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Tim Cook says Apple will make two separate $1M donations, to Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League, in an email to staff about Charlottesville — On Wednesday evening Apple CEO Tim Cook sent an email to all global employees condemning racism and bigotry as well as President Trump's response …
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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Facebook will limit the spread of stories in News Feed that feature either fake video play buttons or videos of only a static image — Like ones that have a fake play button on videos of still images … Facebook has announced two new updates that will limit video clickbait posts from appearing in the News Feed.
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Microsoft launches preview of redesigned Skype desktop client, adds new features including @mentions, message reactions, media gallery, and enhanced group calls — Starting today, the next generation of Skype is available in preview on desktop computers. It's not yet complete and we need your feedback.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Reddit now allows users to upload videos; videos can be up to 15 minutes long, with file sizes of less than 1 GB — Videos are coming to Reddit, thanks to a new feature that allows users to upload video clips directly to the service. Reddit rolled out the new video feature Tuesday … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Sprint opens Essential Phone pre-orders with a $260 discount, only offers black versions, and says units will ship by August 28 — Sprint is now taking preorders for the Essential Phone, and it's offering subscribers a pretty good perk to jump on it early: a discount of about $260.
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Box announces Google Cloud Vision API integration, available today in private beta — The integration is one of Box's first moves to bring machine learning capabilities to its cloud content management platform. — In one of its first moves to bring machine learning capabilities …
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Internal memo: Mic is laying off 25 staffers, primarily from its news and editorial departments, as it shifts focus to video and visual journalism — Mic.com laid off staffers on Thursday in what is part of a larger pivot to video that it will begin later this month.
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| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain and exchange Bitstamp add support for Ethereum — Ethereum, a cryptocurrency network and rival to Bitcoin, continues to gain steam in the virtual money world. — Two of the longest-operating cryptocurrency businesses said Thursday they will customers to start buying …
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China issues warning to Alibaba's Taobao.com, other e-commerce marketplaces to remove VPN tools selling on their platforms — BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have issued a warning to the country's top e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba Holding Group Ltd's (BABA.N) Taobao.com …
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Alleged renderings of LG V30 show off handset from multiple angles — We're less than a week away from the official announcement of the V30, but that hasn't stopped leaked images of the handset from emerging. The latest to surface is a press render of the device that shows off the phone from almost every angle...
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| Economist: |
James Damore's memo made giant, unfounded logical leaps and ignored important evidence that didn't support his conclusion — Last week this newspaper said Alphabet's boss should write a “detailed, ringing rebuttal” of a viral anti-diversity memo sent at Google. Here is how we imagine it
Tweets: @eudaimonisty, @adamconover, @jguynn, @adammgrant, @mgsiegler, and @theeconomist
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Social network Gab, popular among alt-right, says it has raised $1M+ on crowdfunding platform StartEngine — As high-tech firms have begun taking steps to weed out some of the most offensive right-wing hate groups, alternative social network Gab has seen a surge in donations … Sponsor Posts
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