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Police infiltrated Encrochat, an encrypted phone network used by organized crime, and read millions of messages for months, leading to international arrests — Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots.| Nick Miroff / Washington Post: |
CBP awards Anduril, founded by Palantir veterans and Palmer Luckey, a five-year contract to build a “virtual border wall” using mobile surveillance towers — The Trump administration has awarded a major border security contract to a California technology start …
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection, The Verge, Agence France-Presse, Business Insider, Input, The Hill, and Engadget
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| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
Angry over critical coverage, tech figures discuss hitting back against journalists, on Twitter and invite-only Clubhouse, leading to harassment of NYT's Lorenz — In leaked audio from an invite-only app, venture capitalists pondered everything they think is wrong with journalism.
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @can, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @suhail, @hunterwalk, @backlon, @balajis, @bhorowitz, @jwherrman, @rabois, @avichal, @kimmaicutler, @kateclarktweets, @micsolana, @elcush, @a_w_gordon, @peterrojas, @balajis, @balajis, @rmac18, @mat, @taylorlorenz, @jason, @joshelman, @danprimack, @nitashatiku, @taylorlorenz, @willoremus, @caseynewton, and @sallyshin
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Microsoft is using ransomware-like tactics to force-feed its new Chromium Edge browser to users through an automatic Windows update — It undermines Microsoft's own argument that automatic updates are critical — If I told you that my entire computer screen just got taken over by a new app … | Daniel Kuhn / CoinDesk: |
Researchers expose a flaw in at least three major crypto wallets, Ledger Live, Edge, and Breadwallet, which could be exploited for double-spending users' funds — A standard way to transact Bitcoin could be vulnerable to double-spending, new research has found.
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ZenGo, TechCrunch, Ledger, Crypto Briefing, CryptoGlobe, forklog.media, 9to5Mac, Decrypt, The Mac Observer, and The Block
Tweets: @bobmcelrath, @coindesk, @bascule, @vikmeup, @zengo, @lopp, and @peterktodd
| Carrie Mihalcik / CNET: |
Report: Amazon is moving Prime Day again to October, after first moving it to September, amid concerns over how coronavirus spikes may impact the supply chain — Amazon's annual Prime Day sale is being delayed to October amid concerns over how coronavirus spikes may impact the supply chain …
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Android Authority, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Tom's Guide, Trusted Reviews, Android Central, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @eugenekim222
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it is shutting down Lasso, its TikTok clone launched a year and a half ago, on July 10 — Facebook is no longer betting on Lasso, an app it launched a year and a half ago, to take on TikTok . The social juggernaut's TikTok clone is shutting down on July 10, Facebook said.
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Tweets: @kerrymflynn, @kerrymflynn, @joshconstine, @refsrc, @mattnavarra, @turnernovak, @sidharthajha, @ingridlunden, @kawaljit, and @wongmjane
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
An African American manager and two job applicants filed a complaint against Facebook with the EEOC, alleging a culture of bias against Black workers — An African American manager at Facebook and two rejected job applicants are suing the company, alleging a culture of bias in promotions, evaluations, hiring and recruiting.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a new site for Apple Card users to manage their accounts online; previously, all Apple Card interactions took place through iPhone's Wallet app — Apple has today launched an online dashboard for Apple Card users to manage their account online.
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AppleInsider, Appleosophy, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, TechCrunch, The Verge, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, PYMNTS.com, and MacDailyNews
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will add messages to its News Feed and Instagram's feed to encourage people to wear face masks, with links to COVID-19 Info Center and CDC — Soon, you'll see a message at the top of the feed in both apps — Facebook will add messaging to its News Feed and Instagram's feed …
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
EU is examining whether Google's proposed acquisition of Fitbit will give the company more data to help it entrench its search engine and advertising businesses — Lengthy questionnaires to rivals come as consumer groups warn the deal will extend Google's data empire
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Android Police, Thurrott, Reuters, SlashGear, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, 9to5Google, and Trusted Reviews
Tweets: @javierespft, @tonychurnside, @martinsfp, and @harrymccracken
| Reuters: |
400+ advertisers suspend Facebook ads for a month, as sources say talks with some advertisers broke down; Zuckerberg has agreed to meet with boycott organizers — NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish …
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The Guardian, GamesIndustry.biz, About Facebook, Politico, Bloomberg, Digiday, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, Bloomberg, TheStreet, Android Headlines, Protocol, CNET, Beyond Search, GameSpot, Axios, Music Ally, Fortune, Fox News, Facebook, and The Overspill
Tweets: @nick_clegg, @rmac18, @lebassett, @carlquintanilla, @euanphilipps, @daniel_sugarman, @instyle, @jbenton, @amahnke, and @zeynep
| Alex Heath / The Information: |
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Tweets: @joewadlington, @toadsanime, @jgreenblattadl, @jamesrhine, @jangles, @cnn, @ritholtz, @steveguest, @repjimbanks, and @chrisstrub
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook says it continued sharing data of inactive users with around 5,000 developers even after their apps' 90-day cut-off date expired; issue is now fixed — A Facebook privacy mechanism blocks apps from receiving user data if users didn't use an app for 90 days.
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, TechSpot, Mashable, 9to5Mac, Android Headlines, HackRead, Threatpost, SlashGear, The Next Web, BGR India, and Tom's Guide
| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
A look at “Prison TikTok”, a subgenre where inmates use contraband cellphones to share dance videos, funny skits, and broadcast their living conditions — The lives of incarcerated people are usually hidden from society. On prison TikTok, they're going viral.
Tweets: @lmatsakis, @wired, @godfatherrach, @vtitunik, @ramulous, and @lmatsakis
| Paul Ziobro / Wall Street Journal: |
A mystery shopper who irked online merchants by abandoning thousands of shopping carts carrying only one item was a Google bot scraping pricing information — Merchants have seen a lot of browsing by John Smith, who picks up items, then leaves without buying; ‘it started getting out of hand’
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The Verge and Search Engine Roundtable
Tweets: @sbyrnes, @akumar, @tsimonite, @michaelcbender, and @aexm
| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Sources: India's additional scrutiny of imports from China is causing delays in operations at plants owned by Foxconn, affecting its clients like Apple and Dell — Aditya Kalra, Sankalp Phartiyal — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's additional scrutiny of imports from China has disrupted operations …
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Reuters, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, and iMore
| Catie Keck / Gizmodo: |
To curb party houses, Airbnb says users younger than 25 will not be able to book entire houses in their area if they have fewer than three positive reviews — In order to stop enterprising young people from using rented Airbnb properties to throw absolute ragers in their region …
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