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| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter work to pull versions of a video touting hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 cure, after it was shared by Trump and his allies — - A Breitbart video containing dangerous coronavirus misinformation went viral on Facebook before it was removed.
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| Andrew Griffin / The Independent: |
Twitter temporarily locks Donald Trump Jr's account for posting a “misleading and potentially harmful” video touting hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 cure — President posts same tweet, and is hit by slightly different sanctions … Donald Trump Jr has been suspended by Twitter for posting …
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| New York Times: |
CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are preparing to argue that their companies do not stifle competition at a congressional hearing on Wednesday — The tech C.E.O.s will appear together at a congressional hearing on Wednesday to argue that their companies do not stifle competition.
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| Kyle Daly / Axios: |
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| 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.
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| 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 and “direct answers” — 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
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify debuts Group Session feature in beta, letting up to five premium users simultaneously listen to same content — Simultaneously stream music or podcasts — Spotify is now allowing its paying users to listen to music and podcasts with friends and family at the same time, even if they aren't in the same location.
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| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Over about 8 years, Rite Aid quietly added facial recognition systems in 200 US stores, largely in low income areas, claiming it was meant to deter theft — In the hearts of New York and metro Los Angeles, Rite Aid installed facial recognition technology in largely lower-income, non-white neighborhoods, Reuters found.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
In a reversal, CES says its event planned for January 2021 will be going all-digital, using a virtual meeting format for vendors, attendees, and the press — CES 2021 will take place in January as an all-digital event since the organizers feel it's the only way they can protect attendees during the pandemic.
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Tweets: @mkbhd, @quinnypig, @deantak, @ces, @backlon, @frankcatalano, and @sam_l_shead. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| Bloomberg: |
US DOJ asks federal judge for permission to drop charges against two ex-Twitter employees and a Saudi national who allegedly helped Riyadh spy on dissidents — The U.S. sought to dismiss charges it brought late last year against two former Twitter Inc. employees and a Saudi national …
Tweets: @hshaban, @caseynewton, @bpolitics, @nickconfessore, and @viviannereim
| Euirim Choi / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Instagram has made lucrative offers, some in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, to entice some of TikTok's most popular creators to use Reels — Instagram makes lucrative offers to popular TikTok users to join its new competing service, raising stakes in social-media rivalry
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Tweets: @wsj, @keccers, @nathanchubbard, @cathaluk, @stokel, @zck, @pitdesi, @joshelman, and @sarthakgh
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Revel suspends its electric moped service in NYC after two people were killed in recent weeks; at least one was not wearing a helmet during the crash — Two people were killed and one was critically injured while riding the shared electric mopeds — Revel is suspending its service …
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| 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 …
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Google Cloud Blog, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, Light Reading, cloudpro.co.uk, 9to5Google, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @uhoelzle, @jeffdean, @zahirajaser, @seemay, @rseroter, @googlecloud, @einsteinsattic, and @bbcdaniels
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
AMD reports Q2 revenue of $1.93B, up 26% YoY, Computing and Graphics segment revenue of $1.37B, up 45% YoY; stock up ~9% after-hours — AMD's results land as its primary rival Intel has been struggling with its 7nm roadmap delays. — AMD reported better-than-expected second quarter results …
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Windows Central, VentureBeat, Advanced Micro Devices, and CNBC
Tweets: @quinnypig, @ldignan, @benbajarin, @patrickmoorhead, @danielnewmanuv, and @anshelsag
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches a new Family Safety app for iOS and Android that lets users manage screen time and app usage — Content filters, location sharing, and much more — Microsoft is launching a new Family Safety app for iOS and Android this week. The software giant has been testing the app … | Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Stack Overflow raises $85M Series E round led by GIC, says the Q&A service saw ~200K new users sign up each month from April to June, its best quarter ever — If you have a coding question, chances are a Google search will take you to Stack Overflow. The programming-oriented Q&A website … | Bloomberg: |
After suing the EU on July 15, Facebook won a temporary halt to a demand for documents by EU antitrust investigators — - EU tribunal suspends EU Commission's information requests — Facebook is suing EU over ‘irrelevant’ data demands in probes — Facebook Inc. won a temporary halt …
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Tweets: @oliviasolon, @atbwebb, @moonalice, and @aoifewhite101
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Sources: Microsoft 365 contributed $20B in billed revenues in FY'20, up 50%+ YoY; its priciest SKU, E5, added $7.5B in revenue and makes up 5% of all seats — Microsoft 365 contributed $20 billion in billed revenues to Microsoft's FY'20 total, sources say.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Gaming platform Roblox says it has 150M+ MAUs, up from 115M in February, and its developer community is on pace to earn $250M+ in 2020, up from $110M in 2019 — Gaming platform Roblox, which has seen a surge of use due to the coronavirus pandemic, now has over 150 million monthly active users … | Isabelle Kirkwood / BetaKit: |
Supply chain sales and invoicing startup Conexiom raises $40M in strategic growth financing from Iconiq Capital — Vancouver-based Conexiom, a supply chain SaaS startup offering sales order and invoice automation solutions for manufacturers and distributors, has secured $40 million in strategic growth financing.
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| Charlotte Graham-McLay / The Guardian: |
New Zealand's government launches a charter to guide public agencies' use of algorithms, which it says is the first of its kind in the world — Exclusive: Statistics minister says new charter on algorithms - used from traffic lights to police decision-making - an ‘important part of building public trust’
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