Sources: after the election, Zuckerberg agreed to temporarily tweak Facebook's algorithm to make authoritative news like CNN and NYT appear more prominently  —  Employees and executives are battling over how to reduce misinformation and hate speech without hurting the company's bottom line.

Apple's head of global security Thomas Moyer indicted for trying to bribe Santa Clara sheriff's office with 200 iPads in return for concealed firearm permits  —  Defendants include Sheriff Laurie Smith's second-in-command  —  Four people, including top brass in the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office …

Twitter will now show a warning when someone tries to like a tweet labeled for misinformation, says such warnings decreased quote retweets of misinfo by 29%  —  The company already displays a warning when you try to retweet a labeled tweet  —  Ahead of the 2020 election …

Apple's M1 Macs are impressive but some may want to pass on them for now due to incompatibility or stability issues with apps like Matlab, Parallels, and Docker  —  I've read the first batch of Apple MacBook Pro 13" M1 reviews from the Apple-chosen first reviewers and you'd be hard to find anything negative about the new laptop.

Australian Government agency IGIS says one or more of the country's intelligence and security agencies collected data related to COVIDSafe contact tracing app  —  But not decrypted, access or used, IGIS says.  —  One or more of Australia's key intelligence and security agencies “incidentally” …

Behind the rise of TikTok's teen stars, content houses, and the D'Amelios, who this year have focused on establishing themselves as the first family of TikTok  —  Collab day at Clubhouse Beverly Hills was scheduled to start at 2 p.m., but that time came and went and the mansion was still as sleepy as a college dorm on Saturday morning.

Mobile banking app Current raises $131M Series C led by Tiger Global Management, giving it a valuation of $750M, and touts over 2 million members  —  U.S. challenger bank Current, which has doubled its member base in less than six months, announced this morning it raised $131 million in Series C funding, led by Tiger Global Management.

AppsFlyer, which helps businesses evaluate ad campaign performance, extends its Series D from $210M to $225M+ from Salesforce and others at a $2B valuation  —  The company, which says it is now valued at $2 billion, sells mobile analytics software that weighs the effectiveness of ad campaigns

Bangalore-based Cashfree, which offers a range of online payments services to businesses, raises $35.3M Series B led by Apis Partners with participation from YC  —  Cashfree, an Indian startup that offers a wide-range of payments services to businesses, has raised $35.3 million …

Percepto, which builds drones for applications in industrial purposes, raises $45M Series B and integrates its Sparrow drones with Boston Dynamics' Spot  —  Consumer drones have over the years struggled with an image of being no more than expensive and delicate toys.

Cars24, which operates a used-car marketplace in India, raises $200M Series E led by DST Global at a $1B+ valuation  —  - Cars24 has raised $200 million in a Series E round led by DST Global, which also saw participation from its existing investors Exor Seeds, Moore Strategic Ventures, and Unbound.