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While Twitter recently said it would add a notice for tweets from politicians that break its guidelines, it didn't flag Trump's racist tweets over the weekend — President Trump's attack this Sunday on four first-term congresswomen was widely viewed as one of the most racist he's ever produced.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says its redesigned desktop website with simplified navigation, which has been in testing since early this year, is rolling out globally starting today — Twitter's website is getting a major overhaul. The company has been testing a new version of its desktop website since …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Feeling unwelcome to share opinions within Google, its conservative staffers have leaked internal info to generate pressure on Google from Republican lawmakers — On Jan. 16, Republican lawmakers turned on one of the world's biggest tech companies. — A month earlier, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
In the next Windows 10 update, expected to arrive in September, Microsoft will allow voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa to activate on the lock screen — New changes coming later this year — Microsoft is opening up Windows 10 even further to third-party digital assistants.
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| Bloomberg: |
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he has serious concerns about Facebook's Libra, joining Trump and other officials including the Federal Reserve chairman — - Treasury Secretary says he has serious concerns about coin — Facebook executive says crypto won't launch without approvals
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How YouTube trampled dozens of companies as it grew over the years, from ad brokers like AppNexus to content networks like Vevo and Machinima — - Former allies, rivals in video ads seek trustbuster attention — Google unit says it competes in broader market, including TV
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 855 Plus, which runs the CPU at up to 2.96GHz instead of the earlier 2.84GHz and also delivers a 15% graphics speed boost — Qualcomm is shaking up its once-a-year approach to updating its flagship mobile processor, and it could be good news for Android phone fans who crave raw performance.
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| Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
Google says it will shut down AdSense's iOS and Android apps by the end of 2019 to focus instead on its mobile web interface — Google AdSense is the largest web advertising platform in existence, and it's what powers ads on almost every website out there.
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| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
Workers detail how Instacart punishes them if they don't accept low-paying, undesirable tasks they otherwise might reject — When Instacart's eponymous grocery delivery app gets a new order in, it typically alerts a nearby “full-service shopper,” its term for the worker who gathers and delivers …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Blackstone is acquiring mobile ad company Vungle, which says it's being used in 60,000 apps and serves 4B+ video views/month, for $750M, according to sources — Private equity giant Blackstone said it has agreed to acquire Vungle, a mobile video ad company.
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| Washington Post: |
Privacy advocates and lawmakers say Apple is an ally in name only on tightening privacy laws; in some cases Apple backs lobbying efforts against regulation — The iPhone maker has created sky-high expectations of its commitment to privacy with its public pronouncements.
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9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, PYMNTS.com, and MacDailyNews
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| CNN: |
Documents describe how WikiLeaks' Assange used London's Ecuadorian Embassy as a command center to orchestrate disclosures during the 2016 presidential election — Watch this story on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer at 6 p.m. ET and on Anderson Cooper 360 at 8 p.m. ET.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook has hired former Vine GM Jason Toff to join the newly formed experimental app division, NPE Team, as a Product Management Director — Is Facebook preparing to launch a serious competitor to TikTok? If so, the company just picked up some key talent to make that happen.
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Curve, a London-based mobile banking platform that consolidates all of a user's bank cards into a single card and app, raises $55M Series B at a $250M valuation — Curve, the London-based “over-the-top banking platform,” has raised $55 million in new funding.
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| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News: |
Researcher: software from RingCentral and Zhumu, which license Zoom's tech, is affected by the same flaw in Zoom that could give attackers access to Mac cameras — The fallout from Zoom's massive webcam vulnerability continues. In a report published today, security researcher Karan Lyons shows …
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