Disney fails to reach a deal with YouTube TV, removing 17+ channels including ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, and FX; YouTube TV drops its price to $49.99/month
After a year of bitter disputes with its partners, YouTube TV just took a gut-punch from one of the entertainment world's biggest titans.
Amazon issues an update to fix its Appstore and the issues that left some Android 12 users with apps that didn't work
Amazon has addressed the issue that had left those with Android 12 phones unable to use apps they had downloaded from the company's Appstore.
Malaysia passes a bill to imprison illegal streaming pirates, primarily those involved in the provision or facilitation of illegal streams, for up to 20 years
Malaysia's House of Representatives has passed amendments to copyright law that will boost the country's deterrent …
How Chinese Wikipedia volunteers fighting censorship, threats, arrest, and violence expose the challenges to the Wikimedia Foundation's free-knowledge mission
This past July, before he was banned from Wikipedia, Techyan was one of dozens of volunteers preparing to speak at the free-knowledge movement's annual conference, Wikimania.
Investigation: a dozen automated TikTok accounts, registered as 13-year-olds, were shown tens of thousands of weight-loss videos within a few weeks of joining
The app's algorithm can send users down rabbit holes of narrow interest, resulting in potentially dangerous content such as emaciated images …
TikTok says it is removing “alarmist warnings” about a supposed day of school violence that prompted some US districts to cancel classes on Friday
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AI language models like GPT-3 can achieve up to 97% accuracy on some Winograd schemas, but understanding language doesn't equate to understanding the world
It's simple enough for AI to seem to comprehend data, but devising a true test of a machine's knowledge has proved difficult.
Interview with Jameel Jaffer of the Knight First Amendment Institute on how Congress can regulate social media platforms while abiding by the First Amendment
One of the hardest problems at the intersection of tech and policy right now is the question of how to regulate social media platforms.
Inside Intel's Ronler complex in Hillsboro, Oregon, where it conducts its most advanced research and houses the company's most important chip manufacturing site
HILLSBORO, Ore. — To create a beam of ultraviolet radiation precise enough to print the world's most advanced microchips … Tweets: @chernandburn and @tomkrazit Tweets: Max A. Cherney / @chernandburn :...
JPMorgan Chase will pay fines of $125M to the SEC and $75M to the CFTC for letting some employees use WhatsApp and other unapproved channels to conduct business
TikTok partners with Virtual Dining Concepts to launch TikTok Kitchen, a food delivery service based on viral trends, starting with 300 US locations in March
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A profile of Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive, which marked its 25th anniversary earlier this year and is now home to over 70 PB of data
Meet Brewster Kahle, the internet's chief librarian — Audio player loading... On the same day in 1996, Brewster Kahle founded two separate but closely connected organizations. Tweets: @jkfruit . Th...
Lepaya, an Amsterdam-based power skills training provider helping companies upskill their workforce via its app, raises a $40M Series B led by Target Global
Amsterdam's power skills training provider Lepaya has raised $40 million in a Series B round. With its upskilling offer …
Profile of Tether CEO Jean-Louis van der Velde, who previously ran a company in China that faced lawsuits over unpaid bills and fines for late tax payments
Jean-Louis van der Velde's career offered few clues that he would become a key figure in fast-growing industry Tweets: @svr13 and @kadhim Tweets: Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / @svr13 : Huge kudos to...
Madrid-based Playtomic, an app for booking tennis and padel courts and connecting 1M+ active players in 34 countries, raises a €56M Series C led by GP Bullhound
Leading tennis and padel social and booking app, Playtomic, has just raised €56 million in investment led by GP Bullhound …
How Amazon grew its business in China, including partnering with a government propaganda arm for a books section on Amazon US, AWS-related concessions, and more
Welcome to the 97th edition of Trade War. — As we near our 100th edition … Msmash / Slashdot : Amazon Partnered With China Propaganda Arm Tweets: Neeraj K. Agrawal / @neerajka : Amazon removed all r...
A look at Russia's efforts to censor Western social media with fines and takedown requests, as most posts Russia wanted removed in 2021 were pro-Navalny content
BBC : Tweets: @biannagolodryga , @jpmarthoz , and @fujiiponta Tweets: Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga : “Google's transparency reports show that over the last 10 years it has received more reques...
India's antitrust watchdog CCI suspends Amazon's $200M investment in Future Group and fines Amazon ~$27M for concealing facts while seeking regulatory approval
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Sources: concerned about security, China is expanding its practice of taking “golden share” minority stakes to private Chinese companies that own troves of data
Reuters : Tweets: @hraleighspeaks Tweets: Helen Raleigh / @hraleighspeaks : The Chinese government has been expanding its practice of taking minority stakes in private Chinese companies. A reminder t...
ByteDance launches Douyin Box, a fashion-focused shopping app in China akin to its Fanno app in Europe, betting on the Gen Z trend of buying on influencer tips
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Executives at US software companies have sold hundreds of millions of dollars of stock this year, as the SEC looks to tighten rules around sales by insiders
Financial Times : Tweets: @jrichlive and @jessefelder Tweets: Jeff Richards / @jrichlive : If you increase tax rates, people are incentivized to sell before they take hold. I realize some may not lik...
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.
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.