Avaaz study: a small group of mostly right-wing Facebook accounts are responsible for the spread of a disproportionate amount of false posts about voter fraud
Researchers have found that a small group of social media accounts are responsible for the spread of a disproportionate amount of the false posts about voter fraud. Tweets: @digiphile , @stevemullis ,...
Sources: after the election, Zuckerberg agreed to temporarily tweak Facebook's algorithm to make authoritative news like CNN and NYT appear more prominently
Good morning! This Wednesday, markets are booming … Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1437: new Honor phones to struggle for chips, UK government accused of blocking FOI, Covid's smart muta...
Interview with Xbox chief Phil Spencer on gaming trends during the pandemic, releasing two consoles at once, xCloud distribution on Android and iOS, and more
The holiday season is always huge for gaming, but this year, it's even bigger: a new console generation has arrived with Microsoft's …
YouTube says it barred OANN from posting videos for a week and demonetized its content following a video promoting a phony cure for COVID-19
YouTube has barred One America News Network from posting new videos for a week and stripped it of its ability to make money off existing content …
Twitter says it will relaunch account verifications in early 2021 for six categories, including news, companies, and government officials, and asks for feedback
Twitter announced today it's planning to relaunch its verification system in 2021, and will now begin the process …
Kuo says Apple will introduce redesigned MacBooks with Apple Silicon and an Apple Watch with a new form factor, both in the second half of 2021
In a report today, reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared his view on Apple's product momentum heading into the holidays.
Sources: Stripe is in early funding talks with investors that would value it between $70B and $100B; Stripe was last valued at $36B in April
- Valuation could double — or more — valuation in April round — Payment processing software maker competes with Square, Paypal
Ethereum's “Genesis Day”, the first of four migration phases to the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain, has been set for Dec. 1, after enough funds were secured on Monday
The biggest update in Ethereum's history will begin its first phase on Dec. 1. — Per a tweet by ETH 2. Researcher …
An inside look at Facebook News Feeds of two baby boomers for three weeks around Election Day showed that comments were a primary source of debunked claims
Many Americans' feeds are nightmares. I know because I spent weeks living inside two of them. — Opinion writer at large.
Snap's Spotlight daily payout breaks from TikTok's model, focusing on paying a large number of creators rather than nurturing primarily big-follower accounts
Can you build a better TikTok with a daily lottery? — 16 hr ago — Today, let's talk about the deceptively bold …
Sources: Facebook and Google are among the companies that French authorities demanded payment of a digital tax for 2020 in recent days
Facebook and Amazon among companies issued with requests that could trigger retaliatory tariffs — French tax authorities have begun demanding millions …
Apple stands by head of global security Thomas Moyer, indicted on bribery charges: “We conducted a thorough internal investigation and found no wrongdoing”
Sheriff's office allegedly sought 200 iPads in trade for concealed carry permits. — A grand jury in California's …
An EU proposal for a data marketplace aims to offer protections for corporate and public-service data, as GDPR only covers individuals
New EU proposal aims to offer protections for corporate and public-service data as GDPR covers individuals — The European Union wants to take control …
SEC proposes a five-year pilot program to let gig companies like Uber and Lyft issue equity to workers; equity can't be more than 15% of a worker's earning/year
Joint Statement on the Proposal to Facilitate Non-Cash Compensation for Certain Gig Workers Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal : Gig Workers Could Be Paid Partially in Stock Under SEC Proposal Michell...
Sources: since 2018, over 110,000 government officials and candidates have been on a Facebook whitelist that prevented them from being fact checked
and subsequently have their reach reduced — for spreading misinformation. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Amir Efrati / @amir : New: *Facebook has political “whitelist” of ...
Russia's second-largest e-commerce company Ozon raises $990M in US IPO after pricing its shares at $30, 10% higher than initially planned
- Company sells shares for $30 each, above initial price range — Ozon is the largest Russian company to list since EN+ in 2017
The FCC affirmed its decision to designate ZTE as a threat to US national security, rejecting ZTE's petition
- Airwaves regulator shows continued tilt against ZTE and Huawei — FCC contemplating formalizing rules to single out suspect gear — The U.S. Federal Communications …
India-based online learning service Unacademy raises funds from Tiger Global and Dragoneer at a $2B valuation; source: it raised $75M to $100M in this round
Unacademy, an online learning platform in India, has added two more marquee investors to its cap table.
Sources: IBM is planning to cut 10,000 jobs in Europe, or 20% of staff in the region, to lower costs in its services unit as it prepares for a spinoff
- U.K. and Germany are set to be most impacted regions — Big Blue focuses on hybrid cloud computing, AI businesses
Sources: Google is laying the groundwork for a fiber-optic network that will connect historical enemies Saudi Arabia and Israel for the first time
watch these spaces: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ ... https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Avi Kaner / @avikaner : Google is preparing a fiber-optic network from India t...
Apple's head of global security Thomas Moyer indicted for trying to bribe Santa Clara sheriff's office with 200 iPads in return for concealed firearm permits
Pay-per-mile auto insurance firm Metromile, which has a consumer app and licenses tech to large insurers, says it's going public via a SPAC at a $1.3B valuation
Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger :
Researchers: Baidu Maps and the Baidu App, with ~1.4B downloads globally, were leaking sensitive user data
Thomas Brewster / Forbes :
HP reports Q4 net revenue of $15.26B, down 1% YoY, vs. $14.71B est., with sales of notebooks up 18% YoY to $7.4B while desktops dropped by 28% YoY; stock up 5%+
This is the web version of Data Sheet, a daily newsletter on the business of tech. Jon Swartz / MarketWatch : HP shares jump 9% on record PC sales Max A. Cherney / Barron's Online : HP and Dell Both C...
Twitter will now show a warning when someone tries to like a tweet labeled for misinformation and says such warnings decreased quote retweets of misinfo by 29%
Jay Peters / The Verge :
VMware reports Q3 revenue of $2.86B, up 8% YoY, vs. $2.81B est., with subscription and SaaS revenue up 44% YoY to $676M, as it raises fiscal year guidance
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Mobile banking app Current raises $131M Series C led by Tiger Global Management, giving it a valuation of $750M, and touts over 2M members
so they can get on with life at the speed this generation deserves. With new funding, Current will reach many millions more. Onward! https://twitter.com/... Mike Dudas / @mdudas : This is awesome to s...
Xiaomi reports Q3 revenue of ~$11B, up 34.5% YoY, with 50%+ sales originating beyond China, as revenue from its Internet of Things division rose 16.1% YoY
In the third quarter of 2020, our total revenue amounted to RMB72.2 billion … Reuters : Xiaomi's profit jumps as smartphone shipments surge
Big data analytics service Splunk says it will acquire Flowmill, a Palo Alto-based cloud network observability startup, for an undisclosed sum
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Amazon says it is partnering with the US government's counterfeit watchdog to conduct “targeted inspections” of suspected fake goods at US ports of entry
Matt Day / Bloomberg :
Many of Parler's biggest cheerleaders, who repeatedly denounce the incumbent social networks, are more active on Twitter and Facebook than Parler
all your friends are still are on the old platform. Despite all the talk about mass exodus from censorship, Parler is still “microscopic” compared to Twitter and Facebook. https://www.washingtonpost.c...
Australian government agency IGIS says one or more of the country's intelligence and security agencies collected data related to COVIDSafe contact tracing app
Justin Hendry / iTnews :
Court filings show Amazon defeated a lawsuit where eBay had claimed that Amazon coordinated a campaign to poach sellers from its platform
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Home insurance tech startup Hippo says it has raised $350M in new financing from Japan-based MS&AD Insurance, following its $150M Series E in July
Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal :
Sources: WaPo is nearing 3M digital subscribers, up 50% YoY; NYT has tripled digital-only subscribers since 2016 to 6.1M
AppsFlyer, which helps businesses evaluate ad campaign performance, extends its Series D from $210M to $225M+ from Salesforce and others at a $2B valuation
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal :
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