Author: Tech Support

    • As Ukraine preps for Sunday's election, officials and candidates say Facebook, despite recent improvements, has been slow to respond to Russian disinformation (New York Times)

    New York Times: As Ukraine preps for Sunday’s election, officials and candidates say Facebook, despite recent improvements, has been slow to respond to Russian disinformation  —  Campaigning for Ukraine’s presidential election had just begun to heat up when the authorities announced they had thwarted … As Ukraine preps for Sunday's election, officials and candidates say

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    • Google updates its login system with support for FIDO2, allowing users to log into its services with hardware security keys on Firefox and Edge (Stephen Shankland/CNET)

    Stephen Shankland / CNET: Google updates its login system with support for FIDO2, allowing users to log into its services with hardware security keys on Firefox and Edge  —  Google has updated its support for hardware security keys so you no longer need to rely on its Chrome browser to log into websites like Gmail,

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    • Toast, a cloud-based restaurant management platform, raises a $250M Series E led by TCV and Tiger Global at a $2.7B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

    Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Toast, a cloud-based restaurant management platform, raises a $250M Series E led by TCV and Tiger Global at a $2.7B valuation  —  Restaurant sales hit $825 billion last year in the US, but with margins averaging at only three to five percent per business, they’re always looking for an edge …

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    • In his interview, Neal Mohan disingenuously fails to mention that YouTube gives users a heavily weighted single recommendation after each video via autoplay (Brian Feldman/New York Magazine)

    Brian Feldman / New York Magazine: In his interview, Neal Mohan disingenuously fails to mention that YouTube gives users a heavily weighted single recommendation after each video via autoplay  —  There is perhaps no better pipeline to online radicalization, save for 4chan, than by watching videos on YouTube. In his interview, Neal Mohan disingenuously fails

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    • Google accidentally posts information about Nest Hub Max, an unannounced 10" smart display with a built-in Nest camera, on Google Store's connected home page (Ryan Whitwam/Android Police)

    Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: Google accidentally posts information about Nest Hub Max, an unannounced 10″ smart display with a built-in Nest camera, on Google Store’s connected home page  —  A lot of Google products have “fallen off of a truck” in the last couple of years, leading to leaks ahead of official announcements. Google

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    • Apple cancels the AirPower wireless charging mat, citing quality issues

    It’s official. Today, Apple cancelled its perennially delayed wireless charging product, AirPower. In a statement, Cupertino blamed issues meeting its own quality standards. Here’s what Dan Riccio, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, said in a statement emailed to TechCrunch: “After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we

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    • Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia sets US IPO price range of $13 to $16 per share, aims to raise $250M, at a valuation of $1.1B at the middle of the range (Tim Cohen/Daily Maverick)

    Tim Cohen / Daily Maverick: Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia sets US IPO price range of $13 to $16 per share, aims to raise $250M, at a valuation of $1.1B at the middle of the range  —  African online retailer Jumia has announced its listing price on the New York Stock Exchange which values the company

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    • Apple cancels AirPower wireless charging mat, citing inability to meet its quality standards for the product (Matthew Panzarino/TechCrunch)

    Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: Apple cancels AirPower wireless charging mat, citing inability to meet its quality standards for the product  —  Apple has canceled the AirPower product completely, citing difficulty meeting its own standards.  —  “After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project. Apple cancels

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    • Interview with YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan about its recommendation algorithms, radicalization, violent extremism, and the rabbit-hole effect (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

    Kevin Roose / New York Times: Interview with YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan about its recommendation algorithms, radicalization, violent extremism, and the rabbit-hole effect  —  Neal Mohan discusses the streaming site’s recommendation engine, which has become a growing liability amid accusations that it steers users to increasingly extreme content. Interview with YouTube Chief Product

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