A look at the making of Facebook's Oversight Board, its members, Zuckerberg's rationale for its existence, and criticisms of the endeavor
The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon, it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.
Apple launches its first standalone Apple TV+ AR app, with a For All Mankind backstory and exclusive content for the latest iPad Pro and iPhone 12 Pro models
Apple's rumored augmented reality experience for Apple TV+ has arrived in the form of For All Mankind: Time Capsule.
According to an estimate Apple Watch reached 100M users in December, 30M of which came in 2020; 35% of US iPhone users wear an Apple Watch
More than 100 million people wear an Apple Watch. Based on my estimates, Apple surpassed the important adoption milestone this past December.
Disney says it now has 94.9M Disney+ subscribers
- Disney+ now has more than 94.9 million subscribers. — Last quarter, the company said its streaming service will have 230 million to 260 million subscribers by 2024. — Disney announced Thursday th...
Sources: US investigators say hardware and firmware of Supermicro servers were tampered with an extra chip loaded with backdoor code to send data to China
In 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense found thousands of its computer servers sending military network data to China …
Google adds some of its Pixel-exclusive photo editing features to Google Photos, but they are paywalled behind Google One
Previously Pixel-exclusive features are coming to other devices — for a price — Google is adding some of its fancy, Pixel-exclusive editing features …
Facebook's Oversight Board co-chair says if the project is a success, other platforms and tech companies would be “more than welcome” to work with the board
I don't really care about Facebook.” Unc Citap / @unc_citap : Today, @unc_citap submitted our public comment to @OversightBoard on Facebook's indefinite ban of Trump's account. Read it here: https://c...
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US and other countries should adopt Australia's proposed media rules, which require tech firms to pay for news content
Microsoft President Brad Smith told Axios in an interview that the U.S. and other countries should consider adopting media rules …
Some Black medical professionals who are voluntarily countering misinfo on Clubhouse about COVID-19 and its vaccine say they have been harassed and bullied
- Conspiracies flourish on app including about vaccines and 5G — 'Hey, I was skeptical too, but here's where I am now' Tweets: @mattyglesias , @williamturton , @williamturton , @ericgeller , @jilli...
Jack Dorsey and Jay Z create ₿trust endowment with 500 bitcoin, worth $23M+, to fund teams working on Bitcoin development, initially in Africa and India
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey and rapper Jay Z have created an endowment to fund bitcoin development initially in Africa and India, Dorsey said Friday.
Facebook says it is limiting the distribution of all content posted by Myanmar's military, which has been using the platform to spread misinformation
detailed how it's handling the political situation Myanmar in a new post, where it has revealed that it's limiting the distribution of all content posted by the country's military.
Clubhouse employs an unusually aggressive user onboarding process, pressuring users to upload contacts before ranking those contacts based on total connections
and makes them visible in surprising ways. Yeah, NO, you cannot have access to my contacts. https://onezero.medium.com/... @medium : Çlubhouse nudges you to invite your contacts to the app—and these l...
Spotify says it is adapting a Work From Anywhere model and will provide co-working space memberships for employees who choose to work remotely
- Spotify is adapting a “Work from Anywhere” model, which will allow employees to choose whether they want to be in the office full time, be at home full time or a combination of the two.
Twitter's Spaces is well positioned to challenge Clubhouse as it's intuitive, a logical fit for Twitter, and adds a meaningful new experience to the Twitter app
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology :
Sources: Qualcomm has told regulators around the world, including the FTC and UK's CMA, that it is against Nvidia's $40B acquisition of Arm
- Qualcomm has told regulators around the world that it is against Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Bumble closes up 63.5% on its first day of trading, giving it a valuation of about $13B, after raising $2.15B in its IPO
and thank you for connecting me with my husband! ⚾🇺🇸❤ ️️ https://twitter.com/... Radhika Gupta / @iradhikagupta : A self made 31 year old woman billionaire with a board that is 70 percent women! Rock ...
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
Sami Fathi / MacRumors :
Biden administration says it is working to address the global chip shortage; Biden is expected to sign an EO directing a supply chain review in the coming weeks
Jenny Leonard / BloombergQuint :
Global consumer spending in top 100 non-game subscription apps grew 34% in 2020 to $13B; spending in App Store grew 32% to $10.3B, Play Store grew 42% to $2.7B
Stephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog :
Twitter changes its position and says it will add labels to the personal accounts of heads of state starting next week
Kim Lyons / The Verge :
Sources: federal prosecutors are talking to social media companies to find out whether market manipulation fueled the rise of stocks like GameStop and AMC
Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal :
Interview with Vimeo's CEO Anjali Sud, who oversaw the streaming service's transition to a B2B SaaS company offering tools for making videos
Anjali Sud's first day as Vimeo CEO was an eventful one. Not only was she standing in front of the company as its new leader, she was telling them that things were about to change. Tweets: @protocol ...
US House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to Apple raising concerns over reports that App Privacy labels offer “misleading and false information”
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
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
Facebook says Instagram has removed Robert F Kennedy Jr's account for making false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines
Instagram took down the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over positing false information on #COVID19. “We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,...
In order to address the global chip shortage, Nvidia is releasing stock of two older GPUs, the RTX 2060 and GTX 1050 Ti, to its board partners
Brad Chacos / PCWorld :
Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint filed a countersuit against Facebook after Facebook forced Namecheap to hand over phishing awareness URLs mimicking Facebook URL
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Staffers at Medium in editorial, engineering, design, and product units say they're unionizing; a majority of about 140 employees signed union cards with CWA
Kerry Flynn / CNN :
Microsoft patches a 12-year-old Windows Defender bug that could potentially let an attacker run malicious code, after researchers discovered it last fall
Lily Hay Newman / Wired :
Facebook says bullying and harassment takedowns reached 6.3M in Q4 2020, up from 2.8M in Q4 2019, due to increased reviewer capacity and AI improvements
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
SEC filing: Figure, which uses blockchain to provide loans and is led by Mike Cagney, ex-CEO of SoFi, plans to raise $250M via a SPAC
Adam Tempkin / Bloomberg :
Internet access across Cuba rose from an estimated 5-10% in 2015 to 40-50% in 2020, largely due to a ~5x increase in public Wi-Fi hotspots between 2016 and 2020
Cassandra Brooklyn / Ars Technica :
SAG-AFTRA approves an influencer agreement, extending its coverage to anyone who is paid to advertise products via their social media platforms
Russian content on TikTok is becoming increasingly political as free speech advocates and government actors have turned to the app to spread their messaging
TechCrunch : Tweets: @justiacom Tweets: @justiacom : TikTok has crafted a number of policies over the years to distance itself from the often-messy political fray, but its users continue to have othe...
Judge rules Facebook must supply records to RI's public employee pension fund, which is investigating whether FB overpaid the FTC to legally protect Zuckerberg
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
Google says it will update its ad policies after an investigation found advertisers could exclude people who identify as “unknown gender” from job ads and more
Immunai, which uses AI to analyze the human immune system, raises $60M Series A led by Schusterman Foundation and others
Source: Amazon Connect, its cloud call center software, had $175M in sales during 2020, up ~150% YoY, and the company expects $1B annual sales by 2022
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.