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Facebook and YouTube removed a video where Trump claims kids are “virtually immune” to COVID-19; Twitter banned @teamtrump's account until it removed the video — Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. blocked a video shared by accounts linked to U.S. President Donald Trump for violating … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Experts say the “Clean Network” plan as it stands now is rhetoric and bluster, with no technical detail or reference to legislative tools needed to implement it — The Trump administration's Clean Network program is ‘a bit of talk, no trousers’
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US proposes a five-part “Clean Network” plan to curb potential national security risks from China, including banning “untrusted” Chinese apps from US app stores — - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a five-pronged “Clean Network” effort aimed at curbing potential national security risks from China.
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Sources: Microsoft is pursuing a deal to buy all of TikTok's global operations, including those in India and Europe — US group explores whether it can add regions including India and Europe to deal for video app's US arm — Microsoft is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok's global business …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Google has discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, its flagship phones that were released in October of last year — Less than a year after its unveiling — Google has discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, its flagship phones that were released in October of last year.
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Apple iMac 27-inch (2020) hands-on: 1080p webcam is long overdue and its smart features, like face detection, are great; nano texture is good but pricey at $500 — Plus, some impressions of the nano texture screen option — I've had a review unit of the new 27-inch iMac for about two days now …
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| BBC: |
Twitter says it will start labeling government-linked media accounts, as well as “key government officials”, from China, France, Russia, the UK, and US — Twitter says it will no longer “amplify” tweets by state-controlled media organisations, by excluding them from its recommendation systems.
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Telemedicine provider Teladoc Health signs a $18.5B deal to buy Livongo, maker of connected devices for managing diabetes and other chronic conditions — In a sign of the growing importance and value of digital healthcare in the world of medicine, two of the industry's publicly traded companies …
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
TikTok announces plans to set up its first data center in Europe with a $500M investment in Ireland and says data from European users will be stored there — TikTok, the embattled video-sharing app that's found itself at the center of Washington-Beijing tensions, is setting up its first data center …
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| Karandeep Singh / Android Police: |
OnePlus is preloading OnePlus 8 and Nord series phones with Facebook bloatware that can't be uninstalled as part of the OS — Bloatware on Android phones has been around for so long — especially on Samsung and Huawei phones — that it's hardly even news anymore.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Nintendo reported quarterly operating profit of $1.4B, up 428% YoY; sales of Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite consoles grew 167% YoY to 5.68M units — - Nintendo reported operating profit of 144.7 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in the April-June quarter, smashing analyst expectations.
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Tests indicate wireless charging is much less efficient than cord charging; Pixel 4 charging tests showed wireless charging used 47% more power than cabled — We crunched the numbers on just how inefficient wireless charging is — and the results are pretty shocking
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
With the introduction of Reels, Instagram has become too complicated, even more so than Facebook, when it comes to deciding where and how to post — Hey everyone, it's Sarah Frier. On Friday, my mother texted, asking me to call her. While she was trying to post a photo …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft ends its xCloud game streaming test on iOS devices, says it had to limit the app to one game and 10,000 testers “to comply with App Store policies” — Apple's App Store policies appear to be holding xCloud back — Microsoft has ended its xCloud game streaming test for iOS devices today.
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Epic Games raises $1.78B, which includes $250M from Sony announced last month, at a post-money valuation of $17.3B — Epic Games, creator and publisher of the massively popular “Fortnite” game, announced a $1.78 billion round of funding — which the company says gives it a post-money equity valuation is of $17.3 billion.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live review: balanced sound with a bold, unconventional design but noise cancellation isn't good and there is occasional signal interference — An unconventional design turns out to be a winner — If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.
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Tweets: @chriswelch, @durvidimel, @hallstephenj, @dcseifert, @mgsiegler, and @backlon
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Automattic launches P2, a WordPress-powered communication and collaboration tool for remote teams — WordPress.com's parent company Automattic is launching a new team communication and collaboration product today, one that has served as the “foundation of Automattic's distributed work model” for more than a decade.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Salesforce makes its AI Economist, a research tool built for modeling tax and other economic policy, open source, after launching in April — In April, Salesforce detailed the AI Economist, a research environment designed to elucidate how economic design might be improved with AI.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
YouTube says it took down 2,596 accounts from China in Q2 for engaging in “coordinated influence operations” on political issues, up from 277 accounts in Q1 — YouTube has banned a large number of Chinese accounts it said were engaging in “coordinated influence operations” on political issues, the company announced today.| Heather Landi / FierceHealthcare: |
Online mental health service Ginger raises $50M Series D led by Advance Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing its total raised to $120M — San Francisco-based startup Ginger just banked a $50 million Series D funding round to expand its on-demand mental health services.| Jeff Kauflin / Forbes: |
Filing: Robinhood's trading revenue reached $180M in Q2 2020, nearly double its $91M revenue from Q1; $111M came from options trading — While Americans have been stuck at home during the pandemic, they're flocking to stock-trading app Robinhood in increasing numbers, propelling its business to new heights.Sponsor Posts
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