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Angry over critical coverage, tech figures discuss hitting back against journalists, on Twitter and invite-only Clubhouse, leading to harassment of NYT's Lorenz — In leaked audio from an invite-only app, venture capitalists pondered everything they think is wrong with journalism.
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Police infiltrated Encrochat, an encrypted phone network used by organized crime, and read millions of messages for months, leading to international arrests — Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots.| Jack Shafer / Politico: |
Companies have little to lose from joining a Facebook boycott during a slow month for ads amid a pandemic; they'll be back, and Facebook will emerge stronger — Every day, it seems, another major corporation joins the advertiser boycott against Facebook. First came The North Face, REI and Patagonia.
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Techonomy. Tweets: @ericjackson, @stopfundinghate, @dylanbyers, @matthewkeyslive, @iainlevine, and @profcarroll
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
An African American manager and two job applicants filed a complaint against Facebook with the EEOC, alleging a culture of bias against Black workers — An African American manager at Facebook and two rejected job applicants are suing the company, alleging a culture of bias in promotions, evaluations, hiring and recruiting.
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| Carrie Mihalcik / CNET: |
Report: Amazon is moving Prime Day again to October, after first moving it to September, amid concerns over how coronavirus spikes may impact the supply chain — Amazon's annual Prime Day sale is being delayed to October amid concerns over how coronavirus spikes may impact the supply chain …
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| Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: |
Lemonade, an AI-driven insurance service, closes up 140% in its NYSE debut, reaching a $3.93B market cap, more than double its 2019 valuation from Softbank — Referenced Symbols — As the world is buffeted by digital and societal revolutions, Lemonade Inc. is hoping to leverage …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook says it continued sharing data of inactive users with around 5,000 developers even after their apps' 90-day cut-off date expired; issue is now fixed — A Facebook privacy mechanism blocks apps from receiving user data if users didn't use an app for 90 days.
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About Facebook, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, HackRead, TechSpot, The Next Web, Threatpost, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, Android Headlines, BGR India, Mashable, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @jason_kint
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Microsoft is using ransomware-like tactics to force-feed its new Chromium Edge browser to users through an automatic Windows update — It undermines Microsoft's own argument that automatic updates are critical — If I told you that my entire computer screen just got taken over by a new app … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's Reliance Jio launches JioMeet, a Zoom-like video-conference service, offering unlimited free calls in 720p with up to 100 participants and no time limit — India's Reliance Jio Platforms, which recently concluded a $15.2 billion fundraise run, is ready to enter a new business: Video conferencing.| Nick Miroff / Washington Post: |
CBP awards Anduril, founded by Palantir veterans and Palmer Luckey, a five-year contract to build a “virtual border wall” using mobile surveillance towers — The Trump administration has awarded a major border security contract to a California technology start …
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection, The Verge, Business Insider, Input, The Hill, Agence France-Presse, and Engadget
Tweets: @dlind, @tonyajoriley, @nickmiroff, @anna_giaritelli, @aclu, @joshuabrustein, and @yoda
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Caffeine, which aims to compete with Twitch but focuses on content like rap battles, has raised $113M, led by Fox Corp, Cox Enterprises, and Sanabil Investments — - Fox, Cox Enterprises among investors leading funding round — Music competitions have helped attract 2 million users| Daniel Kuhn / CoinDesk: |
Researchers expose a flaw in at least three major crypto wallets, Ledger Live, Edge, and Breadwallet, which could be exploited for double-spending users' funds — A standard way to transact Bitcoin could be vulnerable to double-spending, new research has found.
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ZenGo, TechCrunch, Cointelegraph, forklog.media, Crypto Briefing, SiliconANGLE, Ledger, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @bobmcelrath, @lopp, @coindesk, @bascule, @vikmeup, @peterktodd, and @zengo
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a new site for Apple Card users to manage their accounts online; previously, all Apple Card interactions took place through iPhone's Wallet app — Apple has today launched an online dashboard for Apple Card users to manage their account online.
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AppleInsider, TechCrunch, MacRumors, MacStories, Cult of Mac, Engadget, Appleosophy, PYMNTS.com, Macworld, Ubergizmo, and MacDailyNews
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