Users noticed Google iOS apps warning them the apps were out of date, despite Google not updating them since before Apple's Dec. 8 privacy label change
Though Google has promised to update its suite of apps with App Privacy labels to comply with App Store rules that Apple began enforcing in December …Source:product considerations.
Facebook says Instagram has removed Robert F Kennedy Jr's account for making false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines
Move comes as the company is expanding efforts to crack down on conspiracy theory content — Instagram removed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s account on Wednesday …
Starting with iOS 14.5, Apple will proxy the Safe Browsing service in Safari through its own servers instead of Google's to protect user data
Starting with iOS and iPadOS 14.5, Apple will proxy Google's “Safe Browsing” service used in Safari through its own servers instead of relying …
Sources: Microsoft made an offer to acquire Pinterest in recent months; source says the talks are not active right now
Microsoft approached Pinterest in recent months about a potential deal to acquire the $51bn social media company popular with hobbyists posting home decor …
Tesla's $1.5B bitcoin purchase conflicts with its environmental goals, as mining the cryptocurrency consumes massive amounts of energy by design
Tesla's banking on a cryptocurrency that's inherently inefficient — Tesla just gave bitcoin a big boost that's likely to result …
Microsoft drops the price of foldable Surface Duo by $400 to $999 and says it will arrive in the UK, France, Germany, and Canada on Feb. 18, expanding beyond US
The first international release for Microsoft's dual-screen device — Microsoft is dropping the price of its foldable Surface Duo device …
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 …
CBP scanned 23M+ people with facial recognition tech at airports, seaports, and pedestrian crossings in 2020, and reveals it caught zero imposters at airports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection scanned more than 23 million people in public places with facial recognition technology in 2020 Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection . Tweets: @stilgherrian , ...
Researchers unveil the Ramanujan Machine, a software-based automated conjecturing system that develops new formulas for universal constants in mathematics
Pushing the boundaries of math requires great minds to pose fascinating problems. What if a machine could do it? Now, scientists created one that can.
Europol, working with US, UK, and others, says 10 people have been arrested for allegedly stealing $100M in cryptocurrency from celebrities via SIM-swap attacks
Eight men were arrested in England and Scotland as part of an investigation into a series of SIM swapping attacks targeting US celebrities.
Sources: Facebook is building an audio chat product, currently in the earliest stages of development, that is similar to Clubhouse
The increasingly popular social media app is allowing conspiracy theories … Darragh Murphy / Laptop Mag : What is Clubhouse and why is Facebook cloning the voice chat app? The Economic Times : ETtech ...
India's BharatPe, which helps offline merchants accept digital payments, raises $108M Series D, at a $900M valuation, led by Coatue Management
India may soon have another fintech unicorn. BharatPe said on Thursday it has raised $108 million in a financing round that valued …
HBO Max to launch in Latin America and the Caribbean in June; existing HBO-branded streaming services in Europe will shift to HBO Max later this year
WarnerMedia's streamer HBO Max is set to launch across 39 Latin American and Caribbean territories in June.
Sources: EU is considering a deal with TSMC or Samsung to build an advanced semiconductor factory in Europe in an attempt to avoid relying on the US and Asia
- EU wants to boost semiconductor production in the region — Goal is to reduce reliance on Taiwan for cutting-edge chips
Dublin-based food ordering service Flipdish raises €40M round from Tiger Global Management
Pre-Covid, says McCarthy, lots of restaurants relied on platforms like Deliveroo for a small portion of orders, but when everything moved online, “they realised they weren't making a whole load …
Biden administration asks a federal judge to put litigation over Trump's proposed TikTok ban on hold while it undertakes a review
for Now, as Biden Puts the Brakes on a Ban Tech Xplore : Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China moves Collin Furtado / Tech in Asia : Relief for TikTok as Biden administration asks jud...
Political campaigns are shifting marketing dollars after ad bans by Facebook and Google, with email lists, influencers, and other ad platforms on the rise
Renting, swapping and selling campaign email lists to new candidates and causes is a booming political business, but it comes with risks. Tweets: @davidsiders , @josh_nelson , @ec_schneider , @opensec...
Banks hope to persuade Biden admin that Big Tech and fintech startups should not be able to offer services that compete with banks without facing the same rules
Banks see a chance to direct tougher regulation against Facebook, Google and fintechs — Wall Street executives see the prospect … Tweets: @hoofnagle , @richardturrin , and @financialtimes Tweets: Ch...
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
and I believe it's nearer than most think — when “I get most of my news on Facebook” sounds just as anachronistic and unserious as “I comment a lot on YouTube” or “I watch a lot of UHF” or “I listen t...
Uber reports mixed Q4 results: revenue drops 16% YoY to $3.2B, net loss narrows to $968M from $1.1B YoY; net loss in 2020 was $6.77B, down from $8.51B in 2019
to a still pretty significant $6.77 billion. Matt Rosoff / @mattrosoff : Stock -3% after hours $UBER t https://twitter.com/...
Modern Health, whose app helps employers provide digital mental health care to employees, raises $74M at a valuation of $1.17B, bringing total raised to $172M
Modern Health, a San Francisco-based mental health platform, says it has raised $74 million in a funding round that pushes its valuation to $1.17 billion. Tweets: @rochers Tweets: Scott Rocher / @roch...
Sweden-based digital bank Northmill raises $30M led by M2 Asset Management
Northmill Bank, the Sweden-based challenger that has around 200,000 customers across three European countries, has raised around $30 million in new funding. — Leading the round is M2 Asset Managemen...
Instagram to impose stricter penalties, including removing accounts, to prevent abusive messages in DMs, after racist abuse was directed at footballers
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Ahead of its debut Thursday, Bumble raises $2.15B in its IPO with shares priced at $43 each, up from the previous range of $37-39
- Listing upsized, priced above already elevated range — Wolfe Herd is youngest female CEO to take big U.S. firm public
Labelbox, which develops data annotation and labeling software, raises $40M Series C led by B Capital Group, bringing its total raised to $79M
Labelbox, a startup developing a data annotation and labeling platform, today announced that it's raised $40 million, bringing its total raised to $79 million.
Clubhouse employs an unusually aggressive user onboarding process, pressuring users to upload contacts before ranking those contacts based on total connections
The app pressures you to upload your phone's contacts — and makes them visible in surprising ways
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
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Instead of using its successful door-to-door vaccination approach, India is scaling up a glitchy biometric software system, hampering its vaccination goals
Instead of using its successful door-to-door approach, it's scaling up a new system linked to fingerprints and iris scans. — hide Tweets: @charlottejee , @varshaabansal , @engagemedia , and @techrev...
A researcher was able to breach 35+ companies, including Microsoft and Apple, using a software supply chain attack that leveraged an open source ecosystem flaw
here's how to protect against it Tweets: Pukhraj Singh / @rungrage : Being so out in the public domain, this is going to be a house of pain for software companies. On the policy side: this is why inte...
Zillow says it will acquire ShowingTime, which makes software to arrange home showings, for $500M, and announces record Q4; Zillow stock up 11%+
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Interview with Rob Monster, CEO of Epik, on serving sites like Gab, why his company severed ties with 8chan and The Daily Stormer, Parler shutdown, and more
Bobby Allyn / NPR : Tweets: @bobbyallyn , @wexler , @kuow , @fark , and @npr Tweets: Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn : I went to the woods of Washington to talk to Rob Monster, the CEO of Epik, which suppo...
Cybersecurity vulnerability management service Tenable says it will acquire French startup Alsid, which helps protect Microsoft Active Directory, for $98M
Copenhagen-based Labster, which sells virtual STEM lab software to educational institutions, raises $60M Series C led by a16z, bringing total raised to $100M
The way schools teach and students learn has not changed much since … FinSMEs : Labster Raises $60M in Series C Funding Labster / PR Newswire : Labster Secures $60M in Series C Funding Led by Andreess...
Satya Nadella says social media platforms need clear laws to govern which accounts should be removed instead of making free speech decisions themselves
California's Fair Political Practices Commission proposes to fine Lyft $3,371 for failing to properly disclose what it paid for ads supporting Prop 22
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE : Tweets: @bigblackjacobin and @quinnypig Tweets: Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin : Lyft contributed $48 million to the Yes on Prop 22 campaign, gained $5 billion in val...
Internal data shows only 11.3M US households regularly watch NBCU's Peacock; sources: NBCU has pitched ViacomCBS about bundling their streaming services
The Information : Tweets: @natjarv , @jstrauss , @ballmatthew , @edmundlee , @richlightshed , and @pkafka See also Mediagazer Tweets: Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv : Having only a third of your users reg...
Shares of ad tech company Viant, which acquired MySpace in 2016, jumped 90% in its Nasdaq debut after the company raised $250M in its IPO
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Sources: Stir Money, whose software helps video and audio producers, writers, and performers manage their income, raises Series A led by a16z at $100M valuation
The Information : Tweets: @averygrrl , @sarthakgh , @joshuaogundu , @k17ubha , @seyitaylor , @lauramandaro , @transitive_bs , @amir , and @kateclarktweets See also Mediagazer Tweets: @averygrrl : And...
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
It's finally time for a premium Twitter — The idea of a premium version … Tweets: Squawk Box / @squawkcnbc : “The way our policies work, when you're removed from the platform, you're removed from th...
Nobl9, which helps speed up feature development using software-defined Service Level Objectives, raises $21M Series B led by Battery Ventures and CRV
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NYC-based lottery ticket app Jackpocket, available in nine US states, raises $50M Series C, bringing its total raised to $79.6M
Mobile blockchain payments startup Celo, which is built on Ethereum, raises $20M from a16z and others, bringing its total raised to $65M
French startup Powder, which helps users share clips of video games, raises $14M Series A led by Serena, bringing its total raised to $18M
AccessiBe, which provides an accessibility overlay to help companies become ADA compliant, raises $28M Series A
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