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Twitter debuts Birdwatch, in testing since last year, which lets select users flag and add notes about tweets they think are misleading or false — Twitter unveiled a feature Monday meant to bolster its efforts to combat misinformation and disinformation by tapping users in a fashion similar …
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Apple says John Ternus will now lead its Hardware Engineering org as a member of the executive team; Dan Riccio to move to a role focusing on a “new project” — John Ternus will join the executive team as senior vice president of Hardware Engineering
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Google Threat Analysis Group details a suspected North Korean specialized campaign targeting infosec researchers with fake profiles, blogs and backdoor software — Over the past several months, the Threat Analysis Group has identified an ongoing campaign targeting security researchers working …
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired: |
A look at r/WallStreetBets, a 2M-member subreddit that helped push GameStop's stock to record highs and is now facing allegations of harassment — The denizens of the WallStreetBets subreddit helped push the flailing stock to dizzying heights—while a short seller alleged an accompanying harassment campaign.
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Google workers across the world announce Alpha Global, an international alliance of 13 unions representing workers in 10 countries — Alpha Global includes workers from 10 countries, including the United States and Germany — Google workers across the world are coming together to form a global union alliance.
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| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Amazon launches new smart home proactive control actions for Alexa, alongside an energy dashboard, and a $4.99/month security-like service, Alexa Guard Plus — New updates bring proactive hunches and Guard Plus to the smart assistant — Amazon is enabling a new feature today that allows Alexa … | Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram adds a new “professional dashboard” for creator and business accounts, a dedicated space for analytics, business tools, monetization features, more — Instagram is working on a new feature for business owners and influencers. The app is adding a new “professional dashboard” …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
W3C, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and others launch Open Web Docs, a new project for Web API documentation that will support MDN Docs following Mozilla's layoffs — Founding members include the W3C, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Samsung Coil, and Igalia — A coalition of tech companies announced today …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches Time to Walk for Apple Watch and Fitness+, offering 25- to 40-minute episodes of original audio from influential people, available today — Apple has officially unveiled its new Time to Walk feature for Apple Watch and Apple Fitness+ subscribers.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Sources: Signal's rapid growth following WhatsApp privacy changes has raised concerns from Signal staff who worry the service's new features will be misused — SHARE All sharing options — On January 6th, WhatsApp users around the world began seeing a pop-up message notifying …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Facebook says it will give researchers targeting data on 1.3M social issue, electoral, and political ads from August 3 through November 3, 2020 — Facebook announced the news in a blog post Monday, following years of requests from academics. Until now, Facebook has only publicly shared data …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Investment firm Carlyle Group confirmed it acquired UK-based game publisher Jagex, which develops RuneScape, reportedly for at least $530M — Investment firm The Carlyle Group has acquired RuneScape publisher Jagex for at least $530 million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google details its work on a privacy-conscious cookie substitute, called Federated Learning of Cohorts, claims ~95% effectiveness compared to cookie-based ads — Google on Monday said new test results show promising signs that the technology it's hoping will replace cookie-based ad targeting is working.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Source: Clubhouse raised around $100M from a16z at a $1B post-money valuation — Clubhouse, a San Francisco-based audio social network, raised around $100 million led by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz at a $1 billion post-money valuation, Axios has learned.
Tweets: @jkostecki_rei, @thekendallbaker, @jakesherman, @danprimack, and @alexeheath
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