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Tim Cook says Apple will make two separate $1M donations, to Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League, in an email to staff about Charlottesville — On Wednesday evening Apple CEO Tim Cook sent an email to all global employees condemning racism and bigotry as well as President Trump's response …
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Apple Pay and PayPal disable support for several sites that promote or sell items glorifying white supremacy — A screenshot of some the product offerings from vinlandclothing.com, which was banned from using Apple Pay and PayPal for selling Nazi apparel. — Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed News / Via vinlandclothing.com
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| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says firm has stopped protecting Daily Stormer from DDoS attacks, explains his discomfort with policy reversal in email to staff — Internet companies typically take a hands-off approach to offensive content on their networks, erring on the side of maintaining an open internet.
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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Facebook will limit the spread of stories in News Feed that feature either fake video play buttons or videos of only a static image — Like ones that have a fake play button on videos of still images … Facebook has announced two new updates that will limit video clickbait posts from appearing in the News Feed.
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Microsoft launches preview of redesigned Skype desktop client, adds new features including @mentions, message reactions, media gallery, and enhanced group calls — Starting today, the next generation of Skype is available in preview on desktop computers. It's not yet complete and we need your feedback.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Reddit now allows users to upload videos; videos can be up to 15 minutes long, with file sizes of less than 1 GB — Videos are coming to Reddit, thanks to a new feature that allows users to upload video clips directly to the service. Reddit rolled out the new video feature Tuesday … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Sprint opens Essential Phone pre-orders with a $260 discount, only offers black versions, and says units will ship by August 28 — Sprint is now taking preorders for the Essential Phone, and it's offering subscribers a pretty good perk to jump on it early: a discount of about $260.
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Tweets: @andrewwrites, @jandawson, and @llsethj
| Maxwell Tani / Business Insider: |
Internal memo: Mic is laying off 25 staffers, primarily from its news and editorial departments, as it shifts focus to video and visual journalism — Mic.com laid off staffers on Thursday in what is part of a larger pivot to video that it will begin later this month.
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Tweets: @kerrymflynn, @joshtpm, @joshtpm, @jhweissmann, @joannastern, and @jayasax
| Economist: |
James Damore's memo made giant, unfounded logical leaps and ignored important evidence that didn't support his conclusion — Last week this newspaper said Alphabet's boss should write a “detailed, ringing rebuttal” of a viral anti-diversity memo sent at Google. Here is how we imagine it
Tweets: @eudaimonisty, @adamconover, @jguynn, @adammgrant, @mgsiegler, and @theeconomist
| Cate Cadell / Reuters: |
China issues warning to Alibaba's Taobao.com, other e-commerce marketplaces to remove VPN tools selling on their platforms — BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have issued a warning to the country's top e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba Holding Group Ltd's (BABA.N) Taobao.com …
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| Justin Duino / 9to5Google: |
Alleged renderings of LG V30 show off handset from multiple angles — We're less than a week away from the official announcement of the V30, but that hasn't stopped leaked images of the handset from emerging. The latest to surface is a press render of the device that shows off the phone from almost every angle...
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba's Q1 beat estimates as revenue rose 56% YoY to $7.4B, with revenue rising 58% in core ecommerce, almost 50% in cloud, and 30% in media — Results beat projections on both the top and bottom lines — Cloud revenue doubles but media climbed just 30 percent
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