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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is launching its Surface Duo dual-screen Android phone on September 10 for $1,399, with preorders starting today in the US — Microsoft is launching its Surface Duo dual-screen Android phone on September 10th, priced from $1,399. After months of Microsoft executives teasing …
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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Former Pinterest COO accuses the company of gender bias in a new lawsuit, alleges she was fired in April after complaining about sexist treatment — Françoise Brougher, Pinterest's former chief operating officer, said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.
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| Francoise Brougher: |
Former Pinterest COO provides a detailed account of her claims about gender discrimination and toxic workplace culture and recommendations for the company — Pinterest has always been about aspiration. It is a platform for sharing beautiful images, curating galleries of an idealized world.
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Towards Data Science. Tweets: @flopezluis, @steipete, @gassee, @arlery, @carnage4life, @gergelyorosz, and @nongaap
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Analysis: TikTok used an Android security hole to collect MAC addresses, possibly for ad tracking, without an ability to opt out; the practice ended in November — The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption, appears to have violated Google policies
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Trump's executive order to ban TikTok by Sept. 20 is a gross abuse of power and sets an alarming precedent for the executive branch's control over software — An alarming precedent for government control over software — For months, President Trump has been teasing some kind of ban on TikTok …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Biden's VP pick Kamala Harris, who has close ties with tech execs and has dodged questions about breaking up Big Tech, is likely to generate excitement in SV — Sen. Kamala Harris has had a close relationship with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn says it plans to split its supply chain between the Chinese and US markets as trade ties fracture, declares that China's time as world's factory is over — - Hon Hai planning separate supply lines for the two big markets — Company's earnings outperformed expectations but warns on Q3| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft commits to launching the Xbox Series X in November and will delay Halo Infinite until 2021 — Halo Infinite will not be available until 2021 — Microsoft is committing to launching its next-generation Xbox Series X console in November. The company had previously only confirmed a vague …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn says it has sold presentation-sharing service SlideShare to Scribd, which will take over its operation on September 24 — SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price. — According to LinkedIn …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is now letting anyone limit who can reply to their tweets to just those that follow the author or just the accounts that are tagged in the tweet — Twitter may describe itself as the town square, but that doesn't mean you have to talk to everyone walking past your seat at the cafe.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft fixes 17 critical and two zero-day flaws, including an actively-exploited RCE flaw in IE that can compromise PCs when users visit malicious sites — Microsoft says attackers have used a Windows zero-day to spoof file signatures and another RCE in the Internet Explorer scripting engine to execute code on users' devices.
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Securelist, Ars Technica, Krebs on Security, BetaNews, SecurityWeek, The Hacker News, TechRepublic, Kaspersky official blog, Memeburn, SANS Internet Storm Center …, VoidSec, ComputerWeekly.com, Technology@Intel, infosecurity-magazine.com, Windows Report, Neowin, Softpedia News, Computer Business Review, Sophos News, SC Media, and Dark Reading
Tweets: @briankrebs, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Samsung Display reveals new generation of variable refresh rate mobile display panels, making its debut in the Note20 Ultra, helping lower device power usage — By now we've become quite familiar with high refresh-rate displays in the mobile space, as the first pioneering 90Hz devices …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Mozilla says it plans to lay off around 250 employees and is closing the company's current operations in Taipei, Taiwan — The changes come as the Mozilla Corporation looks to invest in more revenue-generating projects like its recently announced VPN. — Joseph Cox| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it removed 22.5M posts for violating hate speech policies in Q2, up 2x from Q1, and that 95% of the violations were caught using automated systems — - Hate speech removal has jumped nearly 10-fold since 2018 — Facebook to undergo third party audit for content in 2021
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| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
US judge sides with Google in a lawsuit brought by Genius, which alleged that Google scraped lyrics in violation of copyright law — Google may have been caught “redhanded,” but a federal judge rules that Genius hasn't alleged any viable claims not be preempted by copyright law.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, International Business Times, Android Authority, Pitchfork, Variety, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @chrismessina, @eringriffith, @eriqgardner, and @thr
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Simpplr, which develops AI-powered intranet software for employee directories, raised $10M Series B led by Norwest Venture Partners — Simpplr today raised $10 million for its AI-powered intranet platform that is designed to streamline communications. CEO Dhiraj Sharma says the funds …
Tweets: @ichetan
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
NJ Supreme Court ruled that compelling a suspect to unlock their cell phone doesn't violate Fifth Amendment, following opposite ruling by Indiana SC in June — Courts are split on whether phone unlocking orders violate the Fifth Amendment. — New Jersey's Supreme Court has ruled … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Tencent Q2 profit beat estimates, surged to $4.7B, up 37% YoY, on revenue of $16.53B, up 29%; online game revenue was $5.5B, up 40% YoY — - Tencent reported results for the three months to-June on Wednesday that beat analyst expectations in one of the fastest revenue-growing quarters in two years.
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| Becky Ferreira / New York Times: |
As Amazon joins SpaceX and OneWeb in launching satellite constellations, astronomers worry about the effects on astronomical observations and image quality — The F.C.C. approved the company's 3,236-satellite constellation, which aims to provide high-speed internet service around the world.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Routable, a startup focused on streamlining B2B payments, comes out of stealth with $12M Series A from Y Combinator, Founders' Co-Op, and others — Routable, a fintech startup with Seattle roots, came out of stealth mode this week and announced a $12 million Series A funding round.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Finnish startup Varjo, which develops high resolution VR/XR headsets and VR technologies for enterprise applications, raises $54M Series C — Varjo, a Finnish startup developing virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (XR) technologies for the enterprise, has raised $54 million in a series C round of funding.
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