Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, after claiming to “ensure a safe and secure” election
Kenya's national cohesion watchdog has threatened to suspend the social network from the country in a week if it doesn't mitigate hate speech.
Salesforce, whose logo appeared on Helium's website next to Lime's, also says it is not a Helium partner; Helium has removed both logos from its website
Helium listed the two companies as users on its homepage — On Friday, Mashable reported that Helium, a crypto project praised …
Crypto network Helium claimed for years that Lime is a client, which Lime calls “a false claim”; source: Lime is preparing to send a cease and desist to Helium
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Some streamers on Twitch, a more intimate platform than others, endure threats and stalkers and say Twitch gives limited support when dangerous situations arise
Stars on Twitch, the video game streaming platform, invite viewers into their homes virtually. What happens when one shows up in person?
Dell XPS 13 Plus review: thin, light, a great OLED screen, and a powerful P-series chip, but expensive, gets very hot, a poor battery life, and very few ports
The XPS 13 has a new design and a whole bunch of new problems — Dell collectively shocked everyone who follows the laptop market when it announced the XPS 13 Plus.
Uber rolls out new features for US drivers to show how much they will earn and the destination before accepting a trip, display multiple trip requests, and more
- Uber announced a series of new features Friday aimed at enhancing drivers' experiences on the ridesharing app.
Indonesia blocks PayPal, Yahoo, Steam, Epic Games, Counter-Strike, Dota 2, and other websites for not complying with licensing rules introduced in November 2020
Indonesia has blocked search engine website Yahoo, payments firm Paypal and several gaming websites due to failure to comply …
The US Secret Service says it is considering disabling iMessage on employees' phones, blaming the app's E2E encryption for the loss of deleted January 6 texts
unless the data retention system was set up to fail in the first place. Our story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Will Oremus / @willoremus : Insightful thread from a computer scientist and crypt...
The US and Japan plan to open a 2nm chip R&D center in 2022 and start mass production as early as 2025, to establish secure supply chains amid Taiwan tensions
Economic and diplomatic chiefs to discuss supply chains at 2+2 meeting Friday — Taiwan hosts the lion's share …
Chasing TikTok's success and leaving behind the protection of hard-to-replicate, large social graphs could end the lengthy dominance of platforms like Facebook
Facebook is trying to copy TikTok, but this strategy may well signal the end of these legacy platforms.
Global smartphone shipments fell 7% YoY to 291M units in Q2 2022; Samsung had a 21.5% market share, followed by Apple's 16.3%, its best Q2 in the past 10 years
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A look at the rise and fall of Bird, now a penny stock with a public market cap under $160M, as valuations in the scooter and bike rental sector collapse
Almost exactly five years ago, the scooters came. That's when Bird, the first unicorn in this once sizzling startup sector, launched its inaugural scooter-sharing service. Tweets: @parismarx , @maxwe...
A look at the GOP's escalating pressure campaign against Google over Gmail's filters allegedly marking fundraising emails from right-wing candidates as spam
As fundraising slows, the GOP is blaming Gmail's spam filter. The tech giant rejects claims of bias but is moving to placate Republicans, anyway.
Samsung announces a feature that keeps users' data secure during a phone repair, coming as an update first available to Galaxy S21 series phones in South Korea
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Elon Musk countersues Twitter over the merger agreement in a confidential filing in a Delaware court; the countersuit could soon be made public with redactions
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How Modi's government is increasingly skirting India's own internet rules to crack down on free speech and dissent on social media, under a “fake news” pretext
Sandeep Ravindranath, an Indian filmmaker, posted his latest work to YouTube in May. The video … Tweets: @cambskeptics , @marklittlenews , @david_msullivan , and @mhbergen Tweets: @cambskeptics : What...
A July 2022 proposal deck shows that Babel Finance lost 8K BTC and 56K ETH, worth $280M+, in proprietary trading of customer funds, as it seeks to raise money
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A look at the supply chain resilience myth, as efforts to replicate the chipmaking process inside single countries or regions reveal and exacerbate bottlenecks
TAIPEI — In the sweltering Asia summertime of mid-June, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. urgently dispatched a team … Tweets: @genemgrossman , @kizzy224 , @pstasiatech , @chengtingfang , and @mt...
Chicago-based PriceLabs, whose AI automates dynamic pricing for owners and managers of vacation homes and short-term rentals, raised $30M from Summit Partners
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Sources: the Commerce Department told all US chipmaking equipment manufacturers to not supply gear to China for fabs that can make 14nm or more advanced chips
Bloomberg : Tweets: @byron_wan Tweets: Byron Wan / @byron_wan : In the past two weeks or so, all US semiconductor equipment makers have received letters from Commerce telling them not to supply gear ...
Norway-based RPA Supervisor, which lets companies control and manage their robotic process automation tools, has raised a $20M Series A led by Dawn Capital
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Brazilian prosecutors ask WhatsApp to delay its Communities feature launch in Brazil until January to avoid spreading misinformation around the October election
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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.
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.