TikTok says it didn't block US teen's account with Uighur persecution video, but did block device associated with her other account banned for bin Laden pic
There has been significant interest and confusion regarding a user's two TikTok accounts and her viral video talking about the Uighur community in China.
Twitter pauses its plan to delete inactive accounts, after concerns were raised about deceased users, until it creates a way to memorialize accounts
Twitter said Wednesday it was putting on hold a plan to delete inactive accounts amid concerns that accounts from deceased users would be swept up in the purge.
Apple meets Russia's demands to show Crimea as part of Russia for Russian Apple Maps users; elsewhere on Apple Maps, Crimea isn't shown as part of any country
Apple has complied with Russian demands to show the annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russian territory on its apps.
US teen says TikTok blocked her from posting after she accused China of putting Muslims into concentration camps; TikTok blames other reasons for the suspension
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Facebook and Instagram are experiencing intermittent outages across the globe
Users on both apps are reporting intermittent problems — If you were trying to share Thanksgiving photos today you may have noticed that both Facebook and Instagram have been suffering intermittent ...
Google Photos starts rolling out manual face tagging, lets users tag faces that Google's algorithm detects but doesn't recognize
A few months ago, Google Photos product lead, David Lieb, told us that manually tagging faces was on the app's update roadmap.
Sources: amid a CFIUS investigation, ByteDance is separating TikTok from its Chinese operations and providing assurances US user data is inaccessible to China
Copia, an e-commerce and logistics startup for unbanked customers operating in central Kenya, raises $26M Series B led by UK's LGT Lightstone
The promise of e-commerce over the past decade across Africa's urban middle class lies in the ease and convenience of making and paying for purchases via …
Korean crypto exchange Upbit confirms it has lost 342K of ether worth ~$49M, suspends deposits/withdrawals, says losses will be covered with its own assets
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Twitter confirms it is testing threaded conversations features from its prototype twttr app on Twitter.com, ahead of the official rollout next year
Twttr, the prototype app Twitter launched earlier this year, has been testing new ways to display conversations, including through the use of threaded replies and other visual cues.
Lithuania-based Vinted, an online marketplace for used clothes, raises $141M at a $1B+ valuation, led by Lightspeed with Burda, Accel, and others participating
The market for second-hand clothes — the “circular economy” as it's sometimes called — has been on the rise in the last several years …
Facebook buys the VR studio behind Beat Saber, one of virtual reality's biggest titles with over 1M copies sold since May 2018
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Valve says its Steam Controller, launched in 2013 as part of the failed Steam Machines program, will no longer be made; last units will sell for $5/controller
sells remaining stock for $5 each Rachel Kaser / The Next Web : RIP Steam Controller 2015-2019: Valve is selling off its inventory Christine Fisher / Engadget : Valve's Steam Controller is dead Niels ...
EU data regulator issues first-ever sanction of an EU institution, against the European parliament over its use of US-based NationBuilder to process voter data
Europe's lead data regulator has issued its first ever sanction of an EU institution — taking enforcement action …
Court allows class action related to Facebook's 2018 breach to proceed; says the 29M users, as a group, can ask for better security procedures, but not damages
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters :
DOJ closes the investigation into the alleged collusion among AT&T, Verizon, and GSMA to impede eSIM features
Cecilia Kang / New York Times :
Picnic, an online supermarket that delivers groceries in 125 Dutch and German cities, raises €250M, plans to build a new automated distribution center
Online supermarket Picnic has raised €250m in funding to develop a new, largely automated distribution centre which it hopes will come on stream within two years.
Panasonic says it will sell its loss-making semiconductor unit to Taiwan's Nuvoton for $250M
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp (6752.T) said it would sell its loss-making semiconductor unit to Taiwan's Nuvoton Technology Corp (4919.TW) for $250 million as the Japanese electronics giant struggl...
Toucan Toto, which provides a data visualization platform without requiring users to learn a new language, raises €12M led by Balderton Capital
Toucan Toco, a data storytelling startup founded in 2014, has completed its first-ever round of funding of €12 million, led by Balderton Capital.
London-based Trouva, an online marketplace for independent boutiques selling hard-to-find homeware, raises $21.8M led by Octopus Ventures
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Q&A with Kevin Systrom on Instagram in the 2010s: selling to Facebook for $1B, its positive and negative social impact, the influencer economy, and more
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Huawei Mate 30 Pro review: impressive hardware and camera but the lack of inbuilt Google services is a deal breaker, making it hard to justify the €1,099 price
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