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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.
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Facebook bans Infowars and 3 other pages run by Alex Jones for “repeated violations of Community Standards”; Spotify removes all episodes of The Alex Jones Show — Crackdown on US conspiracy theorist for promoting violence and hate speech — Facebook has banned four pages run …
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| 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
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple hopes to grow sales in India by opening stores starting next year, improving apps and services aimed at Indians, and offering better retail deals — Samsung, Xiaomi, and other rivals are stomping the company in India, where it ranks 11th. — In Bengaluru's busy Madiwala neighborhood … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
France's BlaBlaCar buys Russian carpooling service BeepCar from mail.ru for an undisclosed sum — BlaBlaCar has made its second acquisition of the year as the French ride-sharing giant announced that it has snapped up Russian carpooling platform Beepcar from Mail.ru. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| Julie Creswell / New York Times: |
As 20 cities pitch multi-billion incentive packages for Amazon HQ2, secrecy shrouds the terms offered by unelected officials, which are 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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| Laura Bicker / BBC: |
How spy cam porn, now amplified by social media, is starting to reach epidemic levels in South Korea, with 6000+ cases being reported to police each year — I can remember the first time I heard about South Korea's spy cameras. — Just after arriving in Seoul, I was running to the public loo along … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: to add new financial services including showing account balances, Facebook has asked large US banks to share customers' detailed financial info — Facebook has asked large U.S. banks to share detailed financial information about customers as it seeks to boost user engagement| 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 … | Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Mike Volpi talks about Index Ventures' investment strategy that led to six $1B+ exits for its startups this year, investments in Europe, fintech, and more — Index Ventures is quietly encroaching into the top tier of American investors. Here are five questions with them.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Decentralized token exchange Radar Relay raises $10M Series A led by Blockchain Capital to expand the startup's community team and start new R&D projects — Meet Radar Relay, a cryptocurrency startup that just raised $10 million from Blockchain Capital and other investors.
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| Pablo Rodero / Reuters: |
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 …
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