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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
As Twitch grapples with the fallout from its giant data leak, a look at the impact on its streamers, who had extensive revenue and personal data leaked — The leak of source code and some internal security files does not expose sensitive data, according to a former Twitch employee.
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PC Gamer, Washington Post, Insider, TechCrunch, Kotaku, and IGN
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google and YouTube say they will prohibit ads and monetization on content that denies climate change, starting next month — Google and YouTube on Thursday announced a new policy that prohibits climate deniers from being able to monetize their content on its platforms via ads or creator payments.
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support.google.com, Mashable, The Verge, Tech Xplore, The Register, Bloomberg, Variety, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, Tubefilter, New York Times, CNET, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Google, Insider, The Hill, Digiday, Android Central, AdExchanger, and CNN
| Maddie Stone / Grist: |
Microsoft reaches an agreement with investor advocacy nonprofit As You Sow to make its devices easier to fix, increasing access to spare parts and repair docs — In a first-of-its-kind agreement, the company has committed to increasing access to spare parts and repair documents.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Microsoft acquires Ally, whose software helps companies track and hit their goals; PitchBook: Ally was last valued at $345M after its $50M Series C in February — Microsoft has acquired Ally, a 3-year-old Seattle-based startup that helps companies track and hit their goals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.| Louis Barclay / Slate: |
Developer says Facebook banned him for life and threatened to sue after he made Unfollow Everything, a browser extension to help people use Facebook less — If someone built a tool that made Facebook less addictive—a tool that allowed users to benefit from Facebook's positive features … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
US federal judge rules Cloudflare is not liable for copyright infringement between websites that use its services — Judge rules content-delivery service doesn't “contribute” to copyright infringement. — Cloudflare is not liable for the copyright infringement of websites that use … | Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo: |
How WhatsApp became a popular messaging app in the Global South, driven by high device compatibility and telecom partnerships — When the app suffered a six hour outage this week, millions of people's lives were thrown into turmoil. Why were they there at all? — Alerts| Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
Microsoft says Russia carried out 58% of detected state-backed hacks in the year ending June 30, with a 32% success rate; China accounted for 8% — BOSTON (AP) — Russia accounted for most state-sponsored hacking detected by Microsoft over the past year, with a 58% share …
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| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Many popular VPN services are owned by companies with shady track records, like London-based Kape Technologies, which also owns VPN review sites — Many virtual private network services that were meant to protect your web browsing can no longer be trusted. Here are other ways.
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Facebook removes its brand from its in-development social VR platform Facebook Horizon, renaming it as Horizon Worlds, and announces a $10M Creator Fund — Facebook removed its brand from in-development social VR platform Horizon and plans to focus the effort around VR-based building tools …
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| The Verge: |
Gov. Newsom signs Silenced No More Act, which ex-Pinterest employee Ifeoma Ozoma helped draft, to protect CA workers who call out discrimination despite NDAs — Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Silenced No More Act to protect whistleblowers in California — California governor Gavin Newsom signed … | Wall Street Journal: |
Ireland, where most US tech companies have their European HQ, says it will join the global agreement to set a minimum rate of 15% for taxing corporate profits — The country had been one of a small number of holdouts on an agreement that aims to overhaul global taxation
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Visionrare, an NFT marketplace for “fantasy startup investing” where users spend money to buy fake shares in startups, shuts down the service after one day — Just over 24 hours into its open beta, Visionrare, which launched an NFT marketplace for “fantasy startup investing,” …
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google confirms bug that causes AMP URLs in Google Search results on devices running iOS 15 to redirect to the original site's page, says it is working on a fix — This bug should be resolved soon according to a Google spokesperson. — With the iOS 15 release on September 20th, AMP URLs in Google Search just stopped working.| Jackson Barnett / FedScoop: |
Palantir says it signed a $90M, four-year contract to help integrate data across the Department of Veterans Affairs' health systems — Big data analytics company Palantir is expanding its health- and defense-related work with its first major contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the company told FedScoop.| Gordon Gottsegen / Built In Chicago: |
Chicago-based The Mom Project, a job site aimed at women returning to work, raises $80M Series C led by Leeds Illuminate, bringing its total raised to $106M — Too many women feel like they have to choose between being a good mom and having a good career. The Mom Project wants to convince them that they can do both.
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter is testing a feature that gives users advice for maintaining civility before they join a potentially controversial conversation — In its battle to add more “social privacy” upgrades to its platform and make Twitter a better place, the blue bird company announced a new feature they're testing …
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Tweets: @twittersupport, @willoremus, @juiceboxca, @bitandbang, @fraying, @willoremus, and @nicoiate
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Payments company Paddle announces an alternative in-app payments system for iOS, charging 5%-10% fees and launching December 7, following Epic v. Apple ruling — In response to the Epic Games vs. Apple ruling last month, payments platform Paddle today announced that it plans to launch …
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