Twitter removed 32K+ accounts engaged in propaganda linked to Russia, China, and Turkey, describing the accounts as “state-linked information operations”
- Accounts spread ‘deceptive’ claims about Hong Kong politics — Russia-linked accounts supported Kremlin, attacked dissidents
Internet Archive to close its National Emergency Library, which offers free, unrestricted access to ebooks, on June 16, after lawsuit from four major publishers
Online library asks publishers to “call off their costly assault.” — The Internet Archive has ended its National Emergency Library programs …
Tim Cook announces Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative with a $100M commitment, led by VP of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson
Tim Cook has just announced a new major commitment from Apple to support the fight for racial equality and justice …
Sony reveals new hardware design for its upcoming PlayStation 5, which ships in two versions, one with a 4K Blu-ray drive and a Digital Edition without
Sony's next-gen console is here — Sony is finally revealing what the PlayStation 5 looks like. After nearly an hour of PS5 game announcements …
Jim Keller, SVP of Intel's Silicon Engineering Group, has resigned from the company due to personal reasons, will remain as a consultant for next six months
Intel has just published a news release on its website stating that Jim Keller has resigned from the company, effective immediately, due to personal reasons.
Chris Cox is returning to Facebook as its chief product officer, a year after quitting over differences with Mark Zuckerberg over the company's direction
The longtime executive had quit in 2019 after a difference of opinion over the company's direction — A year after quitting the company …
Google countersues Sonos, alleging infringement of patents; Google says it provided “significant assistance” in integrating Google music and Assistant services
The tech giant says it must ‘assert its intellectual property rights’ — Google has countersued Sonos for patent infringement …
Sources: Facebook internally showcased a feature for its Workplace chat product that allowed administrators to remove and block trending topics like “unionize”
During an internal presentation at Facebook on Wednesday, the company debuted features for Facebook Workplace …
YouTube launches a $100M fund to “amplify” the voices of black creators by supporting talent and funding new YouTube Original shows
Taylor Lyles / The Verge :
UK Competition and Markets Authority, the country's antitrust watchdog, launches an investigation into Facebook's acquisition of Giphy
Facebook wants to be the go-to platform for all of your social needs, but a big move it made last month to take ownership in the world of GIFs …
Twitter says it had shut down more than 170K accounts tied to the Chinese government spreading deceptive narratives favoring China around COVID-19, HK, more
(CNN Business)Twitter announced Thursday that it had shut down more than 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government.
Snap announces Minis, apps made by third-party developers that run inside of Snapchat, launching on Android and iOS in July
- Snap on Thursday announced a new product called Snap Minis — small apps built by third-party software developers that can be opened within Snapchat.
Facebook announces the results of its first Deepfake Detection Challenge, says the winning algorithm spotted deepfakes with an average accuracy of just 65.18%
But the company says deepfakes are not currently ‘a big issue’ — Facebook has announced the results of its first Deepfake Detection Challenge …
Sony announces PS5 accessories, including HD Camera with dual 1080p lenses, Pulse 3D headset, media remote, and DualSense charging station for controllers
Jon Fingas / Engadget :
Sources: Palantir is preparing to register an S-1 filing confidentially, with plans to go public in the coming weeks and start trading as early as fall
Palantir Technologies Inc., the secretive big-data firm, plans to file to go public in the coming weeks and could start trading as early as the fall … Tweets: @william_fitz , @mdudas , @wolfmetric , @...
Snap says more than 170M+ people access AR features daily and updates its AR platform with voice search, geography-specific Local Lenses, and SnapML
Lucas Matney / TechCrunch :
Sources: at all-hands, Snap CEO said he would not release diversity numbers so as not to reinforce the perception minority groups are underrepresented in tech
- At a company all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel addressed concerns of racism at the company … Tweets: @paigeleskin , @cgrantwsj , @_harshilshah , @carnage4life , @ryannmcenany , @ia...
Norwegian educational gaming company Kahoot raised $28M in a private placement and $62M in a secondary share sale on Oslo's exchange, is now valued at ~$1.4B
As schools stay closed and summer camp seems more like a germscape than an escape, students are staying at home for the foreseeable future …
Biden campaign steps up its criticism of Facebook, with an open letter to Zuckerberg and petition asking it to strengthen rules on misinformation
#MOVEFASTFIXIT After foreign operatives … Scott Nover / Adweek : Inside the Longshot Campaign to Get Advertisers to Ditch Facebook Ali Breland / Mother Jones : Facebook Employees Consider Work Stoppag...
IQM, which makes hardware for quantum computers, raises €15M from the EIC Accelerator program and a €3.3M grant from the Business Finland government agency
IQM Finland Oy, an Espoo … Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups : Finnish startup IQM secures €17.5 million to bring quantum computers to society Mariana Iriarte / HPCwire : IQM Finland Oy Receives Over €20...
Snapchat redesigns its app with a new action bar and a new Happening Now banner based on a curation of news stories
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Apple announces the schedule for its all-virtual WWDC 2020, including Special Event Keynote on June 22 at 10am PT
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
Sources: Netflix is in talks with Network18, the media unit of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, to establish a multiyear content creation partnership
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. video streaming company Netflix is in talks with Viacom18, part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance …
Apple pulls podcast apps Pocket Casts and Castro from the App Store in China after China's government determined they can be used to access “illegal” content
Sam Byford / The Verge :
ARM is currently wrestling for control of its Chinese joint venture; ARM said ARM China's CEO had been replaced, but ARM China publicly contradicted the claims
Financial Times :
Report: number of daily active internet users in rural India stands at 89% versus 88% in cities; rural India's users are 41% women, urban India's are 43% women
Alnoor Peermohamed / The Economic Times : Tweets: @ettech and @sairee Tweets: @ettech : With 265 million internet users, rural India is not only catching up with cities in terms of the sheer number o...
Evan Spiegel says Snap's decision to stop promoting Trump's account in Discover is within its First Amendment rights
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC :
After outcry, Nextdoor pledges to provide more explicit guidelines on how to moderate against racism and tells community leads to allow BLM discussions
Russell Brandom / The Verge : Tweets: @oneunderscore__ , @rmac18 , @jason_a_w , @kellymakena , @sarahnemerson , @andreacervone1 , @film_girl , and @willoremus Tweets: Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ :...
Sources detail Google's lackluster response to the BLM movement, which one employee said was to “isolate the black employees” to vent without structural changes
they were essentially “dead” links.https://www.nbcnews.com/ ... @hypervisible : Google, yes fucking GOOGLE, sent an email to employees w/ resources “for allies who are looking for ways to help” on mat...
Adobe launches Photoshop Camera, which uses its Sensei AI to suggest filters, on iOS and on recent Pixel, Galaxy, and OnePlus phones
smart capture, filters, lenses — iPhone Screenshots Julio Cachila / International Business Times : New Photoshop Camera App For iPhone Offers Better Filters Than Instagram Digital Photography Review...
Researchers find sites monetizing health misinformation with Google's AdSense and DoubleClick; Google says the specific sites don't violate its policy
Ruth Reader / Fast Company : Tweets: @slpng_giants , @penamerica , and @matthewstoller Tweets: @slpng_giants : .@google refuses to do any meaningful moderation on the sites they monetize with ads. Th...
Facebook says it is expanding the role of chief diversity officer, Maxine Williams, who will now report directly to COO Sheryl Sandberg
Chris Cox returning as Chief Product Officer. — Maxine Williams (Chief Diversity Officer) reporting directly into Sheryl — Zuck's outline of initiatives around policy, decision making, racial justice ...
Adobe reports Q2 revenue of $3.13B, a 14% jump YoY but below analyst expectations of $3.16B, subscription revenue increased to $2.87B, from $2.46B YoY
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
PayPal pledges $530M to support black and minority-owned US businesses, of which $500M is for an opportunity fund and $15M for fostering diversity at PayPal
Anna Irrera / Reuters :
Twitch says it plans to scan clips of livestreams to automatically delete those including copyrighted music in the coming months, without penalizing streamers
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge : Tweets: @twitchsupport Tweets: @twitchsupport : First, we will begin the work to extend our use of Audible Magic to identify existing clips that may contain copyrighte...
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