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Facebook warns it will block Australian users and news organizations from sharing news stories on Facebook and Instagram if the ACCC's proposal passes — The move, a response to pressure to pay publishers when their stories are posted on the social network, could add to internet silos springing up around the world.
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Sources: Apple is building ~75M 5G iPhones for later this year, along with two new Apple Watch versions, iPad Air with edge-to-edge screen, and smaller HomePod — - Headphones, new Watch models, iPad Air, smaller HomePod coming — Supply chain, consumer interest hold up in pandemic, recession
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Kuo: shipments of Apple's mmWave-enabled 5G iPhones could be several million units lower than expected this year and next, due to the impact of the pandemic — Apple's upcoming iPhone 12 models will all include 5G support, and several rumors have suggested that some if not all the new iPhones coming …
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Facebook announces a research project into its impact on the 2020 election, with two dozen staffers working alongside 17 independent researchers — Facebook is teaming up with academics across the country to determine once and for all whether Facebook is in fact influencing the 2020 election.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researcher finds a macOS adware campaign using malware notarized by Apple; after being notified, Apple shut it down, but then another notarized variant emerged — The ubiquitous Shlayer adware has picked up a new trick, slipping past Cupertino's “notarization” defenses for the first time.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart unveils its new membership service Walmart+, launching Sept. 15 for $98 per year, will offer free, unlimited same-day delivery, fuel discounts, and more — Walmart today officially unveiled its new membership service and Amazon Prime rival, which it's calling “Walmart+.”
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| Alison Weissbrot / AdExchanger: |
UK-based ad tech startup InfoSum, which lets organizations match customer data in a privacy-compliant way, raises $15M led by Upfront Ventures and IA Ventures — InfoSum, a UK-based data platform that allows companies to match data in a privacy compliant-way, has raised $15 million …
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Zoom reports Q2 revenue of $663.5M, up 355% YoY, ~370K customers with 10+ employees, up 458% YoY, and net income of $186M, up from $5.5M YoY; stock up 10%+ — - Zoom raised its fiscal-year guidance, easily exceeding analysts' estimates. — The company made executive and board appointments in the quarter as usage soared.
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Twitter now shows quote tweet counts directly under tweets, rebranding “Retweets with comments” as “Quote Tweets” — Twitter has been testing a new way to let users easily find quote tweets by separating them from regular retweets. The company confirmed today …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Google Images now lets users search for photos by licensing type and adds a Licensable badge on images linking to licensing requirements and where to buy rights — Google says it'll help users find images more “responsibly” — Google is rolling out an update to Google Images designed … | Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A leading antitrust scholar says Google's ad marketplace should be regulated as it both runs the market and competes as its biggest buyer and seller — A leading antitrust scholar says yes. Congress may be listening. — The days of suit-clad men shouting out orders on the bustling floors … | Can Duruk / Margins: |
Facebook acts more like a PR firm than a tech company, being good at deflecting bad press while avoiding any real accountability — What happens when PR eats the world? — 1 hr … A couple weeks ago, I talked about the dual reality I seemed to be living in.| Thomas Macaulay / The Next Web: |
Stanford launches Cable TV News Analyzer, a free AI-powered online service for querying the screen time of public figures or specific topics on cable TV news — A new AI-powered tool can show you how much screen time different public figures and topics are getting on TV.| Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: |
Google quietly updates its AdMob Help Center with iOS 14 information, says it will use Apple's ATT API for triggering the IDFA opt-in notice — Like all companies invested in the mobile ecosystem, Google is getting ready for iOS 14. But the company is playing its cards close to the vest.
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Cosmose, which tracks foot traffic in brick-and-mortar stores to help predict customer behavior, raises $15M Series A led by Tiga Investments — Cosmose tracks foot traffic in brick-and-mortar stores to help predict customer behavior, providing data that is increasingly important as companies try to weather COVID-19's economic impact.
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| Pat Garofalo / American Economic Liberties Project: |
Report details how Google and Facebook harm local communities by siphoning resources from local businesses, undermining local news, distorting local democracy — Since 2016, commentators across a swath of disciplines have pointed to Google and Facebook as consequential and harmful actors in the global political and social order.
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Apple says App Store policy changes, including not delaying bug fix updates over guideline violations and letting developers challenge guidelines, are now live — Back in June at WWDC, Apple announced several changes to its handling of App Store review, noting that it would in most cases …
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Reinvent Technology Partners, a new SPAC formed by Reid Hoffman, Zynga founder Mark Pincus and hedge fund manager Michael Thompson, have filed for a $600M IPO — Reinvent Technology Partners, a new special purpose acquisition company formed by famed investor and serial entrepreneur Reid Hoffman …
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