New York State Public Service Commission votes to revoke approval of the 2016 Charter/TWC merger, saying company failed to meet broadband buildout obligations
- The New York State Public Service Commission voted on Friday to revoke its approval of the 2016 merger agreement between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable.
Indian government committee publishes draft data protection law that recommends a data protection authority, right to be forgotten, data localisation, and more
The Justice BN Srikrishna committee has submitted its report on data protection to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
In response to ACLU's Rekognition test, Amazon says it's reasonable for government to weigh in on how law enforcement uses the tech to match face pics to people
When Amazon's controversial facial recognition system mistakenly matched 28 members of Congress with criminal mugshots, it caused quite a stir.
Twitter says it will begin suspending commenting rights of users who repeatedly post abusive comments on Periscope live streams starting August 10
As part of Twitter's attempted crackdown on abusive behavior across its network, the company announced on Friday afternoon a new policy facing …
Leaked report: UK committee to propose social networks be legally responsible for harmful and illegal content and to let watchdogs audit tech company algorithms
A leaked copy of the MPs' report was published online on Friday, two days ahead of its official release.
IBM wins $83M from Groupon for infringing on ecommerce patents
- Patent case IBM's first to go to jury in at least 20 years — Win adds value for IBM's portfolio of more than 45,000 patents — A U.S. jury awarded International Business Machines Corp. $83.5 mil...
White House confirms it is working on a consumer privacy policy proposal; sources: WH had 22 meetings with 80 organizations including Facebook, Google, and AT&T
The Trump administration is crafting a proposal to protect Web users' privacy, aiming to blunt global criticism that the absence …
Twitter closes down more than 20% after company reports 1M QoQ decline in monthly active users
- Monthly active users (MAUs): 335 million vs. 338.5 million, according to StreetAccount and FactSet estimate — Twitter shares closed more than 20 percent down on Friday after the company reported …
Viacom to acquire youth-focused digital media company AwesomenessTV; sources say for $25M plus debt, well below AwesomenessTV's $650M valuation in 2016
The deal, which sources say also includes the assumption of some debt, is significantly lower than the $650 million valuation that Awesomeness had in 2016.
Samsung patches multiple SmartThings Hub vulnerabilities found by researchers that could have allowed remote control of smart locks, connected cameras, more
Researchers found 20 vulnerabilities in Samsung's SmartThings Hub, allowing attackers to control smart locks …
Silicon Valley, as world's tech innovation hub, has been target of foreign industrial espionage for decades; its open culture makes it hard to deal with threats
The West Coast is a growing target of foreign espionage. And it's not ready to fight back.
Profile of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project, which has 120+ volunteers rewriting articles on conspiracy theories and unscientific health info
SUSAN GERBIC SPENT her career photographing babies at a department store in Salinas, California, just 100 miles south of San Francisco.
Chinese IoT solutions provider Tuya Smart has raised $200M Series C round from Australian sovereign wealth fund Future Fund, NEA, and other investors
Chinese Internet of things (IoT) solution provider Tuya Smart has raised a US$200 million series C round from Australian sovereign wealth fund Future Fund and other investors.
SEC filing: MoviePass ran out of money and couldn't cover the bills causing service outage on Thursday, had to take out short term $6M+ loan due in early August
& What It Means For Its Future Chris Compendio / destructoid : MoviePass ran out of money last night, causing outage Shawn Knight / TechSpot : MoviePass takes out emergency loan to keep the lights on ...
Twitter posts record Q2 profit of $100M, beats estimates on revenue of $711M, up 24% YoY, but monthly users fell by 1M from Q1 to 335M due to increased removals
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UK-based Improbable raises $50M from NetEase to bring its large-scale game simulation platform SpatialOS to China; sources: Improbable doubled valuation to $2B
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NSA inspector general's report says the agency has not yet properly implemented post-Snowden two-person access controls to data, lists more security weaknesses
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New study of nine US cities says services like UberPool are increasing traffic congestion by luring customers who would otherwise have taken transit or walked
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Facebook describes its content review team, their offices, training, says reviewers don't have quotas and all have health care benefits, mental health resources
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Browser maker Opera closes up ~10% on first day of trading in the US after raising $115M in its IPO and an additional $60M via private sale to Bitmain and IDG
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Facebook says it got 1,704 complaints and removed 262 posts in January-June under Germany's hate speech law, which warns of up to €50M fines for non-compliance
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A look at the rise of “flop accounts” on Instagram, which some teens use to discuss hot-button topics and consider as more reliable than traditional media
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How a fake story on a “grudge-settling” site ruined a realtor's reputation and finances over a comment about a news story on Facebook that offended a stranger
Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo : Tweets: @rodboydilm See also Mediagazer Tweets: Roddy Boyd / @rodboydilm : Dear Lord this is a terrible “Darkness at Noon” type story about the modern era and the few seconds...
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