How Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter plan to handle Election Day and the subsequent days, clamping down on falsehoods and highlighting accurate information
So, it's going to be a big week — or weeks. Alexander Hall / Newsbusters : Mark Levin: Facebook Censored My Page on Eve Before Election; ‘I Will Not Be Intimidated’ David Gilbert / VICE : Current Face...
Apple announces November 10 event where Apple Silicon Macs are expected to debut; invites are titled “One more thing.”
yes—you CAN tell the top from the bottom of it now.” https://twitter.com/... Scott Hanselman / @shanselman : Tired - moving to ARM Wired - VR HEADSETS THAT ONLY IPHONE 12's SNAP INTO https://twitter.c...
Sources: production has ramped up for new 13" and 16" MacBook Pros and a new 13" MacBook Air with Apple Silicon chips but without other major design changes
- Company readies MacBook Pros, MacBook Air with in-house chips — Smaller Mac Pro and iMac with Apple chips also in development
Ant Group says its IPO has been suspended in both Shanghai and Hong Kong, after regulators summoned Jack Ma and other executives of the company
The Shanghai Stock Exchange postponed the offering one day after regulators summoned Jack Ma and other executives of the financial technology giant.
Walmart ends plans to use Bossa Nova robots to scan shelves, sources say after concerns about shoppers' reactions and seeing similar results from human workers
Retailer ends contract with robotics company after seeing similar results from workers grabbing online orders during pandemic
Sources: Facebook skirted its own rules to give conservatives, including a pro-Trump super PAC and Donald Trump Jr., preferential treatment on rules enforcement
Raspberry Pi launches Raspberry Pi 400, a compact keyboard with a built-in ARM-based computer, available today for $70
the under-$100 desktop PC you didn't know you needed Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC : Raspberry Pi 400: A computer for the coronavirus age? Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Raspberry Pi 400 Is Literally a Comp...
PayPal reports Q3 revenue of $5.46B, up 25% YoY, as it adds 15.2M net new active accounts; Venmo's total processed payment volume rises 61% YoY to $44B
PayPal said it processed a record-setting $247 billion in total payment volume during the quarter. — PayPal on Monday delivered …
Court docs reveal that a previously undisclosed facial recognition system called NCRFRILS was used to identify a Lafayette Square protester accused of assault
A line of U.S. Park Police officers pushed protesters back from Lafayette Square on June 1, firing pepper balls …
Sources: UK's NHS COVID app, downloaded 19M times, had the wrong risk threshold and sent warnings to a “shockingly low” number of users about potential exposure
The wrong threshold had reportedly been set for the app and was not recording those who were close enough to transmit the virus.
Internal Facebook survey shows only 51% believe Facebook was having a positive impact in the world, down 23% from May and down 5.5% from last year
Less than 24 hours before a historic US presidential election day, Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs and communications …
AWS introduces new GPU-equipped P4 instances, powered by Intel Cascade Lake processors and Nvidia's A100 Tensor Core GPUs, offering 2.5x DL performance over P3
AWS today announced the launch of its newest GPU-equipped instances. Dubbed P4, these new instances are launching a decade …
SEC increases the limit dictating how much capital companies can raise before registering, a move that could result in a boon for security token offerings
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has increased limits dictating how much capital companies can raise before registering …
Twitter says, in a new filing, that a board committee formed this spring recommended that current management structure remain in place with Jack Dorsey as CEO
Elliott Management initiated the review of company's leadership in the spring — Jack Dorsey's job as CEO of Twitter Inc. appears safe.
Monzo and Revolut, which have struggled during the pandemic, have faced a barrage of complaints in recent months from customers who've had their accounts frozen
There comes a time in your life that you realise that some of the friends you used to consider good friends aren't actually your true friends.
Spotify says it is testing a new service that lets artists and labels promote their tracks in users' recommendations while receiving a lower royalty rate
and get paid less in exchange Josiah Motley / KnowTechie : Spotify will now promote select tracks from artists for free, but that might not be a good thing Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide : ...
People who are most affected by AI decision-making should be allowed to play a central role in shaping conversations about algorithmic governance and regulation
The people who bear the risks of algorithmic systems should get to determine whether — and how — they're used. Tweets: @maria_axente and @fabiochiusi Tweets: Maria Luciana Axente / @maria_axente : Who...
YouTube says it will end full-day masthead ad reservations in 2021, to give “advertisers more budget flexibility”, says change is not connected to the election
but insists it's nothing to do with Trump. James Hale / Tubefilter : The Trump Camp Has Bought YouTube's Masthead Ad 20 Times This Election—Including On Election Day Tweets: Meg Graham / @megancgraham...
Sources: Quibi mulled options like a freemium model and had 450K subs paying $4.99/mo. when it closed, far less than the 7.4M it targeted for its first year
on content, technology, and financial planning. In the end, their intuition was wrong. And the collapse was swift. Fantastic reconstruction by @BenMullin @Lilliannnn https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ B...
Bluetooth-based messaging app Bridgefy, which has become a popular app for protesters around the world, has launched end-to-end encrypted messaging
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
Marketing agencies are snapping up British real estate to replicate the success of US-based TikTok creator houses, with at least three appearing since March
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg : Tweets: @michaeljosem , @justineannsand , and @quicktake Tweets: Michael Josem / @michaeljosem : Imagine trying to explain this headline to someone living in 2005. htt...
Glassnode: Ethereum users paid $57.5M in transaction fees in October, down from September's record of $166.4M, amid a drop in the volume of DeFi transactions
Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk :
Stensul, which aims to streamline the process of building marketing emails, has raised $16M Series B led by USVP
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
TVision, which seeks to use WiFi signals and other data to see when ads are played on streaming services or on linear TV, raises $16M, bringing total to $39M
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : See also Mediagazer
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