Facebook says it will test a reduction of political content in News Feed for some users in Canada, Brazil, and Indonesia this week, and the US in coming weeks
News feeds will start getting less political content in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia, the social network said, with the change reaching the U.S. in coming weeks.
Twitter says it has suspended 500+ accounts in India for violating rules but has not taken any action on accounts of journalists, activists, and politicians
Twitter said on Wednesday it has taken actions on more than 500 accounts and reduced visibility of some hashtags in India …
Jack Dorsey expands on his vision of a decentralized social network and suggests an “app-store-like view of ranking algorithms” for users to select options
Dorsey expands on Twitter's vision for a decentralized network — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey imagines a future …
Salesforce says “the 9-to-5 workday is dead” and that after the pandemic most staff will work a flex schedule, going into the office 1-3 days per week
‘It no longer makes sense to expect employees to work an eight-hour shift.’ — Cloud computing company Salesforce is joining …
Sources: the Trump-driven plan to force the sale of TikTok to a group including Oracle and Walmart has been shelved indefinitely
Trump-driven deal had languished as video-sharing app's Chinese owner mounted successful legal challenges — WASHINGTON—A U.S. plan to force the sale …
Twitter says it expects expenses growth of 25%+ in 2021, alongside a 20% workforce bump; forecasts user growth to slow to the low double digits after Q1
- Twitter's stock was flat in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company reported its fourth-quarter earnings …
In iOS 14.5 beta, Maps adds a feature letting US users report accidents, hazards, and speed checks along their route using Siri or CarPlay
The iOS 14.5 beta, available to developers and public beta testers, adds a new Apple Maps feature that lets you report accidents, hazards …
A researcher was able to breach 35+ companies, including Microsoft and Apple, in a new software supply chain attack that leveraged an open source ecosystem flaw
A researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems, including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix … Source: Alex Birsan .
Riot Games CEO Nicolas Laurent has been accused of gender-based harassment in a lawsuit filed by a former executive assistant who was terminated in July 2020
A lawsuit filed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in January by Sharon O'Donnell, a former executive assistant at Riot Games …
Sources: Apple has partnered with TSMC to develop advanced micro OLED displays at a secretive facility in Taiwan
IPhone maker works on tech for augmented reality devices at secretive Taiwan lab — TAOYUAN, Taiwan — Apple has partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co …
Police officers in Beverly Hills have played licensed music while being filmed by citizens, seemingly in an effort to trigger social networks' copyright filters
Police officers in Beverly Hills have been playing music while being filmed, seemingly in an effort to trigger Instagram's copyright filters.
In defense of blocking tools on Clubhouse, and why it should look at refining them over time to enable private conversations while also being more inclusive
Blocking is an important part of privacy — but it could be better — Blocking is having a moment.
Adobe brings document collaboration to Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fresco, enabling asynchronous editing of files across desktop, iPhone, and iPad
Adobe is leaning a bit more into the benefits of a cloud-based architecture with the rollout of an easy collaboration button and asynchronous editing … Source: Adobe Blog .
How software developers in NY took action to build better websites for scheduling vaccine appointments, after government websites proved to be not user-friendly
New Yorkers with tech skills were appalled when they tried to make vaccine appointments for older relatives. They knew there was a better way.
Google launches Google News Showcase in UK and Argentina, after debuting the service in Australia last week, and says it now has over 450 publications globally
Google News Showcase is starting to roll out to more countries worldwide, including the UK and Argentina, on the heels of its Australian launch last week.
Huawei files a lawsuit against the FCC for its decision to designate the company as a national security threat, says the order was beyond FCC's scope of powers
It has accused the FCC of making the designation without providing substantial evidence. — Huawei has once again filed …
Twitter reports Q4 revenue of $1.29B, up 28% YoY, and average monetizable daily active usage growth of 27% YoY to 192M, net income of $222M, up from $119M YoY
ISPs submit report to the FCC claiming Starlink will hit a capacity shortfall in 2028 and ask the FCC to reconsider awarding rural broadband funding to SpaceX
SpaceX's FCC broadband funding faces more opposition from telco trade groups. — More broadband-industry groups are lining …
Microsoft launches two new apps for Teams: Bulletins, where organizations can share news in one place, and Milestones, which tracks the status of work items
Two new apps for Microsoft Teams are here to help improve productivity and communication. — What you need to know
Apptopia: Clubhouse has been downloaded 4.7M times since its launch, growing rapidly from 1M downloads at the end of 2020
From a billion-dollar valuation for social Internet's “it” … Washington Post : Clubhouse 101: What you should know about the invite-only, audio social app Nicolás Rivero / Quartz : Black creators, not...
Instagram to impose stricter penalties, including removing accounts, to prevent abusive messages in DMs, after racist abuse was directed at footballers
Instagram to remove accounts of people who send abusive messages while developing new controls to help reduce the abuse people …
Mobile blockchain payments startup Celo, which is built on Ethereum, raises $20M from a16z and others, bringing its total raised to $65M
Celo offers a blockchain payments platform using customers' cellphone numbers to secure their public keys. — Mobile-focused blockchain payments startup Celo …
Tel Aviv-based CYE, which uses AI and human hackers to test a company's security resilience, raises $120M led by EQT
The soaring number of cyberattacks has propelled a massive expansion of potential solutions as startups and incumbent security providers jostle to address the market opportunity.
Shopify is bringing its checkout and payment processing service, Shop Pay, to Instagram today and to Facebook Shops in the next few weeks
SmartHop, which helps interstate truckers make their routes more efficient and lucrative, raises $12M Series A led by USV, bringing its total raised to $16.5M
If you are a founder and launched a startup last February of 2020 just before the pandemic hit, then you may have felt like you were living the ultimate business nightmare.
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, whose combined power usage tops 45 TWh/year, compete to buy clean energy and meet their ambitious climate goals
Standing on top of a giant wind turbine in Texas, 300 feet above the ground, Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos raised a bottle … Tweets: @daniellescave , @doug_parr , @financialtimes , @daystar_power ...
Satya Nadella says social media platforms need clearer laws to help decide whether controversial accounts, like Donald Trump's, have a place on their services
U.S. technology companies should be ready to face greater global competition—including from China, Nadella says
Snap partners with ShareChat's Moj app to integrate Camera Kit into the short video app, the first time it has partnered with an Indian company for Camera Kit
Snap has partnered with ShareChat's Moj app to integrate its Camera Kit into the Indian app as the American social giant looks …
Lyft reports Q4 revenue of $569.9M, down 44% YoY, but slightly higher than Q3, as FY 2020 net losses narrowed to $1.8B from $2.6B thanks to aggressive cost cuts
CA DMV filing: Apple's self-driving cars topped 18,800 test miles in 2020, up from 7,544 in 2019, with disengagements every 145 miles, up from every 118 miles
Researchers: flaws in how some browsers cache favicons can lead to website visitors being tracked, even if they are in incognito mode or use script blockers
Thrasio, which consolidates third party sellers on Amazon to provide better economies of scale, raises $750M led by Oaktree and Advent
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Prepear says it has “amicably resolved its trademark issue with Apple” and revised the logo for its recipe search app by changing the logo's leaf shape
Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog :
Google expands its US election security efforts with free training for state campaigns, after providing Titan Security Keys to 140+ federal campaigns in 2020
Maggie Miller / The Hill :
An in-depth look at Lifeline, an underused US program to help low-income people pay their phone and internet bills, which has been mismanaged for years
how the federal Lifeline program has failed by @TonyRomm https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : NEW: The U.S. government's primary program to help low-income Americans pay their p...
Cisco reports Q2 revenue of $11.96B, nearly flat YoY, Security revenue of $822M, up 10% YoY, and Infrastructure Platforms revenue down 3% YoY to $6.39B
Stockholm-based smart parcel locker startup Instabox raises €75M Series B led by EQT Ventures, claims it is growing by over 300% year-on-year
Isabella Pojuner / Sifted :
SecuriThings, which builds a service to help manage IoT devices in large organizations, raises $14M Series A led by Aleph, bringing its total raised to $17M
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
How a Pakistan-born developer's open letter to Tim Cook helped bring the Urdu language typeface to Apple devices
a script like “the wings of flying geese”—users resort to transliteration with Latin fonts. @AlizehKohari investigates. https://restofworld.org/... Tori Elliott / @telliotter : If you need something h...
Nine plots of land on blockchain game Axie Infinity were sold for over 888 ETH, or ~$1.5M, making it the most expensive “non-fungible token” sale ever
Shaurya Malwa / Decrypt :
Match Group to acquire South Korean social media company Hyperconnect for $1.73B in cash and stock; Hyperconnect's Azar 1-on-1 live chat app has 540M downloads
PlusAI, which retrofits traditional semi trucks with autonomous driving tech, raises $200M Series B
Marc Vartabedian / Wall Street Journal :
Vivun, which offers a SaaS product to automate the management of presales processes, raises $35M Series B led by Menlo Ventures
Michael Vizard / VentureBeat :
French startup Powder, which helps users share video clips of their favorite games, raises $14M Series A led by Serena, bringing its total raised to $18M
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Mexican online grocer Jüsto raises $65M Series A led by General Atlantic; PitchBook says it's the largest Series A raised in Latin America in the past decade
Study: there are over 3,000 decentralized apps running on Ethereum and the total value of crypto assets in DeFi protocols rose 2,000%+ to $16.05B in 2020
Alyssa Hertig / CoinDesk :
Lusha, which develops a crowdsourced data community for B2B salespeople, raises $40M Series A led by PSG
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
BigHat Biosciences, which uses AI to design better antibodies, raises $19M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total raised to $25M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Researchers say Facebook has stopped generating link previews in Messenger and Instagram for EU users, suggesting the data is used for purposes beyond previews
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors :
Q&A with Charlton McIlwain, author of the book Black Software, which explores the relationship between software, social media, and the Black community in the US
Nilay Patel / The Verge :
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
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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