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 …
Facebook says it will limit message forwarding on Messenger to five people or groups at a time to tackle the spread of misinformation
and they need to do more than make small, performative tweaks. https://www.nytimes.com/... Tom Reynolds / @tomhreynolds : @MikeIsaac Here is one of the new labels we are rolling out, per our announcem...
Sources: DOJ plans to file antitrust charges against Google as soon as this month, after AG Barr overruled career lawyers who said they needed more time
The attorney general is said to have set a deadline over the objections of career lawyers who say they need more time to build the case.
Facebook says it will take down a video of Trump suggesting people vote twice in North Carolina “unless it is shared to correct the record”
Facebook, citing its policies against voter fraud, will take down a video of President Trump suggesting people vote twice in North Carolina …
Facebook's new policies on the US election are so narrow, and come into effect so late, that they won't have any real effect on election misinformation
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Japan's antitrust regulator says it will step up scrutiny of Apple's App Store practices, as gaming industry developers and execs speak out following Epic suit
- After Epic suit, Japan's antitrust watchdog probes Apple rules — Japanese game creators break silence on Apple inconsistency
California lawmakers refused to hear bill that would have expanded broadband access via state-financed networks, after pro-big ISP amendments were inserted
California is facing a broadband access crisis, as parents are relying more on the Internet every day trying to keep their jobs …
Under shareholder pressure, Apple quietly publishes its human rights policy based on UN guiding principles, but will follow national law if the two conflict
iPhone maker approves new policy after shareholder pressure — Apple has for the first time published a human rights policy …
WhatsApp launches website to track security issues, with the company also revealing six previously undisclosed vulnerabilities, now fixed
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has revealed six previously undisclosed vulnerabilities, which the company has now fixed. The vulnerabilities are being reported …
Yandex says it is spinning out its self-driving car unit from its Uber joint venture, buying out some of Uber's share, and investing $150M into the new company
Self-driving cars are still many years away from becoming a ubiquitous reality, but today one of the bigger efforts to build …
Facebook partners with Reuters to show live US election results, including vote tabulation, exit polls, and projections, in Facebook's Voting Information Center
Reuters : Tweets: @jmgrygiel , @toddzwillich , and @ericdanetz See also Mediagazer Tweets: @jmgrygiel : Facebook should be partnering w you re the coronavirus too instead of just directing US-based u...
In an amended S-1 filing, Palantir says it won't have independent board governance for up to a year from its listing date
When we leaked Palantir's S-1 IPO filing a week and a half ago, one of the more bizarre components that came out of that document was the company's corporate governance.
Apple confirms it will delay enforcement of IDFA changes in iOS 14 until early next year “to give developers the time they need to make the necessary changes”
Facebook initiated one of the pettiest corporate feuds against Apple's … Thomas Kika / International Business Times : Apple Delays iOS14 Ad-Tracking Feature After Complaints From Facebook Adweek : App...
Jon Callas, formerly of Apple, Blackphone, PGP Corp, and co-founder of Silent Circle, joins EFF as Technology Projects Director
Some of the most important work we do at EFF is build technologies to protect users' privacy and security, and give developers tools to make the entire Internet ecosystem more safe and secure.
Facebook told employees it deleted an event page for Kenosha Guard but internal docs show it was deleted by the page admin; Facebook apologizes for the error
and only after two people were killed. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Shannon McGregor, PhD / @shannimcg : THIS is why transparency around decision making in moderation is so important. This is an ...
Source: only the iPhone 12 Pro Max will support speedy millimeter-wave 5G, and the feature will be limited to the US, South Korea, and Japan
here's what LiDAR can do Ali Salman / Wccftech : mmWave 5G Network Will be Exclusive to iPhone 12 Pro Max, Will Launch in Only Three Countries Samuel Martinez / Pocketnow : mmWave 5G support would onl...
Uber says it will launch car rentals in the UK via its app through a partnership with car rental company CarTrawler, following trials in France and Australia
Following trials in Australia and France — Uber announce today that it will soon allow users in the UK to rent cars via its app …
T-Mobile launches Project 10Million, a $10.7B initiative to give students free wireless hotspots, up to 100 GB/year of free data, and at-cost access to laptops
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Biden campaign partners with video app Cameo in a new fundraising effort that will allow participating celebrities to earmark some payments for the campaign
Stars Including Andy Cohen, Mandy Moore, Tituss Burgess, Melissa Etheridge and Dulé Hill will create personalized video messages for users …
Chinese AR startup Nreal raises $40M Series B led by video sharing app Kuaishou, bringing its total raised to $70M+
Nreal, one of the most-watched mixed reality startups in China, just secured $40 million from a group of high-profile investors in a Series B round that could potentially bring …
TCL announced new display tech called NXTPAPER, claiming better eye protection on tablets and e-readers, full HD video playback, 25% higher contrast than E Ink
TCL has made a name for itself with its affordable TV sets and phones, but the company wants to prove it can also innovate and make new technology. Tweets: @thrillscience Tweets: @thrillscience : It w...
Facebook formally codifies its policy of notifying third-party developers of critical bugs and vulnerabilities it finds in third-party code and systems
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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
e.g. 34 percent better in Orlando. I wonder if they're also working with Google's ad targeting teams. https://www.theverge.com/... via @jjvincent Hunter Owens / @hunter_owens : google maps spending th...
Researchers at Facebook Reality Labs detail work on giving AR users “perceptual superpowers”, attempting to automatically amplify what users are trying to hear
important for our future AR glasses! https://tech.fb.com/... @techatfacebook : The audio team at @FBRealityLabs Research is working on novel technologies to enable both audio presence and perceptual s...
Amazon launches Alexa for Residential, a service for property managers to set up and maintain Alexa-powered smart home devices in their buildings
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TikTok announces Stitch, a feature that lets users sample five seconds of video from other users, alongside a set of marketing tools and partnerships for brands
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Alphabet, Microsoft, Salesforce, and others are offering tools to get workers back in offices, despite extending their own remote working policies into 2021
Tom Simonite / Wired :
Researchers unveil Engage, a proof-of-concept, battery-free handheld gaming device that couples Game Boy emulation with “intermittent computing” techniques
and it's been done. https://www.cnet.com/... Mark Serrels / @serrels : Great story. Great idea. Hope it generates enough interest to be a thing. https://twitter.com/... Jackson Ryan / @dctrjack : ⚡ Li...
Oculus ends sales of Rift and Quest in Germany, pending talks with regulators who cast doubt on legality of requiring Oculus devices be linked to Facebook login
Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz :
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
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Analysis of ~14K newly registered cybersquatted domains in Dec. 2019 finds that 55% were malicious and used for distributing malware or potentially fraudulent
Robert Lemos / Dark Reading :
France will spend $8.4B on digital investments, including for startups and infrastructure, over the next two years as part of its economic stimulus plan
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Ownership of esports teams and leagues, particularly by state-backed companies like Tencent, has drawn scrutiny from human rights advocates and watchdog orgs
Ewan Morgan / Washington Post :
Facebook expands its data portability tool, which lets users transfer photos and videos to other services, to support Dropbox and Koofr
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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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