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Apple has removed the entire libraries of five of InfoWars' six podcasts from iTunes, saying they violated its hate speech guidelines — Apple has removed the entire library for five of Infowars' six podcasts from its iTunes and Podcast apps, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Facebook has banned four pages run by Alex Jones for “repeated violations of Community Standards”; Spotify removes all episodes of The Alex Jones Show podcast — Crackdown on US conspiracy theorist for promoting violence and hate speech — Facebook has banned four pages run …
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Tweets: @kevinroose, @mikeisaac, and @jason_kint
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC, after shutting down some chip fabs on Friday due to a computer virus, says it's recovered 80% of the impacted tools and expects a full recovery by Monday — - TSMC expects full recovery Aug. 6 after suffering virus attack — Incident to delay shipments, affect third-quarter revenue
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Tweets: @tculpan, @realdanstoller, @dodoma88, @david_schor, @ogawa_tter, and @reuters. Thanks:@pelstrom
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
France's BlaBlaCar buys Russian carpooling service BeepCar from mail.ru for an undisclosed sum — BlaBlaCar has made its second acquisition of the year as the French ride-sharing giant announced that it has snapped up Russian carpooling platform Beepcar from Mail.ru. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| Julie Creswell / New York Times: |
As 20 cities pitch multi-billion incentive packages for Amazon HQ2, secrecy shrouds the terms offered by unelected officials, which are outside reach of FOIA — Jared Evans, a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council, is proud that the city is among 20 finalists for one of the most coveted prizes …
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Newser, PYMNTS.com, and Fortune
Tweets: @sebasaherrera, @mattzeitlin, @martindvassolo, @mikeisaac, and @foiafeed
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Tesla says it's making an AI chip for Autopilot, coming next year, backward compatible with current-gen Tesla vehicles and faster than Nvidia chips being used — Tesla tapped an Apple chip guru to design next-generation AI chips. — Tesla is creating its own chips optimized for machine learning … | Laura Bicker / BBC: |
How spy cam porn, now amplified by social media, is starting to reach epidemic levels in South Korea, with 6000+ cases being reported to police each year — I can remember the first time I heard about South Korea's spy cameras. — Just after arriving in Seoul, I was running to the public loo along … | Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Mike Volpi talks about Index Ventures' investment strategy that led to six $1B+ exits for its startups this year, investments in Europe, fintech, and more — Index Ventures is quietly encroaching into the top tier of American investors. Here are five questions with them.| Pablo Rodero / Reuters: |
Spanish taxi drivers ended a six-day strike after the government agreed to set tough limits, like a 30:1 ratio for licenses issued for taxis vs Uber-like firms — MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish taxi drivers ended a six-day strike late on Wednesday after the government agreed to set tough limits …
Tweets: @nyetanyc
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Decentralized token exchange Radar Relay raises $10M Series A led by Blockchain Capital to expand the startup's community team and start new R&D projects — Meet Radar Relay, a cryptocurrency startup that just raised $10 million from Blockchain Capital and other investors.
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| Jessica Dolcourt / CNET: |
How flagship phone prices have been rising and why higher component costs, R&D, and customer willingness to pay a premium may mean higher prices in the future — You thought paying $1,000 for an iPhone was a lot? It may be just the beginning.Thanks:@iansherr
| Wall Street Journal: |
P2P payments app Zelle, backed by big US banks, says 70%+ of transfers are between pairs of customers who have accounts at the same institution — Usage for the bank-backed money-transfer service is up, but most lenders haven't signed on — Zelle, the money-transfer service owned …
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1 and @sub8u
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