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Twitter puts account of Alex Jones in read-only mode for seven days after a tweet violated policy; he can browse but can't tweet, retweet, or like other posts — Twitter has cut off Alex Jones from key functions of his account after the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars violated another Twitter policy.
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Tweets: @oliverdarcy, @nbcnightlynews, @ericboehlert, @laurengoode, @caseynewton, @mgsiegler, @rmac18, @oliverdarcy, and @rmac18
| Alyssa Newcomb / NBC News: |
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defends decision to just give Infowars' Alex Jones a timeout after Jones urged viewers to ready “battle rifles” against media and others — “We can't build a service that is subjective just to the whims of what we personally believe," Dorsey told NBC News' Lester Holt in an exclusive interview.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft begins rolling out OneDrive's new folder protection feature that automatically backs up your PC's documents, pictures, and desktop folders — A great new addition for Windows 10 users — Microsoft is rolling out a new folder protection feature for OneDrive.
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| Selina Wang / Bloomberg: |
Y Combinator names former Baidu COO Qi Lu as CEO of Y Combinator China, a new Chinese arm it says may start as soon as next summer — - This marks the seed investor's first international program — Former Baidu COO, Qi Lu, will oversee the rollout in China
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| Steve Stecklow / Reuters: |
Investigation finds 1,000+ Facebook posts, comments, images, and videos attacking Rohingya in Myanmar, highlighting Facebook's woeful attempts to fix the issue — Reuters found more than 1,000 examples of posts, comments and pornographic images attacking the Rohingya and other Muslims on Facebook.
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| Arjun Panchadar / Reuters: |
Report: Uber has been urged by investors to sell off its self-driving car unit, which has lost $125M-$200M per quarter over the last 18 months — (Reuters) - Investors have told Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] it would be wise to sell off its self-driving car unit after it racked up losses … | Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
| Ry Crist / CNET: |
Amazon and Microsoft begin rolling out Alexa and Cortana integrations, with the ability to ask each assistant to “open” the other — Alexa and Cortana: Tech's new BFFs? — That's the premise behind a cooperative effort from Amazon and Microsoft that lets Alexa users cue up Cortana on their Echo speakers.
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Tweets: @kevinctofel, @brianmcc, @johnwilson, and @dcseifert
| Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: |
US cryptocurrency investor sues AT&T in LA District Court seeking $224M in damages after $23.8M in currency was allegedly stolen via SIM swap fraud — NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin filed a $224 million lawsuit on Wednesday … | Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils the Exynos Modem 5100, featuring support for 5G as well as 4G, 3G, and 2G, with speeds up to 6Gbps when connected to millimeter wave towers — Samsung is already working on multiple 5G cellular devices, so it's no surprise that it has developed a new wireless chip to power them: the Exynos Modem 5100.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says there are now 200+ Android Go devices available and details Go for Android 9 Pie, aimed at emerging markets, which takes less space and boots faster — Android 9 Pie began rolling out earlier this month to the Pixel and Pixel 2, as well as the Essential Phone.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum has continued to show up at least monthly at the Facebook office to secure his stock rewards of ~$450M — Jan Koum said he was leaving Facebook in April, but has been making periodic appearances in the office to secure stock rewards
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China freezes game approvals amid a restructuring within regulatory administrations, affecting all online, mobile, and console games — - The halt has shaken Tencent as smaller players struggle — Regulatory administrations are said to be under restructuring
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Tweets: @antd, @davidramli, @markmacd, @paulmozur, @ynakamura56, @ynakamura56, and @luluyilun. Thanks:@pelstrom
| C. Scott Brown / Android Authority: |
Source and leaked pictures suggest Fitbit's Charge 3 will lack GPS, have a full touchscreen, water resistance of 50 meters; Special Edition to likely have NFC — - A massive leak just gave us almost all necessary info on the Fitbit Charge 3. — The upcoming fitness tracker …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon's Twitch has been pursuing exclusive livestreaming deals with popular companies and personalities, offering millions per year in some cases — It wants to turn its Twitch online hangout for avid gamers into a broader video service. — YouTube has become synonymous …
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Tweets: @davemorgannyc, @lucas_shaw, @emilygroch, @digitalshields, and @shiraovide
| Zeynep Tufekci / MIT Technology Review: |
How digital technologies and social media went from being hailed as tools of freedom during the Arab Spring to being blamed for upheavals in Western democracies — To understand how digital technologies went from instruments for spreading democracy to weapons for attacking it, you have to look beyond the technologies themselves.
Facebook: Zeynep Tufekci. Tweets: @zeynep, @fugueish, @mathewi, @carnage4life, @david_body, and @justinhendrix
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers detail Foreshadow, a speculative execution flaw in secure enclaves on Intel processors, mitigated by May/June microcode fixes, patches coming today — IN CYBERSECURITY CIRCLES, this has been the year of Spectre and Meltdown, not only because the chip vulnerabilities …
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| Shira Ovide / Bloomberg: |
Analysis of 150 US tech companies that have gone public since 2010 and are still operating independently finds about 37% are spending beyond their means — The burn rate jeopardizes their future and hurts investors. — It's time to get real about the financial fragility of young technology companies.
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1
| Gregory Barber / Wired: |
Coinbase acquires the five-person team behind Distributed Systems to help Coinbase find ways to integrate decentralized identity across its services — EARLIER THIS YEAR, the executors of #DeleteFacebook engaged in a form of decentralized group therapy. Catharsis came in a zip file downloaded …
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| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
In lawsuit against IAC, Tinder's co-founders and execs allege sexual misconduct by former Tinder CEO and a coverup by the company; IAC says suit is “meritless” — - Included in a jaw-dropping lawsuit brought by Tinder's founders against its parent company, IAC, are allegations of sexual misconduct against its former CEO.
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