Instagram says it will not remove deepfake video of Mark Zuckerberg, will treat it the same way as it does all misinformation on the platform
A fake video of Mark Zuckerberg giving a sinister speech about the power of Facebook has been posted to Instagram. The company previously said it would not remove this type of video.
Sources: Huawei has indefinitely postponed the announcement of a new Windows laptop, originally scheduled for this week, due to ongoing US trade sanctions
Huawei has indefinitely postponed the announcement of a new laptop computer that was originally scheduled for this week …
Sources: Google is moving some production of US-bound Nest thermostats and server hardware out of China to Taiwan and Malaysia, avoiding punitive US tariffs
- Trump's tariffs push tech giant to boost Taiwan manufacturing — Google proved keener than other tech companies about shift
Sources: Apple is in talks to buy a key part of Intel's smartphone modem business, its German operations
Apple is in talks to buy a key part of Intel's smartphone modem business—its German operations—in a deal that could boost the iPhone maker's plans to internally develop a modem for its devices …
Uber chooses Melbourne as its first international site for testing its autonomous flying taxi service, launching in 2023, alongside Dallas and LA
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Uber Technologies said it will use Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, as the first international test site for the group's planned flying taxi service.
French tech giant Dassault to buy Medidata, which provides healthcare software for clinics, in $5.8B deal; Medidata currently has a market value of $5.9B
KEY POINTS — Dassault said it was offering $92.25 per share for Medidata, a slight discount to Medidata Solutions' closing price of $94.75 on June 11.
Google Pixel 4 details are starting to leak, indicating that the upcoming flagship may have a square rear camera bump, Project Soli radar tech for new gestures
Project Soli returns? — Google has been releasing Pixel phones in October for three years now, and so we're expecting a Pixel 4 and a Pixel 4 XL this October too.
The DOJ's antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, lays out potential antitrust arguments the US government may use against big tech
KEY POINTS — Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim laid out some possible antitrust arguments against big tech in a new speech in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
Epic Games, maker of Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, says it has acquired video chat social network Houseparty for an undisclosed sum
What does a gaming company do after raising $1.25 billion? Acquisitions seem like a pretty good place to start. Epic Games — of Unreal Engine …
Mary Meeker releases her 333-page Internet Trends 2019 report showing growing e-commerce, expanded US ad spending, rising number of gamers, 51% of world online
Here are all the slides, plus analysis. — It's the holiday season for data nerds: That is, Mary Meeker is delivering …
DJI announces RoboMaster S1, a programmable remote-controlled toy robot tank aimed at teaching kids how to code, available in the US starting Wednesday for $499
A robot from the RoboMasters competition shrunk down to fit your living room — Dronemaker DJI has spent the last few years running …
Following successful tests elsewhere, Facebook says it will bring its blood donation sign up feature to select US cities ahead of a wider rollout
Facebook says its blood donation feature in India, Bangladesh, Brazil and Pakistan has been doing so well, over 35 million users have signed up to be donors.
Uber says it plans to start testing fast food deliveries by drone to designated safe landing zones in a trial in San Diego this summer
On an overcast Monday in May, I joined a group in a parking lot behind a San Diego McDonald's to witness the future of food delivery.
Sources: as part of its response to FTC inquiries, Facebook unearths emails that appear to show Mark Zuckerberg knew of problematic privacy practices
Internal exchanges uncovered in response to FTC probe could cast doubt on founder's commitment to user privacy, people familiar with the matter say
Uber unveils a new self-driving car based on the Volvo XC90 SUV, designed to be fully autonomous, rolling out in 2020
Uber Advanced Technologies Group unveiled Wednesday a new generation of self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs that are designed and built to be fully driverless …
Sources: Slack is expected to be valued at $16B-$17B when it lists its shares publicly next week, up from the $7.1B in its last funding round in August 2018
- Valuation as public company could be double last funding round — Workplace chat company plans unusual direct listing next week
Critics question Alphabet's Jigsaw subsidiary's decision to hire a disinformation vendor to run a campaign during research into state-sponsored disinformation
FOR MORE THAN two years, the notion of social media disinformation campaigns has conjured up images of Russia's Internet Research Agency … Tweets: @sheeraf , @a_greenberg , @a_greenberg , @sheeraf , @...
Crowdstrike pops ~80% on Nasdaq as its shares start trading at $63.50, well above its $34 IPO price, valuing the company at $12B
KEY POINTS — CrowdStrike opened its first day of trading on the Nasdaq with a share price of $63.50, surging from its IPO price of $34.
Facebook says Watch has 140M DAUs who spend at least a minute on the site, announces deals with global publishers and Ad Breaks rollout in five new languages
NY Digital Editor @https://twitter.com/xpangler FOLLOW — Facebook says its video strategy — to encourage its 2 billion-plus users to watch …
Study by Equality Labs into Facebook's content moderation in India finds it failed to delete hundreds of posts targeting minorities despite flagging
TUNIS, Tunisia — Facebook failed to delete hundreds of memes, images and posts targeting caste, LGBT and religious minorities in India reported …
Adjust, which provides mobile ad measurement and fraud prevention tools, raises $227M, bringing its total funding to $250M
Adjust, a leader in mobile measurement and fraud prevention, said it has raised $227 million in a new round of funding. — The round was led by investors Eurazeo Growth …
Radiohead says they're releasing 18 hours' worth of unheard music to benefit climate change group, after hackers stole lead singer's files and attempted ransom
And Won Brian Barrett / Wired : Radiohead Dropped 18 Hours of Unreleased Music to Screw Pirates Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Radiohead releases 18 hours of demos, thwarting alleged extortion attempt Exti...
Symphony, a messaging platform for Wall Street firms created by Goldman Sachs and others, raises $165M; source says its valuation is now $1.4B
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Symphony Communication Services, a chat and collaboration platform, said on Wednesday it has raised $165 million in fresh funds …
Huawei's chief strategy architect says the company is working on autonomous AI platforms for Audi, VW, Toyota, and others, potentially launching from 2021
Huawei, the Chinese company at the centre of the US-China tech storm, is working with European, Japanese and Chinese car companies …
Apollo, which maintains a family of GraphQL development tools, raises $22M round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Matrix Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Ten state attorneys general file suit in New York to oppose the T-Mobile-Sprint merger over concerns about pricing and competition
New York Times :
Researchers unveil the RAMBleed technique, showing it's possible to use Rowhammer-style side-channel attacks to read protected memory, even with ECC enabled
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Troy Hunt is looking for a buyer for Have I Been Pwned to help keep up with the exploding growth of the archive of breaches and take it to the next level
Troy Hunt :
EU's Aviation Safety Agency has published common rules for the use of drones, gives Member States until June 2020 to start implementing the requirements
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
Fireblocks raises $16M Series A for its platform that enables secure movement of blockchain-based digital assets between exchanges, wallets, trading desks, more
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
BetterUp, which connects employees with career and leadership coaches online, raises $103M Series C led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Kate Clark / TechCrunch :
After shutting down its Research and Onavo programs, Facebook releases its similar Study From Facebook app for Android, saying it's more transparent than before
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Edgewise Networks, which offers a machine learning-based microsegmentation service for securing enterprise networks, raises $11M, bringing total raised to $18M
Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE :
KnowBe4, which provides security awareness training and a simulated phishing platform, raises $300M round led by KKR at a $1B valuation
Rey Mashayekhi / Fortune :
Pinterest has banned anti-abortion group Live Action for “misinformation related to conspiracies and anti-vaccination advice”
Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @buzzfeednews and @jamesokeefeiii See also Mediagazer Tweets: @buzzfeednews : Pinterest has permanently banned Live Action, the anti-abortion group that publis...
Sense Photonics exits stealth after raising a $26M Series A for its “flash” lidar tech, says it has partnerships with Infineon and a tier-1 automotive company
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch :
Seattle-based Glow launches, in beta, its mobile-first podcast monetization platform that lets podcasters turn listeners into subscribers
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
Tech platforms are poor arbiters of acceptable speech, altering enforcement of already-uneven rules when controversies flare up, but there's no clear fix
Will Oremus / OneZero :
Profile of Tucker Roberts, son of Comcast's CEO, who oversees the cable giant's expansion into esports, including Overwatch League's team Philadelphia Fusion
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg : Tweets: @comcstspectacor , @jonsteinberg , @ryanlawler , @felixgillette , @gerryfsmith , @austincarr , and @bloombergtv See also Mediagazer Tweets: Comcast Spectacor...
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