Tech
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Facebook discovers it shared user data with at least 5,000 app developers after a cutoff data
Facebook accidentally allowed around 5,000 developers to access data from their app’s inactive users, even though that access should have been cut...
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OurPeople, the team communication and engagement platform, raises $2M
OurPeople, the U.K. startup that’s built a team communication and engagement platform for desk-less workers, has raised $2 million in Series A...
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Zetwerk, an Indian B2B marketplace for manufacturing items, raises $21 million
Zetwerk, an Indian business-to-business marketplace for manufacturing items, has raised $21 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale...
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Apple and Google block dozens of Chinese apps in India
Two days after India blocked 59 apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with New Delhi’s order...
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TuSimple kicks off plan for a nationwide self-driving truck network with partners UPS, Xpress and McLane
Self-driving trucks startup TuSimple laid out a plan Wednesday to create a mapped network of shipping routes and terminals designed for autonomous...
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State-backed COVID-19 disinfo spreads faster and farther than local news outlets in 4 languages
Questionable stories on COVID-19 from state-backed outlets in Russia, China, Turkey and Iran are being shared more widely than reporting by major...
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407AR 1.0 is dead: Here’s what it got wrong
The first wave of AR startups offering smart glasses is now over, with a few exceptions. Google acquired North this week for...
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498Instagram’s latest test puts all Stories on one page
Instagram Stories has grown to become one of Facebook’s best products to date. As of last year, roughly half of Instagram’s users...
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Zoom misses its own deadline to publish its first transparency report
How many government demands for user data has Zoom received? We won’t know until “later this year,” an updated Zoom blog post...
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TikTok is engaging with India over ban and already complies with local privacy and security requirements, CEO says
Kevin Mayer, the chief executive of TikTok said on Wednesday that the popular short-form video app complies with “all data privacy and...