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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.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
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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| 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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GeekWire, CNBC, Android Authority, PYMNTS.com, Tom's Guide, Trusted Reviews, and Android Central. Tweets: @eugenekim222
| 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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| 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.| 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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| 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, TechCrunch, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, MacRumors, The Verge, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @lanceulanoff, @spencerchen, and @bzamayo
| 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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Airbnb Newsroom, SFGATE, Business Insider, Fox News, Axios, Associated Press, and Skift
| 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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Tweets: @sbyrnes, @akumar, @tsimonite, @michaelcbender, and @aexm
| 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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| 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.
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Daily Mail and WIRED UK
Tweets: @lmatsakis, @wired, @godfatherrach, @vtitunik, @ramulous, and @lmatsakis
| 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, Digiday, Game Rant, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, Bloomberg, Android Headlines, Protocol, TheStreet, CNET, GameSpot, Beyond Search, Fortune, Axios, Music Ally, and Fox News
Tweets: @nick_clegg, @rmac18, @lebassett, @carlquintanilla, @euanphilipps, @daniel_sugarman, @instyle, @jbenton, and @amahnke
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