turbines in Denmark and new clean energy efforts in Germany advance Apple's new 2030 carbon neutral goal
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Google Maps is prioritizing traffic patterns from the last 2 to 4 weeks to predict traffic amid lockdowns and working with Deepmind to accurately predict ETAs — Every day, over 1 billion kilometers are driven with Google Maps in more than 220 countries and territories around the world.
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Federal judges in Chicago rejected three government “geofence warrant” requests, concluding the requests violated 4th Amendment probable cause requirements — Two federal magistrate judges in three separate opinions have ruled that a geofence warrant violates …
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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is developing internal forums with “strong moderation” after an internal pro-police post from a staffer stirred outrage — “I don't believe people working here should have to be confronted with divisive conversations while they're trying to work …
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Facebook says Watch now has over 1.25B monthly viewers, counting everyone who streamed for at least one minute — Facebook Watch, the social giant's two-year-old video streaming platform, has become a massive destination — now attracting over 1.25 billion users each month, the company claims.| Jackson Ryan / CNET: |
Researchers unveil Engage, a proof-of-concept, battery-free handheld gaming device that couples Game Boy emulation with “intermittent computing” techniques — Solar energy and mechanical triggers power the Engage, a console at the cutting edge of computer engineering.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China is planning new policies to develop third-generation semiconductors through 2025, including R&D, education, and financing for the chip industry — - New five-year plan will include backing for next-gen chips — Beijing has already pledged $1.4 trillion of tech investments| Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: |
CrowdStrike beats Q2 FY 2021 estimates with total revenue of $199M, up 84% YoY, and subscription revenue of $184.3M, up 89% YoY, as ARR rose 87% YoY to $790.6M — CEO George Kurtz says hackers attempted more breaches in the first half of 2020 than in all of 2019
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In an about face, Facebook bans a BJP politician in India for violating its hate speech policies, after reports its lobbying exec Ankhi Das defended his posts — T. Raja Singh is a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party
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| Monica Alleven / FierceWireless: |
FCC says Verizon, Dish, Charter, and Comcast were the 4 highest bidders in a ~$4.6B 3.5GHz band auction; Dish secured the most 3.5GHz licenses with nearly 5,500 — As widely expected, Verizon showed up at the auction of 3.5 GHz Priority Access Licenses (PALs) in a big way …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Cloudera reported Q2 FY 2021 total revenue of $214.3M, up 9% YoY, with subscription revenue of $191.5M, up 17% YoY, and ARR of $739M, up 12% YoY — Cloudera had 1,007 customers who exceeded $100,000 of annual recurring revenue (ARR) and 172 customers had ARR of more than $1 million.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank is exploring assembling a group of bidders for TikTok's India assets and is looking for local partners like Reliance Jio and Airtel — SoftBank Group Corp. is exploring assembling a group of bidders for TikTok's India assets and has been actively looking for local partners …
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