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| Heather Kelly / Washington Post: |
Facebook removed a Trump video that claims kids are “almost immune” to COVID-19; Twitter blocked @teamtrump account from tweeting until the video is removed — The company has faced pressure to better moderate its site amid a massive advertiser boycott.
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| Amanda Macias / CNBC: |
Trump admin proposes a “Clean Network” effort to curb potential national security risks from China by banning “untrusted” Chinese apps from US app stores, more — - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a five-pronged “Clean Network” effort aimed at curbing potential national security risks from China.
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Telemedicine provider Teladoc Health signs a $18.5B deal to buy Livongo, maker of connected devices for managing diabetes and other chronic conditions — In a sign of the growing importance and value of digital healthcare in the world of medicine, two of the industry's publicly traded companies …
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
TikTok announces that it is setting up its first data center in Europe with a $500M investment in Ireland, says data of European users will be stored there — TikTok, the embattled video-sharing app that's found itself at the center of Washington-Beijing tensions, is setting up its first data center …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft ends its xCloud game streaming test on iOS devices, says it had to limit the app to one game and 10,000 testers “to comply with App Store policies” — Apple's App Store policies appear to be holding xCloud back — Microsoft has ended its xCloud game streaming test for iOS devices today.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Nintendo reported quarterly operating profit of $1.4B, up 428% YoY; sales of Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite consoles grew 167% YoY to 5.68M units — - Nintendo reported operating profit of 144.7 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in the April-June quarter, smashing analyst expectations.
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| Karandeep Singh / Android Police: |
OnePlus is preloading OnePlus 8 and Nord series phones with Facebook bloatware that can't be uninstalled as part of the OS — Bloatware on Android phones has been around for so long — especially on Samsung and Huawei phones — that it's hardly even news anymore.
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| Eric Ravenscraft / OneZero: |
Tests indicate wireless charging is much less efficient than cord charging; Pixel 4 charging tests showed wireless charging used 47% more power than cabled — We crunched the numbers on just how inefficient wireless charging is — and the results are pretty shocking
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Election tech giant ES&S and security firm Synack partner to allow security professionals, vetted by Synack, to do penetration testing on some ES&S products — After years of secrecy, one major election tech company is giving more hackers a look under the hood.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Samsung and Microsoft extend their partnership to add deeper integration with Office on Galaxy Note20 devices and let users stream Android apps to Windows 10 — The new Samsung Galaxy Note 20 devices will support Office app synchronization, new Your Phone features and Microsoft's cloud gaming functionality.
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| Bloomberg: |
Rackspace closed ~22% down on its first day of trading, after raising $704M in its IPO, and now has a market value of $3.26B — - Cloud computing firm Rackspace has year's worst debut in U.S. — Fellow Texas firm BigCommerce doubles value on its first day
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| Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: |
Shares of e-commerce startup BigCommerce rose as much as 292% above its $24 IPO Wednesday; stock closed up 201% and raised $216M — BigCommerce Holdings Inc., which makes software for online business operations, rose as much as 292% in its trading debut after pricing its $216 million initial public offering above a targeted range.
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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Intuit has agreed to acquire TradeGecko, an inventory and order management software platform for small retailers and wholesalers, sources say for $80M+ — - Intuit is said to pay more than $80 million for TradeGecko — TradeGecko will be integrated into Intuit's QuickBooks Online
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Tweets: @jonrussell, @serrynaimo, @yoolimleenews, and @technology
| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
Uber buys UK-based taxi-software company Autocab, in a deal that will extend the company's reach in the UK from ~40 locations to ~170 — - U.K. market will eventually grow to up to 170 areas from 40 — Autocab drivers to get ‘more earnings opportunities’ via Uber
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
California's labor commissioner has filed separate lawsuits against Uber and Lyft for alleged wage theft by misclassifying workers as independent contractors — The Golden State is becoming increasingly hostile to app-based ride-hailing — Uber and Lyft are committing wage theft … | Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Interview with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence, who says Amazon illegally prices its Echo speakers below cost and can do so by subsidizing from its “monopoly business” — Sonos CEO Patrick Spence believes that Amazon is breaking the law by selling its Echo speakers below cost.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google updates its G Suite apps with link previews, Smart Compose in Docs, improved comment navigation, and support for Microsoft Office files on Android — Visual updates for easier work on the go — Google is updating its office software on mobile devices for G Suite users … | Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Microsoft could use data culled from TikTok content, such as video of people of different ethnicities engaged in a variety of activities, to train its AI — More than merely appealing to the young users of TikTok, Microsoft could use the data culled from its videos to better compete against its AI rivals.
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Tweets: @hypervisible, @tomwarren, @worqas, @christinayiotis, @calbucci, @lizjosullivan, and @etzioni
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
YouTube says it took down 2,596 accounts from China in Q2 for engaging in “coordinated influence operations” on political issues, up from 277 accounts in Q1 — YouTube has banned a large number of Chinese accounts it said were engaging in “coordinated influence operations” on political issues, the company announced today.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
State Department offers up to a $10M reward for info about anyone working with a foreign government to interfere in US elections via malicious cyber operations — This includes attacks against US election officials, election infrastructure, voting machines, but also candidates and their staff.
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United States Department …, Threatpost, and Tom's Guide
Tweets: @kevincollier, @radiojibi, @campuscodi, @kimzetter, and @ericgeller
| Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: |
Report: in Q1 2020, 54% of US households with broadband had a smart TV, surpassing the 42% share held by streaming devices like Roku — Streaming devices and set-top boxes like Roku or the Apple TV are increasingly losing ground to internet-connected smart TVs with the shift amplified by the coronavirus pandemic, new data shows.
Tweets: @appleinsider
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Infermedica, which offers AI-driven software for preliminary medical diagnosis and triage, raises $10M+ Series A — Infermedica, the Poland-founded health tech startup that offers an AI-driven platform for preliminary diagnosis and triage, has raised just over $10 million in Series A funding.
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