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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
In internal email after WSJ report, Google CEO Pichai denied efforts to politically bias search results, reaffirmed Google should remain politically neutral — Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a company-wide email Friday, which Axios obtained, denying any effort to politically bias …
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| Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge: |
Telltale Games, which makes games based on franchises such as Jurassic Park and Batman, lays off most of its staff, keeps 25 to begin “majority studio closure” — Telltale Games, creators of episodic adventure games like The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, and Batman …
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| The Intercept: |
Sources: Google made staff delete memo that said Dragonfly required logins to search, tracked location, and gave Chinese partner unilateral access to data — Google bosses have forced employees to delete a confidential memo circulating inside the company that revealed explosive details …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it fixed a bug that sent some users' direct messages from their interactions with business accounts to third-party developers, since May 2017 — Twitter said that a “bug” sent user's private direct messages to third-party developers “who were not authorized to receive them.”
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| iFixit: |
Teardown reveals iPhone XS has a notched L-shaped battery, iPhone XS Max has an extended logic board with an Apple-designed power management chip — Tools Featured in this Teardown … Introduction — Last year's iPhone X had a weird name and the most advanced internals we'd ever seen in a teardown.| Jon Reid / bna.com: |
NYT sues FCC for records that NYT alleges may reveal Russian government interference in FCC's comment period before rollback of Obama-era net neutrality rules — REQUEST A TRIAL — Keep up with the latest developments and legal issues in the telecommunications and emerging technology sectors …
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| Jonathan Huang / Google Developers Blog: |
Google announces new experimental Daydream VR features for developers: support for all Android apps, new 6DoF controllers, and a see-through mode — Posted by Jonathan Huang, Senior Product Manager, Google AR/VR — Since we first launched Daydream, developers have responded by creating virtual reality …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
PayPal says it has banned all Infowars-related sites for promoting hate or discriminatory intolerance against certain communities and religions — PayPal will no longer do business with Infowars, according to a post on the conspiracy theory site this morning.
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Tweets: @nathanielpopper, @nathanielpopper, @b_fung, @nytimestech, and @nationalisttv
| Colin Harper / Bitcoin Magazine: |
Ethereum-based decentralized exchange Bancor to launch BancorX, an extension of its protocol to EOS blockchain that will allow cross-blockchain conversions — In a bid to extend the reach of its services, Bancor is opening up shop on another blockchain. — The decentralized exchange protocol …
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| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
Luxury clothing marketplace Farfetch closes up 42% on its first day of trading, after raising $885M in its IPO; Farfetch is now valued at $8.2B — - Shares rise as investors bet on $8,287 coats, $980 sneakers — CEO Neves seeks to further customize site for regional tastes| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
IPO prospectus of Meituan-Dianping, which owns Mobike, said that the Chinese bike-sharing service had 48.1M active bike users, 7.1M active bikes as of April 30 — The prospectus paints a much different picture. — A year ago the world was beset by a bicycle rental craze that resulted … | Josh Taylor / BuzzFeed: |
Australian Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton accused of rushing legislation through parliament that tech companies say would weaken encryption — The legislation was introduced into parliament just 10 days after consultation ended, and not all submissions have been made public.| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News: |
Profile of Marc Randazza, a free speech advocate and lawyer who tries to limit social media platforms' ability to act against hateful and abusive content — The new speech wars are a push and pull between individuals, governments, and platforms. At the center of this is attorney Marc Randazza …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
UK-based Cleo, an AI chatbot that gives users insights into spending across multiple accounts and credit cards, raises $10M Series A led by Balderton Capital — When Cleo, the London-based ‘digital assistant’ that wants to replace your banking apps, quietly entered the U.S., the company couldn't have expected to be an instant hit.
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VatorNews, Forbes, Wealth Management, Finextra Research Headlines, and Tech.eu. Thanks:@sohear
| Kevin McCoy / USA Today: |
How counterfeit Apple products, such as adapters and chargers, take circuitous shipment routes via multiple companies to reach the US consumer market — A three-story brick building in a low-crime Brooklyn neighborhood in New York City was the first U.S. stop on an international route used …
Tweets: @jguynn
| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
A look at how tech products aimed at civic engagement made by technologists from Silicon Valley have mostly failed to have any long term impact — Win the Future set out to reinvigorate the Democratic Party. Instead it built a quiz app. — The comedian Samantha Bee kicked off the new season …
Tweets: @profmichelson, @bradstone, and @shiraovide
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Amazon unveils Echo Auto, a $49.99 dash mounted in-car accessory that puts Alexa in any car with an aux jack and gives directions using Waze — As Amazon noted at today's event, the company has already been working with a number of car companies bring Alexa to vehicles.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram app code shows new potential features like adding hashtags without including them in captions, geofenced posts, quiz stickers, and video tagging — Geofenced sharing, Quiz stickers, Stories Highlight stickers, and a separate interface for adding hashtags to posts are amongst a slew …
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