EU's top court rules that an individual country can order Facebook to take down defamatory content and restrict global access to that material
Comments posted on the social network about an Austrian politician became a battle over the reach of European defamation laws on the internet.
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to launch the iPhone SE 2 in Q1 2020 with an iPhone 8-like design and an A13 chip
Apple is set to launch the next version of the iPhone SE 2 in the first quarter of 2020, according to renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The new phone will be more affordable …
Apple has banned an app that lets people in Hong Kong keep track of protests and police activity, claiming it facilitates illegal activity
Trying to avoid cops, live rounds, tear gas? Oh no, you don't, say Cook & Co — Apple has banned an app that allows people in Hong Kong to keep track …
Sony says PlayStation 4 cross-platform gaming has finished beta testing and is now open to all game developers
With a price cut and a new commitment to high-profile games, Sony's PlayStation Now makes its case to customers. — “I typically prefer doing to talking,” says Jim Ryan …
Uber launches Uber Works, a new app in Chicago that will match temporary workers looking for shift work with businesses looking for staffing
Uber is launching a new app on Friday in Chicago that will match temporary workers looking for shift work with businesses looking to fill gaps in their rosters …
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop 3 in $999+ 13.5-inch and $1,199+ AMD-powered 15-inch variants with USB-C, fast charging, and new colors, arriving October 22
Microsoft is introducing the third-generation of the Surface Laptop today. At its New York event, the company just took the wraps off …
Content recommendation company Taboola has bought rival Outbrain for $250M in cash and 30% equity; Taboola says it will hit $1B in revenue in 2019
Outbrain and Taboola — the Ross and Rachel “will they, won't they” online advertising story of our times — could finally have its happy ending.
Sources say Google contractor Randstad used dubious tactics targeting people of color to gather facial scans for improving the face unlock system on Pixel 4
Tech giant Google wants your face — especially if you've got “darker skin.” — To get it, the company has funded …
Microsoft announces Windows 10X, a variant for dual-screen PCs with 9" screens or larger, coming late 2020 alongside PCs from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft
Microsoft today announced Windows 10X, a new flavor of Windows 10 designed for dual-screen PCs.
Google Shopping gets a redesign and new features including price tracking, options to shop from local stores, and style ideas via Google Lens
Google Shopping is getting a redesign with several new features, including options to shop local stores, track prices and even find style inspiration through Google Lens.
Hands on with the Surface Pro 7 and Pro X, which is nicer to hold with its round edges, smaller bezels, and thinner chassis but lacks 3.5mm and USB-A ports
there's a dongle for that Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Hands-on: Microsoft's Surface Buds are far more comfortable than they look Mark Hachman / PCWorld : Hands on with Microsoft Surface Pro X, a bol...
Google launches Password Checkup, which checks if users' saved passwords have been breached elsewhere, available for the Google web dashboard and Android
Google's Password Checkup is currently available for Android devices and Google's web dashboard. — Google launched today …
France is rolling out a nationwide digital identity enrollment app with facial recognition in November, despite concerns from its data regulator
- Digital identity enrollment app to be rolled out in November — Privacy, absence of consent and security among concerns raised
Samsung launches a Travelex integration for international money transfers and Samsung Pay Cash virtual debit card for Samsung Pay beta users in the US
Samsung Pay is, in my view, the best mobile payment app out there. It supports making payments through MST on Samsung Galaxy flagships …
First look at Surface Neo, a dual-screen device with highly differentiated features like a keyboard that slides down to reveal a WonderBar touch screen area
plus some unique integration with Office apps. Can't wait to try 'em. https://www.theverge.com/... pic.twitter.com/XkfKKXmz1q
Google brings incognito mode to Maps, expands auto-delete history to YouTube, and adds better privacy controls to Google Assistant
The Keyword :
An icon found in iOS 13.2 beta resembles an earlier leaked image of the alleged next generation AirPods
Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac :
India-based Udaan, which operates a B2B marketplace, says it has closed $585M Series D from Tencent and other investors; source says at $2.3B-$2.7B valuation
the largest for any B2B e-commerce platform in India — valued the startup between $2.3 billion and $2.7 billion...” https://techcrunch.com/... via @techcrunch
Unqork, which is creating a platform for developing enterprise app without code, raises $80M Series B led by CapitalG, bringing its total raised to $110M+
Two-year-old New York-based software company Unqork, which is developing a no-code platform for enterprise insurance and financial services …
Profile of Palmer Luckey's Anduril, which is now shipping drone interceptors to US and UK military clients and has raised $120M from Founders Fund, a16z, others
Jason Levin stood on a craggy hill on a Southern California ranch in late July and prepared to destroy a drone.
Q&A with Satya Nadella and Panos Panay on aiming to create a new device category with dual-screen devices, not positioning Duo as a traditional phone, and more
and it's a big deal for the company: https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/... Georg Petschnigg / @georgpetschnigg : It's ten years between these two images. Microsoft Surface Duo (2019). Micr...
NS1, which provides DNS and application traffic management services, raises $33M Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital, bringing its total raised to $85M+
NS1, a New York-based company developing web and app traffic management solutions for enterprises, today revealed …
Poll of US adults: 62% say social media has “too much control” over the mix of news we see on their platforms, and 55% say this results in a worse mix of news
Pew Research Center :
An in-depth look at how ICE, under Obama and then Trump, has aggressively used big data, fed by social media, to clamp down on undocumented immigrants
a testament to the agency's quiet embrace of big data. https://www.nytimes.com/... “Surveillance works best when you don't notice it.” Tim Shorrock / @timothys : NYT reports that, via public record re...
Facebook Dating, which promises to match people based on their offline lives, needs its users to actively use Facebook to be effective, unlike other dating apps
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic : Tweets: @juliarubin , @kait_tiffany , and @manymanywords Tweets: Julia Rubin / @juliarubin : “Having a crush is an amazing feeling, and life without a crush is an ext...
Instagram begins its global rollout of Restrict, which lets users silently approve or deny comments, after worries that blocking only increases harassment
Kaya Yurieff / CNN :
Online broker E*Trade cuts stock trading commissions in the US to zero, joining rivals like TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and Interactive Brokers Group
Annie Massa / Bloomberg :
Atom Finance, an investment research platform targeting high-end individual investors, raises $10.6M Series A led by General Catalyst
Sara Fischer / Axios : Tweets: @sarafischer Tweets: Sara Fischer / @sarafischer : New financial media company Arom Finance launches with $12.5 million raised (led by General Cataylst) to go after Yah...
Study of 1,769 undergrads in Texas finds those who spent time away from Facebook consumed less news and reported feeling less depressed than those who didn't
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab : Tweets: @niemanlab , @niemanlab , and @drsepah See also Mediagazer Tweets: @niemanlab : “Our results suggest that using Facebook induces feelings of depression,” the ...
Google announces Action Blocks, a new accessibility tool that lets users create shortcuts for common multi-step tasks using Assistant
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
NoBroker, which connects apartment seekers with property owners in India, raises $50M led by Tiger Global, after raising $51M led by General Atlantic in June
Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Tweets: @dinvesting and @shivassangwan Tweets: Elliot Silver / @dinvesting : This startup uses the .IN ccTLD domain name, but smartly the brand match .com domain name redi...
Following scrutiny, Apple says it will release an iOS update later this year that will let Siri default to frequently-used third-party messaging apps
due to default status and private APIs. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
London-based Impala, which is building a layer on top of legacy hotel systems to standardize everything with a modern REST API, raises $11M Series A
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Cloud integration platform Snaplogic raises $72M, led by Arrowroot Capital, at an estimated $372M post-money valuation, bringing its total raised to $208M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Twitter and TweetDeck experience partial outages worldwide, causing problems with login, images, polls, DMs, and more
Richard Lawler / Engadget : Tweets: @twittersupport and @twittersupport Tweets: @twittersupport : We've been experiencing outages across Twitter and TweetDeck. You might have had trouble Tweeting, ge...
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