Apple will let developers of “reader” apps worldwide link to a website to set up or manage accounts early next year, closing an antitrust investigation by Japan
Apple will let developers of “reader” apps around the world link to an external website to set up or manage an account beginning early next year
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, on behalf of the EU, fines WhatsApp €225M for privacy violations, the second-largest under GDPR; WhatsApp will appeal
Regulators say chat-service unit failed to disclose fully how it collected and shared data about its users Source: Data Protection Commission .
Twitter launches Super Follows for iOS, letting a select group of US test users charge either $2.99, $4.99, or $9.99 per month for their tweets
Select users in the US can now charge for tweets — Twitter is starting to roll out Super Follows, its new feature that lets users charge for subscriber-only content. Source: Twitter .
Apple says Arizona and Georgia will be first to support adding IDs to Wallet in iOS 15, with six states, including Utah, Maryland, and Iowa, expected to follow
Apple's plan to digitize your wallet is slowly taking shape. What started with boarding passes and venue tickets later became credit cards … Source: Apple .
Twitter introduces Safety Mode, which blocks harassing accounts for seven days, in beta for some English-language accounts
Feeling safe on Twitter looks different for everyone. We've rolled out features and settings that may help you to feel more comfortable and in control of your experience …
Facebook says it helped airlift 175 Afghan citizens out of Afghanistan to Mexico, including journalists and some of its own employees
Facebook on Wednesday confirmed that it was part of an effort to fly 175 Afghan citizens out of Afghanistan to Mexico, including some of its own employees, according to a statement provided to Axios.
Filing: SEC sues Satish Kumbhani, the founder of now-defunct BitConnect, and a promoter over alleged $2B crypto fraud scheme; Kumbhani's location is unknown
The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday sued the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform BitConnect … Source: U.S. Securities … .
Apple's updated rules allowing web signup links appear to apply only to apps that don't make much money for Apple, like Netflix and Spotify
It's for apps that don't make Apple any money anyways — While vocal app developers accused Apple last week of spinning a lawsuit settlement …
Sources: Apple is facing an antitrust investigation in India over forcing developers to use its in-app payment system
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market by forcing developers to use its proprietary …
YouTube Music reached 50M paying subscribers in August, up from 30M paid music and premium subscribers that YouTube had reported in October 2020
Google-owned platforms have grown rapidly to become serious streaming competitor — YouTube's paid music streaming services have amassed 50m subscribers …
Apple begins prompting iOS 15 users for consent to enable Personalized Ads for their Apple ID, which was previously on by default and led to antitrust scrutiny
For iOS 15 users, Apple has begun prompting for their consent to enable Personalized Ads for their Apple ID …
Locast, which retransmits live TV, halts operations after lawsuit by ABC and others led a judge to revoke its nonprofit status, which offers copyright exemption
In a terse email to users this morning, Locast announced it was suspending operations entirely.
Reddit bans r/NoNewNormal, its largest anti-vax subreddit, for harassing other communities, following weeks of user moderators asking Reddit admins to ban it
It's also putting 54 other subreddits in quarantine. … Last week, more than a thousand subreddit's posted the same message calling …
Microsoft announces an online-only Surface hardware event for September 22, where an updated Surface Duo and Laptop are expected
New Surface hardware is on the way — Microsoft is holding a special Surface hardware event on September 22nd. The software maker has started sending media invites … Source: Microsoft .
Source: the DOJ is preparing to file a second antitrust lawsuit against Google by the end of this year, targeting Google's digital ads business
U.S. antitrust officials are preparing a second monopoly lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google over the company's digital advertising business …
NHTSA sends Tesla a letter asking for detailed information on how Autopilot detects and responds to parked emergency vehicles as part of a wider investigation
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's highway safety agency wants detailed information on how Tesla's Autopilot system detects …
Sources: Twitter is testing new privacy-focused tools, including archiving and hiding old tweets and editing follower lists, as part of a “social privacy” push
- Features give users more control over who sees which posts — ‘Social privacy’ push targets reputation, identity management
Simba Chain, which provides a blockchain-based smart contract service to several US defense organizations, raises $25M Series A led by Valley Capital
The $25 million funding round, led by Valley Capital Partners, would enable Simba Chain to dedicate resources to new trends in the blockchain space.
EU court rules that “zero tariff” offers from Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom that offer unlimited streaming violate EU roaming and net neutrality rules
The EU court ruled on Thursday (2 September) that unlimited streaming offers from Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom violate EU roaming and net neutrality rules.
Despite promoting an inclusive image, former Alibaba staff say casual sexism is common; sources say Alibaba fired 10 staff for leaking info on a rape allegation
A rape accusation at the Chinese e-commerce giant has shed light on a work culture that some former employees say is humiliating and toxic. Tweets: @letahong , @nytimes , and @nytimesbusiness Tweets: ...
Following Tencent, Alibaba pledges ~$15.5B over five years towards China's “common prosperity” vision, spreading the money across 10 initiatives
- E-commerce giant to devote 100 billion yuan to societal good — Alibaba joins tech giants in backing Xi Jinping's key priority
UK's ICO now mandates websites and apps comply with its children's privacy design code, or face fines of up to £17.5M or 4% of annual worldwide turnover
In the UK, a 12-month grace period for compliance with a design code aimed at protecting children online expires today … Source: Information Commissioner's Office .
Swedish startup Stravito, which offers cloud-based market research tools, raises €12.4M Series A led by Endeit Capital
Market research and insights are often underutilized assets for enterprises but it's usually too hard to find content and there's a lot of duplication, or information isn't used well.
A look at Alfi, which plans to use facial detection to target ads in public places based on age, gender, and ethnicity; activists say the tech invites abuse
The artificial intelligence software company uses metrics like age and gender to target highly specific ads to people in public places Tweets: @brodyford_ Tweets: Brody Ford / @brodyford_ : Will your ...
A look at Wikimedia's Wikifunctions, expected to launch in 2022, which could help partially unify information across the 323 individual-language Wikipedias
Wikipedia has 323 language editions, and at times, there are huge differences between them. — For instance, Jasenovac … Tweets: @harrisonstephen , @bhecht , @slate , and @vrandezo Tweets: Stephen Ha...
Berlin Brands Group, which buys and scales e-commerce businesses, raises $700M in equity and debt at a $1B+ valuation led by Bain Capital
Berlin Brands Group — one of the new wave of e-commerce startups hoping to build lucrative economies of scale around buying up smaller brands that sell …
HomeLight, which offers AI-powered tools for home buyers, sellers, and real estate agents, raises $100M led by Zeev Ventures at a $1.6B valuation
Real estate technology company HomeLight has more than tripled its valuation to $1.6 billion, vaulting it to so-called unicorn status.
Biden admin says Mina Hsiang will lead the US Digital Service, working on crises across the government; Hsiang previously worked on HealthCare.gov's rescue team
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FTC bans “stalkerware” company Support King, whose Android app allegedly secretly harvested users' location and other data, from the surveillance business
Lauren Feiner / CNBC : Source: Federal Trade Commission .
French grocery delivery startup Cajoo raises $40M Series A from Carrefour and others and plans an expansion into Europe early next year
Landing a supermarket as a strategic investor gives Cajoo an edge, argues Capoul. — “Some competitors have much more money than us, but we have an advantage in Carrefour,” he says.
Solv, a provider of same-day and next-day appointment software for health care providers, raises $45M Series C co-led by Acrew Capital and Corner Ventures
Solv, a provider of same-day and next-day appointment software for health care providers, tells Axios that it's raised $45 million in new venture capital funding.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao says Binance.US is set to close a large private fundraising round in the next two months, and could go public in the next three years
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Texas Senate passes bill banning social media companies with 50M+ users from censoring users' political views; Gov. Abbott is expected to sign it into law
Senate Committee Report Caption Text: Relating to censorship … Tweets: Nate Wendt / @natewendt : GOP is always going on and on about the corporations' right to do whatever they please. Well, hate spee...
Profile of Li Jin, an aggressively pro-worker VC who founded Atelier Ventures, which manages $13M, to invest in influencer-related startups
LGBTQ activists say UK's Online Safety Bill could provide the legal basis for censorship of LGBTQ content and say ending online anonymity could harm queer users
Benjamin Butterworth / inews.co.uk : Tweets: @jamesrbuk , @evacide , and @benjaminbutter Tweets: James Ball / @jamesrbuk : Proud to be a signatory of this open letter organised by @IndexCensorship on...
Qualcomm announces aptX Lossless, a feature for its aptX Adaptive codec that it says can deliver 16bit/44.1kHz CD-quality audio over Bluetooth
just as the artist intended. Learn more: https://www.qualcomm.com/...
How Ethereum's increase in value, up 350% this year, and the rise of NFTs and DeFi have dampened enthusiasm for Bitcoin as the most essential crypto
How AbleGamers' Accessible Player Experiences certification program teaches best practices in creating inclusive games for people with disabilities
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Check Point to buy Avanan, which provides tools for protecting cloud-based email and collaboration suites, source says the deal is valued between $250M-$300M
Michael Novinson / CRN :
Docker restricts use of its free desktop tool to individuals and small businesses; companies with 250+ staff or $10M+ annual revenue must use its paid version
Tim Anderson / The Register : Source: Docker Blog . Tweets: @docker , @liran_tal , and @portainerio Source: Scott Johnston / Docker Blog : Docker is Updating and Extending Our Product Subscriptions T...
Some Black LinkedIn users complain of algorithmic bias, saying their posts are not appearing on the site or are being taken down repeatedly
Steven Melendez / Fast Company : Tweets: @kschwabable and @hypervisible . Thanks: @kschwabable Tweets: Katharine Schwab / @kschwabable : Our team's latest: A look at claims of censorship from Black L...
China's Weibo shuts down at least 52 stock-tipping accounts, including one with 3.25M followers, to comply with new rules on finance-related information
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Sources: Andy Jassy overruled an internal recommendation to fire a top AWS executive after a probe of claims the executive made discriminatory comments in 2019
A brief overview of all the startups that pitched at Day 2 of Y Combinator's Summer 2021 Demo Day
TechCrunch : Tweets: @quinnypig Tweets: Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : And the second half have just been announced, so I am obligated to once again spend a thread taunting people's hopes, dreams, and cr...
Asana beats in Q2 with revenue of $89.5M, up 72% YoY, net loss of $68.4M, up from $41.1M last year, and says it has over 107K paying customers
Joy, an all-in-one wedding planning service, raises $20M Series A led by Valor Siren Ventures with participation from Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures and others
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Bangkok Airways confirms LockBit ransomware has leaked 200GB+ of data including passenger details; LockBit has also published stolen data of Ethiopian Airlines
Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer :
300+ organizations are urging the EU to redefine key terms in the draft AI Act, asking to label more AI systems as high risk and ban some forms of AI entirely
Khari Johnson / Wired :
Apple says it has asked all of its US employees to report their vaccination status voluntarily by mid-September, but stops short of mandating COVID-19 vaccines
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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