Internal docs detail Facebook's struggles with violence-inciting content in India, including failure to designate some politically-connected groups as dangerous
good and bad. This has risks (as these leaks show) but are the only honest way to tackle the problem. Would love to see the same from https://abc.xyz/ Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal : I'm getting really ti...
Sources detail Zuckerberg's decisions putting growth over safety, like censoring “anti-state” posts in Vietnam and opposing a US voting info center in Spanish
Late last year, Mark Zuckerberg faced a choice: Comply with demands from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party …
Internal documents show Facebook is struggling to attract American users under the age of 30, with US teenage users declining by 13% since 2019
The world's largest social network is internally grappling with an existential crisis: an aging user base — Earlier this year …
Internal documents show Facebook had no clear playbook for handling the dangerous content delegitimizing the US elections ahead of the January 6 riots
Facebook's rules left giant holes for U.S. election falsehoods to metastasize. On the day of the Capitol riot, employees began pulling levers to try to stave off the peril.
Internal Facebook docs detail its opaque tier system for providing protection to users in certain countries, leaving gaps in Myanmar, Pakistan, and Ethiopia
Leaked documents reveal a huge, opaque system — This story is part of a group of stories called
Microsoft says the Russian-backed Nobelium group, responsible for the SolarWinds hack, is still targeting global IT supply chain with 14 breaches since May 2021
Microsoft says the Russian-backed Nobelium threat group behind last year's SolarWinds hack is still targeting the global IT supply chain … Source: Microsoft On the Issues .
Internal Facebook docs show employees touted its scale and dominance in presentations, including showing 78% of US adults and nearly all teens use its services
Documents collected by whistleblower Frances Haugen could give the company “a lot to regret” in its fights to prove it's not a monopoly.
Internal docs reveal farewell posts by some Facebook employees detail disappointment and dissatisfaction with a company unwilling or unable to change
The “badge posts” of the company's former researchers offer the parting thoughts of the disillusioned. — The Facebook Papers
Facebook docs detail issues with moderating non-English speech, leading to inflammatory language in Afghanistan, bans on common words in Palestine, and more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As the Gaza war raged and tensions surged across the Middle East last May …
Citizen Lab: the iPhone of Ben Hubbard, an American reporter for NYT, was hacked in 2020 and 2021, likely by Saudi Arabia using NSO's Pegasus; NSO denies claim
Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is easily abused. Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by Saudi Arabia. Source: The Citizen Lab .
Internal Facebook docs show time spent by US teenagers was down 16% YoY, young US adults were also spending 5% less time on the social network, and more
Millennials are losing interest in Facebook too, new documents show https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8 : NEW story w/ @damclaugh: Internal docs and research show ...
Tesla rolls back its FSD beta from version 10.3, which improved many items like brake light and turn signal detection, to 10.2 after “seeing some issues”
Elon Musk didn't specify what issues the company found — Tesla's decision to test its “Full Self Driving” … Source: @elonmusk .
MacBook Pro (2021) hands-on: re-adding ports and removing the Touch Bar is welcome, miniLED display looks great, and 1080p webcam is an improvement
New chips, familiar ports, and actual volume buttons — it might be love — It's easy to be excited about the new MacBook Pros …
Leaked docs show Facebook has known it has a problem related to human trafficking content for people working inside private homes, but still hasn't fixed it
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Leaked docs offer a blueprint for solving Facebook's problems: improve products by deprioritizing engagement, reduce AI reliance, focus on developing countries
Internal research documents provide a blueprint for solving the company's biggest problems. — The Facebook Papers
How Frances Haugen maximized the impact of her leaked Facebook documents, rolling them out to WSJ and then broadening the circle to a large group of outlets
In a time of mega-leaks, journalists' sources have become power players. Frances Haugen, the former Facebook executive …
Internal documents show misgivings by employees about Facebook's lobbying and government relations operation, which regularly weighs in on speech issues
including posts associated with politicians https://www.politico.com/...
Internal docs show how Facebook discussed hiding the Like button to alleviate stress and anxiety, but users interacted and shared fewer posts
Likes and shares made the social media site what it is. Now, company documents show, it's struggling to deal with their effects.
Mastercard partners with Bakkt to help banks offer cryptocurrency rewards on credit and debit card purchases
Mastercard Inc. is making it easier for banks to offer cryptocurrency rewards on their credit and debit cards as part of the payment network's recent embrace of digital currencies.
AirPods (third-gen) review: less conspicuous design, IPX4 water resistance, and improved sound quality, but spatial audio is inconsistent and no ANC
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Teachmint, which helps teachers create their own virtual classrooms using their phones, raises a $78M Series B co-led by Rocketship.vc and Vulcan Capital
As scores of Indian startups populate their catalogs with live and recorded courses to reach and serve students in the world's second …
Thrasio, which aggregates third-party sellers on Amazon, raises $1B+ led by Silver Lake, source says at a $5B+ valuation
Thrasio Holdings Inc., an aggregator of Amazon.com Inc. products, has raised more than $1 billion in a private funding round led by technology investor Silver Lake.
Microsoft reverses its decision to remove code editing feature Hot Reload in its upcoming .NET 6 SDK, after backlash from the open source community
Nigerian's central bank launches eNaira, created alongside payments company Bitt, with wallets on Android and iOS; 500M coins, worth $1.21M, have been minted
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk :
Berlin-based low-code data management service Y42 raises a $31M Series A led by Atomico and Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $34M
Berlin-based low-code data platform Y42 today announced that it has raised a $31 million Series A funding round co-led by Atomico and Insight Partners.
PayPal says it is not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest “at this time”; sources say PayPal discussed paying ~$70/share, valuing Pinterest at ~$45B
Shiyin Chen / Bloomberg :
Berlin-based Billie, a B2B buy now pay later service, raises a $100M Series C at a $640M valuation led by Dawn Capital
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Tesco, UK's largest supermarket chain, was hacked on Saturday, halting online grocery orders through Sunday; Tesco says its site and app are back up and running
Julia Kollewe / The Guardian :
Australia's Online Privacy Bill plans to make social media companies obtain parental consent for users under 16, with fines of up to ~$7.5M for non-compliance
Byron Kaye / Reuters :
Berlin-based e-scooter rentals startup Tier raises $200M as “first close” of a Series D, bringing its total raised to $660M, and says it is now valued at $2B
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
LA-based esports collective FaZe Clan to go public through a SPAC merger, valuing the company at ~$1B
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal :
Indian startup Clear, which helps individuals and businesses file tax returns and more, raises a $75M Series C from Kora Capital, Stripe, and others
India-based Groww, which lets users invest in mutual funds, gold, stocks, and more, raises a $251M Series E led by Iconiq Growth, tripling its valuation to $3B
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
El Salvador's Chivo wallet removes a feature that let users make rapid profits on trades by freezing bitcoin's price for a minute before an order
Michael D McDonald / Bloomberg :
Hotel booking startup Selfbook raises a $25M Series A led by Tiger Global at a $125M valuation after pivoting from a consumer app to B2B
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Brazil-based Hash, which develops white label payment infrastructure for non-financial B2B companies looking to offer banking services, raises a $40M Series C
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Scribe, which lets users generate step-by-step workflow guides by tracking their mouse movements and clicks, raises a $22M Series A led by Tiger Global
Christine Hall / TechCrunch :
Brazil-based insurance startup Justos, which aims to collect users' data through phones to determine rates, raises a $35.8M Series A led by Ribbit
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch : Tweets: @bayareawriter , @bayareawriter , and @ggvcapital Tweets: Mary Ann Azevedo / @bayareawriter : In late May, I covered @olajustos' $2.8M raise led by @KaszekVent...
ProtonMail's parent company wins a Swiss court appeal confirming email services are not considered telcos and thus not subject to data retention requirements
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Profile of France-based BlaBlaCar, a long distance carpooling marketplace with 80% of its riders outside of France and 60% outside of Europe
Chris O'Brien / The French Tech Journal : Tweets: @obrien Tweets: Chris O'Brien / @obrien : With @BlaBlaCar celebrating 15 years, CEO @nbrusson looks back at the company's journey, including some wro...
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