Twitter is funding bluesky, an independent effort to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media, with the goal of Twitter being a client of it
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey outlines … Shoshana Wodinsky / Adweek : Twitter Will Fund the Development of a Decentralized Social Media Standard Rob Price / Business Insider : Twitter is trying to build a n...
Decentralizing Twitter won't solve its hate speech problems; Mastodon CEO says “it sounds like Twitter is making a Mastodon clone”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey floated a compelling possibility on Wednesday: He wants to put together a team to explore decentralizing Twitter.
Google brings its real-time translation mode, interpreter, to the Google Assistant app on iOS and Android globally with support for 44 languages
After rolling out on smart speakers and displays earlier this year, Google's interpreter real-time translation mode finally landing on mobile.
Google rolls out Verified SMS, which labels messages from legitimate businesses, on Android in nine countries, expands spam detection in messages to the US
In addition to enhancing messaging on Android with Rich Communication Services (RCS) and bringing you helpful features with Messages …
Google says it is changing mobile search results for news topics, adding more carousels of stories, starting in the US and rolling out later internationally
Users will now see multiple carousels of news stories. — Google is changing how it presents news stories in its search results.
AngelList report: seed stage investors can increase their yields by investing into every credible deal, contradicting the common wisdom of passing on most
If you miss the best-performing seed investment, you will eventually be outperformed by someone who blindly invests in every credible deal.
YouTube bans videos that “maliciously insult” people based on their race, gender, or sex, and will remove some of Steven Crowder's videos targeting Carlos Maza
stuff that targets entire groups. Ben Shapiro smearing Muslims as terrorists. Lauren Southern railing against “mass migration.” This is hate speech with a smile. Carlos Maza / @gaywonk : 2. YouTube ma...
How decentralized protocols may help solve some issues plaguing social media today; @bluesky team should consider existing projects like Mastodon
The CEO tweeted that he's hiring a team to develop open source standards for decentralized social networks. His hope: It will spawn better ways to combat hate and harassment.
Robinhood starts rolling out its Cash Management service, which offers 1.8% interest, debit cards, and FDIC coverage on deposits through bank partnerships
Robinhood Markets Inc. has finally launched its take on a bank account, albeit a very different version of the service it once hoped to offer.
Twitter now lets users upload iOS Live Photos as GIFs, will preserve original JPEG quality for web uploads
upload an iOS Live Photo anywhere you use images on Twitter (Tweets, Retweets with comment, replies, DMs) and tap the GIF button. Now you've got yourself a shiny new GIF to share! https://twitter.com/...
Jeanette Manfra, assistant director for cybersecurity at DHS, will be joining Google Cloud as global director of security and compliance
One of the U.S. government's most influential cybersecurity officials is heading to Google. — Jeanette Manfra will take a job at the tech giant's cloud division …
The Mac Pro uses three axial fans and a centrifugal fan to keep it cool, with blade design drawn from vehicle tires to make them sound pleasant even when loud
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Details of 15M bank debit cards in Iran from its three largest banks have been published on social media in what experts suspect is a state-sponsored attack
The details of millions of Iranian bank cards were published online after antigovernment protests last month. Experts suspect a state-sponsored cyberattack. Tweets: @gesfandiari and @farnazfassihi Tw...
AI Index Report 2019: 300% rise in research papers, US the global leader by most metrics, self-driving cars received more private investment than any AI field
The 2019 AI Index report gives us a glimpse into AI progress — Trying to get a handle on the progress of artificial intelligence …
Paris-based Yubo, which lets young people create live video discussion spaces, raises €11M led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners
Today Yubo, the social platform connecting Generation Z around the world, announces snapping up more than €11 million.
Profile of Canva, a graphic design app that CEO Melanie Perkins helped build from a yearbook-design business out of Perth into a profitable $3.2B Adobe rival
On a steamy May morning in 2013, Canva CEO Melanie Perkins found herself adrift on a kiteboard in the channel between billionaire … Tweets: @alexrkonrad , @n_sportelli , @d_tao , @realmdonnelly , @ale...
DOJ arrests 3 men behind the BitClub Network cryptocurrency mining pool, says it was a Ponzi scheme which defrauded investors of $722M since 2014
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BMW will finally add Android Auto compatibility to its cars starting in July 2020, after initially focusing on Apple's CarPlay
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As Apple Pay expands in Europe, it is drawing increasing regulatory scrutiny from EU and countries including France, the Netherlands, and Germany
- Banks, payments rivals say Apple restricts access to NFC chip — German law may force Apple's hand. A good start, banks say
Facebook confirms that a bug caused tens of thousands of now restored ads to disappear from its political ad library, days before UK's general election
just days before the UK goes to the polls. http://www.cnn.com/... @risj_oxford : “The wider systemic issue is why UK politicians have not done anything meaningful to protect the integrity of our elect...
Qwil, an automated lending platform for on-demand and freelancer marketplaces to advance pay to workers, raises $24.4M in equity and $200M in debt funding
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A rundown of the 100 gadgets that defined the 2010s, shaped first by the smartphone wars before branching off into new categories
it is still the basic form iPads are still in today Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg : The original iPad is way too low. Elizabeth Lopatto / @mslopatto : please enjoy my write up of a fidget spinner, the...
Amazon launches Audible Suno, an ad-free service featuring more than 60 original series in Hindi and English, in India for free
Amazon is having another go at expanding its reach to listeners in India. The company, which launched pay-to-use Audible in the country last year … See also Mediagazer
LeanDNA, an AI-powered analytics platform for factory management, raises $15M Series B led by S3 Ventures, bringing its total raised to $20M
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Investigation details how Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook handle voice assistant transcriptions, relying heavily on contractors and downplaying user privacy
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Struggling display maker Japan Display agrees to a $829M bailout; sources say Apple has agreed to make an equity investment of $200M
Kana Inagaki / Financial Times :
Report: Samsung to increase investment in its chip factory in China by $8B to boost production of NAND flash memory chips
Sproutt, which uses data and AI to offer better life insurance terms to customers, raises $12M Series A from State of Mind Ventures, Moneta Capital, and others
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An overview of how US law enforcement is using facial recognition tech, and where critics say there's a need for more transparency and government regulation
and see if there are any roles for its use right now.”—@barryfriedman1 to @vox on facial recognition technology. https://www.vox.com/... @ai4pete : How to avoid a dystopian future of facial recognitio...
Profile of Shoshana Zuboff, a Harvard professor who coined the term “surveillance capitalism” to describe tech giants and their data practices
Frank Bajak / Associated Press :
Tech-enabled fitness equipment startup iFit raises $200M led by Pamplona Capital Management and says it has 330,000 paying subs, adding 77,000 last quarter
Sophia Kunthara / Crunchbase News :
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