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Facebook announces plans to launch Libra, a new cryptocurrency, and Calibra, a newly formed Facebook subsidiary to oversee financial services for Libra — A New Digital Wallet for a New Digital Currency — Today we're sharing plans for Calibra, a newly formed Facebook subsidiary whose goal …
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| Wired: |
Inside Facebook's ambitious plan to make Libra accepted as a global currency, especially for those underserved by banks, despite Facebook's tarnished reputation — NEAR THE END of 2017, on a Dominican Republic beach with his family, Facebook executive David Marcus wrestled with a question …
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VICE, Financial Times, Forbes, The Block, CNBC, and CryptoGlobe
Tweets: @gregoryjbarber, @mikeisaac, @laurengoode, @stevenlevy, @nxthompson, @scottthurm, and @gladstein
| Alastair Marsh / Bloomberg: |
French Finance Minister calls on the Group of Seven central bank governors to review Facebook's Libra, citing concerns it may become a “sovereign currency” — - French finance chief says it can't be a ‘sovereign currency’ — Germany's Ferber sees Facebook becoming a shadow bank
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CoinGeek, France 24, TechCrunch, Ethereum World News, VICE, PYMNTS.com, Modern Consensus, Marketplace, The Block, CryptoSlate, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @reckless, @thestalwart, @provoost, @alexeheath, @cryptooady, @carolecadwalla, @edbott, and @alistairmilne
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Chair of the House Financial Services Committee says Facebook should halt development of Libra until Congress investigates, calls on Facebook execs to testify — “Facebook is continuing its unchecked expansion and extending its reach into the lives of its users," Rep. Maxine Water said
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Tweets: @tamasblummer, @bitcoinmagazine, @kellymakena, @mdudas, @alexeheath, @wongmjane, @kellymakena, @kellymakena, and @kellymakena
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Tweets: @reckless, @mdudas, @mathewi, @sarahjeong, @mollymckew, and @tracyalloway
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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Hacker Noon, Financial Times, Data Driven Investor, Spotify, CoinDesk, CNN, New World Notes, GeekWire, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Quartz, The Block, and Newser
Tweets: @fintechfrank, @matthew_d_green, @bascule, @mmasnick, @timobrien, @wongmjane, @bopinion, @joshconstine, and @joshconstine. Thanks:@joshconstine
| The Keyword: |
Google says it will help build 20K homes in the Bay Area over the next ten years by putting $1B toward the goal, repurposing some of its land as residential — As we work to build a more helpful Google, we know our responsibility to help starts at home. For us, that means being a good neighbor …
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Forbes, Yolanda Chavez, San Francisco Chronicle, Curbed SF, The Verge, Mercury News, Fortune, TechSpot, Silicon Valley Business …, The Hill, Thurrott, Financial Times, CNN, The Guardian, Mashable, CNET, TechCrunch, Engadget, Reuters, CBS San Francisco, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @sundarpichai, @wadhwa, @cdibona, @kimmaicutler, @lmoroney, @cagovernor, @samesfandiari, @scott_wiener, @emilymbadger, @adamsinger, @dillonliam, @jeffdean, and @bytimlogan
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
GitHub acquires code review company Pull Panda, makes subscriptions free for Pull Reminders and two other services but will discontinue enterprise subscriptions — Microsoft is buying Pull Panda and immediately making all subscriptions to its tools available for free in the GitHub Marketplace.
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The GitHub Blog, Thurrott, Windows Central, Packt Hub, Neowin, Phoneweek, WinBuzzer, MSPoweruser, The Register, Inquirer, Softpedia News, OnMSFT.com, NDTV Gadgets 360, GeekWire, DEVCLASS, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @andreasklinger, @ruv, @gpeal8, @maryjofoley, and @jszmajda
| Corinne Reichert / CNET: |
In response to claims Google lifted lyrics from Genius, Google has asked its lyrics partner to investigate, will soon include 3rd-party attribution on lyrics — Google has responded to reports that it's stealing lyrics from Genius, explaining how it finds lyrics to show on its search pages.
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The Keyword, TechCrunch, LyricFind, Techdirt, Wired, BGR, The Verge, Hackaday, and SlashGear
Tweets: @ajkohn, @searchliaison, @stshank, and @lyricfind
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Sources: Samsung will launch the Galaxy Note 10 on August 7 at an Unpacked event in New York City — Samsung will show off its Galaxy Note 10 during a flashy Unpacked event on Aug. 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, according to people familiar with the company's plans.
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9to5Google, Android Police, Digital Trends, Firstpost Tech, Android Central, The Verge, Engadget, TmoNews, and SlashGear. Tweets: @sharatibken
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple adds a feature in iOS 13 beta 2 that tells users about ongoing subscriptions for apps they are about to delete — ‘Do you want to keep your subscription for this app?’ — Apple has added a warning in iOS 13 beta 2 that appears when you try to uninstall an app which still has an active subscription.
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Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, Ars Technica, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @viticci and @drbarnard
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Mozilla patches a Firefox zero-day exploit that was discovered by Google's Project Zero and Coinbase's security teams, and it says was being abused in the wild — Mozilla releases Firefox 67.0.3 to fix actively exploited zero-day. — The Mozilla team has released earlier today version 67..3 …
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Mozilla, The Verge, The Register, Softpedia News, The Hacker News, BleepingComputer, Lifehacker, and Engadget
Tweets: @campuscodi, @techjournalist, @circl_lu, and @campuscodi
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Dish may make a $6B+ deal this week for T-Mobile and Sprint assets including spectrum and Sprint's Boost Mobile as the carriers try to get DOJ approval — - Deal for Boost brand, wireless spectrum could come this week — Justice Department wants T-Mobile and Sprint to unload assets
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Gizmodo, Android Police, Digital Trends, CNET, Android Authority, Stop the Cap!, TmoNews, GeekWire, The Verge, and MacRumors
Tweets: @thekenyeung, @chriswelch, @taralach, and @chriswelch
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube unveils AR Beauty Try-On, which lets viewers virtually try on makeup while watching beauty tutorials, currently in testing, coming in summer — Makeup tutorials and reviews are some of the most popular content on YouTube, as they help people learn about new products as well as how to apply them.
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The Keyword, Android Police, Engadget, Mashable, Search Engine Journal, Digital Trends, Wccftech, Adweek, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @claybavor, @aparnacd, and @glenngabe
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft launches public preview of Azure Bastion, a service for remotely accessing virtual machines more securely — Microsoft's newest Azure service, Bastion, is now in public preview and is meant to bring another level of security to remotely accessing virtual machines.
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Microsoft Azure Cloud …, SiliconANGLE, OnMSFT.com, and BleepingComputer. Tweets: @markrussinovich
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
MongoDB announces Atlas Data Lake, which lets users query data of any format, and gives its newly-acquired mobile database, Realm, Atlas cloud sync integration — MongoDB is hosting its developer conference today and unsurprisingly, the company has quite a few announcements to make.
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Wired, MongoDB, and Boing Boing
| Anna Baydakova / CoinDesk: |
Microsoft and Salesforce have joined the Hyperledger blockchain consortium, an umbrella project for various business blockchains run by the Linux Foundation — Two of the world's largest top-10 enterprise software companies by revenue have joined the Hyperledger blockchain consortium.| Biz Carson / Forbes: |
CEO of parenting support app Cleo, which raised its $27.5M Series B in May, has resigned after it came to light that her resume contained falsehoods — On a Monday in April, Shannon Spanhake stood at the front of Cleo's office as her executive team lined up beside her.
Tweets: @bizcarson, @bizcarson, @bizcarson, @jillianiles, @bizcarson, @bizcarson, @kateclarktweets, @lhockenson, @sm, and @mayalau. Thanks:@kerrydolan
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