Nick Clegg says that Facebook will put “more friends, less politics” in News Feed and will “nudge” teens away from toxic Instagram content
Fighting back after a whistleblower's damning testimony earlier this week before a Congressional committee …
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech
when we—allow crime among elites and the powerful it doesn't just go away. It comes back, stronger and more abusive. Which is why we can't let Facebook, the Sacklers, or Trump, get away with saying th...
Leaked marketing site: Pixel 6 phones will include a 50MP primary camera, with 12MP ultrawide and 48MP 4x telephoto lenses on Pro, and a Magic Eraser feature
The Pixel 6 series is set to deliver the biggest camera overhaul the Pixel lineup has ever seen, and now a pair of marketing sites …
Imposition of bitcoin on El Salvador's unwilling population by the increasingly authoritarian ruler Nayib Bukele is testing BTC's promise of financial liberty
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will give evidence to the UK Parliament's Online Safety Bill committee on October 25
Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who accuses the technology giant of putting profit ahead of safety, will give evidence to the UK Parliament later this month. Tweets: @onlinesafetycom , @rus...
EU's proposed Big Tech regulations have become bogged down in the European Parliament and now risk being watered down and heavily delayed
Deep divides over proposed EU tech regulation likely to trigger long delays — A frank intervention in the European parliament last month captured …
Apple appeals Epic Games ruling, asking for a stay on the requirement to make App Store changes; if Apple wins the stay, IAP changes could be delayed for years
Emerson Electric plans to merge two industrial software businesses from its automation unit with Aspen Technology in a roughly $11B deal
Cash-and-stock deal would value AspenTech at around $160 a share — Emerson Electric Co. plans to merge two of its software businesses …
[Thread] Google's staff engineering lead for Apple's platforms says Google stopped using Material Design for iOS apps after almost a decade, in favor of UIKit
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Profile of Ifeoma Ozoma as she launches The Tech Worker Handbook, an online guide for tech workplace complaints, and Silenced No More Act becomes California law
- Ifeoma Ozoma, a former employee at Pinterest and Google, just published a resource guide for tech workers who are considering … Tweets: @ashleygjovik , @jenn_elias , @joshbbornstein , @ifeomaozoma ,...
Tesla delays Full Self-Driving beta rollout to ~1,000 drivers with perfect safety scores of 100, Elon Musk says due to a “few last minute concerns”
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Internal messages, documents, and a Zuckerberg Q&A show Facebook's attempts to calm staff, including sending out talking points and holding briefing sessions
Employees are divided over Frances Haugen, a former product manager who testified that the company was putting profit before safety.
London-based Elliptic, which helps analyze blockchain transactions, raises $60M Series C from Evolution Equity Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and others
The Series C funding round was led by Evolution Equity Partners. — Elliptic, which helps track transactions on blockchains …
Facebook adds an Audio hub to its app in the US, featuring podcasts, Live Audio Rooms, and short-form audio, and rolls out Live Audio Rooms globally
Facebook is expanding its investment in audio initiatives with the launch of a new “Audio” destination in its mobile app in the U.S. …
Profile of Jack Poulson, a former Google researcher who exposes tech company ties with the US military, as the head of the Tech Inquiry nonprofit
Jack Poulson has developed an encyclopedic knowledge of how tech companies are evolving into military contractors. Tweets: @fastcotech , @mattdrange , @fastcompany , and @seancaptain Tweets: Fast Co /...
Facebook and its apps were inaccessible for about two hours on Friday afternoon, which the company says was caused by a “configuration” change
Analysis of leaked data from 4.9M Twitch accounts: the top 1% of streamers made over half of the money paid out in 2021, 3/4 made under $120, and more
The top 1% of paid streamers so far this year got over half of all revenue … Twitch streamer earnings this year
A look at Pix, a mobile payments system launched 11 months ago by Brazil's Central Bank and used at least once by half of Brazil's population
One year ago the Pix platform didn't exist. Now half the population uses it, showing just how quickly adoption of digital payments can spread. Tweets: @katywatson , @andrewrosati , @marketplunger1 , ...
When trying to address problems that social media may cause for young people, lawmakers focus on Facebook and largely ignore TikTok, which most teens use
YouTube is the undisputed master of this strategy.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal : Of, for that matter, the rest of the media where we have a very long and well documente...
MindMaze, which makes VR software to help patients regain motion after strokes or traumatic brain injuries, raises $125M, source says at a $1.5B valuation
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Esper, a DevOps service that lets companies deploy and manage fleets of Android-based IoT devices, raises $60M Series C, following $30M Series B in May
Israeli startup Wiz, which helps companies identify cybersecurity threats across cloud networks, raises $250M at a $6B valuation, up from $1.7B in March
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French startup Homa Games, which provides an SDK for indie developers and studios to make and publish casual games, raises $50M Series A led by Northzone
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Reddit hires Pali Bhat, former Google Cloud VP of product and design, as its first chief product officer
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New York City-based customer data infrastructure company mParticle raises $150M Series E, bringing its total raised to $272M
French startup Swile, which offers an app to manage employee benefits, raises $200M Series D led by SoftBank at a $1B+ valuation
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Brazil-based Favo, a social commerce startup focused on groceries, raises $26.5M Series A led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $37M
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.
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