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FTC announces a $5B fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations as part of a settlement that requires federal oversight of its business practices — The settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook ends a 16-month probe that began after revelations of the tech giant's entanglement with Cambridge Analytica
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Facebook cuts off access to friend data for Microsoft and Sony, the last two of its legacy partners, under FTC deal, says allowing them access was “our mistake” — One more consequence of the FTC's investigation of Facebook, which culminated in a record $5 billion settlement announced today … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Facebook agrees to pay a $100M fine to the SEC over charges of making “misleading disclosures” related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal — Facebook isn't just settling with the FTC over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The social network has also agreed to pay …
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| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
DOJ is opening an antitrust review of whether tech giants are unlawfully stifling competition, examining search, social media, and retail services platforms — Inquiry signals Barr's deep interest in tech sector, poses threat to companies such as Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple
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Google launches Gallery Go, a lightweight 10MB photo gallery app for organizing and editing photos, designed to work offline — Today, at Google for Nigeria we introduced Gallery Go: a photo gallery, designed to work offline, that uses machine learning to automatically organize and make your photos look their best.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
As Google Photos crosses the billion-user threshold, Anil Sabharwal, the Google VP who led its creation, shares how the app was spun out of Google+ — In a tech industry obsessed with scale, no aspiration is more iconic than building something that reaches a billion users.
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| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
DoorDash CEO to change tipping policy “in the coming days”, says it will add all customer tips to driver's earnings, after a renewed backlash — Earlier this year, news reports exposed that not only did DoorDash (and others, like Instacart) sometimes lower its payout to delivery workers …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Interviews, including with the dev who led the team that built the retweet button, discuss the power of retweets and shares and ways to limit their virality — Developer Chris Wetherell built Twitter's retweet button. And he regrets what he did to this day.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
GM's Cruise says it will not meet its 2019 target to deploy a commercial robotaxi service in San Francisco, citing performance and safety concerns — GM's Cruise is postponing plans for a fully driverless taxi service, which it previously said would launch by year-end 2019.
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| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
As streaming offerings get more expensive and convoluted, people are setting up their own platforms via Plex servers to share media, including pirated content — Have you heard about the best new streaming platform on the internet? It's totally customizable, works on any device, and, best of all, is basically free.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Netflix launches a $2.80 per month mobile-only subscription plan in India, restricted to one mobile device at 480p standard definition — Netflix has a new plan to win users in India: make its service incredibly cheap. The streaming giant today introduced a lower-priced mobile plan in the country that costs Rs 199 ($2.8) per month.| Bloomberg: |
Filings: Apple has asked the Trump administration for exclusion from import tariffs of 25% for components of a computer that is likely to be the new Mac Pro — - Trump has promised relief for companies in certain cases — High-end computer was only major Apple product made in U.S.| Patrick Klepek / VICE: |
Nintendo memo tells customer service to fix a Joy-Con in-game “drift” issue for free, even out of warranty, following a Kotaku report and a class-action lawsuit — The company will repair devices free of charge, even outside of the warranty period. — IMAGE COURTESY OF NINTENDO
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Fake accounts, pages, and groups purporting to represent or sell Libra digital currency have sprung up across Facebook and Instagram — A wave of fakes purporting to sell or represent Facebook's not-yet-available Libra currency have swept onto the social-media giant's platforms …
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Bravado, a community platform for sales professionals, comes out of stealth with $12M in backing from Redpoint Ventures, Freestyle Capital, and others — Take a moment to imagine the most successful salesperson you know. — Is it someone you respect? Probably not.
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| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Google Store page updates the availability of the Google Nest Hub Max, its $229 10-inch smart display, from 9/9 in the US, UK, and Australia to “coming soon” — Google's new Nest Hub Max arrives on September 9, folks. That date has now been confirmed by the Google Store … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tile, which makes item-tracking devices, raises $45M as the opening commitment for a Series C round led by Francisco Partners — Tile — the company that makes popular small square-shaped tags and other technology to help people keep track of physical belongings like keys and bags … | Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Hipcamp, a platform for listing and booking campsites, raises $25M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total raised to $41.8M — Hipcamp uses technology to get people away from technology. — The San Francisco-based startup provides a “people-powered platform” …
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