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Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business in a transaction valued at $1B — Cupertino and Santa Clara, California — Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees …
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Tweets: @panzer, @kwiens, @backlon, @markgurman, @reneritchie, @bzamayo, @tomwarren, @ow, @markgurman, @tomwarren, and @panzer
| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue of $38.9B, up 19% YoY, net income of $9.9B, up from $3.2B YoY, and a stock buyback of $25B; stock up 7%+ after hours — Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2019 Results MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 25, 2019 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Two antitrust academics say Chris Hughes joined them in meetings with the FTC, the DOJ, and state AGs to lay out a potential antitrust case against Facebook — Chris Hughes used to huddle with Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room building Facebook from scratch.
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Business Insider and The Hill
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @superwuster, @puiwingtam, @karissabe, @gregorynyc, and @shiraovide
| Amazon.com: |
Amazon reports Q2 revenue of $63.4B, up 20% YoY, net income of $2.6B, up from $2.5B in Q2 2018, and AWS revenue of $8.4B, up from $6.1B in Q2 2018 — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2019.
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Tweets: @jeffersongraham, @levynews, @laurenjohnson, @delrey, @jeffersongraham, @charliebilello, and @charliebilello
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Q2 AWS sales grew 37% YoY, the first sub-40% growth rate since Amazon started sharing AWS figures; “other” revenue, mostly its ad business, was $3B, up 37% YoY — Amazon today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $63.4 billion … | Caroline Haskins / VICE: |
FOIA docs show Ring required Lakeland, FL, police to advertise its surveillance cameras in exchange for free products and a portal for requesting footage — The Lakeland, Florida police department is required to “encourage adoption” of Ring products as part of a secret agreement with the company.
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Engadget, ExtremeTech, iMore, and Business Insider
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard sues Google for briefly suspending her Ads account after the first Democratic debate; Google says unusual activity triggered the suspension — Representative Tulsi Gabbard, the long-shot presidential candidate from Hawaii, said in a federal lawsuit that Google infringed …
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The Guardian, TULSI 2020, USA Today, TechSpot, Engadget, Mashable, The Verge, CBS San Francisco, Business Insider, CNBC, TechCrunch, and Boing Boing
| Pew Research Center: |
Study of YouTube channels with 250K+ subs in early 2019: a small share produce most of the content, kids videos do very well, and most videos aren't in English — The media landscape was upended more than a decade ago when the video-sharing site YouTube was launched.
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Los Angeles Times, Engadget, The Verge, Wired, Gizmodo, The Daily Dot, Bloomberg, and Variety
Tweets: @bradesposito, @loudmouthjulia, @jeffbercovici, @pewresearch, @mhbergen, @lrainie, @rachelweisel, @mhbergen, @ali_lev, @pewresearch, and @pkafka
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's suppliers are preparing to produce components for up to 75M new iPhones in H2 2019, roughly the same number as in 2018 — - New models to focus on upgrades to cameras, faster processor — Samsung's and Huawei's problems could help Apple in long run
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AnandTech, iDownloadBlog.com, Patently Apple, iMore, Cult of Mac, Gizchina, The Mac Observer, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @pelstrom, @elliottzaagman, and @markgurman
| Washington Post: |
Current and former moderators in Manila describe how tech companies like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter outsource the trauma that comes with content moderation — Social media giants have tasked a workforce of contractors with reviewing suicides and massacres to decide if such content …
Tweets: @reginecabato, @posselist, @daveyalba, @lam_barrett, @shibanimahtani, @rachsieg, and @lizzadwoskin
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
T-Mobile says it will not carry Samsung's Galaxy Fold when it is released in September; AT&T says it is still working with Samsung — It will still work on the network, but it's a ding against Samsung — Now that Samsung has announced that it has made changes to the Galaxy Fold …
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Samsung Global Newsroom, Engadget, ExtremeTech, TalkAndroid.com, AndroidGuys, SamMobile, CNET, Neowin, TechSpot, TmoNews, KnowTechie, Android Central, Tom's Guide, Droid Life, Android Headlines, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Nikkei Asian Review, Cult of Mac, Android Police, BetaNews, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @mweinbachxda, @dcseifert, @backlon, @mgsiegler, @markgurman, @dcseifert, @backlon, @markgurman, and @markgurman
| Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times: |
Facebook's ad library is so plagued by bugs and technical constraints that researchers say it is effectively useless to adequately track political advertising — The social network's new ad library is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging.
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Gizmodo and The Daily Dot
Tweets: @firefox, @rmac18, @jason_kint, @tiffkhsu, @edbott, and @brooklynmarie
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Analysis: following Trump's “social media summit”, 15 attendees critical of social networks for alleged censorship gained a combined 197,000 Twitter followers — After right-wing influencers and online provocateurs flocked to the White House earlier this month for a summit …
Tweets: @chrismegerian, @kimberlyeatkins, and @drewharwell
| New York Times: |
Senate Intelligence Committee report acknowledges that Russia targeted election systems in all 50 states in 2016, but key lessons for 2020 were redacted — WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016 …
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TechCrunch and Gizmodo
Tweets: @betoorourke, @peterdaou, @samswey, @chrislhayes, and @peterbakernyt
| Emily Birnbaum / The Hill: |
House passes bipartisan Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, requiring telcos to implement tech that verifies caller identity and increases FCC penalties — The House on Wednesday took a major step toward cracking down on illegal robocalls by passing legislation allowing for tougher penalties …
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Engadget, FierceWireless, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, O'Grady's PowerPage, Energy and Commerce Committee, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @repbillflores, @reppaulmitchell, @replahood, and @calbucci
| Tim Anderson / The Register: |
Amazon releases AWS Chatbot in beta, which integrates with Slack and Amazon Chime to alert users to AWS issues — Amazon Web Services' work-in-progress beta talks... but does not listen — Amazon Web Services' Chatbot, released in beta yesterday, will alert you to issues … | Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Livongo, which makes a platform to help people manage chronic conditions, raises $350M+ in its IPO, closing up 36% at $38.10 and valued at ~$3.6B — KEY POINTS — In 2018, digital health companies raised more than $8.1 billion in venture capital financing, according to Rock Health.
Tweets: @chrissyfarr and @bgurley
| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Google rolls out a new, AMP-powered Swipe to Visit feature for Google Images that lets users see a preview of the website header and swipe up to visit the page — Google wants to make it easier for users to search for content through Google Images. To do so, it's rolling out a new, AMP-powered Swipe to Visit feature.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
eBay says it will launch Managed Delivery, its own fulfillment service, in the US next year with an aim to deliver packages in two to three days — Although it won't own its own warehouses — eBay has announced plans to launch its own fulfillment service called Managed Delivery …
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PR Newswire, CNET, Bloomberg, GeekWire, KnowTechie, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and VentureBeat
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Kotaku: |
Report: 74% of gamers in the US have experienced some form of harassment with 65% experiencing severe harassment including physical threats and stalking — 74 percent of adults who play games online have experienced some form of harassment, according to a new report released today.
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Anti-Defamation League, ADL, Engadget, Business Insider, SlashGear, VentureBeat, TechSpot, and USA Today
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