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Meta opens up its VR OS called Horizon OS to third parties and says Asus and Lenovo are both planning Meta Horizon OS-compatible headsets — Meta's Horizon OS, as it's now called, will bring Quest-alikes: Asus, Lenovo, and even an Xbox variant are coming. Here's what to expect.
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Researchers: files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint local animators worked on upcoming Prime Video and HBO Max TV shows, possibly via a Chinese front — Thousands of exposed files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint at one way the reclusive country may evade international sanctions.
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| Christopher Jungstedt / Bloomberg: |
Swedish game developer Embracer Group plans to split into three publicly traded companies, focused on tabletop, indie, and AAA games; EMBRAC-B closes up 8.61% — - Embracer shareholders to get stock in new firms as dividend — Includes €900 million refinancing and new ownership structure
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The EU opens another TikTok probe and will assess whether TikTok Lite's design, which financially rewards users for watching or liking videos, is “addictive” — The European Union has opened a second formal investigation into TikTok, announcing Monday that it suspects …
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| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
UK-based users sue Grindr in the UK for allegedly sharing personal data, such as their HIV status, with ad companies like Localytics from May 2018 to April 2020 — - LGBTQ+ dating app accused of breaking data protection laws — Grindr was previously fined $6 million in Norway over breaches
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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Cloud data management company Informatica says it is not currently in talks to be acquired, after Salesforce's reported interest in a ~$10B deal; INFA falls 8%+ — Amit Walia, CEO, Informatica at the New York Stock Exchange, October 27, 2021. — Enterprise data management company Informatica …
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Russia sentences Meta spokesperson Andy Stone in absentia to six years for “publicly defending terrorism”; Russia designates Meta as an extremist organization — A military court in Moscow on Monday sentenced Meta Platforms (META.O) spokesperson Andy Stone to six years in prison for … | Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Memo to US staff: TikTok vows a legal battle if the US' divestment bill becomes law, saying the bill is “a clear violation” of its users' First Amendment rights — TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app …
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Tinder announces Share My Date, letting users share their date plans with friends via a link that includes their match's name, meeting location, date, and time — It's not uncommon for people to screenshot dating profiles and send them to their friends and loved ones, either to get feedback …
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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Stanford Internet Observatory: AI images could overwhelm federally authorized CSAM clearinghouse CyberTipline, which gets tens of millions of tips per year — A flood of AI-generated child pornography threatens to overwhelm the nation's creaky reporting system for child exploitation, Stanford report warns
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Discord CEO Jason Citron on creating a more private internet, developers, community, gaming origins, moderation, layoffs, Loom video meetings, and more — For teens and gamers, Discord has become their entire online social lives. Co-founder Jason Citron thinks the internet is headed more in that direction.| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
A US judge sentences HeadSpin founder Manish Lachwani to 18 months and fines him $1M for inflating financials; HeadSpin raised $117M and hit a $1.1B valuation — Manish Lachwani, who founded the software start-up HeadSpin, is the latest tech entrepreneur to face time in prison in recent years.
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Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
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Russia sentences Meta spokesperson Andy Stone in absentia to six years for “publicly defending terrorism”; Russia designates Meta as an extremist organizationFind
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