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August 22, 2018, 7:15 PM

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Bloomberg:
Source: autonomous driving startup Zoox, valued at $3.2B, dismisses CEO and co-founder Tim Kentley-Klay, names co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson president  —  - Co-founder Jesse Levinson will become company president  — Zoox just raised $500 million, at a $3.2 billion valuation
Alex Stamos / Lawfare:
Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO, says 2016 failures still weigh on him, warns US elections risk becoming “World Cup of information war” without better security  —  In the swirl of news this week, it would be easy to miss recent announcements from two of America's largest …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Inside Snap's “Council” where employees discuss their inner thoughts, and Evan Spiegel's attempts at self-improvement after company's DAU decline  —  On the second floor of the new headquarters of Snap Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., is a room dedicated to helping employees open up.
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Source: Facebook to remove Onavo, its VPN app, from Apple's App Store after Apple informed Facebook last week that Onavo violated its data-collection policies  —  Apple last week informed Facebook that the Onavo app violated data-collection policies  —  Facebook Inc. FB .59% plans to pull …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
A look at Waymo's self-driving car depot in Phoenix and the progress of its Early Rider program, which offers free test rides to 400+ members  —  Waymo is ready to start charging for its self-driving trips, but first, it needs to master the dreaded art of fleet management
Chris Velazco / Engadget:
Xiaomi unveils ~$300 6.18-inch Pocophone F1 with flagship-level specs: Snapdragon 845, 6GB RAM, 64GB storage, 4,000mAh battery, 20MP camera, Full HD+ display  —  Xiaomi is one of the most respected smartphone brands in India, but apparently that wasn't not good enough.
Alex Pasternack / Fast Company:
Data analytics firm Crimson Hexagon, which was suspended from Facebook after allegations of using user data for surveillance, says it's regained firehose access  —  Crimson Hexagon, a Boston data analytics company, raised some eyebrows last week when it announced that its access to the firehose …
Twitter Safety / @twittersafety:
Twitter says it has suspended 284 accounts for engaging in coordinated manipulation and that many of the accounts appeared to originate from Iran  —  Working with our industry peers today, we have suspended 284 accounts from Twitter for engaging in coordinated manipulation. Based on our existing analysis, it appears many of these accounts originated from Iran.
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