Adam Mosseri says Instagram is pausing work on Instagram Kids, after criticism from parents, experts, regulators, policymakers, and others
- We believe building “Instagram Kids” is the right thing to do, but we're pausing the work. — We'll use this time to work with parents …
Facebook disputes WSJ's Instagram story, claiming internal research shows Instagram made difficult times better for teen girls on 11 of 12 well-being issues
- Contrary to The Wall Street Journal's characterization, Instagram's research shows that on 11 of 12 well-being issues …
Phone Repair Guru report finds that third-party repair centers will struggle to replace iPhone 13's screen without losing access to Face ID
Yesterday, we took a closer look at how the new iPhone 13 Pro Max handles drop tests. Now, another YouTuber claims that you'll probably not be able … Source: YouTube .
Tesla begins letting drivers request its “Full Self-Driving” beta, prompting criticism from regulators and safety advocates
The software update was beamed to Tesla cars over-the-air early Saturday morning. — SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla began letting owners request its … Source: @elonmusk .
Apple suppliers like Eson Precision Engineering, Unimicron Technology, and Concraft Holding halt production until Friday as China tightens its energy policy
Weeklong stoppages to hit peak season for electronics goods including latest iPhone — An Apple Store in Beijing sells the new Apple iPhone 13.
At China's annual World Internet Conference, executives from Alibaba, Tencent, Xiaomi, Tesla, Qualcomm, and others praised Xi's “common prosperity” policy
- CEOs praise Chinese president's new rules, ‘common prosperity’ — Pandemic controls curb international in-person attendance
Google begins its appeal of EU's $5B fine, arguing Android has boosted competition; a verdict isn't expected for months and can be appealed to EU's top court
Regulator says the Alphabet unit abused its market dominance, while Google says it boosts competition against Apple
Cloudflare announces Email Routing and Email Security DNS Wizard, built on top of Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, and others to prevent phishing, spoofing, and more
The internet infrastructure company wants to protect your inbox from targeted threats, starting with the launch of two new tools. Source: The Cloudflare Blog and The Cloudflare Blog .
Facebook ignores many issues raised by WSJ's Instagram piece, such as addiction, instead devaluing its own research while not releasing data it repeatedly cites
The claims are in response to a damning Wall Street Journal story that prompted a Senate hearing
Extremism researchers say the Epik hack is the “mother of all data lodes”, and will let them map the ecosystem of extremist websites and organizations
The colossal hack of Epik, an Internet-services company popular with the far right, has been called the “mother of all data lodes” for extremism researchers.
TikTok says it now has 1B MAUs
TikTok says it has crossed a key milestone: The social video app claims it now counts more than 1 billion monthly active users. — TikTok is the successor to Musical.ly, the short-form video app that...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a law mandating light-duty autonomous vehicles emit zero emissions by 2030
Starting in 2030, California will require all light-duty autonomous vehicles that operate in the state to emit zero emissions. Signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday, Source: California...
Apple says it will fix a bug preventing some iPhone 13 users from using the Unlock with Apple Watch feature, in an upcoming software update
Your old Apple Watch is getting a bunch of new features. Joe Rice-Jones / KnowTechie : It's not just you - You can't use the Apple Watch to unlock your iPhone 13 right now Dwight Silverman / The Worka...
A look at China's complex relationship with video games and the impact of new restrictions aimed at minors, with many finding workarounds
China has a complex relationship with video games. New government rules for minors have made it even more so. — China's video game industry is booming.
Google says it will no longer use last-click attribution as the default conversion model in Google Ads, and will default to “data-driven attribution” instead
“Because of how we've been improving and training our data-driven attribution models, we've eliminated [that] previously existing requirement,” she said.
UK cybersecurity startup SenseOn, which uses a “triangulation” approach to mitigate attacks, raises $20M Series A led by Eight Road Ventures
As cybersecurity becomes a bigger and more complex problem for organizations, a startup aiming to increase its accuracy in fighting breaches …
A senior Chinese regulator says China will increase its focus on online healthcare, smart delivery, autonomous vehicles, and platform economies
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As Israeli unicorns rise from one five years ago to 13 in June, a look at the startup scene's impact on Tel Aviv, including booming housing and living costs
Israelis who have become millionaires in a red-hot technology market are now transforming Tel Aviv and its economy Tweets: @joshua_landis and @dovlieber Tweets: Joshua Landis / @joshua_landis : Israel...
NMPA drops its $200M copyright lawsuit against Roblox and strikes a partnership with the company to let NMPA members reach individual music licensing deals
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London's Met Police sign a £3M, four-year deal with Japan's NEC Corporation for Retrospective Facial Recognition, which uses historical data to find suspects
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Optimove, which makes CRM marketing tools, raises $75M led by Summit Partners, bringing total funding to $95M
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Survey of ~5,000 gig workers across 15 countries: over 60% say they are financially satisfied but most want out of the job within a year
Cryptocurrency exchanges Huobi and Binance have stopped letting traders use mainland China mobile numbers to register new accounts
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Australia recognizes electronic payments system eftpos as its first private ID exchange operator, to enable online transactions requiring a digital ID
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Russia's demand that Apple, Google, and other foreign tech companies employ local operatives, who can be prosecuted, likely influenced removing Navalny's app
a reminder that internet control and censorship isn't just about the digital https://www.wired.com/...
Singapore-based e-commerce logistics startup Ninja Van raises $578M Series E, reportedly at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $976.5M
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UK's CMA says it has cleared Facebook's planned $1B acquisition of Kustomer, as the deal is not likely to reduce competition
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg : Source: GOV.UK .
Thailand-based Ascend Money, which operates the TrueMoney e-wallet, raises $150M Series C at a valuation of $1.5B
a massive conglomerate. CP's owner is Thailand's richest man with net worth of ~$5B So yeah not a startup
Spotify begins a campaign to win more advertisers, rebranding its ad business as Spotify Advertising, focusing on SMBs, and expanding its podcast marketplace
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To limit the power of Big Tech, regulators should look to mandate interoperability, which will empower users and could spark more competition
summed up brilliantly by Tom Eastman, a New Zealand software developer, as the transformation of the Internet into “a group of five websites, each consisting of screenshots of text from the other four...
UK-based live events app Dice raises $122M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, source says at a $400M valuation, with Tony Fadell and others participating
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IBM's Mayflower Autonomous Ship, which collects marine data, will try to sail across the Atlantic in Spring 2022, after failing its first attempt in June
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Source: Google Cloud Platform to slash its revenue share from 20% to 3% for third-party software on its cloud marketplace, matching Microsoft's cut
Swiss brand management service Frontify raises $50M Series C led by Revaia and says it has 5,000 customers
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A look at the frantic dealmaking behind Europe's instant grocery startups like Gorillas and Flink, as investors see a classic land grab for the top position
Financial Times : Tweets: @vivifriedgut and @tim Tweets: @vivifriedgut : yes. But is any of it sustainable or even desirable? https://www.ft.com/... Tim Bradshaw / @tim : A frantic summer of transatl...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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