Mark Zuckerberg says that Facebook does not prioritize profit over safety and well-being and argues that many of Frances Haugen's claims don't make sense
I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company. — Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you.
Video of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee
Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more
SOURCE CODES AND USER PAYOUTS AMONG THE DATA RELEASED IN A 128GB TORRENT — An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked … Source: @twitch .
Google announces updates to Search, Maps, Travel, and Nest, focusing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions for users
There are updates to Search, Maps, Travel, Nest, and more — Google announced a suite of new features that it says will help people who use their platforms make more sustainable choices. Source: The ...
During her testimony, Frances Haugen offered only weak remedies for Facebook's failures and specifically opposed breaking up the company
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Telegram says it added 70M users on Monday amid the outage of Facebook's products; Telegram recently reported passing 1B total downloads and 500M MAUs
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Facebook says a command issued to assess the availability of global backbone capacity caused its outage, in a post offering more details on its recovery efforts
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Haugen's testimony: Facebook puts growth above public safety and must be more transparent, Section 230 reform is not enough, the buck stops at Zuckerberg, more
- Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a Senate panel Tuesday, telling lawmakers they must intervene to solve the …
WhatsApp's outage was more than a mere inconvenience for users in India, Brazil, Lebanon, and elsewhere, due to its popularity and centrality to their lives
in many places where FB's products are the internet, life ground to a halt. @restofworld https://restofworld.org/...
Sources: EU plans to fine Apple over iPhone's NFC chip, focusing on Apple Pay terms and blocking rivals' access; charge sheet could be sent to Apple next year
EU antitrust regulators are set to charge Apple (AAPL.O) with anti-competitive practices related to its NFC chip technology …
Nintendo Switch OLED review: beautiful screen, nice kickstand, and extra storage, but same old Joy-Con controllers and no performance improvements
Buying an upgraded version of a gadget can be complicated. It's not always immediately clear what's changed or if those changes are even useful to you …
Gary Gensler tells Congress that SEC has no plans to ban crypto, decentralized exchanges need to be regulated, stablecoins are like “poker chips”, and more
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler told Congress on Tuesday that the SEC has no plans to ban crypto. Source: YouTube .
Last week, the anonymous developer behind the NFT project Evolved Apes siphoned ~$2.7M from the project, took down its Twitter account and website, and vanished
The developer behind the NFT project, ‘Evil Ape,’ suddenly disappeared along with its Twitter account, website, and $2.7 million.
Report claims Apple's health team has faced several internal issues and high-level departures; Apple says the report is based on “inaccurate” information
Apple CEO Tim Cook has previously stated that Apple's greatest contribution to mankind will be related to health … Source: Insider .
EU Parliament overwhelmingly votes for a non-binding resolution banning police use of facial recognition and AI-powered predictive policing
The European Parliament today called for a ban on police use of facial recognition technology in public places, and on predictive policing … Source: European Parliament .
Amazon updates Alexa on iOS and Android with an opt-in feature to make Alexa wait longer for users to finish speaking, to help those with speech impediments
Amazon on Tuesday is adding a new feature to the Alexa app, available on iOS and Android, that forces Alexa to wait longer in order for a person to finish speaking.
Sundar Pichai says Google will invest $1B to support “digital transformation” across Africa, including laying a subsea cable and low-interest loans for SMBs
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Amazon opens its first non-food physical store in the UK, using data from website sales to stock popular products, expanding beyond the US for the first time
Outlet at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent is retailer's first 4-star shop outside US — Amazon is bolstering its UK high street presence … Source: UK Day One Blog .
Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinSwitch Kuber raises $260M Series C led by a16z and Coinbase Ventures at a $1.9B valuation, a16z's first Indian investment
Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase Ventures have minted a new unicorn in India: CoinSwitch Kuber. The two firms have co-led …
Sources: Facebook has put product rollouts on hold in recent days as employees conduct “reputational reviews” and has begun limiting internal info sharing
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @davidclinchnews and @emilyglazer Tweets: David Clinch / @davidclinchnews : Ethical Product Development should be mandatory https://twitter.com/... Emily Glazer / @emily...
Sensor Tower: as Facebook went dark, Snap saw a 23% rise in Android users over the previous week, Telegram rose 18%, Signal rose 15%, and Twitter rose 11%
- Telegram, Signal also recorded usage surge, Sensor Tower says — Traditionally, many users switch back once services recover
Apple's latest AirPods Pro and AirPods Max firmware update adds Find My feature support
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Utah-based Pattern, which helps e-commerce brands optimize sales, raises $225M led by Knox Lane at a $2B pre-money valuation, following $52M Series A last year
Pattern, a Lehi, Utah-based e-commerce accelerator that helps brands optimize sales on marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, Target …
UK media regulator Ofcom says TikTok, Snapchat, OnlyFans, and other video platforms must verify ages and remove harmful content swiftly or face fines
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times : Source: Ofcom .
Review of the now-released Windows 11: improved modern UI and sounds, but many promised features like Android apps are missing and new taskbar is a step back
Report: for at least two years, Amazon has invested $50M/year to develop a fridge that can monitor usage and suggest products and recipes
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Survey of 1,200 US adults: 66% view Facebook favorably, down from 71% in 2020, compared to 79% for Apple (down 2%), 87% for Amazon (down 4%), and 90% for Google
After a year of the pandemic, we asked Americans if their trust in big tech companies has changed — and if the biggest ones should be broken up Tweets: @reckless , @nickconfessore , @nkulw , @tysonbro...
Instagram ditches the IGTV brand and combines IGTV's long-form videos and Instagram Feed videos into a new Instagram Video format; Reels is unaffected
Profile of Biden's DOJ antitrust chief nominee Jonathan Kanter, a star corporate lawyer who worked on anti-Google cases while representing Microsoft and others
New York Times : Tweets: @stevelohr Tweets: Steve Lohr / @stevelohr : The Education of Jonathan Kanter. From corporate defense lawyer to progressive and foe of Big Tech. The Biden administration's ch...
Snap adds Snapchat creator monetization programs, including Spotlight Challenges, which pays $25K+ to creators using specific AR lenses, sounds, or topics
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Google announces the Pixel 6 virtual launch event will be on October 19 at 10am PT
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Tel Aviv-based NeuroBlade, which offers data analytics tools that claim to use processing-in-memory, raises $83M Series B, bringing total funding to $110M
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Analysis: Amazon has secured around $650M in tax breaks from US local and state governments so far in 2021 as incentives to expand one-day and same-day delivery
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Leaked court doc: US investigators used a “keyword warrant” to secretly order Google to provide data on anyone searching for a victim's name and personal info
Modern Treasury, which helps improve the efficiency of bank transfers, raises $85M at a $2B+ valuation led by Altimeter, up from $300M at the start of 2021
Katie Roof / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bgurley Tweets: Bill Gurley / @bgurley : Wow. I am amazed at all the things people/companies/developers are able to do with MT. Congrats to team, and a shout out to ...
Sources: Visa plans to trim the fee banks pay Apple for recurring automated payments next year amid discontent in the banking industry; Apple opposes the change
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Pandion, which is developing ML-powered software to help retailers speed up e-commerce deliveries, raises $30M from Bow Capital, Telstra Ventures, and others
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Wizard, a B2B startup offering “conversational commerce” tools that let brands interact with customers over text, raises $50M Series A led by NEA
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Commonstock, a social network for retail traders that requires them to link their brokerage account before posting about their investments, raises $25M Series A
Kate Rooney / CNBC : Tweets: @kr00ney , @kwharrison13 , and @gavinsbaker Tweets: Kate Rooney / @kr00ney : Social media network Commonstock betting that enthusiastic retail traders are here to stay & ...
Samsung Electronics has dropped by 21% from a January 11 peak, as foreign investors sell $15.3B in shares, driven by concerns about flagging smartphone sales
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D-Wave says it aims to build a gate-model quantum computer, but will keep investing and developing the quantum annealing tech that it has pursued for 20+ years
Twitter is shutting down Scroll in about 30 days, rolling the ad-free subscription web service into Twitter Blue as Ad-Free Articles
Tekion, which provides software to help connect car manufacturers, dealers, and buyers, raises $250M Series D, tripling its valuation to $3.5B within a year
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Mark Cuban-backed Fireside, which lets creators broadcast live audio or video, exits beta; the app takes a 3% cut until creators make $30K in revenue, 15% after
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Online course provider Udemy files for IPO, saying revenue grew from $276.3M in 2019 to $429.9M in 2020 and H1 2021 revenue was up 24.5% YoY to $250.6M
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