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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is launching its Surface Duo dual-screen Android phone on September 10 for $1,399, with preorders starting today in the US — Microsoft is launching its Surface Duo dual-screen Android phone on September 10th, priced from $1,399. After months of Microsoft executives teasing …
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Hands-on with a non-functioning Surface Duo prototype, which has two 5.6-inch OLED screens forming a 8.1-inch display, bound together by a unique hinge — Inside a little white box in front of me is a gadget that looks like a little book. The Microsoft Windows logo is embossed on top.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Twitter launches API v2, the first complete rebuild of its API since 2012, in a bid to improve relations with third-party developers — Wooing developers with a new API — Twitter is making it easier for businesses, academics, and third-party developers to build on its platform with the launch of its API v2 today.
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| New York Times: |
Hands-on with Instagram's Reels: confusing, frustrating, impossible to navigate, and lacking TikTok's editing features — TikTok might not be winning over President Trump, but it sure beats its Instagram copycat for making and sharing short videos. — Millions of people have used …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says it will likely need to shut down for several months in California if it is forced to re-classify drivers as employees — - Uber would likely shut down temporarily for several months if a court does not overturn a recent ruling requiring it to classify its drivers …
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| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Source: Facebook and Snap recently approached Dubsmash, a lip-syncing video app, about an acquisition, with discussions including a possible nine-figure deal — Facebook and Snap recently held talks to buy Dubsmash, a lip-syncing video app that has surged in popularity alongside a crop of other TikTok competitors.| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn says it plans to split supply chain between the Chinese and US markets as trade ties fracture and declares that China's time as world's factory is over — - Hon Hai planning separate supply lines for the two big markets — Company's earnings outperformed expectations but warns on Q3
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Sources: ByteDance has been in talks with India's Reliance for investment in TikTok's India operations since late last month, after India banned the app in June — Chinese giant ByteDance is engaging with India's Reliance Industries Limited, the parent firm of telecom giant Jio Platforms …
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| Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: |
Canalys: 31.9M smartphones shipped to the US in Q2, down 5% YoY; Apple shipped 15M iPhones to the US, up 10% YoY, and Samsung shipped 7.4M units, down 1% YoY — Vendors shipped nearly 32 million smartphones in the US in the second quarter, according to a Canalys report.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Square says it is testing a short-term loan feature, giving between $20 and $200, repayable over a month, with around 1,000 users — Cash App, the peer-to-peer payments service from Square, is giving select users a way to get short-term loans. — The company said it's only testing the feature with around 1,000 users for now.
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Cisco reports Q4 revenue of $12.2B, down 9% YoY, net revenue of $2.6B, up 19% YoY, says more than half its revenue is from software and services; stock down 6%+ — Cisco posted better-than-expected Q4 results, with product sales declining and services revenue flat year-over-year.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Airbnb reported Q2 revenue of $335M, down from $842M in Q1 and over $1B in Q2 2019, as its adjusted loss rose to $400M, up from $341M in Q1 — - Home share site also records a wider loss in second quarter — A stock listing is back on track with recent travel rebound
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches new tools to make developing Android apps on Chrome OS easier, including a new ChromeOS.dev resource website and a native Android Emulator — Google today launched ChromeOS.dev, a new site that aims to help developers get started with building Android apps for the company's Linux-based operating system.| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
QAnon followers are hijacking #SaveTheChildren, an anti-human-trafficking movement, and joining parenting Facebook Groups in order to gain new followers — Fans of the pro-Trump conspiracy theory are clogging anti-trafficking hotlines, infiltrating Facebook groups and raising false fears about child exploitation.
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Lyft reports Q2 revenue of $339M, above expectations but down 61% YoY, as active riders drop 60% YoY to 8.7M; revenue per active rider was $39.06, down 2% YoY — - Ride-hailing company Lyft reported results for the period ending June 30, 2020, its first full quarter during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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| Nancy Scola / Politico: |
Google, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and others partner to scenario-plan for the last three months before US Election Day, including slow election results — Google, Facebook, Twitter and other major social media companies are working together to scenario-plan for the last three months …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Facebook rolls out an interstitial screen that pops up when users try sharing COVID-19 content, showing the source and date created, adding much-needed friction — With its product decisions, Facebook is admitting the share button can do more harm than good.
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| Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: |
After a $650M settlement in a biometric data collection case last month, Facebook faces a new suit alleging Instagram collects biometric data without consent — Facebook Inc. is facing new allegations that it illegally harvests the biometric data of users, this time in a lawsuit that targets the company's photo-sharing app Instagram.| Nathan DiCamillo / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase says it will offer fiat loans to US retail customers, backed by as much as 30% of a customer's bitcoin holdings, in 17 states this fall — Coinbase will allow U.S. retail customers to borrow fiat loans against as much as 30% of their bitcoin holdings in the fall, the San Francisco-based exchange announced Wednesday.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
A look at so-called Russian, encrypted, or “white” SIMs, used by criminals to spoof phone numbers, add voice manipulation to calls in real-time, and more — Criminals use so-called Russian, encrypted, or white SIMs to change their phone number, add voice manipulation to their calls …
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| Dale Beran / The Atlantic: |
Anonymous is having something of a resurgence, after becoming largely inactive following its 2012 peak, following the George Floyd protests and social unrest — At the end of May, as protests against the police killing of George Floyd got under way, reports started to circulate that the shadowy hacker group Anonymous was back.
Tweets: @theatlantic and @adriennelaf
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