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Facebook threatens to pull news from Australia if new law passes

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Gillmor Gang: Platforming

  Much was made during the Republican Convention of the lack of a party platform. The media characterized this as a capitulation to the Cult of Trump phenomenon, but the questioned begged was: so what? If you’re running as a candidate to disrupt the status quo…. But beneath the media framing, an important question emerges. What exactly is the platform we need to emerge from the toxic situation we find ourselves in? For months, if not years, the technology industry has been working on a new platform to succeed the previous one. Mobile would seem to be that fundamental shift from the desktop world of Windows and PCs. The twin dominance of powerful phones by Google and Apple has created a new language of notifications and streaming video perfectly timed for the devastating pandemic. Our devices are now the front lines for managing the struggle to stay alive for our loved ones, the economy, and our future. Zoom is of course the poster child for all that it enables, and certainly what

Facebook threatens to ban Australians from sharing news

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Reinvent Technology Partners, a new SPAC formed by Reid Hoffman, Zynga founder Mark Pincus and hedge fund manager Michael Thompson, have filed for a $600M IPO (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch : Reinvent Technology Partners, a new SPAC formed by Reid Hoffman, Zynga founder Mark Pincus and hedge fund manager Michael Thompson, have filed for a $600M IPO   —  Reinvent Technology Partners, a new special purpose acquisition company formed by famed investor and serial entrepreneur Reid Hoffman … from Techmeme https://bit.ly/3hMQLA3

Facebook warns it will block Australian users and news organizations from sharing news stories on Facebook and Instagram if the ACCC's proposal passes (New York Times)

New York Times : Facebook warns it will block Australian users and news organizations from sharing news stories on Facebook and Instagram if the ACCC's proposal passes   —  The move, a response to pressure to pay publishers when their stories are posted on the social network, could add to internet silos springing up around the world. from Techmeme https://bit.ly/3jCGxCV

Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI AND MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/31II3go

Digital Identification Must Be Designed for Privacy and Equity

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Mozilla research: Browsing histories are unique enough to reliably identify users | ZDNet

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This Was the Tech My Dad Banned in Our House When I Was a Kid

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TikTok Deal Faces Complications as U.S. and China Ratchet Up Tit-for-Tat

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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Captcha Alternatives?

Ask HN: Captcha Alternatives? 44 by ev1 | 40 comments on Hacker News. TLDR: I help with a gaming community-related site that is being targetted by a script kiddie, they are registering hundreds of thousands of accounts on our forums to 'protest' a cheating (aimbot) ban. They then post large ASCII art spam, giant shock images (the first one started after we blocked new accounts from posting [img]), the usual. Currently we use a simple question/answer addon at registration time - it works against all untargeted bots and is just a little "what is 4 plus six" or "what is the abbreviation for this website" type of question. It's worked fine for years and we don't really get general untargeted spam. I am somewhat ethically disinclined to use reCAPTCHA, and there are some older members that can't reasonably solve hcaptcha easily. Same for using heavy fingerprinting or other privacy invading methods. It's also donation-run, so enterprise services

Twitter now shows quote tweet counts directly under tweets, rebranding "Retweets with comments" as "Quote Tweets" (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac : Twitter now shows quote tweet counts directly under tweets, rebranding “Retweets with comments” as “Quote Tweets”   —  Twitter has been testing a new way to let users easily find quote tweets by separating them from regular retweets.  The company confirmed today … from Techmeme https://bit.ly/2G8Rpd2

6 Teenagers Held For Allegedly Raping 8-Year-Old Girl In Tripura

Seven teenaged boys allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl after inviting her to play hide and seek with them in a village in Tripura, police said on Sunday. 6 Teenagers Held For Allegedly Raping 8-Year-Old Girl In Tripura https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 31, 2020 at 07:24AM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/3jlZmtQ via IFTTT

India's Worst GDP Contraction In 2 Decades? Data To Be Released Today

India's gross domestic product or GDP is widely expected to have shrunk in the April-June period, as data covering the quarter fully captures the damage caused by the fast-spreading coronavirus... India's Worst GDP Contraction In 2 Decades? Data To Be Released Today https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 31, 2020 at 01:42PM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/3gJ3KBo via IFTTT

How the startup Farmers Business Network is trying to disrupt the largely brick-and-mortar $40B US farm supply business, while agri giants refuse to play along (Jacob Bunge/Wall Street Journal)

Jacob Bunge / Wall Street Journal : How the startup Farmers Business Network is trying to disrupt the largely brick-and-mortar $40B US farm supply business, while agri giants refuse to play along   —  Farmers Business Network faces pressure from big suppliers as it tries to grow its online platform from Techmeme https://bit.ly/2QCiYgK

TikTok US Sale Could Need Beijing Nod After China's New Export Controls

China's new rules around tech exports mean ByteDance's sale of TikTok's US operations could need Beijing's approval, a Chinese trade expert told state media, a requirement that would complicate the... TikTok US Sale Could Need Beijing Nod After China's New Export Controls https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 31, 2020 at 01:42AM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/2EMrLKv via IFTTT

US Intel Chief Blames Lawmakers For "Pandemic" Of Leaks

US intelligence chief John Ratcliffe on Sunday defended his move to end in-person election security briefings to Congress, blaming a "pandemic" of leaks from lawmakers. US Intel Chief Blames Lawmakers For "Pandemic" Of Leaks https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 31, 2020 at 01:00PM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/34KLk0M via IFTTT

Doctor Accused In 2012 Lashkar-e-Taiba Recruitment Case Arrested

The anti-terror agency NIA has arrested an Indian doctor, brother of 2007 Glasgow bomber, after he was deported from Saudi Arabia where he was in custody for his alleged involvement in recruiting... Doctor Accused In 2012 Lashkar-e-Taiba Recruitment Case Arrested https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 31, 2020 at 05:31AM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/3hLhhJX via IFTTT

US Coronavirus Tally Nears 6 Million-Mark

The United States neared six million coronavirus cases on Sunday, nearly a quarter of the planet's total, as nations around the world battle to contain the raging pandemic. US Coronavirus Tally Nears 6 Million-Mark https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 31, 2020 at 01:16PM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/3lrqAku via IFTTT

Nearly half of Twitter accounts pushing to reopen America may be bots

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Opinion: Dear Congress Letter-Writers, "We Are Family" - by Salman Khurshid

The recent developments in the Congress party, are, by all indications, more than a storm in a tea cup. This is so because despite the thousands of tea cups consumed by the authors of the leaked... Opinion: Dear Congress Letter-Writers, "We Are Family" - by Salman Khurshid https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 31, 2020 at 12:31PM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/2YPWttj via IFTTT

Twitter Removes QAnon Supporter's False Claim About Coronavirus Death Statistics That Trump Had Retweeted

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Watch a Toyota-backed flying car's first public, piloted test flight

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Profile of cloud database company Snowflake's CEO Frank Slootman, hired sixteen months ago, as he takes his third startup public (CNBC)

CNBC : Profile of cloud database company Snowflake's CEO Frank Slootman, hired sixteen months ago, as he takes his third startup public   —  - Frank Slootman is preparing to take Snowflake public 13 years after his first tech IPO, Data Domain, and eight years after his second, ServiceNow. from Techmeme https://bit.ly/32ITKTT

An investigation into Chinese-made Tecno phones found click-fraud malware stealing paid airtime from phone owners across Africa

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Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook's Decision to Not Take Down Kenosha Militia Page Was a Mistake

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1 Dead, 1 Injured In Separate Mob Attacks In Assam Within 48 Hours

Two incidents of mob attacks within the period of 48 hours have rocked northeast India's Assam. While Sabin Gour was killed after a family feud turned violent in central Assam's Biswanath, Majen Nath... 1 Dead, 1 Injured In Separate Mob Attacks In Assam Within 48 Hours https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 30, 2020 at 01:13PM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/3hJfOUt via IFTTT

Cop Killed In Action, 3 Terrorists Shot Dead In Encounter In J&K

A policeman died in the line of duty and three terrorists were shot dead in an overnight encounter near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. The gun-battle broke out after a joint team of J&K police and... Cop Killed In Action, 3 Terrorists Shot Dead In Encounter In J&K https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 30, 2020 at 01:32PM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/31Fupuz via IFTTT

ReliaQuest, a managed cybersecurity and intelligence services provider, raises $300M led by KKR, says its revenue grew more than 450% in the past three years (Christine Hall/Crunchbase News)

Christine Hall / Crunchbase News : ReliaQuest, a managed cybersecurity and intelligence services provider, raises $300M led by KKR, says its revenue grew more than 450% in the past three years   —  ReliaQuest, a company developing a cybersecurity managed service and intelligence platform for global enterprises … from Techmeme https://bit.ly/2YMtuH4

Samsung 980 PRO PCI 4.0 NVMe SSD is here. 7000 MB/s R. 5000 MB/s W.

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Family Video offering telemedicine consultations, health discounts for customers

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Apple’s shares have grown over 125,000 percent since its IPO in 1980.

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Sources: SoftBank-backed AUTO1, a German online used-car marketplace operating in 30 markets and last valued at $3.8B in 2018, is ramping up for an IPO (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: SoftBank-backed AUTO1, a German online used-car marketplace operating in 30 markets and last valued at $3.8B in 2018, is ramping up for an IPO   —  - German group ramps up preparations for planned listing  — Company was valued at 2.9 billion euros in 2018 fundraising from Techmeme https://bit.ly/2QN4UBv

Inside Asana, whose CEO Dustin Moskovitz rejected Silicon Valley's hard-charging style while building the company, as it prepares for a investor roadshow (Alex Konrad/Forbes)

Alex Konrad / Forbes : Inside Asana, whose CEO Dustin Moskovitz rejected Silicon Valley's hard-charging style while building the company, as it prepares for a investor roadshow   —  Covering venture capital, software and startups … At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, upbeat synth music announces the arrival of Dustin Moskovitz. from Techmeme https://bit.ly/2Z1c7T1

Pinterest is canceling its 490,000-square-foot lease at San Francisco's unbuilt 88 Bluxome project, citing a shift toward remote work amid the pandemic (Roland Li/San Francisco Chronicle)

Roland Li / San Francisco Chronicle : Pinterest is canceling its 490,000-square-foot lease at San Francisco's unbuilt 88 Bluxome project, citing a shift toward remote work amid the pandemic   —  Pinterest terminated its massive 490,000-square-foot lease at San Francisco's unbuilt 88 Bluxome project, citing a shift toward more remote work amid the coronavirus pandemic. from Techmeme https://bit.ly/2QxzkXZ

Congress MP Who Died Was Silenced In Parliament Trying To Speak On Covid

H Vasanthakumar, the Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari who died on Friday after contracting the coronavirus, had flagged the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic in parliament earlier this... Congress MP Who Died Was Silenced In Parliament Trying To Speak On Covid https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 29, 2020 at 11:30AM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/2ErXRLX via IFTTT

Opinion: 4 BJP Vacancies, Seniors Head To Nagpur To Be Heard

The view in the BJP is that Modi and Shah are extremely circumspect in doling out rewards to both BJP leaders and turncoats. And are unlikely to share real power except with each other. Nevertheless,... Opinion: 4 BJP Vacancies, Seniors Head To Nagpur To Be Heard https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 29, 2020 at 12:30PM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/2QBJU0q via IFTTT

Exiled news service started by teen blogger becomes big source of Belarus news

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Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account

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Elon Musk demonstrates Neuralink’s tech live using pigs with surgically implanted brain-monitoring devices

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Elon Musk demonstrates Neuralink’s tech live using pigs with surgically-implanted brain monitoring devices

Elon Musk -founded Neuralink has made headlines over the past many years around it efforts to develop a new kind of interface between the human brain and computing devices. On Friday, the company provided a demo of the technology, and Musk kicked off the demo by saying that the purpose of the entire presentation was recruiting – not fundraising or any other kind of promotion. “We’re not trying to raise money or do anything else, but the the main purpose is to convince great people to come work at Neuralink, and help us bring the product to fruition – make it affordable and reliable and and such that anyone who wants one can have one,” he said. Musk then went on to say that the reason he wants to make it generally available is that just about everyone will have some kind of neurological problem over time, including memory loss, anxiety, brain damage, depression and a long list of other ailments. Of course, there’s no clear evidence that any of this long list of problems can be quickl