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Instagram says it will not remove deepfake video of Mark Zuckerberg, will treat it the same way as it does all misinformation on the platform — A fake video of Mark Zuckerberg giving a sinister speech about the power of Facebook has been posted to Instagram. The company previously said it would not remove this type of video.
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Epic Games, maker of Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, says it has acquired video chat social network Houseparty for an undisclosed sum — What does a gaming company do after raising $1.25 billion? Acquisitions seem like a pretty good place to start. Epic Games — of Unreal Engine …
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French tech giant Dassault to buy Medidata, which provides healthcare software for clinics, in $5.8B deal; Medidata currently has a market value of $5.9B — KEY POINTS — Dassault said it was offering $92.25 per share for Medidata, a slight discount to Medidata Solutions' closing price of $94.75 on June 11.| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: Huawei has indefinitely postponed the announcement of a new Windows laptop, originally scheduled for this week, due to ongoing US trade sanctions — Huawei has indefinitely postponed the announcement of a new laptop computer that was originally scheduled for this week …
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Sources: Google is moving some production of US-bound Nest thermostats and server hardware out of China to Taiwan and Malaysia, avoiding punitive US tariffs — - Trump's tariffs push tech giant to boost Taiwan manufacturing — Google proved keener than other tech companies about shift
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| Aaron Tilley / The Information: |
Sources: Apple is in talks to buy a key part of Intel's smartphone modem business, its German operations — Apple is in talks to buy a key part of Intel's smartphone modem business—its German operations—in a deal that could boost the iPhone maker's plans to internally develop a modem for its devices …
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Sources: Slack is expected to be valued at $16B-$17B when it lists its shares publicly next week, up from the $7.1B in its last funding round in August 2018 — - Valuation as public company could be double last funding round — Workplace chat company plans unusual direct listing next week| Colin Packham / Reuters: |
Uber chooses Melbourne as its first international site for testing its autonomous flying taxi service, launching in 2023, alongside Dallas and LA — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Uber Technologies said it will use Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, as the first international test site for the group's planned flying taxi service.
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The DOJ's antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, lays out potential antitrust arguments the US government may use against big tech — KEY POINTS — Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim laid out some possible antitrust arguments against big tech in a new speech in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.| Rani Molla / Vox: |
Mary Meeker releases her 333-page Internet Trends 2019 report showing growing e-commerce, expanded US ad spending, rising number of gamers, 51% of world online — Here are all the slides, plus analysis. — It's the holiday season for data nerds: That is, Mary Meeker is delivering …
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Sources: as part of its response to FTC inquiries, Facebook unearths emails that appear to show Mark Zuckerberg knew of problematic privacy practices — Internal exchanges uncovered in response to FTC probe could cast doubt on founder's commitment to user privacy, people familiar with the matter say| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Critics question Alphabet's Jigsaw subsidiary's decision to hire a disinformation vendor to run a campaign during research into state-sponsored disinformation — FOR MORE THAN two years, the notion of social media disinformation campaigns has conjured up images of Russia's Internet Research Agency …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Following successful tests elsewhere, Facebook says it will bring its blood donation sign up feature to select US cities ahead of a wider rollout — Facebook says its blood donation feature in India, Bangladesh, Brazil and Pakistan has been doing so well, over 35 million users have signed up to be donors.
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Uber says it plans to start testing fast food deliveries by drone to designated safe landing zones in a trial in San Diego this summer — On an overcast Monday in May, I joined a group in a parking lot behind a San Diego McDonald's to witness the future of food delivery.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 4 details are starting to leak, indicating that the upcoming flagship may have a square rear camera bump, Project Soli radar tech for new gestures — Project Soli returns? — Google has been releasing Pixel phones in October for three years now, and so we're expecting a Pixel 4 and a Pixel 4 XL this October too.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Facebook says Watch has 140M DAUs who spend at least a minute on the site, announces deals with global publishers and Ad Breaks rollout in five new languages — NY Digital Editor @https://twitter.com/xpangler FOLLOW — Facebook says its video strategy — to encourage its 2 billion-plus users to watch … | Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
DJI announces RoboMaster S1, a programmable remote-controlled toy robot tank aimed at teaching kids how to code, available in the US starting Wednesday for $499 — A robot from the RoboMasters competition shrunk down to fit your living room — Dronemaker DJI has spent the last few years running …
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Uber unveils a new self-driving car based on the Volvo XC90 SUV, designed to be fully autonomous, rolling out in 2020 — Uber Advanced Technologies Group unveiled Wednesday a new generation of self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs that are designed and built to be fully driverless …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Adjust, which provides mobile ad measurement and fraud prevention tools, raises $227M, bringing its total funding to $250M — Adjust, a leader in mobile measurement and fraud prevention, said it has raised $227 million in a new round of funding. — The round was led by investors Eurazeo Growth …
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TechCrunch, PE Hub Blog, Tech.eu, and FinSMEs
| Aradhana Aravindan / Reuters: |
Symphony, a messaging platform for Wall Street firms created by Goldman Sachs and others, raises $165M; source says its valuation is now $1.4B — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Symphony Communication Services, a chat and collaboration platform, said on Wednesday it has raised $165 million in fresh funds …
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Apollo, which maintains a family of GraphQL development tools, raises $22M round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Matrix Partners — Apollo, a San Francisco-based startup maintaining a family of GraphQL development tools, this morning revealed that it's secured $22 million in growth funding co-led …
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Huawei's chief strategy architect says the company is working on autonomous AI platforms for Audi, VW, Toyota, and others, potentially launching from 2021 — Huawei, the Chinese company at the centre of the US-China tech storm, is working with European, Japanese and Chinese car companies …
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