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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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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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Amazon launches Alexa for Residential, a service for property managers to set up and maintain Alexa-powered smart home devices in their buildings — Amazon wants to bring Alexa to property managers. The company this morning launched a new service, Alexa for Residential …
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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.
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| 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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Apple says it will offer one-time use codes for developers to entice users with free or discounted subscriptions, redeemable on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 — Apple is introducing a change to how subscriptions work. No, it's not lowering its cut, despite the government's antitrust investigation and its lawsuit with Epic.
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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.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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.| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
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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Sources: Apple has told some developers it plans to delay the enforcement of IDFA changes in iOS 14, after speaking to Activision Blizzard and others — Apple has told some developers that it plans to delay the enforcement of a controversial change to its next mobile operating system …
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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| 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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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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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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Episerver will acquire Optimizely, which helps companies manage and test different versions of websites; Optimizely raised $146M and was last valued at $600M — - Optimizely had been valued last year at $600 million — Goldman Sachs, Benchmark, Andreessen back Optimizely| The Daily Beast: |
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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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: 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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