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Facebook limits the distribution of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Hunter Biden, pending fact-check, while Twitter blocks sharing — Facebook and Twitter said they will be limiting the distribution of or blocking a New York Post story making unverified claims about former vice president Joe Biden.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Zoom says it will begin rolling out end-to-end encryption next week, starting with a technical preview followed by three additional phases — Zoom has confirmed that it will begin rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) next week, starting with a 30-day technical preview to glean feedback from users …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Zoom says its OnZoom paid events platform and marketplace is now generally available and launches Zapps, letting third parties integrate with its main app — Zoom is hosting its virtual Zoomtopia user conference this week. Given the attention the company has received as the de facto …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Xcode 12.1 files show that iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max have 6GB RAM while iPhone 12 and 12 mini have 4GB RAM; all iPhone 11 models have 4GB RAM — iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max models are equipped with 6GB of RAM, while the lower-end iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini models have 4GB of RAM …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, TechSpot, CNET, and iPhone Hacks
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 4a 5G review: a strong mid-range handset with great battery, screen, and camera, but no wireless charging and mmWave 5G makes it too expensive — The 5G is nice, but the improved processor matters more — The Google Pixel 4A 5G is a good phone for reasons that have almost nothing to do with the “5G” in the name.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Twitter says it will remove posts that deny the Holocaust for violating hateful speech policies, following Facebook's similar decision — Twitter Inc. will remove posts that deny the Holocaust for violating its hateful conduct policy, according to a company spokeswoman.
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| Davey Alba / New York Times: |
Baseless claims about Democrat-led coup on Facebook and Twitter are riling up Trump supporters and raising concerns about election-day violence — Baseless claims are circulating online about a Democrat-led coup, inflaming tensions in an already turbulent election season.
Tweets: @meanprogress, @ronrosenbaum1, @puiwingtam, @daveyalba, @daveyalba, @jason_kint, @m_millsey, @nytimesbusiness, and @nytmedia
| Julie Zhu / Reuters: |
Sources: Huawei is in talks with Digital China Group and others to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit in a deal worth up to $3.7B — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is in talks with Digital China Group Co Ltd and other suitors to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit … | James Rundle / Wall Street Journal: |
Citing Twitter's hack, NY's top financial watchdog says social media platforms need to be designated “systemically important” and have a dedicated regulator — Agency issues recommendations for new regulator in wake of Twitter hack — New York's top financial watchdog …
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Department of Financial …, CNN, Bloomberg, The Hill, CoinDesk, The Next Web, infosecurity-magazine.com, and TechCrunch
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Extensive iOS and iPadOS 14 review: most changes are largely aesthetic, like widgets, but make the device feel more personal, something users clearly crave — How do you prepare a major new version of an operating system that now spans two separate platforms, which will be installed on millions …
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| George Nguyen / Search Engine Land: |
Google Analytics 4 launches with AI-powered insights, deeper integration with Google Ads, cross-device measurements, and more granular data controls — The new Analytics adds AI-powered insights, tracks users across devices and provides more granular data controls.
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The Keyword, TechCrunch, AdExchanger, SiliconANGLE, Social Media Today, and ZDNet
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| Oliver Wright / The Times: |
UK admits that Amazon will not be affected by its new digital services tax but small traders using its online marketplace will be penalized — Amazon will not be affected by the new digital services tax but small traders who use its online marketplace will be penalised, HMRC has admitted.
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| Garrett M. Graff / Wired: |
Profile of General Paul Nakasone, the four-star general who is in charge of both Cyber Command and the NSA, one of the most powerful roles in intelligence — Meet General Paul Nakasone. He reined in chaos at the NSA and taught the US military how to launch pervasive cyberattacks.
Tweets: @dnvolz, @zcohencnn, @dnvolz, @vermontgmg, @mruiz12, @ericgeller, @vermontgmg, and @wired
| Matthew Haag / New York Times: |
New York has developed into a bona fide tech hub, an East Coast rival to Silicon Valley that has become a second home to tech giants, which have 22K staff there — The four companies known as Big Tech — Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — now have more than 22,000 employees in the city, with thousands added just this year.
Tweets: @trengriffin, @sally_hubbard, @thesiskar, @sallygold, @cliffordlevy, @markhurst, @fazz, and @2avsagas
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Research across 65 countries finds that governments have exploited the pandemic to expand their domestic surveillance capabilities and curtail internet freedom — From arrests to surveillance, governments are using the novel coronavirus as cover for a crackdown on digital liberty.
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MIT Technology Review, CNN, and Axios
Tweets: @doctorow, @mynbc15, @abramowitz, @doctorow, and @lilyhnewman
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Microsoft details its new image captioning AI, part of Azure, that will improve accessibility for Word, Outlook, and other apps — The algorithm even beats humans in some limited tasks — Microsoft has developed a new image-captioning algorithm that exceeds human accuracy in certain limited tests.
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
YouTube says it will now ban any content with claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the WHO — (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos from YouTube that promote misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines … | Bloomberg: |
Filing: Amazon warehouse workers in New York say the company has reinstated dangerous productivity quotas due to Prime Day, reneging on a promise of leniency — - Employees accuse company of reneging on its promises to judge — Amazon.com Inc. has recklessly reinstated dangerous warehouse … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Review of new $749 OnePlus 8T: nice performance and 65W fast charging with a 120Hz display, but fourth camera feels unnecessary and there's no wireless charging — A capable, if incremental, update — OnePlus has always been very proud of the raw specs of its phones, and the OnePlus 8T is no different.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Engageli, a video conferencing tool designed for digital learning, comes out of stealth with $14.5M seed funding from Benchmark and others — Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have become standard tools for teachers who have had to run lessons remotely since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas signals an openness to scaling back Section 230 protections, arguing “sweeping protection” for platforms misinterprets the law — The longstanding but now hotly contested law that keeps online platforms from being held liable for what users post should be narrowed … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Aggregators like Google and Facebook seek to serve the maximum number of users, while “Integrators” like Disney seek to monetize users to the maximum extent — Disney just announced that Soul, its next Pixar film, will be released exclusively on Disney Plus,1 setting … | Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Documents show how Clear, which lets its members skip security lines at 35 US airports, is building a digital ID system for storing health care info and more — 'You are your driver's license, your credit card, your health care card, your building access card' — In March, the air travel industry ground to a halt.
Tweets: @davegershgorn, @dlberes, @turnernovak, @alexhcranz, @yeahyeahyasmin, @elankiderman, @jeannieccrowley, @kcoxdc, and @melt_dem
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Sony says the Apple TV app is rolling out on some of its 2018 and newer smart TV models in the US via software update now, later this year in multiple regions — Sony today announced that the Apple TV app is launching on select 2018 and newer smart TV models, starting with the X900H series through …
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9to5Google, PR Newswire, Android Police, The Verge, Forbes, The Streamable, iClarified, and AppleInsider
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Accurics, which offers “self-healing” infrastructure for cloud environments, raises $20M seed and Series A from ClearSky, Intel Capital, and others — Accurics, a company providing what it describes as “self-healing” infrastructure for cloud environments, has raised $20 million.
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| Amanda Meade / The Guardian: |
A global survey of journalists finds Facebook to be a greater source of COVID-19 disinformation, outstripping elected officials who are also a top source — The majority of journalists covering the pandemic say Facebook is the biggest spreader of disinformation, outstripping elected officials … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Vivun, which helps companies track pre-sales data, raises $18M Series A led by Accel — Vivun's co-founder and CEO, Matt Darrow used to run pre-sales at Zuora and he saw that pre-sales team members had a lot of insight into customers. He believed if he could capture that insight … Sponsor Posts
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