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European Parliament votes against controversial Article 11 and Article 13 copyright reform proposals, meaning they will now be open for debate and amendments — A 318-278 majority of MEPs in the European Parliament has just voted to reopen debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Ming-Chi Kuo report: 6.5" OLED iPhone should cost ~$1K and come in three colors; 6.1" LCD model should cost ~$700 and come in five colors including blue and red — Ming-Chi Kuo released a report today that ups his estimates for the new 2018 iPhone sales, as well as detailing a few changes to expect.
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @mgsiegler, @thomasfuchs, and @backlon
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Sources: Uber and Lyft each held talks to acquire Skedaddle, a startup that creates group bus rides by matching customers headed in the same direction — Uber and Lyft each held talks to acquire Skedaddle, a startup that creates group bus rides by matching customers headed in the same direction, Axios has learned.| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
A look at how Samba TV collects viewing data from 13.5M smart TVs in the US to make personalized show recommendations and enable ad targeting — The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones.
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| Yoav Stoler / CTECH: |
Sources: Apple has notified Intel that it will not use chipmaker's 5G wireless chips in its 2020 mobile devices — Apple has notified Intel it will not use a mobile modem developed by the chipmaker in its next-generation mobile device — Intel will not provide 5G modems for Apple's 2020 mobile devices … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Tinder is officially rolling out Loops, GIF-like two-second looping videos that users can add to their profiles, on iOS — If you're a dating app regular, you know that a photo only says so much about yourself. But do you really want to go to the trouble of recording a whole video for people …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, Lifehacker, SlashGear, BGR, Tubefilter, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, VentureBeat, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @ibd_ecarson and @tonyromm
| Peter Cao / 9to5Mac: |
Twitterrific says it's removing notifications and live streaming for new customers of iOS and macOS apps ahead of Twitter API changes starting around August 16 — Twitterrific is today announcing an update to both its iOS and macOS clients that will be removing certain functionality …
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| Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: |
ZTE says it has named Xu Ziyang, former head of its business in Germany, as CEO alongside a new CTO, CFO, and head of HR, to comply with US demands — New CEO is 20-year veteran of company; naming new leadership is condition for the U.S. to lift a ban on buying American-made parts
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Israeli indictment says an employee allegedly stole source code of NSO Group's powerful smartphone hacking tools before attempting to sell it for $50M — NSO sells its potent iPhone malware to governments, including Mexico and the United Arabs Emirates. But according to a newly released indictment …
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Forbes, Reuters, Gizmodo, Cyberscoop, BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, Axios, and Slashdot
Tweets: @josephfcox, @rondeibert, @_odisseus, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @iblametom, and @iblametom
| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
How firms like GMobi and MoMagic are using pre-loaded apps on cheap smartphones in developing countries to harvest user data by offering free firmware updates — Tension between privacy and sharing of user data stokes a debate in West, but much less so in developing economies
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Android Central. Tweets: @joshchin, @ericbellmanwsj, @preetatweets, @raffisalama, and @djtgallagher
| Hans Lee / Bloomberg: |
IBM secures AU$1B contract to be the central technology partner to Australian government over the next five years, providing automation and blockchain services — - Contract comes 2 years after playing role in bungled census — Government savings from 5-year agreement estimated at A$100m
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| Renee DiResta / Wired: |
A look at how “keyword voids”, social recommendations, and paid promotions can lead to tragic misinformation in top search results for health-related queries — IN THE FIRST few hours of a newborn's life, doctors administer a vitamin K shot. This is because infants …
Tweets: @dannysullivan, @marshallk, @mattcutts, @_am1t, @wired, @caseynewton, @etzioni, @noupside, and @noupside
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