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Angry over critical coverage, tech figures discuss hitting back against journalists, on Twitter and invite-only Clubhouse, leading to harassment of NYT's Lorenz — In leaked audio from an invite-only app, venture capitalists pondered everything they think is wrong with journalism.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's Reliance Jio launches JioMeet, a Zoom-like video-conference service, offering unlimited free calls in 720p with up to 100 participants and no time limit — India's Reliance Jio Platforms, which recently concluded a $15.2 billion fundraise run, is ready to enter a new business: Video conferencing.
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| Jack Shafer / Politico: |
Companies have little to lose from joining a Facebook boycott during a slow month for ads amid a pandemic; they'll be back, and Facebook will emerge stronger — Every day, it seems, another major corporation joins the advertiser boycott against Facebook. First came The North Face, REI and Patagonia.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Microsoft is using ransomware-like tactics to force-feed its new Chromium Edge browser to users through an automatic Windows update — It undermines Microsoft's own argument that automatic updates are critical — If I told you that my entire computer screen just got taken over by a new app … | Carrie Mihalcik / CNET: |
Report: Amazon is moving Prime Day again to October, after first moving it to September, amid concerns over how coronavirus spikes may impact the supply chain — Amazon's annual Prime Day sale is being delayed to October amid concerns over how coronavirus spikes may impact the supply chain …
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| Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: |
Lemonade, an AI-driven insurance service, closes up 140% in its NYSE debut, reaching a $3.93B market cap, more than double its 2019 valuation from Softbank — Referenced Symbols — As the world is buffeted by digital and societal revolutions, Lemonade Inc. is hoping to leverage …
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Tweets: @levynews, @bgurley, @ggvcapital, @vegix, and @aaronbuley
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Police infiltrated Encrochat, an encrypted phone network used by organized crime, and read millions of messages for months, leading to international arrests — Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots.| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Caffeine, which aims to compete with Twitch but focuses on content like rap battles, has raised $113M, led by Fox Corp, Cox Enterprises, and Sanabil Investments — - Fox, Cox Enterprises among investors leading funding round — Music competitions have helped attract 2 million users| Nick Miroff / Washington Post: |
CBP awards Anduril, founded by Palantir veterans and Palmer Luckey, a five-year contract to build a “virtual border wall” using mobile surveillance towers — The Trump administration has awarded a major border security contract to a California technology start …
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Tweets: @dlind, @tonyajoriley, @nickmiroff, @anna_giaritelli, @aclu, @joshuabrustein, and @yoda
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a new site for Apple Card users to manage their accounts online; previously, all Apple Card interactions took place through iPhone's Wallet app — Apple has today launched an online dashboard for Apple Card users to manage their account online.
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Tweets: @lanceulanoff, @film_girl, @film_girl, @spencerchen, @jonyiveparody, and @bzamayo
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Streaming TV services' inability to negotiate their way out of the bundle system that has dominated regular cable for years is resulting in higher prices — YouTube TV's price hike is part of a larger problem — YouTube TV announced yesterday that it'd be raising its prices by 30 percent to $65 per month.
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Tweets: @cgartenberg, @reckless, @da_banks, and @dangraziano
| David Gilbert / VICE: |
OTF staff worry about losing trust globally as the new CEO of their parent agency is pressed to divert funds from open-source to obscure, closed-source tech — This U.S. program provides encryption technologies to journalists and activists living under repressive regimes.
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