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Facebook and YouTube removed a video where Trump claims kids are “virtually immune” to COVID-19; Twitter banned @teamtrump's account until it removed the video — Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. blocked a video shared by accounts linked to U.S. President Donald Trump for violating …
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Staffers ask Zuckerberg what would happen if Trump uses Facebook to dispute the election; some staff say they have evidence of favoritism for right-wing pages — Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes to misinformation.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Experts say the “Clean Network” plan as it stands now is rhetoric and bluster, with no technical detail or reference to legislative tools needed to implement it — The Trump administration's Clean Network program is ‘a bit of talk, no trousers’
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Tweets: @dhh, @stilkov, and @swodinsky
| Amanda Macias / CNBC: |
US proposes a five-part “Clean Network” plan to curb potential national security risks from China, including banning “untrusted” Chinese apps from US app stores — - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a five-pronged “Clean Network” effort aimed at curbing potential national security risks from China.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Microsoft is pursuing a deal to buy all of TikTok's global operations, including those in India and Europe — US group explores whether it can add regions including India and Europe to deal for video app's US arm — Microsoft is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok's global business …
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Tweets: @chinausfocus, @hypervisible, @christinayiotis, and @tomwarren
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Google has discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, its flagship phones that were released in October of last year — Less than a year after its unveiling — Google has discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, its flagship phones that were released in October of last year.
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9to5Google, TechCrunch, Android Developers, Gizmodo, Android Central, Ars Technica, Android Authority, TalkAndroid.com, ExtremeTech, TechSpot, Wccftech, Android Police, Gizchina, The Next Web, Droid Life, Trusted Reviews, and Redmond Pie
Tweets: @joannastern, @dcseifert, @topjohnwu, @jaduino, and @backlon
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple iMac 27-inch (2020) hands-on: 1080p webcam is long overdue and its smart features, like face detection, are great; nano texture is good but pricey at $500 — Plus, some impressions of the nano texture screen option — I've had a review unit of the new 27-inch iMac for about two days now …
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MACお宝 …, Six Colors, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, CNET, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, CNBC, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, YouTube, Mashable, Pocket-lint, YouTube, CNN, TechRadar, and MacRumors
Tweets: @parkerortolani, @happicamp, @caitlin_mcgarry, @willoremus, @davegershgorn, and @backlon
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
With the introduction of Reels, Instagram has become too complicated, even more so than Facebook, when it comes to deciding where and how to post — Hey everyone, it's Sarah Frier. On Friday, my mother texted, asking me to call her. While she was trying to post a photo …
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Tweets: @jbouie, @base10, @caseynewton, @mattnavarra, @sarahfrier, @kurtwagner8, @sarahfrier, @mgsiegler, @jessedamiani, @sarahfrier, @jpmanga, @tsuvik, @langealexandra, and @alexia
| BBC: |
Twitter says it will start labeling government-linked media accounts, as well as “key government officials”, from China, France, Russia, the UK, and US — Twitter says it will no longer “amplify” tweets by state-controlled media organisations, by excluding them from its recommendation systems.
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Twitter, The Verge, TechCrunch, help.twitter.com, Bloomberg, CNN, Axios, Digital Trends, Social Media Today, Politico, and Neowin
Tweets: @geeta_mohan, @alistaircoleman, @twittersupport, @lizkelley, @yoyoel, and @nickpickles
| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
A first look at macOS Big Sur as it launches in public beta with a new Control Center, a redesigned Notification Center with widgets, more — So here we are, at the end of OS X. Two decades ago Apple parked the sixteen-year-old Classic Mac OS and leaped to version 10.0 …
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MacRumors, TechCrunch, The Verge, MacRumors, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Gizmodo, CNET, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Macworld, and Engadget
Tweets: @jaypeters and @brandonbutch
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
A NJ police dept. filed cyber harassment charges against five Twitter users for sharing a photo seeking the identity of a masked police officer during protests — A New Jersey police department is pursuing cyber harassment charges against five people in connection with a protest photo uploaded to Twitter in June.
Tweets: @webster, @russellbrandom, @kbaxter, @anotherhelen, @thedextriarchy, @viking_sec, @ashedryden, and @hypervisible
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Snapchat to roll out in-app voter registration tools in September, with four new features including a Voter Registration Mini and a voter guide — Snapchat is rolling out a slew of new tools and features to help prepare young people to vote in the November election.
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, New York Post, Forbes, The Mac Observer, Engadget, and FOX6 News Milwaukee
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Twitter says it accidentally pushed incorrect iOS app release notes on Wednesday that said it would now let all users limit who can reply to their tweets — Twitter says it accidentally issues incorrect release notes — An update to Twitter's iOS app on Wednesday said the app …
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| Eric Ravenscraft / OneZero: |
Tests indicate wireless charging is much less efficient than cord charging; Pixel 4 charging tests showed wireless charging used 47% more power than cabled — We crunched the numbers on just how inefficient wireless charging is — and the results are pretty shocking
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New York Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, and ZDNet
Tweets: @morlockp, @chrislhayes, and @ollie2897
| Karandeep Singh / Android Police: |
OnePlus is preloading OnePlus 8 and Nord series phones with Facebook bloatware that can't be uninstalled as part of the OS — Bloatware on Android phones has been around for so long — especially on Samsung and Huawei phones — that it's hardly even news anymore.| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Telemedicine provider Teladoc Health signs a $18.5B deal to buy Livongo, maker of connected devices for managing diabetes and other chronic conditions — In a sign of the growing importance and value of digital healthcare in the world of medicine, two of the industry's publicly traded companies …
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Tweets: @chrissyfarr, @matzkinhealth, @statnews, @rebeccadrobbins, @joshelman, @bob_wachter, @chr1sa, @pearlf, @terrapharma1, and @christinexzhu
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Nintendo reported quarterly operating profit of $1.4B, up 428% YoY; sales of Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite consoles grew 167% YoY to 5.68M units — - Nintendo reported operating profit of 144.7 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in the April-June quarter, smashing analyst expectations.
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The Verge, GeekWire, Associated Press, VICE, Engadget, TweakTown News, and Nikkei Asian Review
Tweets: @345triangle, @jayjacobscfa, @6d6f636869, @6d6f636869, @sarthakgh, @stevekovach, and @megancgraham. Thanks:@ryan_browne_
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live review: balanced sound with a bold, unconventional design but noise cancellation isn't good and there is occasional signal interference — An unconventional design turns out to be a winner — If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.
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CNET, Gizmodo, and International Business Times
Tweets: @chriswelch, @dcseifert, @durvidimel, @mgsiegler, @hallstephenj, and @backlon
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Salesforce makes its AI Economist, a research tool built for modeling tax and other economic policy, open source, after launching in April — In April, Salesforce detailed the AI Economist, a research environment designed to elucidate how economic design might be improved with AI.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Epic Games raises $1.78B, which includes $250M from Sony announced last month, at a post-money valuation of $17.3B — Epic Games, creator and publisher of the massively popular “Fortnite” game, announced a $1.78 billion round of funding — which the company says gives it a post-money equity valuation is of $17.3 billion.
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Tweets: @jonrussell, @mannyanekal, @tobiasseck, and @davemildenberg
| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Facebook bans ads from The Committee to Defend the President, a pro-Trump super PAC, for repeatedly sharing content determined by fact-checkers to be false — New York (CNN)Facebook announced Thursday it was banning ads from The Committee to Defend the President, a pro-Trump super PAC.
Tweets: @cnnbrk
| Uber: |
Uber Q2: revenue of $2.2B, down 29% YoY, gross bookings of $10.2B, down 35%, net loss of $1.8B; mobility gross bookings fell 73% but delivery grew 113% YoY — “Our team continues to move at Uber speed to respond to the pandemic's impact on our communities and on our business …
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Automattic launches P2, a WordPress-powered communication and collaboration tool for remote teams — WordPress.com's parent company Automattic is launching a new team communication and collaboration product today, one that has served as the “foundation of Automattic's distributed work model” for more than a decade.| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
As the US blocked use of chips designed by Huawei, MediaTek's stock has jumped, overtaking Hon Hai's market value, making it Taiwan's second-biggest company — MediaTek has been plugging away for decades as the second-string quarterback in the gadgets you love.
Tweets: @tculpan
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