The FTC sues to block Nvidia's acquisition of Arm, arguing the chip deal is anticompetitive; the $40B deal has risen to ~$75B due to Nvidia's share price
The agency alleges the semiconductor deal is anticompetitive — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued …Source:Federal Trade Commission.
Twitter says it mistakenly suspended 12 accounts after “coordinated and malicious reports” targeted researchers and journalists, and will review the new policy
Far-right activists had urged their followers to use a new company rule to target anti-extremism researchers and journalists
An anti-fascist researcher says Twitter suspended her account after someone reported a 2019 tweet of hers following Twitter's updated Private Information Policy
Researchers fear the new ban on posts sharing people's private information will be ‘emboldening to the fascists’ eager to keep their identities concealed.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announces a major reorganization, in which head of engineering Michael Montano and design lead Dantley Davis will step down
Engineering, design leads out as Parag Agrawal announces big changes. — Twitter's new CEO, Parag Agrawal, announced a major reorganization …
Meta says it is testing a Split Payments feature for Messenger in the US that lets users share the cost of bills and expenses
Facebook Messenger announced today that it's starting to test out a new “Split Payments” feature that introduces a way for users to share the cost of bills and expenses through the app.
Sources: Sony plans to launch a subscription service, codenamed Spartacus, next spring that merges PlayStation Plus and PS Now, to compete with Xbox Game Pass
namely current, relevant releases. “The second [tier] would offer a large catalog of PlayStation 4 and, *eventually,* PlayStation 5 games.” https://twitter.com/... Dom / @domsplaying : Sounds like Pla...
Sources: the iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked using NSO's spyware in the past several months
Microsoft backtracks on Windows 11's controversial default browser changes, adds a “set default” button for browsers in a preview build
check out the shady new pop-ups Sayan Sen / Neowin : A welcome change on Windows 11, choosing a default browser gets a bit easier with build 22509 Wayne Williams / BetaNews : Microsoft making it easie...
Spotify Wrapped's cultural significance reveals how algorithms influence our self-conception and how we in turn perform for Spotify's construction of ourselves
Spotify spies on us, and we kinda love it. — When Spotify Wrapped came out in 2017, it hit my group chats like breaking news.
The FBI says Cuba ransomware actors earned at least $43.9M from ransom payments and breached at least 49 US critical infrastructure organizations this year
The US Federal Bureau of Investigations said today that the operators of the Cuba ransomware have earned at least $43.9 million …
Journalists and activists worry Twitter's new privacy policy will be weaponized and make their jobs harder, due to vague terms like “the public interest”
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YouTube briefly suspended Ludwig Ahgren's livestream on Thursday, days after his publicized move from Twitch; Ahgren blames DMCA notices for playing Baby Shark
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The US plans to work with friendly nations to limit the export of surveillance tools and other tech used by authoritarian governments to suppress human rights
Didi Global says it will begin the process of delisting from the NYSE and listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange, in an attempt to appease Chinese regulators
Google says it will not require US employees to return to the office on January 10 as expected but encourages them to come in to build “muscle memory”
Profile of Twitch streamer Tyler Steinkamp, including the loneliness and rage that comes with streaming game battles and real-world moments for 50 hours a week
NEW LONDON, Mo. — Just before midnight, six hours into his 10-hour Twitch live stream, Tyler Steinkamp's rage begins to erupt. Tweets: @pkedrosky , @heatherkelly , @drvolts , @rachelerman , @brianstel...
Report: Google's Pixel hardware group is working on the company's first smartwatch, internally codenamed “Rohan”, which it plans to launch next year
How online activists helped close BOO, an MLM scheme that sold $110 bags of dirt as alternative medicine on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok during the pandemic
The social media posts started in May: photos and videos of smiling people, mostly women, drinking Mason jars of black liquid …
The Biden administration accelerates efforts to fill an estimated 600K cybersecurity roles currently vacant in the public and private sectors in the US
The Biden administration is accelerating efforts to fill nearly 600,000 vacant cybersecurity positions in the public and private sectors bogging … Tweets: @sophiacai99 , @frankluntz , and @axios Tweet...
Users and experts reveal Clubhouse's content moderation struggles in India, amid a deluge of 18+ rooms, adult content, harassment and bullying on the platform
Moneycontrol pieced this story from conversations with nearly a dozen people who are users, creators, psychologists, industry experts, and civil society organisations. Tweets: @kpswathi , @chandrarsri...
Profile of eGirl Capital, a VC firm run by 12 anonymous cartoon characters and two “doxxed” individuals, that has so far invested up to $10M in crypto projects
When, earlier this year, executives at an Ethereum project called Arbitrum joined a business call with a buzzy new investment firm …
Before implementing e2ee, Meta must improve its existing content-oblivious harm-reduction mechanisms, limit recommendation engines and discoverability, and more
in fact you're guaranteed it *isn't*, given A/B experiments and regional issues. There's no meaningful way to audit it and ensure that it hasn't been altered to target you in some way. 6/
DocuSign reports Q3 revenue of $545.5M, up 42% YoY, with subscription revenue of $528.6M, up 44%, and 1.11M customers; stock falls 40%+ after weak Q4 guidance
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Profile of Roblox CEO David Baszucki, aka “builderman” on Roblox, who sees his company playing a significant role in the metaverse
In March his online gaming company went public with a $40 billion market valuation. — A parent's first glance at kids playing Roblox can be bewildering. Tweets: @klee_adrian Tweets: Adrian Klee / @k...
Livestream shopping is disrupting Alibaba's online shopping business in China; analysts: value of goods sold through livestreams this year will double to $313B
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Sources: Airtable, a developer of cloud-based collaboration software, is finalizing $700M+ in new funding at an $11.7B valuation
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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
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