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Sources: Google plans to debut a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist sites, filter results; CEO Pichai has spearheaded the effort — Google is planning to launch a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist websites and search terms about human rights …
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| Christopher Slowe / Reddit: |
Reddit says a few employees had their work accounts hacked via 2FA SMS intercepts, leading to a few systems being compromised and some user data leaking — TL;DR: A hacker broke into a few of Reddit's systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses …
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Facebook and Instagram add activity dashboards to help people manage their time on social apps — Today we are announcing new tools to help people manage their time on Facebook and Instagram: an activity dashboard, a daily reminder and a new way to limit notifications.
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
WhatsApp expands business-focused features by adding real-time support, shortcut buttons to start conversations, and more, in an effort to monetize — Ads that link Facebook users to WhatsApp — Facebook is getting serious about monetizing WhatsApp after the social network reported sluggish earnings growth last Wednesday.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp says businesses can now buy ads on Facebook that launch WhatsApp conversations, and it will gradually debut ads in Status, its Stories clone, in 2019 — Today WhatsApp launches its first revenue-generating enterprise product and the only way it currently makes money directly from its app.| Reuters: |
DoJ has secured arrests of several Ukrainian members of Carbanak group charged with allegedly stealing payment card and other data from US businesses — (Reuters) - Three Ukrainians associated with the hacking group FIN7 have been arrested in Europe in connection with hacks …
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Facebook CSO Alex Stamos will join Stanford as an adjunct professor when he leaves the company on August 17; Facebook does not plan to appoint a successor — SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook revealed on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign ahead of the November midterm elections … | Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Techmeme introduces ads under stories matching news topics that an advertiser wants to target, letting companies automatically “respond” to news — Today, Techmeme is introducing ads that are automatically placed under stories matching news topics that an advertiser wants to target.
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| Swapna Krishna / Engadget: |
Snap announces new Snapchat Lenses that respond to English language voice prompts, not movement, rolling out globally today — Today, Snapchat announced that it is rolling out a new set of Lenses that will respond to your voice. There's no need to make a facial gesture …
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TechCrunch, Digital Trends, The Verge, Mashable, MSPoweruser, Tubefilter, iPhone Hacks, KnowTechie, 9to5Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Spotify has removed some episodes of “The Alex Jones Show” for violating policies around hate speech, but the podcast is still available on the service — The music streaming service has been the target of public outrage for carrying Jones's show.| ABS-CBN News: |
France bans the use of smartphones in schools for students up to 15 years old starting in September — PARIS, France - French schoolchildren will have to leave their smartphones switched off or at home as the new academic year begins in September, after lawmakers voted for a ban on Monday.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Siemens announces that it has acquired Mendix, a low-code application development platform, for ~$700M, to boost its cloud, IoT, and digital enterprise tech — Siemens, the giant German technology company, today announced that it has acquired Mendix, the popular low-code application development platform … | Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
A look at how Masayoshi Son picks and manages investments for SoftBank's $100B Vision Fund, which sources say has achieved a 60% ROI in its first year — - SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, the key force behind all of the Vision Fund's investments, meets with every founder of every Vision Fund investment … | Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Square Q2: adjusted revenues of $385M, up 60% YoY, $6M net loss, gross payment volume of $21.4B, up 30% YoY, $37M in revenue from Bitcoin trading in Cash app — - Square is best known as a credit card processor but also offers payment hardware, a peer-to-peer Cash App, small-business lending and cryptocurrency trading.
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Square Investor Relations, ZDNet, and TechCrunch
| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Apple reports $9.55B in services revenue, up 31% YoY, vs. $9.21B est., as the company moves toward its goal of $14B in quarterly services revenue by 2020 — - Wall Street had expected software and services revenue to remain essentially unchanged from the previous quarter, according to StreetAccount.
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