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| Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
SEC issues investigative report concluding DAO tokens, a digital asset, were securities, and securities law “may apply” to token sales — The US Securities and Exchange Commission said today that the offering and sale of digital tokens “are subject to the requirements of the federal securities laws”.
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Trump says Tim Cook has promised Apple will build three “big, beautiful plants” in US, adding they'd be “big, big, big” but no details on timetable or location — Apple declined to comment on president's remarks, which didn't include where or when plants would be built
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Tweets: @vindugoel, @mgsiegler, @daiwaka, and @vindugoel
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
AMD reports Q2 revenue of $1.22B, up 19% YoY, vs ~$1.16B expected, and a net loss of $16M; shares jump 7%+ — Advanced Micro Devices posted a GAAP second-quarter loss of 2 cents a share and 2 cents a share profit on an adjusted basis, even as it continued with the launch of its most competitive chips in a decade.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Adobe says it will stop updating and distributing Flash at the end of 2020 — Adobe today announced that Flash, the once-ubiquitous plugin that allowed you to play your first Justin Bieber video on YouTube and Dolphin Olympics 2 on Kongregate, will be phased out by the end of 2020.
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Tweets: @adobe, @tomfulp, @grady_booch, @rahulrc, @harrymccracken, and @fredericjacobs
| Matt Pressberg / The Wrap: |
AT&T beats expectations in Q2 ahead of Time Warner takeover, with $39.8B in revenue, 2.8M wireless net additions, and best-ever 50% margin on wireless — Telecom giant's $85 billion deal is expected to close by the end of the year — A growing and profitable wireless business helped telecom giant …
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Tweets: @bskorup, @karlbode, @waltbtig, @davidshepardson, and @waltbtig
| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber overhauls driver support systems and policies in a bid to decrease turnover; drivers can expect quicker fare fixes and protection from unfair bad ratings — Drivers can expect quicker fare fixes and protection from bad ratings for things that are out of their control.
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Financial Times and Gizmodo
| Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat: |
Khosla Ventures leads $50 million investment in Vicarious' AI tech — Vicarious, which is working on narrowing the gap between human and artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $50 million in a round led by Khosla Ventures. — The Union City, California-based startup …
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| Davey Alba / Wired: |
Google files injunction in US district court against Canadian court order to globally alter search results, arguing that doing so in US violates First Amendment — IN JUNE, CANADA'S Supreme Court came down on Google—hard. It ruled that the tech giant must take down certain Google search results for pirated products.
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Search Engine Land, Michael Geist, New York Times, and Ars Technica
| Yossi Matias / Google: |
Google adds SOS Alerts in Search and Maps to provide users with information in a crisis — In times of crisis, access to timely, actionable information is crucial. Working alongside trained responders and volunteers on the ground, technology plays a vital role in providing information …
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CNET, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, BBC, Search Engine Land, Neowin, Mashable, Android Beat, Nextgov, Android Police, International Business Times, SlashGear, Engadget, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Silicon Republic, iPhone in Canada Blog, BetaNews, The Verge, Ubergizmo, and MacRumors
Tweets: @google and @sundarpichai
| Camila Russo / Bloomberg: |
LedgerX is set to become the first federally regulated cryptocurrency options exchange and clearinghouse in the US after receiving CFTC license — LedgerX becomes the first regulated bitcoin options exchange — CFTC authorized company to provide clearing services for swaps
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Giphy launches its GIF Maker tool for mobile browsers — Giphy, the online database and search engine for all things GIF, has announced that it's launching its popular GIF Maker tool for mobile web browsers. — First introduced for desktop browsers back in 2015, GIF Maker is a fairly simple tool …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Companies are increasingly paying Facebook to promote positive press, steering ad dollars away from publishers — When the workplace gossip app Blind expanded its product's availability earlier this summer, it got the word out via an age-old tactic: advertising.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Barcelona-based keyboard startup ThingThing reaches deal with founders of keyboard app Fleksy to continue development, after Pinterest acqui-hired Fleksy — Third party keyboards might seem like an app fad blast from the recent past. But the smartphone keyboard space could be set for a shake … | Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Lyft's Q2 gross bookings grew ~25% YoY from $800M to $1B+, a faster rate than Uber during the same period — The company's gross bookings rose 25% quarter over quarter — Lyft has seized on competitor Uber's many public stumbles — Lyft Inc.'s business has been booming … | Tony Romm / Recode: |
House Republicans invite CEOs of Facebook, Google, AT&T, Comcast, and others to testify on Sept. 7 about solving net neutrality with a new framework — A key House committee just scheduled a September 7 hearing. — House Republicans are asking the chief executives of tech and telecom rivals …
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Reuters, Axios, 9to5Google, and Ars Technica
| Pan Yue / China Money Network: |
Beijing-based autonomous driving tech startup Momenta raises $46M Series B led by Sequoia Capital China, others; Daimler AG and Unity Ventures among investors — NIO Capital, a private equity fund established by Chinese electric car company NIO, has teamed up with Sequoia Capital China … | Graham Ruddick / The Guardian: |
Amazon says it plans to expand its London-based R&D department from 450 to 900 people as part of expansion of UK workforce to 24K staff by end of 2017 — Company will increase number of workers focusing on Prime Video service in capital from 450 to 900
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LG Display says it will invest $13.5B to boost output of OLED displays over the next three years, increasing its rivalry with Samsung — SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Display Co Ltd (034220.KS) outlined plans to invest $13.5 billion to boost output of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) … Sponsor Posts
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