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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Huawei unveils HarmonyOS, a microkernel-based, distributed OS, which Huawei says is an alternative to Android in case it can no longer use Google's OS — Huawei's long-rumored Android alternative, Hongmeng, is finally official. At today's Huawei Developer Conference …
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| Uber: |
Uber reports Q2 revenue of $3.17B, up 14% YoY, net loss of $5.2B and a loss of ~$1.3B excluding stock based compensation, gross bookings of $15.8B, up 31% YoY — SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
AMD announces second generation EPYC processing chips for data centers with better performance while using less power, adds Google and Twitter as customers — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced the launch of its second generation of EPYC processing chips for data centers …
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Google Cloud Blog, AMD, Reuters, Samsung Global Newsroom, TechCrunch, AnandTech, ZDNet, Computerworld, AnandTech, Neowin, The Register, TechSpot, HPCwire, Slashdot, VentureBeat, and CNBC. Tweets: @gcpcloud
| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Sources: Goldman Sachs is approving Apple Card applications for some users with low credit scores as Apple wants as many of its customers as possible approved — KEY POINTS — Goldman, which is in charge of deciding who gets the Apple Card, is accepting some applications from users …
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The Next Web, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, TechSpot, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, Crowdfund Insider, iPhone Hacks, and Patently Apple
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| Gethin Chamberlain / The Guardian: |
Amazon says it is investigating after leaked documents show Foxconn is requiring school children to illegally work overtime as interns to make Alexa devices — Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hours
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Apple expands bug bounty to macOS, watchOS, and Apple TV, increases maximum payout to $1M, and will open the program to all researchers this fall — Apple is offering between $100,000 and $1 million for anyone who can hack an iPhone. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) — GETTY IMAGES
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Tweets: @tomwarren and @iblametom
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: White House holds off a decision on licenses for US companies to restart sales to Huawei after Beijing said it was halting purchases of US farm goods — The White House is holding off on a decision about licenses for U.S. companies to restart business with Huawei Technologies Co …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook is offering millions of dollars to news outlets to license their content for a news section that the company hopes to launch later this year — Company approached ABC News, Dow Jones, Washington Post and Bloomberg as it plans to launch news section
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
11 current and past YouTube moderators say popular creators like Logan Paul often get special treatment in the form of looser interpretations of guidelines — Moderators describe a chaotic workplace where exceptions for lucrative influencers are the norm. — SAN FRANCISCO …
Tweets: @laurastevens and @geoffreyfowler
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
After denying it broke Instagram's rules, Hyp3r says it has taken its services offline for now, and is planning to meet with Facebook as soon as next week — KEY POINTS — Facebook is setting up a meeting with Hyp3r, a marketing firm that was removed from Instagram after allegedly violating the social network's policies.
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Naked Security, ProgrammableWeb.com, The Daily Dot, and BBC
Tweets: @robaeprice and @robaeprice
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Broadcom acquires Symantec's enterprise business for $10.7B in cash — KEY POINTS — U.S. President Donald Trump jokes with Broadcom CEO Hock Tan as he announces that Broadcom would be moving back to the U.S. in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Nov. 2, 2017.
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PR Newswire, CRN, Neowin, The Register, Slashdot, Inquirer, Bloomberg, Symantec Corporation, SiliconANGLE, CNN, Reuters, BNN, and ZDNet
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| Roger Parloff / Yahoo Finance: |
20+ people, many who worked with Jack Dorsey at Square or Twitter, recall how he avoids decision-making, is a slower thinker, and sometime responds in riddles — “Jack is thinking about things at a different pace from the rest of us,” says Greg Kidd, who has known Jack Dorsey, now 42, since Dorsey was 19.
Tweets: @_harshilshah, @hlplost, @dariasolo, @mylesudland, and @alexeheath
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Federal appeals court rules Facebook must face a class action suit claiming that its facial recognition practices violated an Illinois biometric privacy law — (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc's (FB.O) effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming …
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BBC, 9to5Mac, The Verge, ACLU, The Next Web, The Verge, TechSpot, PYMNTS.com, Digital Trends, and Engadget
Tweets: @natashanyt, @libshipwreck, @natashanyt, @natashanyt, @natashanyt, and @aprilaser
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub launches the beta of a new version of GitHub Actions with continuous integration and delivery capabilities built in, says it now has 40M+ users — Microsoft's GitHub today launched the beta of a new version of GitHub Actions with full continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) capabilities built right into the service.
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The GitHub Blog, DevOps.com, DEVCLASS, ZDNet, Michael Tsai, and The Register
Tweets: @github and @migueldeicaza
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Google Maps expands its beta AR walking navigation feature, called Live View, to all Android and iOS devices that support ARCore and ARKit, starting this week — Google wants its Maps app to be about more than just getting directions. The search giant on Thursday announced a handful …
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The Keyword, The Keyword, Ars Technica, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Search Engine Roundtable, Geek.com, Gizchina, Gizmodo, Tech.co, Search Engine Land, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @google, @aparnacd, @nattgarun, @googleeurope, and @asianmack
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Securiti.ai, which is developing an automated platform that helps enterprises comply with privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA, raises $31M Series A — Cybercrime never sleeps. Juniper Research pegs the number of digital records that will be stolen in 2023 at 33 billion, compared with the 12 billion stolen in 2018.
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FinSMEs, Legaltech News, Forbes, and WebWire
| Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: |
With a subscriber miss, ballooning costs, rivals circling, and a dire need for more in-house hits, Netflix is looking like the entertainment giants it disrupted — With a subscriber miss, ballooning costs, competitors circling and an existential need to produce more in-house hits … | Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter: |
WhatsApp-advised startup Meedan unveils a tool that auto-responds to fact-check queries from chat apps like Messenger and WeChat if a fact-checked answer exists — The love/hate relationship between fact-checkers and reader-submitted tips from private messaging may soon be a thing of the past.
Tweets: @factchecknet
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