Twitter adds a rule violation notice to Trump's tweet threatening Minneapolis protestors, saying it glorifies violence; users must click to see the tweet
Twitter said Friday morning that a tweet from President Trump in which he threatened shooting in response to civil unrest in Minneapolis violated the company's rules.
Trump signs an EO designed to limit Section 230 protections by directing the Commerce Department to press the FCC to roll back portions of Section 230
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies …
Trump's EO has limited power, as content created by a platform, like Twitter's labels, is not covered by Section 230 and the FCC lacks authority to enforce EO
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Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is stepping down as CEO, says the company has raised “significant” funding and pivoted to spatial computing for enterprise
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz confirmed he has raised a new round of funding, and he also said that he will step down as the augmented reality company's top executive.
Zuckerberg on Twitter fact-checking Trump: private companies, especially platform companies, shouldn't be the arbiters of truth
Mark Zuckerberg on Twitter fact-checking Trump: Private companies shouldn't be the arbiter of truth — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called out Twitter …
Microsoft details its work with Google to improve spellcheck in Chrome and Edge, which now use Windows Spellcheck with better support for URLs, acronyms, more
Better support for URLs, acronyms, and more — Google and Microsoft have worked together to improve the spellcheck experience in Chrome and Edge.
Trump's social media EO, if enacted, would create problems for him, attacking the legal provision that allows inflammatory, harassing, and untruthful messages
like the president's. That, of course, is not the outcome Mr. Trump wants. https://www.nytimes.com/... @peterbakernyt Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum : Trump in Nov. 2016 to the NYT editorial board: “...
Trump EO misreads Section 230 by conflating two independent subsections and asking the FCC to link the two provisions together, despite previous rulings
This post based its initial analysis on a draft Executive Order. It has been updated to reflect the final order, available here.
Twitter now lets users schedule tweets in advance, up to 18 months, and gives users the option to save tweet drafts from its web app
A few weeks ago, it was reported that Twitter was testing the ability to let users schedule tweets to be published at a specific time.
NSA warns Russia-linked Sandworm hacking group has been actively exploiting a now-patched flaw in Exim mail transfer agent since Aug., exposing ~2.5M servers
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) says that Russian military threat actors known as Sandworm Team have been exploiting …
As Twitter adds a warning to Trump's tweet advocating violence against Minneapolis protesters, so far Facebook and Instagram have left similar posts unchanged
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Source: Trump's executive order was rushed through using an old draft that was circulated last year, overriding concerns from agencies and Section 230 reformers
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol :
Global shipments of wearable devices reached 72.6M units in Q1, growing 29.7% YoY, with Apple shipping 21.2M units for a 29.3% market share
Global shipments of wearable devices grew 29.7% year over year during the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) as total device volume reached 72.6 million units according …
Facing an advertising slump, Google rescinds offers to temporary and contract workers; sources say around 2,000 people are affected globally
The company made the cost-cutting move as it navigates a slump in advertising created by the pandemic. — OAKLAND, Calif. — Google …
Tile sends letter to European Commission arguing that recent changes in iOS hinder its product as Apple prepares to launch a competing tracker
European Commission told that rival Tile's product was unfairly disadvantaged — Apple has been accused of abusing its power to unfairly favour …
With a tweet, Trump joins his campaign and Fox News in targeting Twitter employee Yoel Roth, after Dorsey asked to keep employees out of it
this employee may as well just be a meme. Harassment is just another tactic that Trump & his followers deploy as part of their usual playbook in the political disinformation wars. It's dehumanizing ht...
Facebook's NPE launches Venue, a “second screen” app where selected well-known personalities will provide commentary and engage with fans during live events
Facebook's R&D group, NPE Team, is launching a new app for engaging fellow fans around live events, Venue.
Inside Twitter's decision to fact-check Trump's tweets, while expecting that Trump would respond and the decision could spark a reassessment of Section 230
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ACLU sues Clearview AI in Illinois alleging the facial recognition startup violated residents' privacy by scraping, selling their online photos without consent
Alleging Clearview violated a well-known Illinois biometric privacy law — The American Civil Liberties Union …
Zynn, a TikTok clone from ByteDance Chinese rival Kuaishou, pays users to watch videos and has now hit the top of the US iOS App Store following its May debut
There's a new, Chinese-owned, short-form video app on the rise, with TikTok-like Zynn hitting the top of the US App Store charts this week. Tweets: @taylorlorenz Tweets: Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz ...
Uber announces an hourly booking feature that lets people book trips for up to seven hours at a time, for $50 an hour
for an hour Paul Sawers / VentureBeat : Uber now lets U.S. riders book trips for $50 an hour Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge : Uber introduces a new hourly rate for longer, multistop trips Heather Chero...
Cisco to acquire ThousandEyes, which provides SaaS network performance monitoring, for a price that sources say is ~$1B
Google releases Android Studio 4.0, with Motion Editor for making MotionLayout animations and tools to allow previewing apps in 3D and in multiple screen sizes
In a normal year, Google I/O would traditionally mark the release of a new version of Android Studio.
Didi Chuxing raises $500M led by SoftBank for its autonomous driving division, the first external investment for the fledgling self-driving subsidiary
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg :
Sources: ByteDance looks to shift decision-making and research capabilities out of China, expanding operations in US and increasing global hires
Samsung is partnering with Winklevoss' crypto exchange Gemini to allow users to more easily trade and store digital assets on mobile phones
Gemini Exchange Integration Revealed Tweets: Tyler Winklevoss / @tylerwinklevoss : We're not waiting around for Goldman Sachs and Wall Street to get crypto. We're going straight to you. https://www.bl...
Salesforce Q1: revenue of $4.87B, up 30% YoY, subscription and support revenue $4.58B, up 31% YoY, Q2 guidance lower than expected; stock down ~4% after hours
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Qualcomm announces its first chips with support for Wi-Fi 6E; chips for routers are shipping now while chips for phones will ship in the second half of 2020
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Investigation finds many tenant screening services, relying on algorithms to find infractions and widely used by landlords, often produce flawed reports
and the people they hurt. Superb reporting. https://themarkup.org/... Matthew Goldstein / @mattgoldstein26 : Denied an apartment because of a mistake in a background check report? It's more common tha...
YouTube launches Video Chapters, letting creators add timestamps to their videos, for all users across iOS, Android, and desktop
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Crowdsourced security testing service Synack raises $52M Series D from C5 Capital, B Capital, and others, report says at a nearly $500M valuation
Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE :
Google says it will resume its SameSite cookie update starting July 14, alongside the launch of Chrome 84; the update was rolled back in April due to COVID-19
Aliya Chaudhry / The Verge :
Google's concept of federated analytics shows users' privacy can be protected by analyzing a device's data locally and collecting only aggregated results
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
VMware reports Q1 revenue of $2.73B, up 12% YoY, subscription and SaaS revenue up 39% YoY; stock up ~9% after hours
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Twitter and Reddit file an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging a State Dept. requirement that visa applicants must disclose social media handles
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Facebook says it will now verify identities of users behind profiles that have a “pattern of inauthentic behavior” and whose posts “rapidly go viral” in the US
& how much discretion is there https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : This is super interesting — curious what you all think about social networks making people...
OpenSSH says it will deprecate SHA-1 logins over security concerns, after researchers demonstrated an attack that cost under $50,000 in January 2020
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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