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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Trump threatens to “take a look” at Google for alleged China ties, in a tweet that cited claims Peter Thiel made at a conference and repeated on Fox News — President Trump on Tuesday appeared to threaten that his administration would “take a look” at Google …
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Livestream of Facebook's David Marcus testifying before the US Senate on the Libra cryptocurrency — Co-Creator of Facebook's digital currency Libra, David Marcus, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee. Lawmakers are expected to question him about data privacy issues.
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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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| Bloomberg: |
Meredith Whittaker, who helped lead employee protests at Google over its military and AI work, and sexual harassment policies, is leaving the company — Meredith Whittaker, who helped lead employee protests at Google over the search giant's military work, artificial intelligence and policies, is leaving the company.
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| Eric Peckham / TechCrunch: |
Patreon, which helps content creators manage paid membership communities for fans, raises $60M Series D led by Glade Brook Capital — Patreon, the San Francisco-based platform that helps over 100,000 online content creators manage paid membership communities for their most dedicated fans, has raised $60 million in Series D funding.| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon faces a full-blown EU antitrust probe within days; Qualcomm could face a second hefty EU penalty as soon as next week for underpricing chips — - EU to escalate investigation targeting Marketplace platform — Qualcomm also set to face further EU fine in coming days| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Newsletter platform Substack raises $15.3M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, says Substack newsletters now have 50,000 paying subscribers — Andreessen Horowitz is betting that there's still a big opportunity in newsletters — the venture capital firm is leading a $15.3 million Series A in Substack.| Robert Lee Hotz / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the Apollo 11's guidance computer, the first digital general-purpose, multitasking, interactive portable computer, with about 145K lines of code — The moon landing was one of the most important moments in the history of computing, laying the foundations of much of our digital world
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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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| Press Association: |
Facebook introduces a scam ads reporting tool in the UK and donates £3M to Citizens Advice for Scams Action, a dedicated online anti-scam service — Social media firm to investigate users' complaints and take down violating posts — Fresh efforts to tackle scam adverts across Facebook …
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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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| 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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| Austin Carr / Bloomberg: |
Disney's theme parks have not faced the same level of scrutiny as tech companies over their data mining because the parks are real-world walled gardens — We're in the heat of the summer blockbuster season, when Walt Disney Co. is taking over theaters with releases like Toy Story 4 and live-action versions of Aladdin and Lion King.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Arm launches Flexible Access, a new licensing option that makes it easier for startups to access a range of Arm's IP without any upfront licensing costs — Arm today launched Flexible Access, a new licensing scheme in addition to its existing model, that will make it easier for startups …
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| Alan Levin / Bloomberg: |
Alphabet's Wing launches OpenSky, an air traffic control app for drones, currently available for free in Australia, joining a crowded field — - Wing unit's drone flight control app has Australian approval — Air traffic seen as first step for deliveries, other commerce
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Flybits, which develops personalized recommendations for customers of financial institutions, raises $35M Series C led by Point72 Ventures — Knowing when and where a person is, was, and will be can enable magical customer experiences. That's the founding premise of Toronto …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Near, an AI-based platform that merges online and offline behavior to build anonymized user profiles, raises $100M Series C from Great Pacific Capital — One of the holy grails in the world of advertising and marketing has been finding a way to accurately capture and understand what consumers …
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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.| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
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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