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Salesforce, whose logo appeared on Helium's website, also says it is not a Helium partner; Helium has removed both Lime and Salesforce logos from its website — Helium listed the two companies as users on its homepage — On Friday, Mashable reported that Helium, a crypto project praised … | Matt Binder / Mashable: |
Crypto network Helium claimed for years that Lime is a client, which Lime calls “a false claim”; source: Lime is preparing to send a cease and desist to Helium — Is this really Web3's golden goose? — Helium is often heralded as one of the largest success stories in the Web3 space …
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Some streamers on Twitch, a more intimate platform than others, endure threats and stalkers and say Twitch gives limited support when dangerous situations arise — Stars on Twitch, the video game streaming platform, invite viewers into their homes virtually. What happens when one shows up in person?| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, after claiming to foster “safe and secure” elections — Kenya's national cohesion watchdog has threatened to suspend the social network from the country in a week if it doesn't mitigate hate speech.
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Uber unveils new features for US drivers, like showing what they will earn and the destination before accepting a trip, seeing multiple trip requests, and more — - Uber announced a series of new features Friday aimed at enhancing drivers' experiences on the ridesharing app.
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Global smartphone shipments fell 7% YoY to 291M units in Q2 2022; Samsung had a 21.5% market share, followed by Apple's 16.3%, its best Q2 in the past 10 years — BOSTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)— According to new research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell -7% YoY to 291 million units in Q2 2022.
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How Modi's government is increasingly skirting India's own internet rules to crack down on free speech and dissent on social media, under a “fake news” pretext — Sandeep Ravindranath, an Indian filmmaker, posted his latest work to YouTube in May. The video …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
A July 2022 proposal deck shows that Babel Finance lost 8K BTC and 56K ETH, worth $280M+, in proprietary trading of customer funds, as it seeks to raise money — - Babel Finance lost 8,000 BTC and 56,000 ETH in proprietary trading with customer funds, according to a restructuring proposal deck obtained by The Block.
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Indonesia says it has blocked PayPal, Yahoo, Steam, Epic Games, and other websites for failure to comply with licensing rules introduced in November 2020 — Indonesia has blocked search engine website Yahoo, payments firm Paypal and several gaming websites due to failure to comply with licensing rules … | Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Dell XPS 13 Plus review: thin with a great OLED screen and a powerful P-series chip but expensive, gets very hot, mediocre battery life, and very few ports — The XPS 13 has a new design and a whole bunch of new problems — Dell collectively shocked everyone who follows the laptop market when it announced the XPS 13 Plus.| Sagar Naresh / SamMobile: |
Samsung announces a feature that keeps users' data secure during a phone repair, starting with the Galaxy S21 series in South Korea — You'll obviously have some anxiety about the security of your data if you leave your smartphone at a repair center for a couple of days.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Commerce Department has told all US chipmaking equipment manufacturers to not supply gear to China for fabs for making 14nm chips or below — The US is tightening restrictions on China's access to chipmaking gear, according to two major equipment suppliers …
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