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| Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
SEC issues investigative report concluding DAO tokens, a digital asset, were securities, and securities law “may apply” to token sales — The US Securities and Exchange Commission said today that the offering and sale of digital tokens “are subject to the requirements of the federal securities laws”.
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Tweets: @sec_enforcement, @sec_news, @coindesk, @barrysilbert, @s5, @bramcohen, @roylearner, @rhhackett, @rhhackett, and @sriramk
| Wall Street Journal: |
Trump says Tim Cook has promised Apple will build three “big, beautiful plants” in US, adding they'd be “big, big, big” but no details on timetable or location — Apple declined to comment on president's remarks, which didn't include where or when plants would be built
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Tweets: @vindugoel, @mgsiegler, @vindugoel, and @daiwaka
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
AMD reports Q2 revenue of $1.22B, up 19% YoY, vs ~$1.16B expected, and a net loss of $16M; shares jump 7%+ — Advanced Micro Devices posted a GAAP second-quarter loss of 2 cents a share and 2 cents a share profit on an adjusted basis, even as it continued with the launch of its most competitive chips in a decade.
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Wisconsin judge orders Apple pay $506M to University of Wisconsin-Madison for patent infringement of A7, A8, A8X system-on-chip CPU designs; Apple to appeal — A U.S. district court judge on Monday ruled Apple must pay $506 million in damages for infringing on a microprocessor technology IP owned …
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| Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat: |
Khosla Ventures leads $50 million investment in Vicarious' AI tech — Vicarious, which is working on narrowing the gap between human and artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $50 million in a round led by Khosla Ventures. — The Union City, California-based startup …
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| Camila Russo / Bloomberg: |
LedgerX is set to become the first federally regulated cryptocurrency options exchange and clearinghouse in the US after receiving CFTC license — LedgerX becomes the first regulated bitcoin options exchange — CFTC authorized company to provide clearing services for swaps
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| Davey Alba / Wired: |
Google files injunction in US district court against Canadian court order to globally alter search results, arguing that doing so in US violates First Amendment — IN JUNE, CANADA'S Supreme Court came down on Google—hard. It ruled that the tech giant must take down certain Google search results for pirated products.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Adobe says it will stop updating and distributing Flash at the end of 2020 — Adobe today announced that Flash, the once-ubiquitous plugin that allowed you to play your first Justin Bieber video on YouTube and Dolphin Olympics 2 on Kongregate, will be phased out by the end of 2020.
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Tweets: @adobe, @tomfulp, @rahulrc, @grady_booch, @harrymccracken, and @fredericjacobs
| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber overhauls driver support systems and policies in a bid to decrease turnover; drivers can expect quicker fare fixes and protection from unfair bad ratings — Drivers can expect quicker fare fixes and protection from bad ratings for things that are out of their control.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Companies are increasingly paying Facebook to promote positive press, steering ad dollars away from publishers — When the workplace gossip app Blind expanded its product's availability earlier this summer, it got the word out via an age-old tactic: advertising.| Yossi Matias / Google: |
Google adds SOS Alerts in Search and Maps to provide users with information in a crisis — In times of crisis, access to timely, actionable information is crucial. Working alongside trained responders and volunteers on the ground, technology plays a vital role in providing information …
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Tweets: @google and @sundarpichai
| Eugene Kaspersky / Nota Bene: |
Kaspersky announces free version of its antivirus software in US, Canada, and some Asia Pacific countries, with global rollout expected over four months — Hi folks! — I've some fantastic, earth-shattering-saving news: we're announcing the global launch of Kaspersky Free, which … | Pan Yue / China Money Network: |
Beijing-based autonomous driving tech startup Momenta raises $46M Series B led by Sequoia Capital China, others; Daimler AG and Unity Ventures among investors — NIO Capital, a private equity fund established by Chinese electric car company NIO, has teamed up with Sequoia Capital China …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Barcelona-based keyboard startup ThingThing reaches deal with founders of keyboard app Fleksy to continue development, after Pinterest acqui-hired Fleksy — Third party keyboards might seem like an app fad blast from the recent past. But the smartphone keyboard space could be set for a shake … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Giphy launches its GIF Maker tool for mobile browsers — Giphy, the online database and search engine for all things GIF, has announced that it's launching its popular GIF Maker tool for mobile web browsers. — First introduced for desktop browsers back in 2015, GIF Maker is a fairly simple tool …
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The Verge, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Engadget, Adweek, and Lifehacker
| Matt Pressberg / The Wrap: |
AT&T beats expectations in Q2 ahead of Time Warner takeover, with $39.8B in revenue, 2.8M wireless net additions, and best-ever 50% margin on wireless — Telecom giant's $85 billion deal is expected to close by the end of the year — A growing and profitable wireless business helped telecom giant …
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Business Wire, ZDNet, DSLreports, Stock Market News …, Techdirt, Investor's Business Daily, TechCrunch, and Cord Cutters News
Tweets: @bskorup, @karlbode, @waltbtig, @davidshepardson, and @waltbtig
| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Lyft's Q2 gross bookings grew ~25% YoY from $800M to $1B+, a faster rate than Uber during the same period — The company's gross bookings rose 25% quarter over quarter — Lyft has seized on competitor Uber's many public stumbles — Lyft Inc.'s business has been booming … | Ronan Shields / The Drum: |
Outbrain acquires native ad startup Zemanta, which will continue as a standalone product, for an undisclosed amount — Outbrain has today (July 25) announced the purchase of Zemanta, a demand-side platform (DSP) specializing in native ad formats as the content-sharing network seeks to build … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google study finds ransomware victims have paid $25M+ in ransoms over last two years — Ransomware victims have paid more than $25 million in ransoms over the last two years, according to a study presented today by researchers at Google, Chainalysis, UC San Diego, and the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.| Graham Ruddick / The Guardian: |
Amazon says it plans to expand its London-based R&D department from 450 to 900 people as part of expansion of UK workforce to 24K staff by end of 2017 — Company will increase number of workers focusing on Prime Video service in capital from 450 to 900
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Sources: SoftBank invests in Roomba-maker iRobot, keeping the stake below 5% and under US disclosure threshold — IRobot stake is below 5%, under U.S. disclosure threshold — Japanese firm has raised over $93 billion for Vision Fund — SoftBank Group Corp. has taken a stake … Sponsor Posts
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