From election night onwards, Twitter and Facebook have continued to label inaccurate election posts from Trump, his campaign staff, and others
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube remained on alert as the lack of a clear election result kept the online misinformation flowing.
Twitter and Facebook labeled a message from Trump alleging election theft; Twitter restricted sharing of the tweet, but Facebook didn't reduce the post's spread
Good morning! This Thursday, why it's hard … Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times : Twitter flags Trump election tweets as misleading Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News : Vote Watch: Twitter takes action on multiple...
YouTube says it won't remove an OANN video called “Trump won”, which claims Democrats are tossing GOP ballots, but says the video undermines election confidence
- Google-owned YouTube refused to take down a video that falsely claims Trump won the Presidential election and democrats committed voter fraud.
Facebook and Twitter appear to have overlooked the deluge of disinformation targeting Spanish-speaking Americans about the election since Tuesday
but not the war Kelly Sheridan / Dark Reading : Disinformation Now the Top Concern Following Hack-Free Election Day NBC News : ‘Not done’: Why social media's biggest election test is ahead Tweets: Tha...
WhatsApp launches ephemeral messages, photos, and videos that disappear after seven days, rolling out on iOS and Android globally starting today
Facebook recently announced that WhatsApp passed the whopping milestone of 100 billion messages sent per day, but not everyone wants those chats to stick around forever.
Uber and Lyft in-app messages urging riders and drivers to vote for Prop 22 could set a precedent for how companies use tech to lobby for political outcomes
The apps told California voters to vote yes on Proposition 22. And the voters listened. — Uber and Lyft spent over $200 million …
California sides with Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and others on Prop 22, exempting the companies from having to reclassify workers as employees
Ellen Huet / Bloomberg :
Ethereum Foundation says Ethereum 2.0 is set to launch on December 1 if enough validators are present on the network
The first version of Ethereum 2.0 is set to launch on December 1, according to an Ethereum Foundation blog post today, as long as certain criteria are met.
Xbox Series X review: good performance and impressive backward compatibility, 120Hz mode for smoother gameplay, and quick resume, but no AAA games at launch
The new Xbox feels like you're upgrading your PC — Video by Becca Farsace, Phil Esposito, and Vjeran Pavic |
Facebook and Instagram add pop-ups with timestamps atop feeds telling users that no winner has been projected, after Trump prematurely claimed victory
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Facebook Live spread election conspiracies and Russian state-controlled content by algorithmically recommending it to thousands of people during the election
BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @rmac18 , @brooklynmarie , @katienotopoulos , and @markruffalo Tweets: @rmac18 : Despite Facebook's preparations, Facebook Live spread a conspiracy theory, Russian state-contr...
Sources: Fortnite may return to iOS thanks to a version of Nvidia's GeForce game streaming service that is designed to run in Safari and other browsers
Owners of iPhones and iPads will soon be able to play Fortnite again, via a cloud service, the BBC has discovered.
Xbox Series S review: compact design, good performance, and huge backward compatible library but of lower-quality games, no 4K gameplay, and limited storage
but whatcha gonna play? Tom Warren / The Verge : Xbox Series S review: small console, big potential Alex Cranz / Gizmodo : The Xbox Series S Is for Gamers Who Hate Upgrades Dan Ackerman / CNET : Xbox ...
Sources: Apple is grappling with a shortage of power management chips for iPhones and other devices
- Suppliers seen prioritizing Apple's needs over other buyers — Power-management chips key to enabling 5G, new camera features — Apple Inc. is grappling with a shortage …
Sources say Jack Ma's criticism of regulators and state-owned banks in a speech triggered the move by Communist party leaders to limit the power of Ant Group
The billionaire's criticism of regulators triggered the move by Communist leaders to limit the power of the fintech group
Facebook now says it will label posts from presidential candidates and “other individuals” who declare premature victory in individual states or overall
Election night ended the way many experts predicted it might: with several races too close to call and President Donald Trump claiming victory anyway.
DJI launches the $449 Mini 2 with upgraded camera for 4K 30fps recording, OcuSync 2.0 with a 10 km video transmission range, claims 31 mins of flight time
- Proper 4K video capture — Handles windy conditions — Stable connection with OcuSync 2.0 — Ridiculously compact size
Razer unveils Book 13, a productivity laptop with a 16:10 screen, RGB keyboard, and Intel's Iris Xe integrated graphics, available in Nov., starting at $1,200
Gaming hardware makers have been diversifying their laptops recently, and Razer is the latest to join that trend.
Election night on TikTok, a first for many users, was full of anxiety, analysis, and predictions as younger voters sought a communal experience away from TV
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times : Tweets: @taylorlorenz Tweets: Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : As many Americans watched the results roll in on cable news and in traditional media, millions of teenag...
Source: Airbnb plans to make its IPO registration public as early as next week and debut next month
(Reuters) - U.S. home rental company Airbnb Inc plans to make its initial public offering (IPO) registration public as early next week, setting course for a stock market debut next month …
Massachusetts voters pass a right-to-repair expansion governing vehicle data, preventing manufacturers from locking out third parties
Richard Lawler / Engadget :
WhatsApp, which began testing its payments service in India with 1M users in 2018, receives approval to expand the service, starting with 20M users
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Nintendo reports operating profit of $1.41B for the quarter ending in September on revenue of $3.9B, and raises Switch sales forecast to 24M units for the year
- The company raised its outlook for Switch sales and profit — Nintendo's forecasts may well remain too conservative
India to enforce a cap so no single payments app processes more than 30% of all UPI transactions per month from January 2021, affecting Google Pay and PhonePe
Google and Walmart have a new challenge ahead of them as they race to expand the reach of their payments apps in India: They won't be permitted to grow beyond a limit.
Qualcomm reports Q4 revenue of $6.5B, up 35% YoY and above $5.93B est., as net income rises 76% YoY to $1.7B; stock up 12%+
Kif Leswing / CNBC :
DOJ files an antitrust lawsuit challenging Visa's proposed $5.3B acquisition of Plaid; Visa says the arguments are “legally flawed”
The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging Visa's proposed $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid .
FCC says T-Mobile will pay a $200M fine to settle claims Sprint was illegitimately drawing excess subsidies from the Lifeline phone program for low-income users
Ashley Gold / Axios :
Portland, Maine votes to ban the use of facial recognition by police and city agencies, entitling surveilled citizens to $1,000+
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
Alibaba reports $23.4B in revenue, up 30% YoY, its slowest Q2 growth on record, as profit fell 60% to $4.3B, and revenue for cloud division jumped 60%
Coco Liu / Bloomberg :
CA's Proposition 24 passes, and is set to expand and strengthen CA's recent privacy law, the CCPA, and create a Privacy Protection Agency for rule enforcement
the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act — passed by voters. Here's what publishers need know Aaron Holmes / Business Insider : California just passed a major privacy law that will make it ha...
Ayar Labs, which is developing optical interconnect tech to boost speeds on high-performance computer systems, raises $35M Series B
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Sources: ByteDance is in talks with investors including Sequoia to raise a $2B+ round at a $180B+ valuation
Bloomberg :
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok were each fined $1.2M by Turkey for failing to appoint a local representative as required by a new law
Firat Kozok / Bloomberg : Tweets: @eff , @mmasnick , @business , and @daphnehk See also Mediagazer Tweets: @eff : Turkey's poor human rights records should be a wake-up call for platforms to stand wi...
Lockwood Publishing, makers of Avakin Life, a popular simulation and role-playing game on iOS and Android with over 1M DAUs, raises $25M led by Tencent
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Match Group reports Q3 revenue of $639.8M, up 18% YoY, beating analysts' expectations of $606M, and reports net income of $132.1M, up 22% YoY
Emily Bary / MarketWatch :
TikTok seems to be testing a Learn tab to showcase education and how-to videos
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Report: in Q3, AMD reached its highest overall x86 CPU market share since 2007 at 22.4%, up 6.3% YoY, as it readies its Ryzen 5000 processors
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