Facebook Dating, though separate from a user's main profile, is integrated with Facebook and designed to encourage the use of its properties that harvest info
This morning, Facebook finally launched its long-awaited (or, just as likely, long-dreaded) dating feature.
Internal documents reveal Apple's guidelines for rewriting Siri's responses to “sensitive topics” such as feminism and the #MeToo movement
Exclusive: voice assistant's responses were rewritten so it never says word ‘feminism’ — An internal project to rewrite …
New York attorney general is leading a multi-state investigation into Facebook for possible antitrust violations
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Facebook Dating launches in the US as an opt-in feature integrated with Instagram, for users 18 and over, with a separate profile
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Apple launches a public beta of Apple Music on the web, available to all subscribers worldwide
Apple Music is coming to the web. Apple today is launching a public beta of its popular music streaming service on the web, which will be available to all Apple Music subscribers worldwide.
Google unveils Assistant Ambient mode that turns docked Android phones and tablets into smart displays with calendar info, weather, smart home controls, more
Why does Google make everything twice? — Today at IFA, Google is announcing a new feature for Google Assistant: Ambient Mode.
Facebook, Microsoft, the Partnership on AI, and seven universities launch the “Deepfake Detection Challenge” to encourage better ways of detecting deepfakes
Deepfakes are improving. The contest, which will include deepfakes created by Facebook, is designed to help researchers keep up.
Hands-on with LG's 6.4-inch G8X ThinQ, an upgraded G8 with a secondary display case that transforms LG's flagship into a dual-screen handset
The rumors both are, and aren't true. LG has built a dual-screen smartphone that drops around the same time as Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Huawei's Mate X …
MIT Media Lab founder and former director Nicholas Negroponte defends Joi Ito's decision to accept Epstein's money post Epstein's 2008 conviction
At an internal meeting, Nicholas Negroponte shocked some people with his comments on funding from the alleged sex trafficker.
Huawei unveils Kirin 990 5G, its flagship 7nm octa-core chipset with integrated 5G, says it can achieve up to 2.3Gbps downlink and up to 1.25 Gbps uplink speeds
Let's play a game of technicalities. A few days ago, Samsung announced the Exynos 980, the company's first processor with an integrated 5G modem.
Alibaba buys import ecommerce platform Kaola from NetEase for ~$2B, will integrate it into Tmall, creating the largest cross-border ecommerce platform in China
Alibaba Group said today it has acquired NetEase Kaola for $2 billion and will integrate it into Tmall, creating the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in China.
Report: per RIAA, revenues from streaming up 26% YoY to $4.3B in H1 2019, accounting for ~80% of music industry's overall revenue; paid subscriptions grew 31%
Although physical sales are also on the up-and-up — More people are streaming music through services like Apple Music and Spotify … Source: Wall Street Journal .
In a testimony to House committee staffers, 8chan owner Jim Watkins says 8chan “has no intent of deleting constitutionally protected hate speech”
The private deposition lasted around four hours — Jim Watkins, the owner of 8chan, gave testimony to Congress on Thursday …
How a high-school dropout added a Huawei router zero-day to the Mirai botnet to create the formidable Satori botnet, which experts say infected 500K+ devices
Teenager behind notorious Satori botnet was an Xbox player who joined an online community that got their kicks from exploiting vulnerabilities …
Sonos announces its first portable speaker, the $399 Sonos Move with WiFi and Bluetooth and support for Google Assistant, Alexa, AirPlay 2, and Spotify Connect
it's HUGE! But I see what Sonos is doing and I ...approve? It's designed for your backyard, not your camping trip. Here is it next to the Sonos One. @dcseifert has the details https://www.theverge.com...
Atlassian announces new pricing tiers, including a free tier for all services, and new tools, such as data residency controls for companies
At our TC Sessions: Enterprise event, Atlassian co-CEO Scott Farquhar today announced a number of updates to how the company will sell its cloud-based services.
Sally Floyd, one of the inventors of Random Early Detection (RED), which helps regulate network traffic, died on August 25 at age 69
In the early 1990s, Dr. Floyd was one of the inventors of Random Early Detection, which continues to play a vital role in the stability of the internet. Tweets: @nytscience and @nytscience Tweets: @ny...
Amazon confirms it has started testing the “New” badge to highlight newly released products in “select markets for certain customers”
KEY POINTS — It's still unclear what criteria is used for the badges on Amazon, which give sellers a significant advantage on the marketplace.
Sources: WeWork is considering seeking a valuation of ~$20B-$30B in its US IPO, marking a significant reduction from an earlier valuation of $47B
Data Sheet New York Times : WeWork Parent Considers Reducing Valuation Before I.P.O. Thomas Franck / CNBC : WeWork is dramatically slashing its IPO valuation to less than $25 billion because of weak d...
Medium's app code shows the company is working on an Instapaper-like reader app function that would let users save articles from the web to a reading list
@ev contemplated, in an effort to salvage the internet [1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/... /cc @karaswisher https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Absolutely cannot wait to hear the exp...
Samsung says it is canceling all Galaxy Fold pre-orders placed online through Samsung and will offer customers $250 credit for the Samsung store
and here's to hoping it works Buster Hein / Cult of Mac : Samsung cancels all Galaxy Fold preorders ahead of launch Tweets: Jeff Atwood / @codinghorror : It'll be interesting to see if foldable phones...
Stripe launches Stripe Capital, a service for advancing loans to customers that get repaid out of future sales made through Stripe's platform, in the US
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Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the company is considering providing HR support, capital funding, health insurance, and other services to creators
Patreon, the subscription-based fan platform, is eyeing a range of new services to support creators — including potentially providing loans at some point, CEO Jack Conte said.
YouTube launches a fashion vertical, aggregating the platform's fashion content into one place, as it seeks to expand in the industry
Exciting day for fashion fans … Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : YouTube launches a dedicated Fashion vertical Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : YouTube Launches New, Dedicated Fashion and Style Cont...
The YouTube-FTC deal on child privacy violations includes conditions that could depress revenue and views for creators, like removing comments and notifications
for good reason. But YouTubers, who feel like they have to change lanes every few months to appease an algorithm just to make a living, are preparing for a series of financial, cultural, and emotional...
Instagram influencers in countries affected by the removal of likes see less engagement and slower growth in followers, causing posts to sink down in the feed
Paige Leskin / Business Insider : Tweets: @mattnavarra and @mattnavarra Tweets: Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : I still think people do not understand this test. It's only hiding the like count on post...
In-depth Android 10 review: adds many oft-requested features, like a dark mode, and gesture navigation is great for a first try, but much work remains
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Binance launches a USD-backed stablecoin in the US in partnership with Paxos after receiving approval from NY regulators
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Sources: Palantir has approached several major investors, like SoftBank, about a large funding round as it postpones its expected 2020 IPO until 2022 or 2023
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Google is open sourcing its differential privacy library, which it uses to securely draw insights from data sets containing sensitive user information
like cryptography it's subtle and quick to anger. Google has released as open-source code which was built for *mumblemumble handy privacy infrastructure thing*. It has some nice advantages: 🧵 https://...
Twitter says it has “temporarily” turned off the SMS-to-tweet feature, after Jack Dorsey's account was compromised
which is a central way that many orthodox/hassidic jews access this platform—is ultimately being powered down for spreading antisemitic content https://www.adweek.com/... https://twitter.com/... Miss ...
Sources: P2P car sharing startup Getaround is raising $201.5M Series D extension at ~$1.7B valuation, up from an estimated valuation of $840M last year
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Profile of Koch Disruptive Technologies, Koch Industries' tech fund, which has put ~$500M into startups over two years, as it navigates liberal Silicon Valley
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg : Tweets: @mcbridesg and @blmohr Tweets: Sarah G McBride / @mcbridesg : With charm offensive, Koch Industries drops $500 million on startups via its new venture arm https://...
Olivela, a platform for luxury fashion, jewellery, and more from 400+ brands that gives 20% of sales to charity, raises $35M Series A led by Morgan Stanley
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