Security experts voice privacy concerns over Apple's new plan to scan users' devices for child abuse images, saying governments will likely increase its scope
Security researchers raise alarm over potential surveillance of personal devices — Apple intends to install software …
Apple says in the next couple of months it will begin scanning photos on iOS 15 and macOS Monterey devices in the US for known child abuse images
The feature lands later this year, but already faces resistance from security and privacy experts — Later this year, Apple will roll …
In a letter to Zuckerberg, the FTC called Facebook's initial claim it cut off NYU researchers' access to comply with an FTC privacy agreement “inaccurate”
The Federal Trade Commission has dismissed as “inaccurate” Facebook's claim that it cut off a group of researchers' access …
In addition to scanning for known child abuse photos, Apple will also begin using on-device ML to warn parents and kids of sexually explicit photos in Messages
Apple later this year will roll out new tools that will warn children and parents if the child sends or receives sexually explicit photos through the Messages app.
Twitter Spaces launches a co-hosting feature, which will now allow rooms to have one host, up to two co-hosts, and ten additional speakers active at once
Twitter Spaces is launching a long-awaited feature for its users: co-hosting a Space. The Clubhouse competitor has been improving …
Senators Warner and Portman propose an amendment to infrastructure bill that only excludes crypto miners from broker definition; White House shows support
The bill excludes only proof-of-work mining, or the selling of hardware or software that gives individuals control of private keys to access digital assets.
Microsoft's Panos Panay teases Spotify integration with Windows 11 through a Focus Sessions feature “coming soon”
Microsoft's chief product officer, Panos Panay has been on a bit of leak streak as of late, teasing new Spotify integration coming to Windows 11 among other new application focuses.
Facebook's decision to disable researcher's ability to run the NYU's Ad Observatory Project should be a call to regulate the ad tech industry as a whole
Another day, another Facebook accountability scandal. — On Wednesday, Facebook shut down the accounts of NYU researchers Laura Edelson …
Microsoft announces “Super Duper Secure Mode” for its Edge desktop browser, which disables V8's JIT, allowing for security features like Arbitrary Code Guard
Microsoft said today it plans to run an experiment in its Edge web browser where it will intentionally disable …
Huawei reports Q2 revenue fell 38% YoY to ~$26B, up from a 16.5% drop in Q1 and 11.2% drop in Q4, as US sanctions continue to hurt sales
Revenue declines deepen amid U.S. restrictions on chip supply, pressure on buyers — HONG KONG—China's Huawei Technologies Co. reported a 38% fall …
In an internal memo, Apple acknowledges concerns and “misunderstandings” about its new Photo scanning feature but says it is necessary to “protect children”
Apple yesterday officially announced a range of new features coming later this year, dubbed Expanded Protections for Children.
Yelp will let businesses list their vaccination policies, including if customers must show proof of vaccination, wear masks, or if all staff are vaccinated
Including details on staff and customer vaccinations — Yelp will let businesses share their policies on COVID-19 vaccinations, the company announced today.
Agricultural manufacturing giant John Deere acquires autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics for $250M
In the world of robotic startups, acquisition is often as good an outcome as any. And when it comes to robotic tractor startups, you could do worse than being acquired by John Deere.
Sources: China plans to levy a roughly $1B fine on Meituan in the coming weeks for abusing its market position
The penalty for allegedly abusing its dominant market position could be announced within weeks, people familiar with the matter say — SINGAPORE—China's antitrust regulator …
Apple's first physical store in India, announced for this year in Mumbai, is delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic
While Apple has a strong franchise retail network across India, it's online store launched last September has been helping the company reach buyers beyond its retail network.
Apple suppliers Foxconn, Lens Technology, and Luxshare Precision roll out hiring incentives as they scramble for workers ahead of iPhone 13 launch
Foxconn is not the only Apple supplier scrambling for new workers - Lens Technology and Luxshare Precision have rolled out similar hiring incentives Apple …
Shares of Indonesian online marketplace Bukalapak rose 25% after raising $1.5B in its Jakarta IPO at a $7.5B valuation
- Shares up to 1,060 rupiah from 850 rupiah initial offer price — Debut sets the tone for other regional tech IPOs, such as GoTo
KakaoBank, South Korea's first internet-only lender, goes public, rising over 70% in its trading debut in Seoul, giving it a market value of ~$28B
- Bank's $2.2 billion IPO is Korea's second-largest this year — Company becomes Korea's biggest lender by market cap
India's Supreme Court rules in favor of Amazon to stall the $3.4B sale of Future Group to Reliance Industries
India's apex court on Friday ruled in favor of Amazon to stall the sale of Future Group to Reliance Industries in a major victory for the American e-commerce giant in the key overseas market.
China Telecom, one of the country's three big carriers, plans to raise ~$7.3B in a Shanghai share sale, after being delisted from NYSE
The stock offering would be the world's biggest new listing in more than a year — One of China's big three telecommunications carriers set the price …
A new study that used AI to analyze 2M+ contributions by ~365K developers on GitHub finds users with white-sounding names may have more success on the platform
Software developers with white-sounding names may have more success on GitHub than developers whose names are perceived as Black … Tweets: @mekkaokereke , @benbrodydc , and @protocol Tweets: @mekkaoke...
Voi, which aims to use computer vision tech to prevent pavement riding, and solve parking issues, raises $45M led by The Raine Group at a $205M valuation
Micromobility startup Voi has raised $45 million, funds it says will be used to research and develop technology that will improve safety …
Amazon delays its return to offices from September 3 to January 3, 2022
“This has been such an unusual time for all of us,” an internal Amazon blog post announcing the latest delay read. Only 8% of Amazon employees want to go back to the office full-time, an internal surv...
A look at the state of vaccine passport apps, which have raised concerns over privacy and verification accuracy, as cities like NYC mandate proof of vaccination
Cyrus Farivar / NBC News : Tweets: @nbcnews Tweets: @nbcnews : As New York becomes the first major US city to mandate proof of vaccination against Covid-19 for activities like going to restaurants an...
Uber CEO says Uber won't require drivers or passengers to be vaccinated, though will require corporate employees to be vaccinated before returning to the office
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Twitter tells India's High Court it has appointed permanent executives to comply with the new IT rules, after the court criticized its “total noncompliance”
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Patient engagement software maker Relatient raises $100M, plans to acquire Radix Health for its ML-based software that enables patient-provider matching, more
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Twitch COO Sara Clemens, who took over for cofounder Kevin Lin in 2018, told staffers she is leaving Twitch to focus on consulting and serving on company boards
Todd Spangler / Variety : Tweets: @thekenyeung and @clemenssara Tweets: Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung : Twitch COO Sara Clemens is leaving the company. She joined in 2018 after a similar role at Pandora. ...
Interviews with 50 current and former Blizzard employees detail a toxic workplace, where sexual harassment and discrimination against women were common
their own bosses, basically—and packing their apartments to the brim with blizzard signage and merch https://twitter.com/... Nico D. / @appleciderwitch : This piece by @jasonschreier is scathing for a...
Scammers are abusing Instagram's protections against self-harm and impersonation to purposefully target and ban Instagram accounts, some charging $60 per ban
Users of Doximity, which has long described itself as a LinkedIn for doctors, find their news feed inundated with anti-vaccine comments from fellow physicians
Ari Levy / CNBC : Tweets: @thehowie , @levynews , @yoda , @yoda , @mrbrownsir , and @mattrosoff Tweets: @thehowie : Let's make one thing clear: most of us use or have used @doximity for scheduling....
Xiaomi was the top brand in global smartphone sales volume in June, although its lead could fade once Samsung's production recovers from Vietnam's COVID-19 wave
Alibaba tells investors that years-long government tax breaks for the internet industry, sources say amounting to a preferential 10% rate, are coming to an end
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg : Tweets: @oceanialeader and @pingroma Tweets: Andrew Bodrov / @oceanialeader : https://www.bloomberg.com/... China started from tutoring sector and online games. Tobacco, l...
Cloudflare beats expectations with Q2 revenue of $152.4M, up 53% YoY, and says ~19% of Fortune 1,000 firms are paying customers
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Ofcom study: Netflix's UK customer base is now bigger than the total of all UK pay-TV subs; UK has 31M subscribers to streaming services, up from 20M in 2019
Naman Ramachandran / Variety : See also Mediagazer
TikTok says it is testing TikTok Stories; source says Stories are available in a handful of markets outside the US
Mapbox workers voted against a union 123-81, after the company forced a formal vote on whether workers wanted to form a union allied with CWA
Anna Kramer / Protocol : Tweets: @seldo , @protocol , and @anna_c_kramer Tweets: Laurie Voss / @seldo : There will be other companies, there will be further votes. The highest support for labor union...
Sources: Didi is weighing ceding control of its data to a private, preferably state-controlled third party to help resolve China's regulatory probe into its IPO
Bloomberg : Tweets: @williampbarnes Tweets: William P Barnes / @williampbarnes : I'm sure this will sit well with governments in Australia, Brazil, Mexico. Vast amounts of local gen.pop/GPS data bein...
Zynga agrees to acquire Chinese game developer StarLark, and Betta Games' mobile golf game Golf Rival, for $525M in cash and stock
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New study says encouraging consensus among data labelers from diverse backgrounds can lead to better AI for detecting misogyny and harassment on social media
Khari Johnson / Wired : Tweets: @onlinesosorg and @gadgetlab Tweets: OnlineSOS / @onlinesosorg : Researchers in Denmark tried a new approach to training AI to delete misogyny, hiring the seven people...
Dropbox beats in Q2 with revenue of $530.6M vs estimates of $524.06M, up 13.5% YoY, 16.14M paying users up from 14.96M YoY, and ARR of $2.17B, up 12.2% YoY
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Crehana, a Latin American online learning service, raises $70M led by General Atlantic and says its user base jumped from 1.2M to 5M in 2020
ReversingLabs, a 12-year-old Cambridge, MA-based supply chain cybersecurity company, raises $56M Series B funding led by Crosspoint Capital Partners
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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