Google says it has shut down 210 YouTube channels after it found they had been tied to misinformation about Hong Kong protesters
KEY POINTS — In a blog post Thursday, Google said it axed more than 200 YouTube channels due to misinformation around Hong Kong protests.
Google Photos can now search for text that appears in user images with its optical character recognition filter
Google Lens has a powerful optical character recognition (OCR) filter that can pull text from any image. Available in Google Photos, the backup service this month is adding the ability to search for ...
Strategy Analytics: US users upgrade smartphones after 33 months, 7% plan to spend over $1K on their next purchase, biggest barrier to 5G phones will be price
Several reports in the past have linked the increasing prices of smartphones to lengthening iPhone upgrade cycles.
Sources: at least three of Facebook's Libra backers are discussing how to distance themselves from the project amid increasing regulatory scrutiny
Intensifying regulatory scrutiny of Facebook's Libra digital currency has spooked some of the project's early backers, with at least three privately discussing …
Apple Card review: no annual fees, 3% cash back on purchases from Apple, gorgeous app interface but is iOS-only, can't pay bill on the web or from Android phone
Applying for Apple Card couldn't have been easier. All you have to do is sign up to get invited and then open up the Wallet app on your iPhone …
Investigation finds 4,152 items on Amazon that were declared unsafe by federal agencies, are deceptively labeled, or are banned by regulators
Just like tech companies that have struggled to tackle misinformation on their platforms, Amazon has proven unable or unwilling to effectively police third-party sellers on its site
Report: Facebook has pushed Instagram into doubling the number of ads since last year; Instagram is testing two back-to-back ads in Stories
Instagram is about to get even more ads. — Beginning this week, the platform is running a test with what it told AdWeek is a “small percentage” of users. Source: The Information .
Sources: News Corp is developing a news-aggregation service called Knewz, to address publisher concerns about Google and Facebook
Knewz.com will surface articles from hundreds of news sources, using software and human curation — News Corp is developing a news-aggregation service meant …
A look at the life of Patrick Byrne, whose interests in blockchain and transforming Africa, among others, often overshadowed those of Overstock.com shareholders
On Thursday, Patrick Byrne, the founder and longtime CEO of former e-tailing giant Overstock.com, resigned …
Overstock CEO Partick Byrne has resigned from the e-commerce company after his comments about being involved in a “Deep State” investigation of 2016 election
Educational robotic toymaker Sphero acquires littleBits, a maker of electronics building kits and instructional resources for kids
When Sphero laid off 45 employees in early 2018, the Boulder, Co.-based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus …
Amazon says it will no longer use tips or supplemental earnings to cover promised wages of Flex drivers, who deliver for Prime Now, Fresh, and Whole Foods
Amazon delivery drivers were surprised to learn earlier this year that the e-commerce giant would at times dip into their tips to cover their promised wages.
Google releases new community guidelines for employees, placing new restrictions on talking about politics on internal mailing lists and forums
KEY POINTS — Google on Friday released a new set of community guidelines that are meant to crack down on what employees can say inside the company.
Sources: new data dump of 5.3M+ credit card accounts is linked to compromised gas pumps, coffee shops, and restaurants operated by Hy-Vee supermarket chain
On Tuesday of this week, one of the more popular underground stores peddling credit and debit card data stolen from hacked merchants announced …
HP says its CEO Dion Weisler will step down and Enrique Lores, president of HP's imaging, printing, and solutions business, will become new CEO from November 1
KEY POINTS — HP CEO Dion Weisler will step down from the company “due to a family health matter,” HP announced Thursday.
Google's Chrome team proposes new privacy and anti-fingerprinting open standard to make it harder for marketers and advertisers to track users across the web
Google today announced a new long-term initiative that, if fully realized, will make it harder for online marketers and advertisers to track you across the web.
VMWare to acquire cybersecurity company Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal for $2.7B
KEY POINTS — VMware is acquiring Carbon Black, a cybersecurity company that went public in 2018, the companies announce as part of VMware's quarterly earnings report.
Oracle board committee recommends court to proceed with the shareholder lawsuit against Larry Ellison and Safra Catz over the $9.3B NetSuite acquisition in 2016
(Reuters) - Shareholder derivative suits exist because corporate directors can't always be trusted to put aside their own interests …
Amazon buys a 49% stake in Future Coupons, which, filings show, may be worth ~$104M, giving Amazon a 3.58% stake in India's No. 2 retail chain Future Retail
Amazon, which has invested more than $6 billion in India's growing internet market, just invested a little more as it moves to expand …
Sources: Uber's $1 Safe Rides Fee, introduced in 2014, was devised primarily to add $1 of pure margin to each trip; court documents: the fee brought in ~$500M
The once-swaggering company is losing more money and growing more slowly than ever. What happened?
Google stops using dessert-themed names for Android for better worldwide accessibility, names Android Q Android 10, and refreshes Android brand logo and color
[German]The upcoming Android … Stephanie Mlot / Geek.com : Android Q is Android 10 In Brand Update Teuta Franjkovic / Coinspeaker : Google Goes On a Diet - No More Sweets, Just Numbers JR Raphael / Co...
As Microsoft moves Lynda.com users to LinkedIn Learning, libraries protest the requirement for patrons to create a LinkedIn profile, citing privacy concerns
As students and faculty return to school, many are discovering Lynda.com content is now only offered via LinkedIn Learning.
DoorDash announces a new tipping policy that will let drivers keep 100% of tips, rolling out next month, and pledges to bump up base pay across the board
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Salesforce beats with Q2 revenue of $4B, up 22% YoY, vs. $3.95B est. and Sales Cloud revenue of $1.13B, up 13% YoY; stock up 5%+
AT&T, Comcast, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, and seven other US carriers announce an agreement with 51 attorneys general to implement new tech to block robocalls
Tony Romm / Washington Post :
Flaws in cellphone tracking data used in Denmark, which may have linked innocent people to crime scenes, prompt a review of 10K+ court cases dating back to 2012
Martin Selsoe Sorensen / New York Times :
Research covering two states, Missouri and Virginia, finds ~38% of rural homes and businesses that the FCC counts as having broadband access actually do not
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica : Tweets: @gretabyrum and @hypervisible Tweets: Greta Byrum / @gretabyrum : FCC maps count every household in a census tract as “served” if even one has access. This also d...
Palantir's revenue from US government contracts under Trump surpassed its total under Obama's second term, as sources describe staff debates about work with ICE
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Samsung Galaxy Note10+ review: the screen is beautiful and handwriting recognition with S Pen is neat but software backslides into confusion and DeX is a mess
Dieter Bohn / The Verge :
Microsoft says it stopped listening to Xbox recordings to improve tech months ago, but at times reviews recordings between users on reports of TOS violations
Girls Who Code study of 1,000 young women highlights the challenges faced when seeking internships, often an unpleasant experience in a male-dominated workplace
Nitasha Tiku / Wired : Tweets: @angichau , @rickybloomfield , @_dianakris , @kylebrussell , @ayahbdeir , @taylor_atx , @elenielstorm , @resourcefulsqrl , @girlswhocode , @feministabulous , @ekp , @sc...
Valve patches recent Steam 0-days, calls turning away researcher who found them “a mistake”, and updates bug bounty program to start accepting “LPE"-class bugs
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Cities are paying companies like Host Compliance to be “Airbnb Police” and find real addresses of vacation rentals to enforce short term rental legislation
Joseph Cox / VICE : Tweets: @josephfcox , @vice , @vice , @jason_koebler , @charlesknight , @josephfcox , and @jason_koebler Tweets: Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : New: leaked documents, video, Slack cha...
Sources: FCC and FTC officials raised concerns about the constitutionality and scope of a Trump draft executive order on CDA Section 230 and alleged censorship
Brian Fung / CNN :
DOJ says it has indicted 80 individuals, many based in Nigeria, as part of a massive business email scam and money laundering scheme
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Interviews with 36+ DOD and tech officials shed light on tech giants' fight for $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract using backdoor lobbying and an advisory board
something a defense secretary wouldn't normally do — but it was scuttled at the last minute because Bezos hadn't completed his security clearance. Great reporting here. https://www.propublica.org/... ...
A look at Oculus Insight, Facebook's technology that makes inside-out VR tracking on Oculus Quest and Rift S headsets possible
our state-of-the-art inside-out tracking system on #OculusQuest and Rift S. Check out how we brought this cutting-edge tech from the lab to the living room // https://tech.fb.com/... https://twitter.c...
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