Facebook says it will temporarily suspend political ads after US polls close on Nov. 3 and will remove calls for poll watching that use “militarized” language
The move is intended to limit confusion and misinformation on the platform, the social media company says
Samsung says it expects to make an operating profit of $10.6B in the July-September quarter, up 58% YoY, and sales of $7B, up 6% in its earnings guidance
Hong Kong (CNN Business)Samsung (SSNLF) predicts its profit jumped nearly 60% last quarter, suggesting it could soon retake its position …
Following the House's antitrust report, an overview of how Democrats and Republicans view regulation and the common ground between them, like more FTC funding
- The House Subcommittee on Antirust released its report on Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, building a case for why each company has monopoly power.
Apple says it “vehemently disagrees” with the conclusions reached in US House report and doesn't have dominant marketshare in any categories of its businesses
now it's time to rewrite the laws Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada Blog : Former App Store Director Says Apple Uses Guidelines “As a Weapon Against Competitors” Akshat Arora / Micky : House Democrats ...
The details of House's antitrust report matter less than the fact it exists, signaling an intent to challenge Big Tech's power, although how remains to be seen
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US seizes 92 websites it said were used by Iran to spread disinformation, including four domains disguised as genuine news outlets based in the US
- Four of the domains were fake news sites targeting Americans — The U.S. Justice Department seized 92 websites it said were used …
Square purchases $50M worth of bitcoin, becoming the second publicly listed company after MicroStrategy to invest in the cryptocurrency
Revolut, the London-based fintech firm, has enlisted crypto security firm Fireblocks to lay the foundations for new crypto products.
Microsoft adopts 10 “principles” for its app store, including letting devs choose a payment system for IAPs, that it says should be a model for other app stores
In a not-so-subtle dig at Apple and Google, Microsoft today announced a series of “principles” for its Windows 10 App Store …
Inside the US campaign to cut China out of supply chains, which already pressured companies like Apple to look at moving 15% to 30% of output out of the country
Apple, Google and others shift production to prepare for ‘decoupled’ global market — It was a hot summer morning in Taipei …
A UK parliamentary inquiry concludes clear evidence of collusion between Huawei and the CPC apparatus exists; Huawei says report is built on opinions not facts
There is “clear evidence of collusion” between Huawei and the “Chinese Communist Party apparatus”, a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.
App Annie: users downloaded 33B new apps, spent $28B in apps in Q3, up 20% YoY, and spent 180B+ hours in apps every month of July, Aug., and Sep., up 25% YoY
Mobile usage continues to remain high amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prompted social distancing measures and lockdown policies …
Web Summit, Europe's largest technology conference, which had 70K+ attendees last year, will be held entirely online this year in December
London (CNN Business)Europe's largest technology conference will be held entirely online this year, as the coronavirus pandemic forces scores of major events to go digital.
IBM announces that it plans to spin off its managed infrastructure services unit, with $19B in sales and 90K staff, to help it focus on hybrid cloud apps
IBM will become a company that gets more than half of its sales from recurring revenue instead of services.
Google announces security features, including cross-app alerts for account security issues, coming first to iOS, and Assistant guest mode for some Nest devices
They're rolling out on a limited basis in the coming weeks — Google is announcing a few security-related updates today …
Triller, a TikTok competitor that sees being American as its greatest asset, is tempting TikTok stars with cash, fancy cars, creator mansions, and more
TikTok's top creators are taking “Triller money” to bring their content over to the app. — When talk of a possible TikTok ban began in July …
Lime launches a new mobility-as-a-service platform that allows third-party transport providers to offer their vehicles directly inside the Lime app
Electric mobility company Lime is launching a new mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platform for third-party transport providers to offer their vehicles directly inside the Lime app.
MessageBird, which enables SMBs to communicate with customers on various messaging channels, from WhatsApp to voice, raises $200M Series C led by Spark Capital
MessageBird, the Amsterdam-headquartered cloud communications company, has raised $200 million in Series C funding in a round led by Silicon Valley's Spark Capital.
Interviews with former Amazon Game Studios employees suggest Amazon's efforts to develop games have been unsuccessful due to hubris, fueled by success elsewhere
After brute-forcing its way to dominance in so many industries, the tech leviathan may finally have met its match. Tweets: @cecianasta , @gadgetlab , @matpiscatella , and @paultassi Tweets: Cecilia D'...
Sony publishes a full PS5 teardown, revealing removable sides, dust catchers, storage expansion, and more
here's why that's cool BeauHD / Slashdot : PS5 Teardown Video Confirms Faster Wi-Fi and USB Ports Than Xbox Series X Thomas Bardwell / CCN : It's the Small Things That Make the PS5 Teardown So Impress...
An ISP took down the website for the group calling itself The Real Facebook Oversight Board after Facebook complained that the site was involved in phishing
“Nothing says ‘free speech’ quite as much as a multi-billion dollar corporation with a global monopoly getting its critics shut down." Tweets: @carolecadwalla , @carolecadwalla , @charlesarthur , @car...
Trump administration announces changes to the H-1B visa program, substantially raising the wages companies must pay and narrowing the eligibility criteria
A look at the scrutiny Google and Oracle faced from Supreme Court justices during the companies' arguments Wednesday, where no clear winner emerged
- Things got technical at the Supreme Court as the justices heard arguments from Google and Oracle in a blockbuster copyright dispute that has captivated Silicon Valley for a decade.
Dispo, a camera app which makes users wait until the next morning for photos to “fully develop”, raises $4M led by Alexis Ohanian's new fund Seven Seven Six
Ever Max Jungreis / Business Insider : Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian tells us why his first investment from his new VC firm is a camera app from YouTube star David Dobrik Francesca Billington / dot....
Bloom Credit, which offers an API for businesses to integrate with all three major US credit bureaus, raises $13M Series A
Bloom Credit is helping fintech and other businesses that want to provide credit products, such as lending, personal finance or credit monitoring, work with the country's three credit bureaus.
Sources: US-based Sandvine, which canceled its deal with Belarus after criticism, supplies tech to censor the internet in over a dozen countries
Company recently abandoned business in Belarus, but its equipment was used in other nations to block online information Tweets: @rj_gallagher , @fabiochiusi , @accessnow , @aaschapiro , @netblocks , @...
Facebook's QAnon ban left some high-profile Australians who are linked to the conspiracy theory untouched because the ban does not extend to individual profiles
I spoke to Trump supporters in Minnesota last week who had already become believers, many of them were getting their QAnon information from Facebook and Instagram. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twit...
Etsy says it will ban all merchandise related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, citing its policies against hate speech, inciting violence, and misinformation
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Amazon has filed a legal notice against Future Group, India's second largest retail chain, for selling a large portion of its business to Reliance Retail
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Apple TV+ joins the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the MPAA's anti-piracy coalition, as Apple commits to protecting its original content
the ‘premier anti-piracy force’ Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple TV+ Joins Anti-Piracy Coalition to Protect Content from Pirates Tweets: Charles H. Rivkin / @charlierivkin : Apple TV+ is helpin...
Seven months into the pandemic, US rural districts are still scrambling to accommodate all pupils, as they lack the necessary infrastructure for remote learning
Monica Chin / The Verge : Tweets: @mcsquared96 , @dustinpwalsh , @shaikhulud , @libshipwreck , @jrosenworcel , @ltpietrzak , @marshacollier , @kywhitney , and @karlbode Tweets: Monica Chin / @mcsquar...
Documents show that Airbnb burned $1.2B between mid-2019 and mid-2020, with the biggest portion of cash burn in Q1 2020 as it issued refunds amid COVID-19
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Intel says its 11th-gen Rocket Lake desktop CPUs will arrive in Q1 2021, with PCIe 4.0 support; AMD is set to unveil new CPUs at an event tomorrow
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
Almost 2,000 US election offices have applied for Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's $250M gift for election infrastructure; grants ranged from $5,000 to $15M
It's a gold rush. A feeding frenzy. A cash bonanza. Election officials across America are scrambling to get their cut of the $250 million that Mark Zuckerberg is spending to support elections. https:/...
A GPT-3 AI bot posing as a human went seemingly undetected for a week on r/AskReddit, answering one question per minute on various topics including suicide
SiteAware, which develops verification software for construction using drones and AI, raises $10M co-led by Axon Ventures and Robert Bosch Venture Capital
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Salesforce partners with Okta to help customers use Salesforce's Work.com COVID-19 tools, like contact tracing for workplaces
A group of tech companies, publishers, and advocates unveil Global Privacy Standard, to let users opt out of the sale of personal data at the browser level
Gilad Edelman / Wired :
Analysis of 100+ PPP loan fraud cases shows that online lenders, including Kabbage and BlueVine, handled 75% of fraudulent loans but only 15% of all PPP loans
Michelle F Davis / Bloomberg : Tweets: @michellef_davis Tweets: Michelle F. Davis / @michellef_davis : NEW on PPP fraud: I read thru hundreds of pages of criminal filings & cross-referenced them w/ p...
Federal judge ordered Twitter to reveal identity behind @whyspertech, who allegedly forged an FBI doc to spread conspiracy theory on killing of DNC's Seth Rich
Bobby Allyn / NPR :
UK ICO publishes three-year investigation into Cambridge Analytica, finding no evidence that CA or associate company SCL misused data to influence Brexit vote
and even within the company, staff worried that Nix & Co. were exaggerating CA's “impact and influence.” This jibes with reporting by @nytimes, @BuzzFeed, and others in 2017. Benedict Evans / @benedic...
Twitch users watched 4.74B hours of content in Q3 vs. YouTube Gaming's 1.68B hours and Facebook Gaming's 1B hours; Twitch has ~91% marketshare in hours streamed
Sources: Trump administration is exploring restrictions on Ant Group and Tencent's payments platforms, although a final decision isn't imminent
Sources: Google is facing an antitrust investigation in India over allegedly abusing the dominance of Android in the smart TV market
mmhmm, Phil Libin's virtual presentation startup, raises $21M Series A led by Sequoia alongside $5M from Libin's startup studio All Turtles and $5M in debt
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
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.