Google announces new political ad rules, limits microtargeting to age, gender, and general location categories, will start enforcing them in UK within a week
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Tim Cook and Apple did not correct Trump after he took credit for opening a Texas manufacturing plant that has been in operation since 2013
President Trump said on Wednesday that he opened a facility that makes computers for Apple. It's been operating since 2013.
Apple says it has begun construction of its $1B Austin, Texas office campus, opening in 2022, as Trump tours the nearby Mac Pro production plant
owned by a company called Flex, not Apple itself — has been producing the Mac Pro since 2013. Here's the article from 2013. https://www.statesman.com/... pic.twitter.com/1Qdzw7gkEM Alex Kantrowitz / ...
Sources: Apple is overhauling how it tests software, making daily builds disable unfinished features by default, after a swarm of bugs marred the iOS 13 debut
Apple Inc. is overhauling how it tests software after a swarm of bugs marred the latest iPhone and iPad operating systems, according to people familiar with the shift.
President Donald Trump hosted an undisclosed dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel at the White House in October, Facebook confirmed on Wednesday
The meeting took place during Zuckerberg's most recent visit to Washington, where he testified before Congress about Facebook's new cryptocurrency Libra.
Google's limits on microtargeting of political ads for state and federal candidates shakes up ad plans and frustrates both Democrats and Republicans
limiting microtargeting will F over the little guys @longhornderek : This is a really dumb move. Candidates running in primaries are now supposed to advertise to people who aren't even in the party th...
PayPal to acquire Honey, a comparison shopping and rewards platform that has 17M MAUs, for ~$4B
PayPal announced today it has agreed to acquire Honey Science Corporation, the makers of a deal-finding browser add-on and mobile application, for $4 billion, mostly cash.
Uber plans to test letting riders and drivers in the US record audio of their trips “soon”, as a similar pilot program debuts next month in Brazil and Mexico
Uber plans to record audio during rides in the United States as part of a new security feature, its latest push …
Uber has been testing video recording of some trips in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee since July; riders, drivers can send video to Uber after safety incidents
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Google Duplex launches on the web as Google Assistant in Chrome, lets users buy movie tickets from 70+ cinemas and ticketing services in the US
At I/O 2019, Sundar Pichai announced that Google Duplex was “moving beyond voice” and coming to the web. After publicly testing in late September …
Sources: Facebook is considering making changes to political ads policy, including increasing the number of users who can be targeted from 100 to a few thousand
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WeWork says it is laying off around 2,400 employees globally
- The beleaguered office-sharing start-up is laying off 2,400 employees in an attempt to right-size the business. — The layoffs come after several tumultuous months for WeWork, which were marred by a...
Amnesty International says Facebook and Google's omnipresent surveillance is inherently incompatible with the right to privacy and is a danger to human rights
Facebook and Google's omnipresent surveillance of billions of people poses a systemic threat to human rights …
Guilherme Rambo, who has published scoops about unreleased Apple products by examining beta software, says Apple locked his dev account with no stated reason
Guilherme Rambo, one of the top Apple secret-spillers, says Apple locked him out of his developer account, preventing …
Twitter rolls out its “Hide Replies” feature to all users globally
Twitter's radical “Hide Replies” feature, one of the biggest changes to how Twitter works since the invention of the Retweet, is now available to Twitter's global user base. The company says the feat...
Alphabet's Loon signs deal with Telefonica to provide internet to remote parts of the Amazon
Alphabet-owned Loon, the high-altitude balloon company that is using its stratospheric technology to provide internet connectivity on Earth, has signed a new commercial agreement with Telefonica-owned...
Google has hired IRI Consultants, an anti-union consulting company, signaling the feud between some activist employees and management has escalated
After nearly two years of unrest, the company appears to be cracking down on employee activism. — Google has hired an anti-union consulting firm …
Amazon unveils Dash Smart Shelf, a WiFi-enabled scale for businesses that can automatically reorder office supplies when they run low
Amazon today introduced a smart shelf that knows when supplies are low and automatically reorders them, a new twist on the tech giant's Dash Replenishment Program …
A look at Google's work with US military, as senior military officials worry about parts of Google's employee base approaching a state of open rebellion
In early November several dozen experts from the American military industrial complex—including senior officers, defense contracting executives … Tweets: @joshuabrustein , @shiraovide , @thestalwart ,...
Celonis, which providers an AI-powered data and process mining platform, raises $290M Series C led by Arena Holdings
More than $1 trillion is spent by enterprises annually on “digital transformation” — the investments that organizations make to update their IT systems …
Apple MacBook Pro 16" review: best speakers on a laptop with a good keyboard and improved battery life, but it's heavy and macOS Catalina is still buggy
Apple fixed the obvious things — The keyboard is fixed. — If Apple did nothing else, that one thing makes the 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro better … Tweets: @reckless and @reckless Tweets: Nilay Patel ...
Canaan, the China-based maker of Bitcoin mining machines, prices its US IPO at the bottom of the range at $9 per share, raising $90M
Canaan Inc., a maker of Bitcoin mining machines, raised $90 million after pricing its U.S. initial public offering at the bottom of its marketed range.
Route, which tracks all e-commerce orders in one app, raises $12M through a $500K pre-seed round in January and new $11.5K seed round from Album VC and Pattern
Between Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and indie merchants, it's easy to lose track of when your online purchases will be delivered.
Apple launches $129 Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max, now with a physical button that launches the camera app
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Robotic process automation startup Automation Anywhere raises $290M Series B at a valuation of $6.8B, now has 3,500+ enterprise clients in 90+ countries
Robotic process automation (RPA), or bots that can be programmed to perform tedious and mundane tasks, is undergoing a period of explosive growth.
Blind users on Facebook say they are frustrated that the platform is consistently buggy for them, and the company isn't doing enough to fix accessibility gaps
The social network wants to be accessible. Blind users and former Facebook workers say it isn't doing enough. Tweets: @aprilaser , @sarahfrier , @carannben , @sarahmei , @sisterhoebot , @sfdirewolf ,...
Juniper Square, which operates a platform for commercial real estate investment firms, raises $75M Series C led by Redpoint Management
Juniper Square, a startup maker of software for commercial real estate investing, raised $75 million in a series C funding round led by venture capital firm Redpoint Management LLC.
Apple tells Congress it is losing money on its device repair services, but critics say that Apple is being deliberately vague and may be misleading public
make sure to help stand with us and demand your #righttorepair. go to https://repair.org/ https://www.vice.com/...
Google launches Google Earth tools that let users create and present virtual tours, with attached text, images, and videos, for specific places
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Binance acquires Mumbai-based bitcoin exchange WazirX, sources say at ~$5M-$10M; Indian crypto exchanges have struggled due to the lack of regulatory clarity
Sanghamitra Kar / The Economic Times :
On-demand transcription service Rev faces backlash from its contractors after cutting their take to 30 cents for each dollar spent on some jobs, from 45 cents
https://www.nytimes.com/... @thricedotted : rev refers to their contractors as “professional transcriptionists” and “transcription experts” in their marketing copy. do you expect a professional transc...
Ad measurement firm Integral Ad Science has acquired European ad tech firm ADmantX, which provides info on context and content of articles on which ads run
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal :
Stream Remote Play Together comes out of beta, lets users play local multiplayer PC games over the internet with other gamers across desktop, iOS, and Android
Jay Peters / The Verge :
Sonos has acquired voice assistant startup Snips for $37M, says it has sold 6.1M speakers in 2019, reports fiscal Q4 revenue of $294.2M, up 8% YoY
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
N3twork, maker of the popular mobile game Legendary, raises $40M for its games publishing platform that helps mobile games gain traction
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Apple launches Apple Music for Business, letting businesses play music in retail locations with Apple providing human-curated playlists and recommendations
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac :
Spotify says its free tier will now stream across Alexa-powered devices in the US, Australia, and New Zealand, and smart speakers from Sonos and Bose globally
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
WhatsApp says it has banned more than 400,000 accounts between August 15 and October 28, 2018, during Brazil's general election
Angelica Mari / ZDNet :
After converting to a for-profit status, Samasource raises $14.8M Series A for its AI data annotation service used by companies like Google and Walmart
Jake Bright / TechCrunch :
Facebook begins rolling out new “brand safety” tools to let advertisers control the content their ads appear around, including white-listing publishers
Megan Graham / CNBC :
How outdoor ad networks like Five Tier let clients plan and target billboard ads based on mobile phone data about passersby such as gender, age, race, and more
Thomas Germain / Consumer Reports :
Vouch Insurance, which offers startups insurance policies that start at $200/year, expands to CA, announces $45M Series B, after raising $24M Series A in Sept
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