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At an all-hands, Zuckerberg said Kenosha Guard's Page remained online after the shooting due to “an operational mistake” as some staff questioned his leadership — Frustrated Facebook employees slammed CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday during a companywide meeting …
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Internal report: Kenosha Guard Page was flagged at least 455 times before Facebook took it down, with four moderators saying it didn't violate any rules — In a companywide meeting on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that a militia page advocating for followers to bring weapons …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has terminated Epic's App Store account, following legal dispute between the companies; Epic has an alternative Apple account to manage its Unreal Engine — As previously warned by Apple, Epic's App Store account has now been terminated due to the Fortnite developer knowingly violating App Store policy.
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Zuckerberg criticized Apple at companywide meeting, saying the App Store “blocks innovation, blocks competition” and “allows Apple to charge monopoly rents” — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a swing at Apple on Thursday, calling the iPhone maker's app store monopolistic …
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| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple says Fortnite users have been directed by Epic to contact AppleCare and those requests caused support and refund quality issues for its users globally — - Apple suspended Epic Games' developer account on Friday. — It means Epic Games can no longer make apps for iPhone, iPad or Mac.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Neuralink, Musk's brain-computer interface company, revealed a prototype showing readings from a pig's brain using a coin-shaped device implanted under skull — During a press conference held virtually this afternoon, scientists at Elon Musk's Neuralink gave a progress update.
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| Dinesh Nair / Bloomberg: |
Source: London-based investment firm Centricus and Triller seek to buy TikTok's US, AU, NZ, and India operations for $20B; TikTok says it hasn't received a bid — - London firm, video app said to propose $10 billion up front — Bid includes assets in U.S., Australia, New Zealand, India
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| Roland Li / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Pinterest is canceling its 490,000-square-foot lease at San Francisco's unbuilt 88 Bluxome project, citing a shift toward remote work amid the pandemic — Pinterest terminated its massive 490,000-square-foot lease at San Francisco's unbuilt 88 Bluxome project, citing a shift toward more remote work amid the coronavirus pandemic.| New York Times: |
Once a cautionary tale of arrogant tech, Microsoft now operates one of the most effective influence operations in DC, with TikTok its latest campaign — The tech giant, once an example of how not to operate in the nation's capital, now has a successful influence operation there.
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @dmccabe, @opensecretsdc, @dmccabe, @dmccabe, and @revolvingdoordc
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
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Sources: AT&T is again exploring a DirecTV sale and is in talks with PE firms for a deal that could value it below $20B; AT&T bought DirecTV for $49B in 2015 — Telephone giant in discussions with private-equity bidders for satellite-TV business wounded by shift to streaming services
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Inside Asana, whose CEO Dustin Moskovitz rejected Silicon Valley's hard-charging style while building the company, as it prepares for a investor roadshow — Covering venture capital, software and startups … At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, upbeat synth music announces the arrival of Dustin Moskovitz.
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Google says it plans to launch AI ethics services before end of 2020, offering advice on tasks like spotting racial bias or developing guidance for AI projects — After learning its own ethics lessons the hard way, the tech giant will offer services like spotting racial bias or developing guidelines around AI projects.| Caixin Global: |
Viva Republica, the parent company of the popular South Korean P2P payments app Toss, raises $173M at a valuation of $2.6B, bringing its total raised to $530M — Viva Republica, the operator of peer-to-peer payment service Toss, has raised $173 million in a round led by existing investors … | Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
A roundup of trends from YC's S20 Demo Day, which saw plenty of virtual events and edtech startups, and at least seven self-described “Shopify for X” startups — Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch was the first to be completely virtual from interview to Demo Day.
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