Facebook says it will limit message forwarding on Messenger to five people or groups at a time to tackle the spread of misinformation
The social network said it would block new political ads in late October, among other measures, to reduce misinformation and interference.
Facebook says it will stop accepting new political ads a week before the US presidential election, as part of steps to protect against election interference
Striking a compromise to prevent election misinformation — Facebook will stop taking new political advertising in the United States …
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G for Windows ARM-based laptops, with better AI performance and support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1
Here's a sign that the troubled Windows on Snapdragon platform isn't going away anytime soon: Qualcomm is announcing today its new made-for-PC processor based on ARM design.
Federal appeals court rules the NSA's mass surveillance program was possibly unconstitutional and the program's “bulk collection” of metadata was illegal
The National Security Agency program that swept up details on billions of Americans' phone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional …
Google Maps is prioritizing traffic patterns from the last 2 to 4 weeks to predict traffic amid lockdowns and working with Deepmind to accurately predict ETAs
Every day, over 1 billion kilometers are driven with Google Maps in more than 220 countries and territories around the world.
US Appeals court rules that Apple must pay 12,000+ retail workers in California for time they spent going through security screenings at the end of their shifts
An appeals court has ruled that Apple must pay retail staff for the time they spend waiting for their bags to be searched before they leave the store.
Amazon launches Alexa for Residential, a service for property managers to set up and maintain Alexa-powered smart home devices in their buildings
Amazon wants to bring Alexa to property managers. The company this morning launched a new service, Alexa for Residential …
Apple invests in world's largest onshore wind turbines in Denmark and advances clean energy efforts in Germany to expand renewable energy footprint in Europe
World's largest onshore wind turbines in Denmark and new clean energy efforts in Germany advance Apple's new 2030 carbon neutral goal
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is developing internal forums with “strong moderation” after an internal pro-police post from a staffer stirred outrage
“I don't believe people working here should have to be confronted with divisive conversations while they're trying to work …
FCC says Verizon, Dish, Charter, and Comcast were the 4 highest bidders in a ~$4.6B 3.5GHz band auction; Dish secured the most 3.5GHz licenses with nearly 5,500
As widely expected, Verizon showed up at the auction of 3.5 GHz Priority Access Licenses (PALs) in a big way …
Qualcomm announces Adaptive Noise Cancellation for true wireless earbuds, which automatically adjusts sound in real time based on how they fit users' ears
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Apple says it will offer one-time use codes for developers to entice users with free or discounted subscriptions, redeemable on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14
Apple is introducing a change to how subscriptions work. No, it's not lowering its cut, despite the government's antitrust investigation and its lawsuit with Epic.
Facebook's new policies on the US election are so narrow that they won't have any real effect on election misinformation that spreads across the site
Steve Kovach / CNBC :
Federal judges in Chicago rejected three government “geofence warrant” requests, concluding the requests violated 4th Amendment probable cause requirements
Two federal magistrate judges in three separate opinions have ruled that a geofence warrant violates …
China emphasizes its right to approve or block the sale of technology abroad, confirming it will play a critical role in the sale of TikTok's US operations
- Ministry says new rules aren't targeted at any company — The assertion jeopardizes negotiations to buy TikTok U.S.
Facebook expands its data portability tool, which lets users transfer photos and videos to other services, to support Dropbox and Koofr
Facebook's photo and video portability tool has added support for two more third party services for users to send data via encrypted transfer — namely …
In an about face, Facebook bans a BJP politician in India for violating its hate speech policies, after reports its lobbying exec Ankhi Das defended his posts
that needs to change The Economic Times : Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan appears before Parliamentary panel The Economic Times : Facebook bans BJP politician Raja Singh for his post containing hate s...
Intel announces 11th-generation Tiger Lake CPUs for laptops, with integrated Xe graphics, Thunderbolt 4 support, Wi-Fi 6, and more, coming this fall
one has 18-hour battery life Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Intel Debuts 11th-Generation Core Chips, New Logo Kris Holt / Engadget : Acer updates its Swift 3 and 5 laptops with 11th Gen Intel Core CPUs De...
Sources: China is planning new policies to develop third-generation semiconductors through 2025, including R&D, education, and financing for the chip industry
- New five-year plan will include backing for next-gen chips — Beijing has already pledged $1.4 trillion of tech investments
CrowdStrike beats Q2 FY 2021 estimates with total revenue of $199M, up 84% YoY, and subscription revenue of $184.3M, up 89% YoY, as ARR rose 87% YoY to $790.6M
CEO George Kurtz says hackers attempted more breaches in the first half of 2020 than in all of 2019
Facebook says Watch now has over 1.25B monthly viewers, counting everyone who streamed for at least one minute
Facebook Watch, the social giant's two-year-old video streaming platform, has become a massive destination — now attracting over 1.25 billion users each month, the company claims.
Researchers unveil Engage, a proof-of-concept, battery-free handheld gaming device that couples Game Boy emulation with “intermittent computing” techniques
Solar energy and mechanical triggers power the Engage, a console at the cutting edge of computer engineering. Tweets: @gamespot , @cnet , @serrels , and @dctrjack Tweets: @gamespot : This battery-free...
India bans another 188 Chinese apps, including PUBG, Baidu, and Alipay, saying widespread concerns were flagged against the blocked apps
Soumyarendra Barik / MediaNama :
Sources: Robinhood is under SEC investigation for failing to fully disclose selling clients' orders to high-speed trading firms, with a potential $10M+ fine
Wall Street Journal :
Xanadu launches its quantum cloud platform with photonic quantum processors with 8 to 12-qubit chips, expects to “roughly double” cloud qubits every 6 months
@_cweedbrook https://venturebeat.com/... Nick Farina / @nick_farina : The folks at Xanadu launching their cloud photonic QC access today with 8 + 12 qubit hardware: https://venturebeat.com/... @rigett...
Sources: SoftBank is exploring assembling a group of bidders for TikTok's India assets and is looking for local partners like Reliance Jio and Airtel
SoftBank Group Corp. is exploring assembling a group of bidders for TikTok's India assets and has been actively looking for local partners …
Cloudera reported Q2 FY 2021 total revenue of $214.3M, up 9% YoY, with subscription revenue of $191.5M, up 17% YoY, and ARR of $739M, up 12% YoY
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Google updates Your News Update, its Assistant-powered audio news service, with new features including its own “newscaster voice”
a mix of radio, podcast snippets, and text-to-speech article translations—tailored to an audience of one.” https://www.wired.com/... Ben Werdmuller / @benwerd : Hear me out, but what if they did a tex...
DHS mandates US agencies have vulnerability disclosure programs within six months that will expand to cover all internet-accessible systems within two years
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop :
Facebook's introduces “Your Topics” to Facebook Watch, allowing users to tailor the feed to include content that they explicitly indicate they want to see
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
How UK game studio Mediatonic created Fall Guys, which generated an estimated $130M revenue in its first month and has been downloaded ~7M times on Steam
Shona Ghosh / Business Insider : Tweets: @shonaghosh and @shonaghosh Tweets: Shona Ghosh / @shonaghosh : My big profile on @FallGuysGame and the British studio behind it is out. CEO Dave Bailey descr...
Twitch makes Prime Video Watch Parties, previously confined to top US Twitch creators, available to every creator and viewer on the platform globally
Nick Summers / Engadget :
Vena, which develops cloud-based financial planning and analysis software, raises $25M from CIBC Innovation Banking
Meagan Simpson / BetaKit :
Biofourmis, which uses medical wearables to test pharmaceutical drugs, raises $100M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 with participation from Sequoia
Christina Farr / CNBC :
Livspace, an online home interior design and renovation service in Singapore and India, says it has raised $90M, bringing total raised to ~$200M
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg :
Hypatos, which is applying language processing AI and computer vision tech to speed up financial document processing, raises ~$11.8M in seed funding
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
Sources: Apple has told some developers it plans to delay the enforcement of IDFA changes in iOS 14, after speaking to Activision Blizzard and others
Alex Heath / The Information :
NHTSA launches an autonomous vehicle test tracking tool with data on 17 US cities in partnership with Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Uber, Waymo, and others
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
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.
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