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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sony invests $250M in Epic Games for a 1.4% stake, bringing the total raised by the maker of Fortnite to $1.83B — Sony has invested $250 million for a minority stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games, the companies announced today. With the new money, Epic Games has raised $1.83 billion to date.
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Tweets: @kylebrussell, @epro, @ijohnf, @knowledgehubty, @quinnypig, @holinka, @mysticryan, and @zhugeex
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Epic Games releases an iOS app, called Live Link Face, enabling the recording of facial expressions directly into the Unreal Engine — Using Apple's ARKit and the iPhone's TrueDepth camera — A newly released iOS app from Epic Games lets developers record facial expressions …
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| Vox: |
Facebook audit shows holding Trump to a different standard than other users sets a troubling precedent, valuing free speech above all else impedes civil rights — The new, deeply critical report highlights the tension between free expression and hate speech on the social network.| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands-on with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 as they launch in public beta with a new home screen with widgets on the iPhone, a Scribble feature for Apple Pencil, more — There are so many new features that it's hard to keep track — In anticipation of today's release of the public betas of iOS 14 …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Gartner and IDC see YoY growth in Q2 PC shipments, 2.8% and 11.2% respectively, with both firms seeing the gains as short-term, driven by work-from-home demands — After years of bad news, PC shipments saw growth in 2019, only to have the coronavirus pandemic cut the celebration short in Q1 2020.
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
UK and Australian data privacy offices say they are opening a joint investigation of Clearview AI — The facial recognition company is being scrutinized over its database of 3 billion photos. — The governments of the UK and Australia are investigating a facial recognition company …
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| Anirban Sen / Reuters: |
Sources: Coinbase is exploring going public via a direct listing as early as this year; Coinbase was last valued at $8B+ in 2018 — Anirban Sen, Joshua Franklin, Anna Irrera — (Reuters) - Coinbase Inc has started plans for a stock market listing that could come as early as this year …
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Tweets: @reutersjf, @annairrera, @jeffjohnroberts, @bgurley, @excellion, and @mikeisaac
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Sources: Dataminr, an official Twitter partner, relayed tweets and other social media posts about BLM protesters directly to police, contrary to earlier claims — Leveraging close ties to Twitter, controversial artificial intelligence startup Dataminr helped law enforcement digitally monitor …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Android 10 reached 100M devices just five months after launch, which is 28% faster than Android Pie — Ahead of Android 11's launch later this quarter, Google is recapping how its partners are releasing device updates faster than ever. Notably, the “adoption of Android 10 …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp Business adds support for QR codes, allows businesses to create and share links to their catalogs to post elsewhere, and says it has 50M MAUs globally — The global COVID-19 health pandemic has raised the stakes for businesses when it comes to using digital channels to connect with customers …
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WhatsApp, About Facebook, The Capital, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, and Pocketnow. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Google scrapped a campus security system asking employees to check each other's badges, sources say after complaints Black and Latinx workers were singled out — - Company encouraged staff to check colleagues' ID badges — System scrapped after workers complained to CEO Sundar Pichai
Tweets: @carnage4life, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @alistairmbarr, @hypervisible, @tri_becca90, and @johnath
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie: mobile app usage grew 40% YoY globally in Q2, hitting an all-time high of over 200B hours during April, amid stay-at-home measures — As the world continued to cope with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, the second quarter of 2020 became the largest yet for mobile app downloads, usage, and consumer spending.
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App Annie, iMore, PYMNTS.com, Android Police, Gamasutra, equalocean.com, and Android Headlines. Tweets: @appannie
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft details Kernel Data Protection, upcoming Windows 10 tech that it says blocks malware from modifying OS memory by making parts of the kernel read-only — New KDP security feature is currently being tested with Windows 10 Insider builds. — Microsoft has published today …
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Microsoft Security, SiliconANGLE, WinBuzzer, Thurrott, SecurityWeek, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @markhachman and @daniel_bilar
| Asraa / Chicago Reporter: |
Chicago PD shuts down its arrest API, used by journalists to access arrest data, after Chicago Reporter used it to reveal that CPD had inflated looting claims — Blocking access to key law enforcement data hinders critical accountability efforts by journalists and researchers and ultimately limits discourse on public safety.| John Hendel / Politico: |
As his chairmanship hits its fourth year, Ajit Pai has alienated the auto industry, lawmakers, and Trump allies, with decisions like opening 6GHz for Wi-Fi — In moving to free up Wi-Fi and bolster superfast service, Pai has alienated some industries, congressional committees and Trump Cabinet leaders.| Reuters: |
Documents show Amazon plans to create at least $100M in stock awards to retain Zoox talent and can abandon deal to acquire Zoox if a majority reject job offers — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to create at least $100 million in stock awards to retain the 900-plus employees of Zoox … | Bloomberg: |
The perception of the tech sector as a utility has insulated tech from downturns in the stock market, with investors viewing it as a defensive asset — - Tech stocks are rallying to new highs, pulling up the S&P 500 — But airlines and retailers have crumbled in the past month
Tweets: @alanluisvelazq1 and @lisaabramowicz1
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