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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
A look at IGTV's struggles and slow growth two months after launch as Instagram and content creators try to figure out how to make the longer video format work — ‘Everything great starts small,’ says CEO — Instagram has never truly failed at anything, but judging by modest initial view counts …
Tweets: @joshconstine, @hoandesign, @kjeldlindsted, @glenngabe, and @joshconstine. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News: |
Researchers find flaw allowing hackers to brute force T-Mobile account PINs, likely via T-Mobile's faulty API, after initiating purchase on Apple's online store — Mobile account PINs intended to protect T-Mobile and AT&T customers' accounts were exposed by two security vulnerabilities.
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| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
Fixed flaw in the Fortnite Installer on the Galaxy Apps store and Epic's site let any app hijack the game download process to install anything on a user's phone — The exact problem we expected to happen, happened. — Google has just publicly disclosed that it discovered …
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Multiple fatalities reported in a mass shooting during a Madden NFL gaming tournament in Jacksonville, Florida — (CNN)The sheriff's office in Jacksonville, Florida, said there was a mass shooting at a downtown marketplace on Sunday and urged people to stay far away from the area.
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| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
An overview of obstacles Alphabet is facing in its efforts to establish a presence in China in search, smartphones, autonomous cars, and more — BEIJING — Google has faced sharp criticism, including from its own employees, for its efforts to rebuild an internet search presence in China … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Didi suspends its Hitch carpooling service in China after a driver allegedly raped and killed a carpooling passenger, the second such incident in 2018 — Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing, the $60 billion-valued company that bought out Uber's China business, has suspended its carpooling service …
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| Isobel Koshiw / The Verge: |
Sources detail a Ukraine-based hacking scheme that stole press releases from three US newswires over at least five years and made $100M+ via insider trading — At a Kiev nightclub in the spring of 2012, 24-year-old Ivan Turchynov made a fateful drunken boast to some fellow hackers.| Patricia Hernandez / The Verge: |
The YouTube stream for the Logan Paul vs. KSI fight had ~773K viewers, at $10/view, but 1M+ people watched unofficial streams of the fight on Twitch at its peak — Most people didn't pay for the biggest event on YouTube — After months of hype, YouTube superstars Logan Paul …
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Tweets: @slasher and @esportslaw
| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
WeChat and Alipay ban cryptocurrency-related transactions on their payment platforms — Chinese mobile payment platforms WeChat Pay and Alipay are scrambling to keep up with regulators after recent announcements regarding initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrencies.
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Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Bitcoinist.com, Fortune, Cointelegraph, Ethereum World News, Crowdfund Insider, CryptoGlobe, and SludgeFeed. Tweets: @iamjosephyoung
| Javier E. David / CNBC: |
In a blog post, Elon Musk says that he has informed the board that he now believes Tesla should stay public and the board indicated that they agree — - “Although the majority of shareholders I spoke to said they would remain with Tesla if we went private, the sentiment, in a nutshell, was “please don't do this,” Musk said.
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Facebook: Voice of America. Tweets: @antonymcurrie, @stevekopack, @eddyelfenbein, @rob1cox, and @dollarsanddata
| Will Oremus / Slate: |
Amazon is rapidly losing global smart speaker market share to Google Home and devices customized for China, where Amazon has little experience and influence — A year ago, everyone was buying an Amazon Echo. Here's how Google turned the tables. — It's easy to imagine a world in which … | Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
How women, including Campbell Brown and Alex Hardiman, are commanding Facebook's efforts to foster more legitimate news reporting — At Facebook, where men outnumber women almost two to one, the future of news is female. — Alex Hardiman speaks softly. Leading a team meeting …
Tweets: @mollie, @campbell_brown, @kwchang, @arctictony, @joan_e, and @groundviews
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