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Apple has removed the entire libraries of five of InfoWars' six podcasts from iTunes, saying they violated its hate speech guidelines — Apple has removed the entire library for five of Infowars' six podcasts from its iTunes and Podcast apps, BuzzFeed News has learned.| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC, after shutting down some chip fabs on Friday due to a computer virus, says it's recovered 80% of the impacted tools and expects a full recovery by Monday — - TSMC expects full recovery Aug. 6 after suffering virus attack — Incident to delay shipments, affect third-quarter revenue| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Tesla says it's making an AI chip for Autopilot, coming next year, backward compatible with current-gen Tesla vehicles and faster than Nvidia chips being used — Tesla tapped an Apple chip guru to design next-generation AI chips. — Tesla is creating its own chips optimized for machine learning … | Julie Creswell / New York Times: |
As 20 cities pitch multi-billion incentive packages for Amazon HQ2, secrecy shrouds the suggested terms often made by unelected officials, outside reach of FOIA — Jared Evans, a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council, is proud that the city is among 20 finalists for one of the most coveted prizes …
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Spanish taxi drivers ended a six-day strike after the government agreed to set tough limits, like a 30:1 ratio for licenses issued for taxis vs Uber-like firms — MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish taxi drivers ended a six-day strike late on Wednesday after the government agreed to set tough limits … | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
HR startup Namely, which fired its founder and CEO Matt Straz for alleged “inconsistent behavior” this year, hires new CEO Elisa Steele and raises $60M Series E — Namely, a 400-person, six-and-a-half-year-old company, has mostly had the kind of trajectory that other startups envy.| Washington Post: |
Facebook's increased scrutiny of ads targeting ethnic groups is delaying the approval of political ads for Hispanics and Spanish-speaking audiences — Political strategists say recent moves by Facebook to secure its powerful advertising engine are hampering their ability to communicate … | Victoria Law / Wired: |
How Securus' JPay makes millions via monopoly granted by prisons to charge inmates and their family and friends exorbitant per-message fees for email services — For companies like JPay, the business model is simple: Whatever it costs to send a message, prisoners and their families will find a way to pay it.
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Sources: UK's GCHQ questioned security of Huawei's equipment in part because it uses US-based Wind River's VxWorks OS, which will stop receiving patches in 2020 — LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] is facing increased scrutiny in Britain because it is using …
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Hedera Hashgraph raises $100M via private ICO to build what it claims will be much faster and more secure distributed ledger technology than current blockchains — Move over blockchain. Hedera Hashgraph has raised $100 million via a future token sale from institutional investors in a bid …
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Profile of Jane Sun, CEO of Ctrip, a Nasdaq-listed Chinese online travel firm valued at $23B, on gender inequality and fighting internet platforms like Meituan — Ability to attract top talent seen as mission critical for specialist companies like Ctrip, which are facing increasing competition … | Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: |
Argo, a startup that rents cryptocurrency mining capacity to users, raises £25M in its London IPO — While the domestic technology sector has its eyes on Arlo's IPO today, another offering with a similar name is generating excitement in the blockchain sector.Sponsor Posts
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