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Iran's Energy Ministry says that power consumption jumped 7% in June, largely due to Bitcoin mining, making the power grid unstable, seizes 1,000 Bitcoin miners — Iran has blamed an “unusual” spike in electricity consumption in the country on cryptocurrency miners, while warning …
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| Alyssa Bereznak / The Ringer: |
How TikTok users are supplanting the traditional functions of record labels, like talent scouting and publicity, for new artists — Lil Nas X's ‘Old Town Road’ is both a chart-topping phenomenon and a turning point for the music business. Here's what happens when a social media platform becomes a label.
Tweets: @alyssabereznak
| Nicky Woolf / Tortoise Media: |
Profile of 8chan founder Fredrick Brennan, who sold the site in 2015, and says he has soured not just on 8chan, but on the whole idea it represented — How a childhood of anger led the founder of 8chan to create one of the darkest corners of the internet — On 27 April, before he burst …
Tweets: @xtophercook, @cerithomas01, @tortoise, and @nickywoolf
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Fuchsia OS developer website with official documentation about developing for its open source operating system — As was repeatedly made plain to see during this year's Google I/O, developers are eager to learn more about Google's Fuchsia OS.
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| Sheryl Sandberg / Facebook: |
Facebook says it will treat 2020 US Census like an election and will have “people, policies and technology in place to protect against census interference” — Civil rights are the foundation of a free and just society — and something we care deeply about as a company.| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Interview with Google's Matías Duarte on his smartphone notification designs while at Danger between 2000-2005 and what can be done to make notifications better — NOTIFICATIONS ARE, AT the most basic level, a method of alerting people to some piece of information, often with some element of urgency.
Tweets: @wired, @wired, and @laurengoode
| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Profile of Jay Carney, formerly Obama's press secretary, who is now a member of Jeff Bezos' elite S-team, in charge of PR and policy at Amazon — KEY POINTS — Jay Carney is running public relations and policy at Amazon, which is the target of an increasing number of political attacks.
Tweets: @jordannovet, @mattrosoff, @matthewstoller, and @stevekovach
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
China-based robotic process automation startup Laiye, whose product UiBot gained 6,000 enterprise users after launching in January, raises $35M Series B — For many years, the boom and bust of China's tech landscape have centered around consumer-facing products.| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
Ex-Equifax CIO Jun Ying sentenced to four months in prison for insider trading; he pleaded guilty to selling Equifax shares prior to 2017's breach announcement — Four months of jail time — The Justice Department announced this week that former Equifax CIO Jun Ying has been sentenced to four months in prison for insider trading.| Wall Street Journal: |
Trump says he will allow sales of US equipment to Huawei, where there are no national security issues, for now; US will not impose new tariffs on China — U.S. agrees to halt additional tariffs on Chinese goods for now — OSAKA, Japan—President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed …
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| Daina Beth Solomon / Reuters: |
Walmart de Mexico says it is now offering grocery delivery via WhatsApp, charging ~$2.55 for a delivery within 90 minutes and ~$2.03 for longer waits — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Walmart's Mexico unit has begun offering grocery delivery from its Superama stores via messaging service WhatsApp …
Tweets: @dainabethcita
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the challenges, downsides, and huge costs of 5G rollout in the US, which may take a decade or more to complete — As carriers launch their 5G networks, the promise of superfast wireless is clashing with the reality of the rollout; ‘the real onslaught has not yet begun’Sponsor Posts
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