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August 29, 2019, 7:55 PM

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Apple:
Apple announces a new repair program in the US that will expand access to genuine iPhone repair parts for independent repair businesses  —  New Independent Repair Provider Program Expands Genuine Parts Access to More Repair Businesses  —  Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a new repair program …
Matthew Gault / VICE:
Infowars' War Room relaunched its YouTube channel a day after Susan Wojcicki's letter to creators; YouTube deleted the channel after reports of its relaunch  —  “A commitment to openness is not easy.  It sometimes means leaving up content that is outside the mainstream, controversial, or even offensive," YouTube's CEO said.
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
YouTube reinstated channels belonging to a European white nationalist and a British nationalist, calling the removal of their channels a “wrong call”  —  The video platform said it was a “mistake” to remove the channels of Martin Sellner and another far-right personality known as …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple announces an event on September 10 in Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park, where new iPhones are expected  —  Apple today sent out media invites for its annual iPhone-centric event that will be held on Tuesday, September 10 at 10:00 a.m. at the Steve Jobs Theater at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California.
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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google expands bug bounty program to Play apps with 100M+ installs and launches a bug bounty program for data abuses in Android apps and Chrome extensions  —  Google, which has already paid security researchers over $15 million since launching its bug bounty program in 2010 …

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