[Thread] Twitter updates Hacked Materials Policy, says it won't remove content unless shared by hackers themselves and will label tweets instead of block links
Over the last 24 hours, we've received significant feedback (from critical to supportive) about how we enforced our Hacked Materials Policy yesterday. After reflecting on this feedback, we have decide...
Facebook and Twitter deserve some credit for rapidly restricting the New York Post hack-and-leak operation that made allegations about Hunter Biden
In a New York Post report, Facebook and Twitter smell a rat — I. — In the run-up to the 2020 election, platforms have been preparing for all manner of threats.
Ajit Pai says FCC will start a rulemaking to clarify the meaning of Section 230, and social media doesn't have “special immunity denied to other media outlets”
- Agency chief says it will conduct rulemaking Trump sought — Analysts question authority of agency to issue regulations
Senate Republicans say the Judiciary Committee will issue a subpoena to Jack Dorsey about Twitter's blocking of a New York Post article
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley has formally requested @Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and @Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism in a coming hearing...
Google details how it is using AI to improve search, including indexing individual passages from webpages, allowing searches for songs by humming, and more
During a livestreamed event this afternoon, Google detailed the ways it's applying AI and machine learning to improve the Google Search experience.
Sony posts a lengthy walkthrough video of the PS5's UI, showing a significant departure from the sparse PS4 UI
Over 11 minutes of next-gen menus — Sony just revealed one of the final big questions about the upcoming PlayStation 5: what the user interface looks like.
Facebook limits the distribution of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Hunter Biden, pending fact-check, while Twitter blocks sharing
Apple opens preorders of the fourth-generation iPad Air with 10.9-inch display, 12MP rear camera, starting at $599, shipping from Friday, October 23
The most powerful iPad Air ever features a new all-screen design with larger 10.9-inch display, new 12MP rear camera, next-generation Touch ID sensor, and more
The FCC has no jurisdiction over Section 230, which was explicitly written to deny the FCC any authority over websites
For years, FCC Chair Ajit Pai has insisted that the thing that was most important to him was to have a “light touch” regulatory regime regarding the internet.
Report: payment card details of 3M+ Dickey's Barbecue Pit customers, stolen in a POS breach between July 2019 and Aug. 2020, were posted on a fraud marketplace
Dickey's Barbecue Pit, the largest barbecue restaurant chain in the US, suffered a POS breach between July 2019 and August 2020.
Google says Chat will be available as a free service next year, both as a standalone app and integrated into Gmail; Google will remove Fi support in Hangouts
Matthew Leske / The Keyword :
France and Netherlands call for EU regulation to control market power of Big Tech gatekeepers; EU says it's working on criteria, not a “hit list of companies”
- In a joint document, the two countries suggested that an EU authority should be able to control the market position of these large tech platforms.
Google says Duplex has completed 1M+ bookings, from restaurant reservations to movie tickets, since launch and is piloting shopping and food ordering tasks
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
UK's ICO reduces British Airways fine for a data breach, in which the personal details of more than 400,000 customers were leaked, from ~£184M to £20M
One of the biggest data breaches in UK corporate history has been closed off by regulators not with a bang, but a whimper — as a result of Covid-19.
YouTube bans conspiracy theory content, such as QAnon or Pizzagate, that justifies “real-world violence”, but stops short of banning QAnon content outright
QAnon videos are still coming up in recommendations, and they act as the superhighway to red-pilling. BUT, so many folks have already been radicalized by this content. And YouTube acts less like a com...
Amid UK probe, Instagram says it will prompt influencers to disclose if they received incentives, improve detection algorithms, and report misbehavior
Instagram says it will do more to catch influencers who fail to disclose when they have been paid for their posts.
Researchers show Tesla's Autopilot can be tricked to change speeds or stop abruptly by projecting virtual road signs or people in front of it for under a second
Security researchers have demonstrated how Tesla's Autopilot driver-assistance systems can be tricked into changing speed …
Sources: GameStop will get a share of the lifetime digital sales revenue for any Xbox console they sell, but the specific cut is unknown and likely small
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica :
Xbox Series X preview: focus on basics that matter like being quiet and cool, high frame rates, faster load times, accessory support, and backward compatibility
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Source: Robinhood estimates that ~2,000 accounts were compromised in a recent hack; Robinhood said a “limited number” were affected by personal email breaches
Sophie Alexander / Bloomberg :
Extend, which helps e-commerce businesses and retailers offer extended warranties on products using APIs, raises $40M Series B led by Meritech Capital
Extend, which works with companies like Peloton, iRobot, Harman / JBL, Advance Auto Parts, Traeger Grills, BlendJet, SoClean …
Barnes and Noble confirms it was hacked, says some users' personal information may have been stolen; some customers were unable to download purchased e-books
Kieren McCarthy / The Register :
International operation by UK, US, Australia, and others arrests 20 in connection with QQAAZZ group, which police say has laundered millions for cyber criminals
Bloomberg :
Seattle-based Temporal, which is building an open source, stateful microservices orchestration service, raises $18.75M Series A led by Sequoia
Ryland Goldstein, Maxim Fateev, Samar Abbas Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE : Temporal's microservices orchestrator nets startup $18.75M FinSMEs : Temporal Raises $18.75M in Series A Funding Nickie Louise ...
Telegram says when Apple recently ordered it to delete specific posts, Apple demanded it not leave a notice explaining why, because such info was “irrelevant”
John Gruber / Daring Fireball :
Apple confirms an upcoming update will let HomePod, but not HomePod mini, output Dolby Atmos as well as 5.1 and 7.1 channel audio from Apple TV 4K
FOSSA, which helps companies manage open source code use at scale, has raised $23.2M Series B led by Bain, Canvas, and Costanoa, bringing total raised to $35M
Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE :
Snapchat now lets iOS users add song clips from a curated catalog of music to their Snaps and Stories
which, taking a page from TikTok, lets app users add song clips to their Snaps and Stories. $SNAP https://variety.com/...
A look at the lidar industry and Apple's potential role within it, as the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max become the first mass market phones to adopt the technology
How Apple made affordable lidar with no moving parts for the iPhone. — At Tuesday's unveiling of the iPhone 12, Apple touted the capabilities of its new lidar sensor. Tweets: @sdelevator , @l4stewar...
Stripe acquires Nigerian startup Paystack, which enables integration of payments services using an API, sources say for $200M+
YouTube TV is adding NFL Fantasy Football, its first third-party app, allowing viewers to watch a game and pull up player scores on the same screen
Mark Wilson / Fast Company :
Sources: a group of Democratic and GOP state AGs plan to continue their own antitrust investigation into Google even after the DOJ files its imminent lawsuit
Tony Romm / Washington Post :
Pew: 92% of all tweets since last November were made by 10% of users, 69% of whom were Democrats; Trump's was the most-mentioned account followed by YouTube's
As American-run companies, Facebook and other US tech giants lack local knowledge and nuanced understanding to weigh information threats in other countries
Axios : Tweets: @axios Tweets: @axios : While regulators in the US and Europe circle Facebook and scrutinize its every move, in much of the rest of the world its platform remains ill-defended against...
Whisper, maker of a hearing aid that uses AI to learn and adjust to different hearing situations, comes out of stealth with $35M Series B led by Quiet Ventures
Argyle, which allows businesses to access employment records via an API or a web interface, raises $20M Series A led by Bain Capital
River, which offers a customized stream of bite-sized, shareable news stories from sources like NPR, Twitter, and NYT, raises $10.4M and launches on iOS
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.