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| Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft agree to EU hate speech rules that mandates review of “the majority of” hateful content within 24 hours of notification — Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and YouTube today agreed to European regulations that require them to review …
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EU Press Room, SiliconBeat, Reuters, Digital Trends, BBC, Computerworld, ABC News, The Register, EDRi, Breitbart, Fortune, CNET, Refinery29, TIME, Telegraph, TechCrunch, Associated Press, SlashGear, TalkAndroid.com, VentureBeat, Socialnomics, WRAL Tech Wire, WinBeta, MSPoweruser, WebProNews, ZDNet, The Drum, The Next Web, International Business Times, Neowin and Engadget
Tweets: @marietjeschaake, @randileeharper, @rawlenyanziftl and @dannysullivan
See also Mediagazer| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel's Broadwell-E gaming CPU is a stunner, offering 10 cores for a whopping $1,723 — Meet the next flagship chip for overclocking, gaming, and transcoding. — On paper, Intel's massive new 10-core—yes, 10—Broadwell-E gaming chips top out at 3.8GHz. But buying one is like purchasing … | Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
The Intel Broadwell-E Review: Core i7-6950X, i7-6900K, i7-6850K and i7-6800K Tested — What would you do with more CPU cores? This is a question I see posted from an Intel employee on a yearly basis, and it actually is a difficult question to answer depending on your computing background.
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The Verge, Engadget, ZDNet, VentureBeat, CNET, Liliputing, Inquirer, PCWorld, Engadget, Digital Trends and Windows Central. Tweets: @valarauca1. Thanks:@iancutress
| Nagraj Kashyap / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
New Microsoft Ventures division to focus on early-stage investments in cloud, SaaS, security, and machine learning startups — When I came to Microsoft earlier this year, I was driven by the opportunity to establish a corporate venture group that would create an additional channel to engage the start-up ecosystem.
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram officially announces its new business tools, including business profiles, analytics, more; enabling them requires the business have a Facebook Page — Instagram this morning officially announced the launch of its tools for business users, including new business profiles … | Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Source: Google Home's ARM-based microprocessor and Wi-Fi chip to be the same as those in the Chromecast — When Google executive Mario Queiroz unveiled a new voice-controlled virtual assistant, Google Home, at the company's developer conference this month, he left out a key detail …
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The Verge, 9to5Google, Tech Insider, Fortune and Droid Life
| Bloomberg: |
Source: Uber gets $1B credit facility, basically a line of credit, in a deal led by Goldman Sachs to expand its Uber Xchange subprime auto leasing business — In its relentless pursuit for growth, Uber needs new drivers, and many of those drivers need cars.
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Motherboard and Dealbreaker. Tweets: @edwardnh, @drewfitzgerald, @tsgiles, @reformedbroker and @ddayen
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Marketing software giant Marketo taken private by Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash deal worth $1.79B — Marketo, the marketing software giant that went public in 2013, is being taken private again: PE firm Vista Equity Partners has acquired the company for $1.79 billion in an all-cash deal.
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PR Newswire, ZDNet, AdExchanger, Marketing Land, Seeking Alpha, CNBC, Fortune, PE Hub Blog and silicontap.com
Tweets: @danprimack, @benkepes and @anshublog
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Periscope to let livestream viewers vote on whether flagged comments are abusive in “flash juries” of five random users — Attention livestreamers: You've been summoned for jury duty. — Attention Periscope users: You've been summoned for jury duty.
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Periscope, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Vanity Fair and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @marklittlenews
| Danny Yadron / Guardian: |
Sources: Facebook planning to introduce optional end-to-end encryption mode to Messenger app — The move illustrates how technology companies are doubling down on secure messaging while not wanting to get in the way of their other business objectives — Facebook users this summer …
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AppleInsider, Digital Trends, Engadget, SlashGear, Ubergizmo and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft is working with Blockstack Labs and ConsenSys on blockchain-based ID system; the open-source framework will be available on Azure in the coming weeks — Microsoft is working with Blockstack Labs and ConsenSys on a blockchain-based identity system.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Simply Hired, a job search engine with 30M monthly users, will shut down June 26, after reportedly being acquired — Simply Hired — a job search engine with 30 million monthly users that is active in 24 countries and 12 languages — is shutting down on June 26, with one report claiming … | Tom Hals / Reuters: |
Ruling from Delaware judge finds that Michael Dell, Silver Lake Partners underpriced their 2013 $24.9B buyout of Dell by 22%, may have to pay tens of millions — Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners underpriced their 2013 $24.9 billion buyout of Dell Inc [DI.UL] by about 22 percent …
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SiliconANGLE, ZDNet and Wall Street Journal
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