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EU fines Google a record €4.3B (~$5B) in antitrust case for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine — Google has been hit with a record-breaking €4.3 billion ($5 billion) fine by EU regulators for breaking antitrust laws.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says Android has created more choice, not less, and that Google will appeal the EU ruling — If you buy an Android phone, you're choosing one of the world's two most popular mobile platforms—one that has expanded the choice of phones available around the world.
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg about Russia, fake news, InfoWars, Myanmar, and why he thinks Facebook shouldn't take down posts that deny the Holocaust — Everything was on the table — and after Facebook's wildest year yet, that's a really big table. — Yesterday, I motored my Ford Fiesta …
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Mark Zuckerberg clarifies his comments about Holocaust deniers on Facebook: “I absolutely didn't intend to defend the intent of people who deny that” — The Facebook founder has attracted controversy for how the social network deals with content that is offensive to many, such as Holocaust deniers
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| Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: |
Netflix is creating a comedy-focused radio channel in partnership with Sirius XM, due to launch in January 2019 — Satellite-radio comedy channel expected to launch by January — Netflix is coming to radio. — The streaming-content giant has cut a deal with Sirius XM Holdings Inc. SIRI 1.20% …
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| Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Samsung to launch phone with a 7" display that can be folded in half like a wallet early next year; Bixby speaker launching in about a month for ~$300 — The phone will feature a roughly 7-inch display that folds in half — SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. is planning to introduce …
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Researcher: a robocalling company has left hundreds of thousands of voters' data, including personal details and audio recordings, exposed on a public server — Each record contains a voter's name, address, and “calculated” political affiliation. — Another cache of US voter data has leaked.
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| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
Despite glitches, Amazon sold more than 100M products on Prime Day, driving record Prime sign-ups and sales; Fire TV Stick was the most popular purchase — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said online shoppers purchased more than 100 million products worldwide during its Prime Day sale …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Apple's iCloud user data in China is now being stored by a division of state-owned China Telecom — If you're an Apple customer living in China who didn't already opt out of having your iCloud data stored locally, here's a good reason to do so now. That information, the data belonging … | Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Reddit begins rolling out live chatrooms, organized by subreddit and created by admins only, currently in beta — A FEW MONTHS into Jason Lee's new job at Reddit, the office was buzzing with excitement. It was April 2017 and Reddit had just launched r/place, a collaborative project …
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Coinbase, which on Monday said it got the green light from the SEC to move forward with a trio of acquisitions, now says it never got such an endorsement — Coinbase Inc., which on Monday said it got the green light from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to move forward with a trio … | George Avalos / Mercury News: |
eBay notifies California's Employment Development Department it's eliminating nearly 300 Bay Area jobs, including more than 200 in San Jose — SAN JOSE — eBay has decided to eliminate nearly 300 Bay Area jobs, including more than 200 in San Jose, the company has told a state labor agency.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms users can now sync their Instagram contacts to Messenger — Facebook wants to expand your Messenger contact list with a little help from Instagram. The company has launched a feature in Messenger that pulls in your contacts from Instagram, if you opt to connect your account.
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Amazon Web Services CEO says that AWS is not actively building a commercial network switch, after a report said the company was considering selling its own — Report that Amazon would start selling switches to businesses hit stock of Cisco and other networking providers
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| Olivia Solon / The Guardian: |
Researcher shows Venmo transactions, which are public under default user settings, reveal details including real names, comments, and dates through a public API — A researcher has analysed millions of public transactions to prove just how much the app reveals about our life and habits
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Y Combinator will award grants of $10K to 100 graduates of the third year of its 10-week online Startup School program — Y Combinator wants to lure more companies into the funnel for its accelerator while democratizing free access to startup knowledge. It's simultaneously moving …
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Uber hires Ruby Zefo, Intel's chief privacy and security counsel, as its first-ever chief privacy officer, to report to Uber's chief legal officer — Uber has hired its first chief privacy officer as well as a former TomTom executive in charge ensuring the ride-hailing company complies with the EU's data protection laws.
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| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Researchers: Trump and his PAC spent $274K on Facebook ads viewed by at least 37M users since early May, making him the biggest political advertiser on the site — SAN FRANCISCO — It's official: President Trump is the single biggest political advertiser on Facebook.
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Roblox, an MMO game popular with kids, blames the virtual gang rape of a seven year old's character on a hack, saying malicious code was uploaded to a server — A popular children's video game has blamed a virtual “gang rape” on a hack of its systems. — Amber Petersen's seven-year-old daughter … Sponsor Posts
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