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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung says it has made “improvements” to protect the Galaxy Fold's screen and will release it in September, after delaying its April retail launch — New design improvements are meant to protect the fragile, flexible screen — Samsung has announced today that it has made …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's suppliers are preparing to produce components for up to 75M new iPhones in H2 2019, roughly the same number as in 2018 — - New models to focus on upgrades to cameras, faster processor — Samsung's and Huawei's problems could help Apple in long run
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| Facebook: |
Facebook reports Q2 revenue of $16.9B, up 28% YoY, as ad revenue rises 28% YoY to $16.6B; MAUs rose 8% YoY to 2.41B, as average DAUs rose 8% YoY to 1.59B — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. — “We had a strong quarter …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
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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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Tinder is rolling out Traveler Alert, which automatically hides profiles of LGBTQ+ users after they arrive in a country that criminalizes same-sex relationships — A new security feature rolling out on Tinder will help to protect LBGTQ+ users who travel to dozens of nations, which still criminalize same-sex acts or relationships.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers find that cryptocurrency loan site YouHodler exposed 86M lines of records, including unencrypted names and credit card numbers, for almost a month — A cryptocurrency loan startup exposed reams of customer credit cards and user transactions for almost a month — because it forgot to protect the server with a password.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Standard Cognition, which builds a platform for cashierless retail stores, raises $35M Series B led by EQT Ventures, bringing its total raised to $86M+ — A checkout-free future might be closer than you think, thanks to startups like Standard Cognition. The San Francisco-based company …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Toyota invests $600M in Didi Chuxing and as part of the deal, the two companies will set up a joint venture for vehicle-related services for Didi drivers — Didi Chuxing announced today that it has received new investment totaling $600 million from Toyota Motor Corporation.
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| Joanna Nelius / PC Gamer: |
VideoLAN says a VLC security issue shared by CERT-Bund is not as severe as reported and is in a third-party library that was fixed 16+ months ago — The vulnerability was apparently due to a 3rd party library. — Update 7/24: VideoLAN took to Twitter earlier this morning to clarify …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Filings: Arianna Huffington and Benchmark's Matt Cohler are resigning from Uber's board of directors; Uber's first employee, Ryan Graves, left the board in May — KEY POINTS — Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington and Benchmark General Partner Matt Cohler told Uber of their intentions …
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Tweets: @ariannahuff, @dkhos, @levynews, and @jowens510
| Bayerischer Rundfunk: |
Journalists and IT experts shed light on years-long cyberespionage campaign against German corporations by Winnti, a hacking group believed to be based in China — For a number of years now, a group of professional hackers has been busy spying on businesses all over the world: Winnti.
Tweets: @martijn_grooten, @securedemocracy, @hatr, @hatr, @mattiasalmeflo, and @campuscodi
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Robinhood admits to storing some passwords in cleartext, says the issue is now resolved, and is emailing affected customers and recommending a password reset — Issue is now resolved and the company is emailing affected customers and recommending a password reset.
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TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Mac Observer, Silicon Republic, and CNET
| Eli Blumenthal / CNET: |
AT&T plans another new video streaming service, AT&T TV, which it will pilot in select markets this summer — AT&T's video struggles may be continuing to worsen, but that doesn't mean the company has stopped trying to find new ways to get people to watch television.
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Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, and AdExchanger
Tweets: @callumj, @danrayburn, @trengriffin, @mgsiegler, and @dkatzmaier
| Jonathan Zittrain / New Yorker: |
A look at the potential downsides of using the “answers first, explanations later” approach to building and deploying AI systems for solving real world problems — Like many medications, the wakefulness drug modafinil, which is marketed under the trade name Provigil, comes with a small, tightly folded paper pamphlet.
Tweets: @m_older, @ptuertscher, @newyorker, @gquaggiotto, @zittrain, @vaughanbell, @promethea, @bkcharvard, @pkedrosky, and @phuenermund
| Bloomberg: |
Salesforce announces partnership with Alibaba, which will become the sole provider of Salesforce's CRM products in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan — - Software maker will use Alibaba's cloud to sell products — San Francisco-based company wants to double revenue by 2023
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