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YouTube suspends monetization of Steven Crowder's channel after continued review finds “pattern of egregious actions” that are against Partner Program policies — Right-wing performer gay-bashed a Vox reporter for years. They initially declined to do anything, then ‘demonetized’ him …
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YouTube says it will “remove content denying that well-documented violent events, like the Holocaust or the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, took place” — Over the past few years, we've been investing in the policies, resources and products needed to live up to our responsibility …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
YouTube updates guidelines to ban videos that promote the superiority of any group to justify discrimination, resulting in the removal of thousands of channels — YouTube is trying to reduce the prevalence of extremist content on the platform — YouTube is changing its community guidelines …
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| Steven Zheng / The Block: |
Report: Facebook to create an independent foundation to manage its cryptocurrency, will charge members a $10M licensing fee for the right to operate a node — Facebook is creating an independent foundation to govern its cryptocurrency, according to a report by The Information.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Apple details the cryptography behind its upcoming Find My feature, which works so that even Apple cannot track device locations — WHEN APPLE EXECUTIVE Craig Federighi described a new location-tracking feature for Apple devices at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on Monday …
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| TechCrunch: |
Sources: Bird in talks to acquire scooter startup Scoot, which was last valued at ~$71M; Scoot would be Bird's first full acquisition — If you are among those who thought that the scooter market sounded a little overhyped and overcrowded, we've gotten wind of a deal that could point to some impending consolidation.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Amazon shows off its latest delivery drone, saying it will make deliveries to customers in the coming months, has a 15 mile range, and can carry up to 5 pounds — For the first time, Amazon today showed off its newest fully electric delivery drone at its first re:Mars conference in Las Vegas.
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Tweets: @jeffawilke, @et_rise, @skorusark, @hacksternews, @business, @indianexpress, @cnn, @mcwm, @sam_l_shead, and @jank0. Thanks:@fredericl
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cloudera says CEO Tom Reilly is retiring and will leave the company's board, with board member Martin Cole to become interim CEO; stock down 31%+ after hours — KEY POINTS — Interim CEO Martin Cole is a former Accenture executive who has been on Cloudera's board since 2014. — Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly.
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| Shivani Vora / New York Times: |
Uber debuts Uber Copter, a helicopter service starting July 9 in New York, to ferry customers between Lower Manhattan and JFK for $200-$225 per person — For an 8-minute, one-way flight, the average ride will cost between $200 and $225 per person and include private ground transportation on both ends of the trip.
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Amazon announces Alexa Conversations, which will enable Alexa to utilize multiple skills within conversations by asking follow ups to the initial question — Amazon's Alexa is ready to broaden its one-track mind. — The virtual assistant can deliver weather forecasts and traffic updates … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Baltimore estimates recent ransomware attack will cost the city $10M to clean up, not including $8M of deferred or lost revenue from unprocessed payments — Mayor says Baltimore is “open for business,” but city has lost millions from slowed payments. — BALTIMORE—It has been a month since …
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Tweets: @iduncan, @iduncan, and @petercoffee
| Kim Zetter / Politico: |
Sources show election security company VR Systems' use of remote-access software may have opened gap for hackers to tamper with NC voter data in 2016 — A Florida election software company targeted by Russians in 2016 inadvertently opened a potential pathway for hackers to tamper …
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Tweets: @homelanddems, @vickerysec, @ronwyden, @kimzetter, @kimzetter, @kimzetter, and @kimzetter
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Amazon launches StyleSnap, an ML-powered feature in its app that lets users take a picture of an article of clothing and find similar items for sale on Amazon — StyleSnap uses machine learning to find similar clothes and styles — Amazon is a behemoth of online retailing, but there's one sector it has yet to crack: fashion.
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| Amy He / eMarketer: |
In 2019, US consumers will, for the first time, spend more time per day using their mobile devices than watching TV — For the first time ever, US consumers will spend more time using their mobile devices than watching TV, with smartphone use dominating that time spent.| Steven Aquino / TechCrunch: |
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