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| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: President Trump and Mark Zuckerberg had a phone conversation on Friday that was described by both sides as productive — In the week that President Trump took on social media, Axios has learned that he had a call Friday with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was described by both sides as productive.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won't remove Trump's post on Minnesota protests to “enable as much expression as possible”, says it doesn't violate its policies — “We should enable as much discussion as possible,” Zuckerberg says in a post — Facebook will not remove …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @stirman, @timobrien, @sheeraf, @michaelkruse, @kurtwagner8, @carlquintanilla, @ananny, @caseynewton, @mikeisaac, @samanthajpower, @justinhendrix, @buzz, @juddlegum, @oliverdarcy, @mikeisaac, @ahmed, @donie, @laurahuu, @jason_kint, @npr, @ananny, @slpng_giants, @jasoncfry, @danielpunkass, @jeffbigham, @fraying, @monteiro, @hshaban, @aoc, @oneunderscore__, @mattyglesias, @dylanbyers, @clarajeffery, @b_fung, @mikeisaac, @alexeheath, @nicdawes, @profgalloway, @matthewfederman, @arainert, @mollyjongfast, @jesselehrich, @jesselehrich, @ericschultz, and @zeynep
| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
YouTube says it will donate $1M to the Center for Policing Equity, a nonprofit think tank that works with police departments to change discriminatory practices — The nonprofit works with police departments to address discriminatory behavior — YouTube says it will donate $1 million …
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9to5Google, Variety, New York Times, and Vox
| The Hacker News: |
Apple paid a researcher $100K for reporting a flaw in “Sign in with Apple” in April that could have let attackers hijack any user's account on third-party apps — Apple recently paid Indian vulnerability researcher Bhavuk Jain a huge $100,000 bug bounty for reporting …
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Bhavuk Jain, Livemint, iTnews, Livemint, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Forbes, Forbes, Hacking, MacRumors, BGR India, Wccftech, AppleInsider, Engadget, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @scott3142, @artemr, @thehackersnews, and @martenmickos
| Stitcher Blog: |
Stitcher releases its first podcasting report, with 10 years of data trends; a pandemic update shows a dip in listening at commute times and a lunchtime rise — What a decade of industry growth looks like from the app perspective. — It's been over a decade since we launched the Stitcher app.| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Some Walmart staff claim AI-based tech used in stores to prevent shoplifting misidentifies innocuous behavior as theft and often fails to flag actual stealing — The retailer denies there is any widespread issue with the software, but a group expressed frustration—and public health concerns.
Tweets: @doctorow, @wired, @lmatsakis, and @doctorow
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft lays off editorial staff at its News and MSN divisions, reportedly affecting around 50 US and 27 UK jobs, as it increases use of AI for news curation — Microsoft News and MSN is increasingly being run by robots — Microsoft is laying off dozens of journalists and editorial workers …
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The Guardian, Business Insider, SlashGear, Reclaim The Net, Digital Trends, Engadget, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, Seeking Alpha, and GeekWire
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| Adrianne Jeffries / The Markup: |
Grubhub should be thriving during the pandemic; instead, delivery apps' unworkable business model, charging high fees to small restaurants, creates huge losses — The crisis is a stark reminder that food delivery tech companies may have an unworkable business model
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Ars Technica. Tweets: @tldinvestors, @lisatozzi, @gabegundy, @profmannetter, @heratylaw, @juliaangwin, and @adrjeffries
| Mark Kleinman / Sky News: |
London-based freight forwarding and supply chain finance startup Beacon raises $15M Series A with investors including 8VC and Jeff Bezos — The Amazon chief is taking a stake in Beacon, a digital freight-forwarding and supply chain finance firm, Sky News learns. — City editor @MarkKleinmanSky| John Herman / New York Times: |
The pandemic pushed Amazon to its breaking point, prematurely delivering a future it has been planning for, where whole categories of physical retail are closed — To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Tweets: @frankpasquale, @worrierprincess, @sumofus, @rwabigwi, and @xanalter
| Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
Benchling, which makes software for tracking and managing data from biotech research, raises $50M at a $850M valuation, bringing its total raised to $114M — Sajith Wickramasekara started working on an idea for a cloud-based Crispr design tool for scientists during college at MIT eight years ago.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
US is taking a state-by-state approach to COVID-19 contact tracing apps, which could cause security and privacy issues in addition to hindering interoperability — With no nationwide Covid-19 notification software in sight, security and interoperability issues loom large.
Tweets: @brianbehlendorf, @brianbehlendorf, @a_greenberg, and @wired
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