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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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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.
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SiliconBeat, eWeek, ZDNet, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Engadget, PCWorld, Xconomy, GeekWire, Microsoft, PE Hub Blog, WinBeta, Windows Central, Fortune, The Register, Business Cloud News and INSIDER
| 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 … | 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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| 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, MobileSyrup.com, 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, @tsgiles, @reformedbroker, @drewfitzgerald and @ddayen
| 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, Engadget, The Verge, 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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| 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.| 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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