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Overview of the Senate hearing on foreign influence in social media, which heard testimony from Sheryl Sandberg and Jack Dorsey — Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey told lawmakers on Wednesday that they are better prepared to combat foreign interference on their platforms …
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| Bloomberg: |
Google's decision not to appear before the Senate was an unforced error, drawing criticism and robbing it of a chance to defend itself — - Senators blast search giant for executive absence at hearing — Some people at the company said to regret Pichai's no-show
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The Interface, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, and Fox News
Tweets: @markwarner, @mhbergen, @jguynn, @npr, and @bloombergtv
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DoJ says AG Jeff Sessions will meet with state AGs to discuss a “growing concern” that social media giants are “hurting competition” and stifling free speech — The Justice Department has confirmed that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has expressed a “growing concern” …
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Gizmodo, The Verge, Washington Post, CNBC, Washington Post, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, BGR, Fast Company, Reuters, Business Insider, and Engadget
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| Washington Post: |
A look at the philosophies and styles of Sheryl Sandberg, a veteran of Capitol Hill, and Jack Dorsey, a relative newcomer — SAN FRANCISCO — The Silicon Valley leaders who testified before Congress for the first time on Wednesday came to Washington with personal styles that could not be more different.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
In House committee hearing, Dorsey said Twitter intends to share an abuse transparency report this year, agrees to have the company undergo a civil rights audit — A meek and quiet “no” was Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's refrain as he responded to an onslaught of questions from House Energy Committee Republicans …
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Engadget, Business Insider, CNET, Recode, and CNBC
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| New York Times: |
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple has considered the name “iPhone Xs Max” for the 6.5-inch model; both Xs and Xs Max will have 4GB RAM, up from 3GB, and dual SIM options — Last week 9to5Mac exclusively shared the first look at the new iPhone Xs models due to be officially announced by Apple on September 12.
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BGR, Pocketnow, The Verge, VentureBeat, Computerworld, GeekWire, Gizchina.com, Mashable, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, Neowin, Thurrott.com, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, Boing Boing, iMore, Daring Fireball, Business Insider, Tom's Guide, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @josephcox, @bzamayo, @caro_milanesi, @johnolilly, @llsethj, @jordannovet, and @stroughtonsmith
| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Information found in the latest watchOS 5 beta suggests 42mm Apple Watch Series 4 will have a 384x480 resolution, up from 312x390 used in current models — Today, we've been able to figure out the probable screen resolution for the 42mm version of this new device.
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Digital Trends, AppleInsider, CNET, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, and Cult of Mac
| Andrew Perrin / Pew Research Center: |
Survey of US adults: 42% took a break from Facebook for several weeks or more, 26% deleted app from their phone, 54% adjusted privacy settings in past 12 months — Significant shares of Facebook users have taken steps in the past year to reframe their relationship with the social media platform.
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Tweets: @b_fung, @pewresearch, @yoda, @marypcbuk, @michaelcarusi, @shiraovide, @benbajarin, @tsudo, @dontcallmeatg, and @bdsams
| Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo: |
Bernie Sanders debuts the Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies (Stop BEZOS) Act that would tax big firms equal to the welfare received by low wage staff — Bernie Sanders introduced a bill today that culminates weeks of feuding between the Vermont senator and Amazon …
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Washington Post, CNBC, Engadget, Senator Sanders's Feed, TechCrunch, Motherboard, The Verge, Axios, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @greene, @noahpinion, @mattyglesias, @theabridgedzach, and @shiraovide
| Diptendu Lahiri / Reuters: |
Report: Goldman Sachs ditches plans for a cryptocurrency trading desk in the foreseeable future as regulatory framework remains unclear; cryptocurrencies slide — (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) is ditching plans to open a desk for trading cryptocurrencies in the foreseeable future … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Snap launches new styles of Spectacles 2 with polarized lenses that look more like traditional sunglasses, available today for $199 — And they've got polarized lenses — If the main hangup that's kept you from purchasing Snap's Spectacles has been their design, two new models that the company …
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Snap Inc., TechCrunch, The Next Web, Digital Trends, Neowin, KnowTechie, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @spectacles, @joshconstine, @alexeheath, and @joshconstine
| Bloomberg: |
Uber announces new safety features for drivers and riders, such as checking in on idle cars and anonymous pick up addresses, rolling out in the coming months — - Ride-hailing service has seen all sorts of catastrophes — Questions have lingered over how thoroughly drivers are vetted
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Uber Newsroom, VentureBeat, CNET, TechCrunch, The Verge, and TechCrunch
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google unveils Dataset Search, a search engine that will cover datasets from environmental and social sciences, government, and ProPublica-style news orgs — Dataset Search could be a scientist's best friend — Google's goal has always been to organize the world's information, and its first target was the commercial web.
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The Keyword, Google, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Search Engine Journal, and Engadget
Tweets: @dancow and @pkedrosky
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Roblox, an MMO game popular with kids, raises $150M Series F, source says at a $2.5B+ valuation, bringing total raised to $185M — The company is now valued at more than $2.5B — Roblox, which allows kids to create 3D worlds and games, has raised an additional $150 million in funding.
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Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley Business …, Tubefilter, Variety, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, and Recode
Tweets: @hunterwalk and @jowens510
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Vimeo pivoting from being a video viewing destination to focus on selling software tools such as Vimeo Stock, a stock video clips service akin to Getty Images — Vimeo, the 14-year-old video service that started as a platform for indie filmmakers, is changing its business to focus …
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| IDC: |
Global VR headset shipments dropped 33.7% YoY in Q2, with screenless viewers shrinking from 1M in 2Q'17 to 409,000 in 2Q'18, but the market outlook is positive — Worldwide shipments of virtual reality (VR) headsets were down 33.7% year over year in the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18) …
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| Randall Lane / Forbes: |
Interview with Jeff Bezos on Amazon's strategy for growth, its advertising business, intentions in healthcare, and working “two or three years into the future” — Unlike America's other tech giants, Amazon doesn't have a traditional campus. The 45,000 or so employees and executives … | Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
A look at the wave of tech startups that claim they can increase the amount collected on debts and help consumers by using tech to personalize the process — Consumer debt, credit card debt, and personal loan debt are at all-time highs. Meanwhile, investors who purchase debt for cents …
Tweets: @nitashatiku, @scottthurm, @stephaniemlee, and @astradisastra
| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
A rogue version of file-hosting platform MEGA's Chrome extension was found to steal user passwords and private keys to cryptocurrency wallets — A rogue version of file-hosting platform MEGA's Chrome extension has triggered a major security alert from the company.
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MEGA, Digital Trends, Krebs on Security, The Hacker News, Graham Cluley, BleepingComputer, Neowin, Naked Security, CCN, and Inquirer. Tweets: @serhack_
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
ThinCI, a California-based semiconductor startup that focuses on making chips for AI, raises $65M Series C led by Denso Corp. — A relatively unknown artificial intelligence-focused semiconductor startup called ThinCI Inc. is raising eyebrows today after landing a “significantly oversubscribed” …
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US Senate Select Committee … and FinSMEs
| Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney: |
Interview with Facebook's Head of Cybersecurity Policy Nathaniel Gleicher, an ex-DOJ prosecutor, who focuses on shutting down foreign interference on Facebook — Nathaniel Gleicher may well have the toughest job in tech right now. — Gleicher, a former prosecutor with the Justice Department …
Tweets: @ericgoldman
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Nielsen acquires games market intelligence company SuperData Research, which estimates digital game sales by looking at the behavior of 160M people — Nielsen wants to get better at tracking video games. To fill in the digital-shaped gap in its data reporting, the market analysis firm … Sponsor Posts
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