Transcript of a Clubhouse chat with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke about creator economy, Apple, and more
The Facebook, Spotify, and Shopify CEOs discuss the creator economy and Apple's policies
Coinbase will pay a $6.5M fine to settle with the CFTC, over allegations that it self-traded cryptocurrencies between 2015 and 2018
Coinbase will pay a $6.5 million fine to settle allegations it self-traded cryptocurrencies between 2015 and 2018. — Crypto exchange Coinbase …
REvil ransomware gang says it had breached Acer, sharing leaked images of internal docs on the dark web, and is demanding $50M; Acer says it is investigating
Taiwanese computer maker Acer has suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend at the hands of the REvil ransomware gang …
Facebook says it has resolved a major outage affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and other Facebook services
The Facebook-owned social networks were down for many — Facebook has resolved a major outage affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and other Facebook services on Friday …
London police warn students about using Sci-Hub, calling the self-described “pirate” site for research papers “a threat to their personal information and data”
Police have warned students in the UK against using a website that they say lets users “illegally access” millions of scientific research papers.
Twitter confirms it's testing an “Undo Tweet” feature, first discovered by Jane Manchun Wong, who suggests it could be part of Twitter's planned subscriptions
An app researcher's screenshot shows that among the options for subscribers of an unrevealed service.
Facebook's decision to crack down on NYU's Ad Observer highlights the increasingly fraught dynamic between tech companies and academics
Laura Edelson was in a state of panic, and I knew I was a little bit to blame for her freakout. — “If this is true,” Edelson told me this week during …
Instagram is working on a version of the service suitable for kids under 13; source: the work will be led by Pavni Diwanji, a VP who joined Facebook in December
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Weee!, an online grocer specializing in Hispanic and Asian foods, has raised $315M Series D led by DST Global, source says at a $2.8B valuation
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Mark Zuckerberg on Clubhouse says Facebook may be in a “stronger position” after Apple's IDFA changes and that Facebook Shops has 1M+ monthly active businesses
“Stop inventing shittier trains” — really encounters a perfect, crystalline example. https://twitter.com/... Laura Bassett / @lebassett : I don't really want to hear anything about the journalism busi...
After Citigroup erroneously sent $900M to lenders using Oracle's Flexcube, some are calling for simplified business software UX to match consumer-facing design
Citi's accidental payment makes a strong case for upgrading back-end technology to match consumer-facing design
Kuo: Apple's upcoming mixed reality headset will feature an advanced eye tracking system and potentially an iris recognition feature
not my game—but generally speaking I do know for a fact Apple's accessibility group is heavily involved in product design. What I'm saying is, they gotta be working on iris recognition for Blind peopl...
Interview with CEO of SkySilk, the hosting company that helped bring Parler online, who says he did it to spite tech giants like Amazon who abuse their might
On Jan. 10, just days after pro-Trump rioters blitzed the U.S. Capitol, Amazon Web Services pulled the plug on the conservative social media site Parler. Tweets: @gelliebeans1 , @npr , @jimstinnett , ...
Lenders in India are using coercive loan apps that block features and shut down smartphones of customers who fall behind on payments
Lenders are turning to coercive loan apps that shut down smartphones if customers fall behind on payments. — • BANGALORE, INDIA Tweets: @restofworld , @restofworld , @chrismessina , @diya_iamdb , @m...
Verkada security camera hacker has been charged in the US for hacking into 100+ of the world's biggest companies since 2019 and leaking proprietary data online
U.S. Files Charges Over Data Theft Kelly Sheridan / Dark Reading : Verkada Attacker Charged With Wire Fraud, Conspiracy in US Sarah Coble / infosecurity-magazine.com : US Indicts Software Engineer Mic...
Sources: China is restricting use of Tesla cars by military and state employees, citing concerns that the data they collect could be sent back to the US
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GroupM: Google, Facebook, and Amazon “triopoly” grew its share of US digital ad market from 80% in 2019 to 90% in 2020, and now collects 50%+ of all US ad spend
The three tech giants now collect more than half of all ad dollars spent in the U.S. The pandemic economy got them there. Tweets: @esgarchitect , @jamessurowiecki , @deardara , @stevesi , @tcpeter , @...
Human rights activists say TikTok is repeating Facebook's mistakes in Myanmar, by failing to anticipate a surge in misinformation and threats of violence
The social media giant failed to anticipate a predictable surge in misinformation and threats of violence. — • SINGAPORE
Experts discuss challenges of building government tech, including legacy systems, regulatory complexity, lack of data sharing between departments, and more
The pandemic has shown how difficult it can be for the US to succeed with major technology projects. We asked leading thinkers what they would do to change that.
A Russian who flew to the US to try to bribe a Tesla employee to plant malware on the carmaker's network takes plea deal, could face 4-10 month prison sentence
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record :
As videos from court hearings on Zoom go viral, a look at the debate over the privacy of citizens in those videos and judicial transparency on the internet
'People's worst day, which is often why they're in court, shouldn't be monetized for a global audience's benefit.'
In letter to FCC, Mozilla calls for a return to net neutrality, joined by Dropbox, Eventbrite, Reddit, Vimeo, and Wikimedia
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
A look at Facebook's “Red Team X”, an internal hacking team founded in 2020, which probes 3rd-party tech Facebook uses for hardware and software vulnerabilities
The internal hacking team has spent the last year looking for vulnerabilities in the products the company uses … Tweets: @johnjhacking , @gadgetlab , @lilyhnewman , and @jenmartinez Tweets: John Jacks...
Sources: Apple sends cease and desist emails to Chinese apps testing CAID, which is designed to track users in spite of Apple's upcoming IDFA privacy changes
Earlier this week, Patrick McGee and Yuan Yang explained … Tweets: Lara O'Reilly / @larakiara : Apple has begun warning developers against trying to get around its new app privacy rules, @FT reports. ...
Sources: UK's CMA is preparing an antitrust investigation into the way Facebook allegedly uses customer data to squash rivals in social media and online ads
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Twitter says it is testing a way for its iOS users to watch YouTube videos in their timelines, in the US, Japan, Canada, and Saudi Arabia
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Sources: social network SafeChat, which SimilarWeb says had 900K visitors last month, is a rising MAGA and anti-CCP hub, has undisclosed ties to The Epoch Times
Politico : Tweets: @joncoopertweets , @politico , and @oneunderscore__ Tweets: Jon Cooper / @joncoopertweets : As Trump supporters flock to alternative social media, many are turning to SafeChat, a p...
Coalition of Microsoft, Salesforce, and healthcare providers to release a global “tamper-proof” standard for COVID-19 proof of vaccination apps in April
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @steve_rosenbush , @alvarodrigueza , and @david_ingram Tweets: Steve Rosenbush / @steve_rosenbush : Big Tech Helps Set Standards for Covid-19 Vaccine Verification @SCas...
Sources: Chicago-based Relativity, which law firms use to sift through data during discovery, gets an investment from Silver Lake valuing the company at $3.6B
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal :
India asks a Delhi court to stop WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy, alleging that the controversial policy violates India's technology laws
Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg :
Tencent, Alibaba, Xiaomi, and other Chinese companies are testing audio-only chats in their platforms, looking to emulate Clubhouse, which is banned in China
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg : Tweets: @rushiv , @pingroma , and @business Tweets: Rushi Vishavadia / @rushiv : It's almost like China allows outsides apps to get started, then band them for any odd rea...
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.