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.
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.
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LG announces CEO Jo Seong-jin will be replaced by Brian Kwon Dec. 1, amid 2020 leadership shakeup and LG smartphone division's 18th straight quarterly loss
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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
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Unauthorized Uber drivers, including convicted felons with fake IDs, have surfaced in cities beyond London, including San Francisco, Houston, and Boston
Turns out that unauthorized drivers using fake identification isn't just a London problem. — Uber faced a blow on Monday …
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.
A recent fracas between Binance and The Block shows crypto needs more independent journalists investigating the industry despite the community's media hostility
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HSBC to shift $20B in assets to a blockchain-based custody platform called Digital Vault, one of the biggest uses of blockchain technology by a bank, by March
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC aims to shift $20 billion worth of assets to a new blockchain-based custody platform by March …
Wyze security cams will lose the AI-based person-detection feature in Jan 2020 after Xnor.ai terminated their agreement; Wyze is working on in-house replacement
While it works on a replacement — Wyze's security cameras will temporarily lose their person detection feature in January 2020 …
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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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 …
Copia, an e-commerce and logistics startup for unbanked customers operating in central Kenya, raises $26M Series B led by UK's LGT Lightstone
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Singapore orders Facebook to correct a post by an Australian user, as part of a new “fake news” law; Facebook faces a fine of up to $365K if it does not comply
Singapore has ordered Facebook to correct a post by a user in Australia, marking the first time it has tried …
Source: Coinbase acquires prime broker Tagomi for $150M to boost its Coinbase Prime service for institutional investors; Tagomi raised $28M in VC funding
CORRECTION (29 November 16:21 UTC): A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that that Coinbase had acquired Tagomi for $150 million.
Panasonic says it will sell its loss-making semiconductor unit to Taiwan's Nuvoton for $250M
Miami-based direct-to-consumer arts and crafts supplies startup Arteza raises $24M Series A from Volition Capital
Lithuania-based Vinted, an online marketplace for used clothes, raises $141M at a $1B+ valuation, led by Lightspeed with Burda, Accel, and others participating
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
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 :
Toucan Toco, which provides a data visualization platform without requiring users to learn a new language, raises €12M led by Balderton Capital
Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups :
Picnic, an online supermarket that delivers groceries in 125 Dutch and German cities, raises €250M, plans to build a new automated distribution center
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