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Techmeme Friday, November 13, 2020

Solv Health, which sells patient management software to health care providers, mainly urgent care clinics, raises $27M Series B+ led by Acrew Capital (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios : Solv Health, which sells patient management software to health care providers, mainly urgent care clinics, rai...

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AI services company C3.ai files for IPO, reports revenue of $157M in the fiscal year ending April 2020, up 71% YoY, and a deficit of $293M at the end of July (Tiernan Ray/ZDNet)

Tiernan Ray / ZDNet : AI services company C3.ai files for IPO, reports revenue of $157M in the fiscal year ending April 2020, up 71% YoY,...

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Ticketmaster's UK wing fined ~$1.6M by the UK ICO after a report found they failed to put appropriate security measures in place prior to their 2018 data breach (Shoshana Wodinsky/Gizmodo)

Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo : Ticketmaster's UK wing fined ~$1.6M by the UK ICO after a report found they failed to put appropriate s...

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Facebook plans to use machine learning to sort its moderation queue prior to human review, prioritizing viral and potentially severe content first (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Facebook plans to use machine learning to sort its moderation queue prior to human review, prioritizing vira...

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Oculus Quest 2 update adds support for 90Hz games; an Oculus Move app for tracking fitness metrics while playing is coming in the following week (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)

Cameron Faulkner / The Verge : Oculus Quest 2 update adds support for 90Hz games; an Oculus Move app for tracking fitness metrics while p...

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Techmeme Thursday, November 12, 2020

iOS 14.3 beta code indicates Apple may suggest third-party apps to users during the iPhone or iPad setup process, likely to appease antitrust concerns (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac : iOS 14.3 beta code indicates Apple may suggest third-party apps to users during the iPhone or iPad setup proc...

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Many Mac users experienced app slowdowns during the launch of Big Sur, possibly due to issues with Apple's OCSP service being unable to validate certificates (Ars Technica)

Ars Technica : Many Mac users experienced app slowdowns during the launch of Big Sur, possibly due to issues with Apple's OCSP servic...

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At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account, Facebook isn't adverse to legislation (BuzzFeed News)

BuzzFeed News : At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account...

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Techmeme Wednesday, November 11, 2020

YouTube is experiencing video playback issues worldwide, with YouTube TV and Google TV also affected; YouTube says it is working on a fix (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge : YouTube is experiencing video playback issues worldwide, with YouTube TV and Google TV also affected; YouTube sa...

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From 2020's Singles' Day sale, which was extended to 12 days from 24 hours previously, Alibaba reported sales of $56.4B while JD.com reported sales of ~$30.1B (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : From 2020's Singles' Day sale, which was extended to 12 days from 24 hours previously, Alibaba reported sa...

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Google patches two Chrome zero-days that were exploited in the wild, after tips from anonymous sources; Google has patched five Chrome zero-days in three weeks (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Google patches two Chrome zero-days that were exploited in the wild, after tips from anonymous sources; Google ...

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Techmeme Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Analysis of Apple's A14 chip shows an increase in single-thread performance of nearly 3x in 5 years, suggesting M1 will be a formidable rival to x86 incumbents (Andrei Frumusanu/AnandTech)

Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech : Analysis of Apple's A14 chip shows an increase in single-thread performance of nearly 3x in 5 years, s...

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Online mortgage lender Better.com has raised ~$200M Series D led by L Catterton according to an internal memo; sources say the round values the company at $4B (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Online mortgage lender Better.com has raised ~$200M Series D led by L Catterton according to an internal memo; sources say th...

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Strategy Analytics: in Q3, Samsung sold more smartphones in the US than Apple for the first time in three years; Samsung had 33.7% marketshare, Apple had 30.2% (Yonhap News Agency)

Yonhap News Agency : Strategy Analytics: in Q3, Samsung sold more smartphones in the US than Apple for the first time in three years; Sam...

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Two US House representatives who oversee the FCC ask Ajit Pai to abandon "controversial items under consideration", likely referencing changes to Section 230 (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch : Two US House representatives who oversee the FCC ask Ajit Pai to abandon “controversial items under conside...

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Facebook says political content makes up about 6% of what is seen on its platform and says CrowdTangle measures engagement but doesn't predict reach (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sara Fischer / Axios : Facebook says political content makes up about 6% of what is seen on its platform and says CrowdTangle measures en...

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Patreon partners with Acast, which will host creators' podcasts to simplify distribution of subscriber-only episodes and give them access to Acast analytics (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge : Patreon partners with Acast, which will host creators' podcasts to simplify distribution of subscriber-on...

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Techmeme Monday, November 9, 2020

What to expect from Apple's "One More Thing" event: first Apple Silicon powered Macs, a macOS Big Sur release date, and potentially AirTags, over-ear headphones (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge : What to expect from Apple's “One More Thing” event: first Apple Silicon powered Macs, a macOS Big Sur releas...

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EU tightens rules on surveillance tech, forcing companies selling spyware, facial recognition, and tech with military uses to get a license, be more transparent (Patrick Howell O'Neill/MIT Technology ...)

Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review : EU tightens rules on surveillance tech, forcing companies selling spyware, facial re...

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Facebook removed seven pages, with over 2.45 million followers, tied to Steve Bannon for pushing misinformation about voter fraud and election results (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post : Facebook removed seven pages, with over 2.45 million followers, tied to Steve Bannon for pushing mi...

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