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Dan Primack / Axios:

After reports of sexual harassment, Justin Caldbeck takes indefinite leave of absence from Binary Capital, apologizes for behavior, says he'll seek counseling — Venture capitalist Justin Caldbeck is taking an indefinite leave of absence from Binary Capital, the Silicon Valley firm he co-founded …

More: CNET, The Guardian, StrictlyVC, TechCrunch, Recode, TechCrunch, The Information, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and Silicon Valley Business …

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Reid Hoffman / LinkedIn:

The tech industry should treat sexual harrassment of founders by VCs much like HR departments treat workplace abuses — Entrepreneur. Product Strategist. Investor. — I don't often write immediate reactions to recent news. However, after reading an article published …

More: SiliconBeat, Forbes, and Vanity Fair

Tweets: @melindagates, @reidhoffman, @twang, @jayparkinson, @joshk, @larry_y, @reedalbergotti, @roelofbotha, @annimaniac, @jennylefcourt, and @aileenlee

Dan Primack / Axios:

A number of female founders allege unwanted sexual advances and harassment by Binary Capital's Justin Caldbeck — “What do you know about a VC named Justin Caldbeck?” — That was the question a (now former) colleague asked last year, at the end of an unrelated conversation.

More: The Information, The New York Observer, Pando, Pando, and Fast Company

Tweets: @msuster, @joshk, @theinformation, @mat, @susanthesquark, @sarahfrier, @kennethn, @leenarao, @cindygallop, @johnolilly, @ashleymayer, @alexia, @stanfordash, @bijan, @karaswisher, @panzer, @jguynn, @btaylor, @mdudas, @ow, @fmanjoo, @danprimack, and @ryanlawler

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:

Google to stop scanning Gmail email content to target ads, will use other user info it has for ad targeting — The move is designed to ease concerns of enterprise customers — Diane Greene pushes ad change to chase Microsoft in enterprise — Google is stopping one of the most controversial …

Evan Blass / VentureBeat:

Source: Samsung Galaxy Note8 to come with 6.3" display, dual 12MP cameras, and 6GB of RAM, launches in second half of September, will retail for €999 — EXCLUSIVE: — Samsung is making preparations to launch its most expensive cellphone yet, telling partners that its Galaxy Note8 will retail for €999.

More: 9to5Google, Engadget, TechSpot, Pocket-lint, BGR, TalkAndroid.com, TechCrunch, Android Authority, Phandroid, Droid Life, Tom's Guide, AndroidGuys, TmoNews, Neowin, PhoneDog.com, Android Beat, Android and Me, Android Police, SlashGear, and CNET. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Chris Williams / The Register:

32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online — Finding exploitable bugs suddenly easier — Exclusive A massive trove of Microsoft's internal Windows operating system builds and chunks of its core source code have leaked online. — The data - some 32TB of installation images …

More: Ars Technica, Business Insider, Redmond Pie, Neowin, and AskWoody

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Instagram is testing “favorites”, editable lists allowing users to share posts with a limited group of friends — Reinventing the friends list — Instagram has begun testing a way to share posts with a more limited group of friends. Called favorites, the feature attempts …

More: 9to5Mac, CNET, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Refinery29, The Next Web, PhoneDog.com, MacRumors, Mashable, Android and Me, Seeking Alpha, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Fortune

Tweets: @kevinweil, @bijanstephen, @mims, @joshelman, and @benedictevans

Reuters:

Firms like Cisco, IBM are acceding to Russia's demands to review source code of security products, raising fears knowledge gained can be used for cyberattacks — Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product …

More: The Register, Silicon Valley Business …, CRN, Engadget, The Daily Caller, ValueWalk, and Seeking Alpha

Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter:

Facebook Is Launching A Standalone App Exclusively For Video Creators — Facebook is set to launch a standalone app for video creators later this year, the company's product director, Daniel Danker, announced during a presentation entitled The Future of Facebook Video this morning at VidCon.

More: Engadget, Mashable, Adweek, TheStreet, and Streaming Media Magazine

Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:

Facebook removed 30+ pages run from Macedonia, many of them popular from pro-Trump “news” during election; publishers assumed they were safe after buying ads — Two false posts from Facebook pages that the social network removed due to terms-of-service violations. — BuzzFeed News

Tweets: @niemanlab, @buzzfeedben, @rkapkap, @davidmackau, @craigsilverman, @mattmittenthal, @miriamelder, and @jimwaterson

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Algorithmia, a marketplace for algorithms, functions and machine-learning models, raises $10.5M Series A led by Google's new AI fund — About a month ago, word spread that Google had quietly launched a new fund for investing into AI companies. Now this fund has made its first (or at least its first public) investment.

More: VentureBeat, Algorithmia, GeekWire, The Seattle Times, and Wired. Tweets: @alexia

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Satellogic raises $27M Series B led by Tencent, with CrunchFund participating, for affordable, high-resolution imaging satellites — Space tech company Satellogic has raised $27 million in a Series B round led by Chinese internet giant Tencent, and with participation by CrunchFund (disclosure …

More: PE Hub Blog and Bloomberg

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