Internal docs detail Facebook's struggles with violence-inciting content in India, including failure to designate some politically-connected groups as dangerous
Internal documents show a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of violence in the country, the company's biggest market.
Docs: Facebook user reports of “false news” hit ~40K per hour on January 6; the Instagram account reported most often for inciting violence was @realdonaldtrump
Relief flowed through Facebook in the days after the 2020 presidential election.
A new whistleblower, a former member of Facebook's Integrity team, files an SEC complaint alleging Facebook prized profits over fighting hate speech and misinfo
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Microsoft reverses its decision to remove code editing feature Hot Reload in its upcoming .NET 6 SDK, after backlash from the open source community
.NET 6 will now include Hot Reload across multiple platforms — Microsoft is reversing a decision to remove a key feature … Source: .NET Blog .
CISA warns of malware discovered in npm package UAParser.js, which has 6M-7M downloads weekly, that installs a password stealer and a crypto miner
A massively popular JavaScript library (npm package) was hacked today and modified with malicious code that downloaded and installed … Source: GitHub , CISA , and GitHub .
Internal docs show Facebook staff faulted the company for failing to thwart the proliferation of Groups, like Stop The Steal, that fomented January 6 violence
Employees and the company's own research highlight ways Facebook failed to police its platforms ahead of the siege on the Capitol
Docs from 16 AGs' Google suit: Google sought help from Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft to stall federal efforts to strengthen an online privacy law for children
Unsealed court documents say the search giant sought help from Apple, Facebook and Microsoft to “find areas of alignment.”
Apple updates App Store Guidelines, including to let developers contact users about other payment methods as part of an earlier agreement with US developers
Apple today introduced a new set of App Store Guidelines which include three key changes. One of the changes is the result …
Researchers detail how hackers are using FiveSys, a rootkit with a Microsoft-issued digital signature, to steal the login credentials of gamers in China
FiveSys rootkit somehow used a valid digital signature to help bypass cybersecurity measures in order to steal usernames and passwords from victims. Source: Bitdefender Labs .
Tel Aviv and Palo Alto-based Metrolink.ai, which is developing a data management service, raises a $22M seed led by Grove Ventures
Israel- and Palo Alto, California-based Metrolink.ai, which is developing a platform for data management, today announced that it raised $22 million … Source: Business Wire .
A look at the bitter privacy debate in a Colorado neighborhood over the use of license plate scanners made by Flock, whose customer base has risen 4x since 2019
A battle among homeowners in the Colorado mountains shows how a new generation of surveillance technology is reshaping American neighborhoods
A look at productivity influencers who center their content around apps like Notion, Excel, and Asana, offering advice on how to stay organized
This is the creators' internet. The rest of us are just living in it. We're accustomed to the scores of comedy TikTokers … Tweets: @gavinsbaker , @protocol , @protocol , @augustbradley , @jberrebi ,...
Profile of Databricks CEO and co-founder Ali Ghodsi, who turned the data analytics startup into a company worth $28B, on track to reach ~$1B in sales in 2022
Ali Ghodsi was happily researching AI at Berkeley when he helped invent a revolutionary bit of code—and he wanted to give it away for free.
Embrace, a mobile data intelligence startup, raises a $45M Series B led by NEA
Many companies collect data from all of their users, but they don't know what is good or bad data until it is collected and analyzed. Now in this increasingly mobile-first world, we use our phones fo...
PitchBook: the number of European VC deals with US investor participation rose from 359 deals totaling €2.7B in 2011 to 1,434 deals worth €50.8B so far in 2021
- Veteran investor Alex Ferrara, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, which backed companies like LinkedIn and Pinterest … Source: PitchBook . Tweets: @alexferrara , @ryan_browne_ , and @sam_l_shea...
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.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.