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Slack to buy HipChat and Stride products from Atlassian; Slack CEO says Atlassian will make “nominal” but strategically important financial investment — Atlassian Corp. is selling its corporate chat software to rival Slack Technologies Inc. and taking a small stake in the startup …
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Amazon announces Q2 revenues of $52.89B vs. $53.41B est., net sales of $52.8B, up 39% YoY, and net income of $2.5B, up from $197M in Q2 2017 — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2018. — Operating cash flow increased 22% …
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In a test conducted by the ACLU, Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition tech erroneously matched 28 members of Congress, 6 of them black, to criminal mugshots — ACLU: “And running the entire test cost us $12.33—less than a large pizza." — The American Civil Liberties Union …
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Facebook closes down 19% after the disappointing user numbers and revenue growth projections, losing almost $120B in market value in a day — - The company missed projections on key metrics after struggling with data leaks and fake news scandals. — The stock is flirting with bear market territory …
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Sources: Robert Mueller wants to question Donald Trump over tweets about Sessions and Comey as part of an obstruction of justice inquiry — WASHINGTON — For years, President Trump has used Twitter as his go-to public relations weapon, mounting a barrage of attacks on celebrities … | Jared Newman / Fast Company: |
Amazon announces Alexa Cast, a new feature that lets users control tracks playing on Alexa-enabled speakers from the Amazon Music app on a phone — Listening to Amazon Music on Echo speakers just got easier with a new feature called Alexa Cast. While using Amazon Music on a phone or tablet …
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Spotify adds 8M paid subscribers in Q2, up 40% YoY, for a total of 83M subscribers and 180M MAUs, with revenue of €1.27B, up 26% YoY, and operating loss of €90M — For its second ever earnings report, Spotify said it now has 83 million paid subscribers, up 8 million …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Review of Google Assistant-powered Lenovo Smart Display, the first device to run on Android Things, available July 27 with 8"/10" screens for $199 and $249 — Google Assistant gets a screen — The basic idea behind the new Google-powered Smart Displays that are coming this summer is simple …
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Research: Apple shipped 3.5M Watches in Q2, up 30% YoY, but its market share dropped from 43% in Q1 to 34% in Q2 as global smartwatch sales grew to 10M — Apple's smartwatch performed strongly in Q2 2018, with 3.5 million shipped worldwide, 30% more than in the same period last year.
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Chinese social commerce startup Pinduoduo closes at $26.70 on Nasdaq, up more than 40% on its first day of trading, after raising $1.63B in its IPO — Colin Huang, founder of Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo, has joined the ranks of the world's billionaires following the company's debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.| Paul Hill / Neowin: |
ProtonMail introduces full PGP support and address verification, which uses the encrypted contact feature to protect users against man-in-the-middle attacks — In the latest update of ProtonMail, users can now take advantage of the full (Pretty Good Privacy) PGP support and address verification tools, for added security.
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| Bloomberg: |
Donald Trump criticizes Twitter for “shadow banning prominent Republicans”, says he will look into what he calls a “discriminatory and illegal practice” — Twitter stock extended losses, declining 4 percent in pre-market trading as U.S. President Donald Trump criticized …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q2 revenues of $16.96B, up 15% YoY, Client Computing Group revenue of $8.73B, up 6% YoY, and Data Center Group revenue of $5.55B, up 27% YoY — Intel stock fell by about 3 percent on Thursday following the release of the company's second-quarter earnings, which were better than expected.| Windows Experience Blog: |
Microsoft releases Windows 10 test build with Flashlight, to let VR users look at their physical environment, and a predictive model for starting device updates — Hello Windows Insiders! — Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17723 (RS5) to Windows Insiders …
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A look at how Google treats its contract workers, some of whom write code, recruit staff, and manage teams, yet don't have access to the firm's celebrated perks — About half of Google's workers are contractors who don't receive the same benefits as direct employees
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