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10 things in tech you need to know today, September 21
Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.
- Exclusive: Instagram’s new TV service recommended
videos of potential child abuse. Instagram’s
new TV service, IGTV, recommended videos of what appeared to be
child exploitation and genital mutilation, a Business Insider
investigation has found.
Here’s everything Amazon announced at its huge September
event. Amazon held a special event on
Thursday to unveil a slew of new gadgets and services,
including the new Echo Dot, the AmazonBasics microwave and the
Alexa Guard.- Adobe is acquiring software company Marketo for $4.75
billion. Marketo is owned by private equity
firm Vista Equity Partners who bought the company for $1.8
billion in 2016.
Google employees considered manipulating search results to help
protest Trump’s travel ban. In early 2017, an
undisclosed number of Google employees discussed via internal
messages ways that they could manipulate search results in
protest of President Trump’s travel ban, reports the Wall
Street Journal.- Uber could be getting ready to buy Deliveroo, a food
delivery startup valued at over $2 billion and one of its
biggest international rivals. Uber is
reportedly in early talks to buy Deliveroo, London based
startup most recently valued at $2 billion, and one of the
biggest international rivals to Uber Eats. - Facebook is taking on Tinder with the official launch
of its dating service — but it’s only in Colombia for
now. The service is built into Facebook’s
core mobile app, and will compete against the likes of
Tinder, Bumble, and OkCupid.
Prosecutors in Minneapolis say they are weighing whether to
bring charges against the JD.com
founder. Prosecutors are weighing whether to
bring charges against Richard Liu after the Minneapolis Police
Department turned over the findings of its initial
investigation into accusations of rape against the JD.com
founder.- Amazon-owned audiobook service Audible is coming to
Apple watch. You’ll now be able to listen to
audiobooks directly from the watch.
Instagram is reportedly testing a way to let you easily
re-share someone else’s photo — a feature users have been
begging for. The experimental feature would work
similarly to Twitter’s retweet button, or shares on Facebook,
and the could transform the photo-sharing app.- Google told US Senators in a letter that it uses
automated scans to protect user data and that it catches the
“majority” of bad actors. Google’s letter, made
public on Thursday, did not directly answer questions about
instances in which apps may have improperly shared user data.
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