Facebook hits back at Apple with a second full-page newspaper ad today, says upcoming iOS changes will “change the internet as we know it - for the worse”
Facebook isn't done criticizing Apple just yet — Facebook is stepping up its campaign against Apple's privacy changes with a second full-page newspaper ad today.
Facebook attacks Apple in full-page newspaper ads, claiming upcoming iOS 14 changes that limit data gathering and targeted ads are bad for small businesses
and they should have the choice to allow that or not.” https://twitter.com/... @fbnewsroom : We're standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere. #SpeakUpForSmall https://about.fb.com/... Ralph...
A look at allegations in Texas AG's antitrust suit, accusing Google of giving Facebook special privileges in exchange for not supporting a competing ad system
A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising.
Twitter says it will stop prompting users to Quote Tweet, restoring the standard RT functionality, and says QT use increased but overall sharing dropped by 20%
Well, it was worth a shot. — Twitter announced Wednesday that it will cease prompting users to quote tweet in lieu of the standard retweet.
CISA's Einstein, which cost billions and monitors US agencies' networks for bad actors, missed the SolarWinds hack, which now counts the NIH among its victims
When Russian hackers first slipped their digital Trojan horses into federal government computer systems, probably sometime in the spring …
Apple responds to Facebook's criticism of iOS 14 privacy measures, says Facebook won't be forced to change how it tracks users, but it must give users a choice
Apple has responded to Facebook's criticism over an upcoming iOS 14 privacy measure — specifically a change that will require users …
Facebook says it will assist Epic Games in its legal battle against Apple, including providing supporting documents
Wall Street Journal :
Ex-Homeland Security Adviser: the magnitude of the Solarwinds breach is hard to overstate and the remediation effort alone will be staggering
The magnitude of this national security breach is hard to overstate. — Mr. Bossert was the homeland security adviser to President Trump …
Twitter says it will start removing tweets that spread harmful COVID-19 vaccine misinformation starting next week and will label conspiracies starting in 2021
Makena Kelly / The Verge :
Source: a bipartisan group of 30+ state attorneys general will sue Google on Thursday, accusing Google of favoring its own products in search results
Diane Bartz / Reuters :
Facebook rolls back a post-election change that boosted news from authoritative outlets, even as some staff asked for the “nicer news feed” to be made permanent
Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets …
Netflix is rolling out a Video Off button at the top of the full-screen video player and an audio only mode in settings for its Android app
Netflix might not be playing nicely with Google TV for some reason, but the company is pouring tons of resources into its Android app.
Robinhood agrees to pay $65M to settle SEC charges that the company deceived customers between 2015 and late 2018 about its source of revenue
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged Robinhood with the deceiving customers …
Substack launches Substack Reader, an RSS reader for tracking newsletter subscriptions and other feeds, in beta
Substack Reader is now available in beta — If you're worried about all your newsletter subscriptions getting lost in your inbox, Substack may have a solution.
The European Commission approves Google's $2.1B acquisition of Fitbit, on condition of compliance with a set of commitments related to privacy and user consent
- The Commission on Thursday set out a number of commitments that Google must follow over the next 10 years.
Walmart partners with TikTok to test live-streamed video shopping, during which users will be able to shop Walmart fashion without leaving the app
Walmart and TikTok announced this morning they will be partnering on the first pilot test of a new shoppable product experience on TikTok's social video app.
A group of AI researchers at Google have asked for policy and leadership changes including the removal of VP Megan Kacholia from their reporting hierarchy
- Team says it must be able to contest Google ‘revenue agendas’ — Letter to CEO asks company to commit to academic integrity
Google unveils an open source multilingual language model supporting 16 Indian languages to help researchers and students build tech in local languages
Google has unveiled a machine learning tool for Indian languages to help researchers, students, and startups keen on building local language technologies …
A look at the “grinch bots” tailored to help resellers know when hot holiday gifts like the PS5 are in stock, and complete orders faster than humans can
Bots, easily gamed retailers and supply shortages have caused consoles to sell for double the price — This Christmas, it's boy vs. bot.
GoCardless, which processes direct debit payments for businesses, raises $95M led by Bain Capital at a $970M valuation
- Payments technology start-up GoCardless raised $95 million in an investment round that values it at $970 million. — GoCardless plans to capitalize on an emerging trend …
Vice food vertical Munchies is launching a channel on OnlyFans, the first verified media publisher to do so, to post exclusive weekly videos for $4.99/month
Vice's food vertical, Munchies, is launching a verified channel on the breakout creator platform OnlyFans, a subscription site …
Alibaba's cloud business site detailed how clients could use its software to detect the faces of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities within images and videos
The website for the tech titan's cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members …
Roku and WarnerMedia have reached an agreement to distribute HBO Max on the Roku platform, starting Thursday
NLRB finds that Amazon illegally fired an NYC warehouse worker in retaliation for organizing his coworkers to get COVID-19 protections earlier this year
A federal investigation has found that Amazon illegally fired a New York City warehouse worker in retaliation for organizing his coworkers …
Google's Stadia arrives on iOS and iPadOS in beta for mobile web, letting users access their game library on Apple devices
Nick Statt / The Verge :
NY-based direct-to-consumer health insurance service Oscar raises $140M led by Tiger Global Management, following its last raise of $225M in June
Oscar, the New York-based health insurance upstart at the vanguard of a wave of venture capital healthcare investment made in the wake …
NLRB allows Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama to vote on unionization that would cover about 1,500 employees, determining it has enough support
Dutch prosecutors find researcher Victor Gevers did successfully log into Donald Trump's Twitter account; the White House and Twitter denied the incident
Staff at AI companies are training/testing gun detection algorithms by recording staged “active shooter” events in their homes, raising concerns from ethicists
Companies are using bizarre methods to create algorithms that automatically detect weapons. Tweets: @vice , @gallagherfergal , @mtrc , @hypervisible , @oliviasolon , and @akinunver Tweets: @vice : Com...
A publisher of newsletters on digital media discusses the product and philosophical reasons he is leaving Substack, including lack of control over email lists
Brainly, which operates a crowdsourced service for students and parents to help with homework, raises $80M Series D led by Learn Capital
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a major upswing in virtual learning — where some schools have gone (and stayed) remote, and others …
Invoices show Israeli surveillance firm Rayzone leased access to SS7 traffic from a Channel Islands mobile operator to spy on cell communications and locations
The Guardian :
Filing: Alphabet's AI unit DeepMind lost £460.9M last year, down 2% on 2018, and Alphabet wrote off a further £1.1B in debt
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times :
PayPal's crypto partner Paxos, which offers crypto trading settlement services, raises $142M Series C, bringing its total raised to $240M
Nina Bambysheva / Forbes :
The Biden administration needs a VP of Engineering to debug problems that prevent government agencies from successfully building and deploying technical systems
Ramp, a corporate spend management service, raises $30M, bringing its total raised to $55M
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch :
Researchers detail AIR-FI, a technique that can convert a RAM card into an impromptu wireless emitter to transmit sensitive data from air-gapped systems
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Tweets: @carolynvs , @ttuegel , @cstross , and @aronchick Tweets: Carolyn Van Slyck / @carolynvs : This is so cool! I had no idea there were so many ways to exfiltrate data ...
Austin-based Aceable, which offers online training courses in driver's ed, real estate, and more, raises $50M Series C led by private equity firm HGGC
Tony Wan / EdSurge :
A pessimistic look at Facebook and its enormous, uncontrollable impact on the US and world, giving Zuckerberg incredible power with little oversight
a world-historic weapon that lives not underground, but in a Disneyland-inspired campus in Menlo Park, California.” Sen. Marsha Blackburn / @marshablackburn : Sweet Baby Ray's? You trust this guy to r...
Pinterest says it will adopt recommendations from a special committee created to address racial and gender discrimination, including unconscious bias training
BigID, which helps monitor and protect enterprise customers' data, raises $70M Series D led by Salesforce Ventures and Tiger Global at a valuation of $1B+
Calgary-based digital bank Neo Financials raises a total of $50M CAD, including a $25M CAD Series A led by Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures
Meagan Simpson / BetaKit :
Spryker, which provides a full suite of e-commerce tools for customers like Aldi and Toyota, raises $130M Series C led by TCV, at a $500M+ valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
French P2P payments startup Lydia raises $86M led by Accel, as an extension of its Series B, bringing total of its Series B round to $131M
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
FTC's antitrust suit against Facebook seeks to break it up, unlike DOJ's more measured strike against Google, which asks only for “structural relief as needed”
Ben Brody / Bloomberg : Tweets: @jessefelder Tweets: Jesse Felder / @jessefelder : 'The FTC is trying to achieve something that hasn't happened in four decades: the breakup of one of America's bigges...
China's government is rethinking its tolerant attitude towards monopolies, fearing too much power, driven by the rise of huge tech conglomerates like Ant Group
Nikki Sun / Nikkei Asia : Tweets: @nikkeiasia , @nikkeiasia , @napolitanodean , and @hk_nikkisun Tweets: @nikkeiasia : China's biggest names in tech are learning the hard way the consequences of grow...
Curai, a chat-based telemedicine service helping doctors make better and faster decisions about patient care, raises $27.5M Series B led by Morningside Group
Katie Jennings / Forbes :
Upstart, whose P2P lending software uses AI to make credit decisions and eliminate fraud, closes at $29.47 per share, up 47.4% on its first day of trading
Dawn Kawamoto / San Francisco Business Journal :
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.