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Sources: Google is pushing the Trump administration to exempt it from a ban on exports to Huawei, warning that it could compromise national security — Google has warned the Trump administration it risks compromising US national security if it pushes ahead with sweeping export restrictions on Huawei …
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Facebook is no longer allowing pre-installation of its Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram apps on new Huawei phones — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep …
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| Gwénaëlle Barzic / Reuters: |
GSMA: Chinese telecom equipment ban may lead to €55B in additional costs and delay of 5G rollout by 18 months in Europe; Nokia disputes the report — PARIS (Reuters) - A ban on buying telecoms equipment from Chinese firms would add about 55 billion euros ($62 billion) …
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A Google employee who helped organize walkouts has resigned, alleges she was the target of a campaign of retaliation designed to intimidate and dissuade others — Longtime employee who helped organize global protest alleges Google's response was designed to ‘have a chilling effect’ on growing workplace activism
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Google Walkout For Real Change, The Verge, Engadget, and CNET
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Walmart's InHome service will deliver groceries directly to customers' refrigerators when they are not home, starting this fall in three US cities — ‘InHome’ deliveries kick off this fall — Starting this fall in the US, Walmart customers in select cities can choose …
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| Lauren Hirsch / CNBC: |
Activist firm Elliott Management to buy Barnes & Noble for ~$683M including debt; in the past five years, B&N has lost more than $1 billion in market value — KEY POINTS — Activist firm Elliott Management announced Friday it plans to acquire bookseller Barnes & Noble for roughly $683 million, including debt.| The Block: |
Report: India's draft law proposes a 10-year jail term for “mining, generating, holding, buying, selling, or dealing in cryptocurrencies directly or indirectly” — If the 'Banning Cryptocurrencies and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2019' becomes law, mining …
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| Los Angeles Times: |
Some videos intended for anti-racist, educational purposes were removed due to YouTube's new rules, highlighting the weaknesses of algorithmic content removal — YouTube's campaign against hateful and racist videos is claiming some unintended victims: researchers and advocates working to expose racist hatemongers.
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MIT Technology Review, The Guardian, and Wired
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
HTC releases the Vive Pro Eye, a VR headset with eye-tracking capabilities, in North America for $1,599, following its launch in China and Europe in May — Having already released Vive Pro Eye in China and Europe, HTC today began selling the enterprise-class virtual reality headset in North America …
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VIVE Blog, TechCrunch, CNET, Android Central, 9to5Toys, Mashable, TechCrunch, Engadget, Thurrott, Official Eye Tracking Blog, UploadVR, VentureBeat, The Verge, PR Newswire, The Next Web, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @htcvive
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Command execution flaw found in Exim 4.87 to 4.91 that could affect up to 4.7M machines; flaw was fixed in version 4.92 but never identified as a vulnerability — In some cases, it's trivial for remote attackers to execute commands with root privileges. — Millions of Internet-connected …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 13 adds multi-cam support, which allows apps to simultaneously capture photos, video, audio, metadata, and depth from multiple microphones and cameras — In iOS 13, Apple is introducing multi-cam support allowing apps to simultaneously capture photos, video, audio, metadata …
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A close look at Russia's plan for a “sovereign internet”, which aims to use deep packet inspection for censorship and a backup domain name system — Thousands of protesters had gathered outside government headquarters in Magas, the capital of the heavily Muslim republic of Ingushetia in Russia's north Caucasus.
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Wired and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Tweets: @ievailves, @wired, @jgriffiths, @marksleboda1, and @maxseddon
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Swiftly, a SaaS platform for city transit systems and transport agencies, raises $10M Series A led by VIA ID, Aster Capital, Renewal Funds, and Wind Capital — Swiftly just raised a $10 million Series A round led by VIA ID, Aster Capital, Renewal Funds and Wind Capital to grow its software … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Depop, a social app targeting millenial and Gen Z shoppers, raises $62M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to ~$102M — The rising popularity of omni-channel commerce — selling to customers wherever they happen to be spending time online — has spawned an army …
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FinSMEs, Tech.eu, PYMNTS.com, Telegraph, and EU-Startups. Tweets: @ingridlunden. Thanks:@ingridlunden
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Sources: WarnerMedia abandons plan for a three-tiered streaming service, will likely package HBO, Cinemax, and the Warner Bros. library together for $16-$17/mo — New package is expected to include HBO, Cinemax and Warner Bros. content for barely more than HBO's current streaming service
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Tweets: @tvtater, @merrillbarr, @tvmojoe, @brianmcc, @tvgrimreaper, @benfritz, and @michael_calia
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