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Apple has removed the entire libraries of five of InfoWars' six podcasts from iTunes, saying they violated its hate speech guidelines — Apple has removed the entire library for five of Infowars' six podcasts from its iTunes and Podcast apps, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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Facebook bans Infowars and 3 other pages run by Alex Jones for “repeated violations of Community Standards”; Spotify removes all episodes of The Alex Jones Show — Crackdown on US conspiracy theorist for promoting violence and hate speech — All but one of the major content platforms …
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
YouTube removes the Alex Jones Channel for violating community guidelines, after he circumvented a suspension by live streaming on other channels — YouTube has removed Alex Jones' page, following bans earlier today from Apple and Facebook. — Google had previously declined to comment …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Android 9, called Pie, is coming to Google Pixel phones today, but some key features won't officially ship until fall, like “slices” app search functionality — Google today revealed Android P stands for Android Pie, succeeding Android Oreo, and pushed the latest source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook calls WSJ report incorrect, says it's not asking banks for CC transaction data nor making a dedicated banking feature but is aiming to improve chatbots — Backlash swelled this morning after Facebook's aspirations in financial services were blown out of proportion by a Wall Street Journal report …
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Sources: Facebook has asked large US banks to share customers' detailed financial info, so it can add financial services features, like showing account balances — Facebook has asked large U.S. banks to share detailed financial information about customers as it seeks to boost user engagement
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Sources: Apple hopes to grow sales in India by opening stores starting next year, improving apps and services aimed at Indians, and offering better retail deals — Samsung, Xiaomi, and other rivals are stomping the company in India, where it ranks 11th. — In Bengaluru's busy Madiwala neighborhood … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
France's BlaBlaCar buys Russian carpooling service BeepCar from Mail.Ru for an undisclosed sum — BlaBlaCar has made its second acquisition of the year as the French ride-sharing giant announced that it has snapped up Russian carpooling platform Beepcar from Mail.ru. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mixpanel report: Facebook is now a major mobile browser in the US, with 10%+ market share in many states, while Safari leads with ~58% — Most of the data around web browser market share puts Google Chrome or Safari at the top - with their percentage of the market varying by platform and region.
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| Brad Sams / Thurrott.com: |
After pushback from users, Microsoft says it will not be ending support for “classic” Skype 7.0 in Sept. but does not provide a new timeline for its phase out — Earlier this summer, Microsoft announced that they would be ending support for version 7.0 of classic Skype in September.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook redesigns business Pages as their feed reach declines, to emphasize utility related to the particular company and will begin suggesting “related pages” — An unescapable fact of Facebook's ubiquity is that as more Pages and people compete for limited News Feed attention … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires GraphicsFuzz, a GPU testing and benchmarking toolmaker, to bolster Google's Android Graphics Team — As spotted by XDA-Developers this morning, Google has acquired GraphicsFuzz, a company specializing in mobile graphics benchmarking tools, for an undisclosed amount.
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| Laura Bicker / BBC: |
How spy cam porn, now amplified by social media, is starting to reach epidemic levels in South Korea, with 6000+ cases being reported to police each year — I can remember the first time I heard about South Korea's spy cameras. — Just after arriving in Seoul, I was running to the public loo along …
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