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WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann is resigning as CEO, will be nonexecutive chairman of We Co.; source: his voting shares will be reduced in power from 10:1 to 3:1 — - WeWork CEO Adam Neumann will step down but retain his seat as nonexecutive chairman, the company says.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it doesn't fact-check politicians' speech or block their content, generally assuming it is newsworthy, even if it violates Facebook policies — Facebook confirms it won't fact-check politicians' speech or block their content if it's newsworthy even if it violates the site's hatespeech rules or other policies.
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| Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: |
Comscore settles with SEC on charges the firm and its ex-CEO made false statements, engaging in a fraudulent scheme to overstate revenue by ~$50M from 2014-2016 — Media analytics firm is accused of overstating revenue by $50 million, making false statements about performance
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U.S. Securities …, Variety, Engadget, New York Post, The Verge, Fortune, Marketing Land, Business Insider, TechCrunch, CNBC, and Seeking Alpha
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple says a bug in iOS 13 and iPadOS may grant “full access” to third-party keyboards by mistake, says it's working on a fix — Apple is warning users of an iOS bug involving third-party keyboards. — In a brief advisory posted Tuesday, the tech giant said the bug impacts …
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Apple Support, MacRumors, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, BleepingComputer, Cult of Mac, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, PYMNTS.com, and iMore
Tweets: @_am1t, @verge, @zutalorz, and @tomwarren
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Amazon launches Amazon Care, a virtual primary care clinic with an option for nurses to visit employees in the home, as a pilot for employees in Seattle — - Amazon just launched Amazon Care, a virtual primary care clinic with an option for nurses to visit employees in the home.
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Financial Times, GeekWire, Xconomy, The Verge, TechCrunch, and hitconsultant.net
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| BBC: |
EU's top court rules that Google does not have to apply “right to be forgotten” globally — Europe's top court has ruled that Google does not have to apply the right to be forgotten globally. — It means that firm only needs to remove references to articles and other material …
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Telegraph, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Reuters, Slashdot, The Seattle Times, Wall Street Journal, Techdirt, CNBC, Android Headlines, Nieman Lab, Android Central, Search Engine Land, The Hill, CNET, The Register, Thurrott, Neowin, IT PRO, Axios, TechCrunch, and The Next Web
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| CBS Pittsburgh: |
Google contract workers in Pittsburgh, employed by IT services provider HCL, vote to join the United Steelworkers union in a 49 vs 24 vote — PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - About 80 contracted Google employees voted to join the United Steelworkers union. — The workers voted in favor of unionization …
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| Michael Muchmore / PCMag: |
Adobe launches Fresco, an iPad app for painting that supports oil, watercolor, and vectors, with a limited version available for non-Creative Cloud users — Adobe today announced the availability of its much-anticipated iPad drawing app, Fresco, which supports the Apple Pencil and uses AI …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
After many years in the lab, Boston Dynamics will begin selectively leasing its four-legged robot Spot, which can keep its balance under extreme circumstances — A new leasing program is putting dozens of robots to work in the real world — Boston Dynamics is letting its first major robot out of the lab.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft opens registrations for public preview of Project xCloud, coming in October to US, UK, and Korea, starting with Android devices — Available in the coming weeks in the US, UK, and Korea — Microsoft is starting to accept registrations for its upcoming Project xCloud game streaming preview.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Built-in Google Assistant is no longer exclusive to “Made by Google” Chrome OS devices, begins rolling out to more Chromebooks — Google Assistant first debuted on the Pixelbook in 2017 and later came to the Pixel Slate last year. The smart assistant is now coming to non-Made by Google Chromebooks starting today.
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| Jia Tolentino / New Yorker: |
How massively popular short-video app TikTok holds our attention, using AI to churn through a deluge of images and sounds to deliver the best bite-size content — On the popular short-video app, young people are churning through images and sounds at warp speed, repurposing reality into ironic, bite-size content.
Tweets: @drewledrew, @niemanlab, @terri_rupar, @michellebee, @newyorker, and @jjding99
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
The Spotify for Artists app on iOS and Android gets a big revamp with real-time listening stats, after Apple's artist dashboard exited beta last month — Spotify this morning is rolling out an updated version of its app for artists, across both iOS and Android.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
AI-based accounts payable platform Tipalti raises $76M Series D led by Zeev Ventures and joined by Dick Costolo and Adam Bain's 01 Advisors, among others — Accounting is one of the cornerstones to building a business, but for most companies, getting it right is more of a necessity than it is one of their core competencies.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Xiaomi announces Mi 9 Pro 5G with Snapdragon 855+, 8 or 12GB RAM, 6.5-inch 1080p OLED display, and support for 30W fast wireless charging, starting at ~$520 — Full charge in 69 minutes, no wires required — Xiaomi has announced the Mi 9 Pro 5G, a new variant of its generally very good Mi 9 …
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Mi Blog, Mi Blog, Neowin, Digital Trends, Android Police, Android Police, Pandaily, Android Authority, and Mashable
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Paris-based BlaBlaCar, which has raised $335M and has 80M members, 25M of which are in Russia, to acquire Busfor, Russia's largest bus platform — The mobility revolution sweeping through Europe is reshaping just about every facet of how people on the continent travel.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
What to expect from Amazon's hardware event tomorrow: new Echo devices, Alexa-powered earbuds, updates to the Fire TV and Fire tablet lines, more — New Echo devices? New Fire TV things? We'll find out — Amazon is hosting an event in Seattle on Wednesday, September 25th …
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VentureBeat, Android Police, CNN, Fortune, ZDNet, USA Today, Voicebot, Bloomberg, and CNET
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| Garett Sloane / Ad Age: |
Snapchat extends its skippable ads limit to three minutes from ten seconds; non-skippable six-second ads within shows now let users swipe up for related actions — At Advertising Week, company makes adjustments to its commercial formats — Snapchat is relaxing its time constraints for ads …
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @roter, @db, and @noahmallin
| Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Kik says it is shutting down its messaging app and will reduce its headcount to 19 people, amid its heated legal battle with the SEC over its ICO — The Kik app is officially shutting down. The company will reduce its headcount to 19 people, and will focus solely on converting Kin users into Kin buyers …
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Medium, CoinDesk, CNET, The Next Web, BBC, Adweek, CNN, The Verge, Crowdfund Insider, Modern Consensus, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, VICE, Blockonomi, 9to5Google, Android Central, Telegraph, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Micky, Engadget, Decrypt, ZDNet, Bitcoinist.com, 9to5Mac, CoinGeek, Silicon Republic, Business Insider, Fast Company, CryptoGlobe, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Altcoin Magazine
Tweets: @ted_livingston, @doveywan, @carnage4life, @ted_livingston, @lawmaster, @pickacrypto, @arrington, @rrhoover, @teroterotero, @walldo, @zatara214, and @caseynewton. Thanks:@tron
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon unveils Voice Interoperability Initiative with Microsoft, Baidu, ~30 others, but not Google or Apple, to let multiple assistants work on a single device — A day ahead of its annual fall hardware event, Amazon is making a big partnership announcement: it has created …
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Amazon.com, Inc., Reuters, Computerworld, OnMSFT.com, ZDNet, Thurrott, Bloomberg, WebProNews, Engadget, GeekWire, CNET, VentureBeat, and Windows Central
Tweets: @reckless, @backlon, @backlon, and @tomwarren
| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba closes the acquisition of 33% of Jack Ma's Ant Financial; Ant will now stop paying 37.5% of its pre-tax profits to Alibaba — - E-commerce giant now has 33% interest in the fintech giant — Ant will no longer pay 37.5% of its pre-tax profit to Alibaba| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Acquia, a cloud CMS provider for the open source Drupal project, gets acquired by Vista Equity Partners in a deal valued at $1B — Vista Equity Partners, which likes to purchase undervalued tech companies and turn them around for a hefty profit, has purchased web content management …
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| Florian Faes / Slator: |
Lisbon-based Unbabel, a service which combines human and machine translation in 70+ languages and has Microsoft and Facebook as clients, raises $60M in Series C — Tech-enabled language service provider (LSP) Unbabel has become the language industry's most lavishly funded startup to date.
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