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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
In January, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man's arrest for a crime he did not commit, in what may be the first known case of its kind — In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man's arrest for a crime he did not commit.
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Senate Republicans introduce a bill to end “warrant-proof” encryption, forcing tech companies to work with law enforcement, citing apps like WhatsApp — The proposed legislation is Congress' latest attempt to weaken encryption from tech giants.
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United States Senate Committee …, Techdirt, Threatpost, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, CNBC, KnowTechie, Daring Fireball, Android Central, The Daily Dot, 9to5Mac, SecurityWeek, Cult of Mac, ZDNet, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @wcathcart, @patrickbeuth, @foxcahn, @alex, @mikeisaac, and @ow
| Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac: |
Fleetsmith, which makes enterprise management and security products for Apple devices, says it has been acquired by Apple — Mobile Device Management is at the heart of every Apple enterprise customer's network stack. Up until now, Apple has generally relied on third party companies …
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Fleetsmith Blog, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Bloomberg, AppleInsider, CNBC, iPhone Hacks, and iDownloadBlog.com
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google says it will auto-delete location and search data by default for new users after 18 months, as part of a broader expansion of its privacy options — A compromise between privacy and ad-targeting data — On Wednesday, Google announced broad changes in its default data practices for new users …
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The Keyword, New York Times, CNET, NBC News, VentureBeat, The Irish Times, TechCrunch, BBC, Protocol, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Bloomberg, CNBC, Android Headlines, Silicon Republic, and Axios
Tweets: @googleuk, @chrismaddern, @backlon, @pierce, @pierce, and @caseynewton
| Bloomberg: |
Central Bank of Brazil tells Mastercard and Visa to stop payments via WhatsApp in the country to evaluate risks and regulations — - Authority wants to assess risks to country's payment system — Lawyer says suspension is an unusual move by the bank| Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal: |
Olympus is exiting the camera business after 84 years to focus on medical devices, and selling its camera unit to private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners — Under pressure from U.S. shareholder ValueAct Capital, Tokyo company to sell unit to private-equity firm Japan Industrial Partners
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The Verge, Daring Fireball, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Bloomberg, and Engadget
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Review of email app Superhuman: elegant, detailed interface but you have to live with its fixed hotkeys, inconsistent filtering, and the steep $30/month price — $30 per month is too much for a Gmail app — Superhuman is one of the most in-demand startups right now …
Tweets: @aaronklein, @caseynewton, @joshuabaer, @mg, @harrymccracken, @tonyromm, @oliversmitheu, @dcseifert, @jmalcoun, and @frank_thelen
| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
Ben & Jerry's, Eddie Bauer, and Magnolia Pictures join Patagonia, REI, and others suspending Facebook ads in July to protest amplification of hate speech — Eddie Bauer, Magnolia Pictures, Ben & Jerry's and others have suspended campaigns over the platform's content moderation practices.
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Tweets: @benandjerrys, @colorofchange, @andrewrking_eu, @rstoddard, @megancgraham, @wajahatali, and @mattnavarra
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Slack launches Connect, letting up to 20 organizations communicate in a single Slack channel, currently available to paying customers — Slack today announced the launch of Connect, a way for up to 20 organizations to communicate in a single Slack channel.
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TechCrunch, Slack, Engadget, ZDNet, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, and Seeking Alpha
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
After WWDC, the performance of Apple's silicon chips for Mac remains a mystery, with speed and efficiency claims not yet substantiated through benchmarks — There were canned demos but no benchmarks or comparisons — For years, Apple has steadily revealed how the ARM-based chips …
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Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iMore, Mashable, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, OneZero , PCWorld, The Mac Security Blog, DIGITS to DOLLARS, Micky, Tech.pinions, and Ubergizmo
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| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
Sources say DOJ and a coalition of state attorneys general are considering an antitrust investigation into Apple's App Store, following a similar EU probe — The Justice Department and a coalition of state attorneys general are taking the first steps toward launching an antitrust probe of Apple …
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CNET, 9to5Mac, iMore, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, and Pocket-lint. Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Trump's campaign has discussed moving away from Facebook and Twitter, potentially to platforms like Parler, following disputes with both platforms — Amid disputes with Facebook and Twitter, the president's team mulls whether to push supporters toward a different platform or put more emphasis on its own campaign app
Tweets: @jesselehrich, @wexler, @yamiche, @keachhagey, and @kevinroose
| Kyle Daly / Axios: |
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Twitter permanently suspends @DDoSecrets account for violating distribution of hacked data policy after it shared links to data stolen from US law enforcement — Twitter said DDoSecrets account leaked and promoted BlueLeaks, a huge collection of files stolen from more than 200 US police departments and fusion training centers.
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Tweets: @dellcam, @dangillmor, @samred, @gregghoush, and @dellcam
| Aaron Gordon / VICE: |
Former JUMP employees blame the bikeshare company's downfall on Uber applying a software business mentality to a transportation business after acquiring it — One morning at the end of May, Mark Miretsky awoke in his San Francisco apartment and groggily browsed his phone. There was no rush to get up.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Jumbo, which lets users easily manage their online privacy and mass-delete old posts, raises $8M Series A and releases a major app update — A year after its initial release, Jumbo has two important pieces of news to announce. First, the company has released a major update of its app that protects your privacy on online services.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's NPE Team tests Forecast, an app fostering a community around making crowdsourced predictions about world events using in-app points, now invite-only — Forecast, a new project from Facebook's internal R&D group, NPE Team, is launching today to build a community around predictions.
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NPE Blog, Social Media Today, TechSpot, and Ubergizmo
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases the first public preview of its Defender antivirus Android app, as Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux becomes generally available for all users — UPDATE: Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux has also exited public preview and is now generally available for all users.
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TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM, XDA Developers, The Information, Pocket-lint, 9to5Google, BetaNews, Pureinfotech, Fossbytes, Softpedia News, SlashGear, and Phandroid
Tweets: @msintune, @msftsecurity, and @campuscodi
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Open Technology Fund, the US digital speech advocate that funded Signal, faces turmoil after the abrupt firing of entire leadership team and resignation of CEO — 'There are so many countries and individuals who need this support right now,' says former OTF president
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New York Times and EDRi
Tweets: @lrozen, @lrozen, @deepakguptalaw, @russellbrandom, @campuscodi, @adellelin, @jstrauss, @internetff, and @garrytan
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Source: Amazon is “actively pursuing” licensing deals to add live and linear TV to complement its Prime Video offerings — Amazon is looking to add 24/7 live programming to its Prime Video service, according to multiple job listings posted over the past several weeks.| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
As tensions between India and China escalate, Amazon, Flipkart, and others agree to prominently label products sold in India with their country of origin — Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc.'s Flipkart have agreed to compel merchants to start prominently displaying “country of origin” … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
watchOS 7 drops support for Force Touch, a hardware feature that has been available on every Apple Watch model for revealing hidden menus and more — watchOS 7 adds a variety of new features, such as sleep tracking and new workout types, but it also drops support for one key feature.
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Apple Developer, International Business Times, Gizmodo, Cord Cutters News, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @andrewm497, @folletto, @seb_astian_c, @rafahari, @bzamayo, @davidhodge, and @apollozac
| Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
Despite teaming with Science Feedback last year, Facebook has made climate disinformation ineligible for fact-checking by deeming it “opinion” — This is a special joint edition of Popular Information and HEATED, a climate newsletter by journalist Emily Atkin.
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E&E News. Tweets: @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @aaron_strauss, @emorwee, @rockominn, @bergopolis, and @hbadventure
| Los Angeles Times: |
An in-depth look at the systemic diversity issues that plague Silicon Valley giants and VCs, effectively shutting Black and Latino people out of the industry — It seemed like tech was turning a corner. — For years, the industry's giants had resisted calls to disclose workforce diversity data …
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CNN and Bloomberg
Tweets: @jeffbercovici, @jmbooyah, @jmbooyah, @jeffbercovici, @jmbooyah, @jeffbercovici, @lenny_mendonca, @jmbooyah, @latimes, @latimes, @jmbooyah, @jeffbercovici, @latimes, @sbanjo, and @carnage4life
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Black Amazon employees, many working in warehouses, urge Jeff Bezos to match his rhetoric on racial justice with actions to address “systemic” racial bias — From racist graffiti to missed promotions, employees say a “systemic pattern of racial bias” permeates the company.
Tweets: @kyweise, @kyweise, @kyweise, @kyweise, @teamcoworker, @kyweise, and @staceynycdc
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