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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
As the House antitrust hearing looms, lawmakers discuss potential lines of inquiry, including evidence of a “copy-acquire-kill” strategy to subdue rivals  —  Congress brought the country's big banks to heel after the financial crisis, cowed a tobacco industry for imperiling public health …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg plans to tell Congress that Facebook's rise is an American success story and regulation only serves to help Chinese companies
New York Times:
Jeff Bezos has taken a hands-off approach to Washington, staying above the fray, but that changes with his first-ever Congressional testimony on Wednesday
Jackson Ryan / CNET:
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter scramble to remove a video touting hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus cure, after it was shared by Trump  —  Social media lights up with viral videos touting hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus cure.  It's not.  —  Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug used …
The Markup:
Study of 15K+ recent popular queries finds Google devoted 41% of the first page of search results on mobile devices to its own properties  —  The search engine dedicated almost half of the first page of results in our test to its own products, which dominated the coveted top of the page
BBC:
Google announces plans to build a new undersea network cable connecting the US, UK, and Spain, expected to be completed by 2022  —  Google has announced plans to build a new undersea network cable connecting the US, UK and Spain.  —  The tech giant says it is incorporating new technology into the cable …
New York Times:
Sources: after Airbnb and ClassPass began selling virtual classes, Apple wanted to collect its 30% commission on the sales, up from no fee previously  —  After Airbnb and ClassPass began selling virtual classes because of the pandemic, Apple tried to collect its commission on the sales.
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Analytics service Waydev says hackers breached it earlier this month and stole GitHub, GitLab OAuth tokens, likely pivoting to attack other companies like Dave  —  OAuth tokens have been abused for intrusions at least two other companies, Dave.com and Flood.io.
Intel Newsroom:
Intel announces a reorg, with chief engineering officer Murthy Renduchintala departing, Intel veteran Dr. Ann Kelleher now leading work on 7nm and 5nm processes  —  New Leaders for Key Intel Technology Organizations will Report Directly to CEO Bob Swan; Murthy Renduchintala to Depart
The Economic Times:
Sources: India is examining an additional 275 Chinese apps, including PubG, AliExpress, and Resso, for a potential ban citing national security and user privacy  —  List includes Tencent-backed gaming app PubG, Xiaomi's Zili and AliExpress from Alibaba Group.
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat:
Qualcomm announces Quick Charge 5, refueling smartphone batteries to 50% in five minutes and 100% in 15, likely to start showing up over the next few months  —  Wireless recharging has become increasingly popular over the past few years due to its convenience — just drop your phone on a pad …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Alexa app gets revamped, adding more personalization options and replacing 3rd-party skill suggestions on the main screen with frequently used actions  —  After launching a number of new developer tools for Alexa last week, Amazon today introducing an updated version of its Alexa mobile app for consumers.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Garmin says a ransomware attack occurred on July 23 but there's “no indication” customer data was stolen, expects to return to normal operation in a few days  —  Sport and fitness tech giant Garmin has confirmed its five-day outage was caused by a ransomware attack.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Chorus.ai, which develops AI-based software to analyze sales calls, raises $45M Series C led by Georgian Partners, bringing its total raised to $85.2M  —  Chorus.ai, a startup that leverages AI to analyze sales calls, this week raised $45 million.  CEO and cofounder Jim Benton says the proceeds …

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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

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Ed Caesar / New Yorker:
The story of CyberBunker, a hosting provider that once hosted The Pirate Bay and a number of dark web sites, whose German facility was raided by police in 2019

Earlier Picks

Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal:
Match Group names ex-CBS Interactive boss Jim Lanzone as Tinder's new CEO, beginning August 3
Christina Farr / CNBC:
Ro, a telemedicine startup that caters to the uninsured, raises $200M led by General Catalyst valuing it at $1.5B and says it has hit $250M in annual revenue
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google will extend its work from home policy until at least July 2021, affecting almost 200,000 full-time and contract employees
Matt Johnston / iTnews:
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sues Google for allegedly expanding the use of users' personal data without gaining explicit consent
Alex Konrad / Forbes:
SAP announces plans to spin out Qualtrics, a user experience management platform it acquired in 2018 for $8B, with an IPO in the US
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