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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google is partnering with USGS and creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered opt-in earthquake alert system using phone accelerometers — Google is creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered earthquake alert system. The first part of that system is rolling out today.
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| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
Google announces new features in its computer vision Lookout app, like document scanning, an Android Auto refresh, and Bedtime mode is no longer Pixel-exclusive — Ahead of the upcoming official release of Android 11, Google is pushing out a few updates to all Android phones …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Mozilla says it plans to lay off around 250 employees and is closing the company's current operations in Taipei, Taiwan — The changes come as the Mozilla Corporation looks to invest in more revenue-generating projects like its recently announced VPN. — Joseph Cox
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| NBC News: |
Sources: an internal Facebook probe into QAnon shows the size of the conspiracy theory's community: millions of members and followers across thousands of Groups — An internal investigation by Facebook has uncovered thousands of groups and pages, with millions of members and followers …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it removed 22.5M posts for violating hate speech policies in Q2, up 2x from Q1, and that 95% of the violations were caught using automated systems — Facebook Inc. removed 22.5 million posts for violating the company's policies around hate speech in the second quarter …
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Clearview AI has hired pre-eminent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams, who plans to assert a free-speech right to disseminate publicly available photos — Clearview AI has hired Floyd Abrams, a top lawyer, to help fight claims that selling its data to law enforcement agencies violates privacy laws.
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Digital Photography Review. Tweets: @kashhill, @evan_greer, @pranavdixit, @cristianafarias, @jvagle, @jjvincent, @futuretensenow, @jameeljaffer, and @zenalbatross
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
MicroStrategy buys ~$250M in bitcoin, becoming the first publicly traded company to buy the currency as part of its capital allocation strategy — MicroStrategy, the Nasdaq-listed business intelligence company, has become the first publicly-traded company to buy bitcoin as part of its capital allocation strategy.
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MicroStrategy Incorporated, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Fortune, Trustnodes, The Daily Hodl, Cryptonews, and BitcoinExchangeGuide. Tweets: @tylerwinklevoss. Thanks:@saniyamore
| Lauren Clark / Official Google India Blog: |
Google rolls out virtual business cards in Google Search in India with links to user's website and social media profiles and optionally, phone number and email — If you search for famous people on Google, it's easy to find information about well-known personalities: search their names …
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| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
SoftBank reports quarterly net profit of ~$12B, up 12% YoY, and a $2.8B gain in Vision Fund; by July, Vision Fund's $75.2B in investments was worth $71.5B — TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp broke with tradition on Tuesday and declined to disclose operating profit in its quarterly results …
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| Samuel Axon / Ars Technica: |
Parallels Desktop 16 adds support for Big Sur, 3D in Metal, and zoom and rotate gestures on multitouch trackpads, and claims 20% faster DirectX performance — Windows on Apple Silicon is still a question mark, though. — Parallels Desktop 16 launched on the Mac today.
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Walmart partners with Instacart to test offering same-day delivery, starting in four markets across California and Oklahoma — - The partnership is currently in a pilot phase in four markets across California and Oklahoma. — The move cements Instacart's hold over the online grocery delivery market.
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| David Jeans / Forbes: |
Collaborative document editor Coda raises $80M led by Kleiner Perkins, valuing the company at $636M — While Slack and Microsoft Teams spar over users in the new world of work-from-home, a much-hyped startup is taking on a different tech titan, Google and its productivity G-suite … | Matthew Keys / The Desk: |
According to an email sent to podcast producers, Amazon says it will add free podcasts in Amazon Music, for both free and paid tiers, and on Audible — Amazon will incorporate free podcasts into its Amazon Music and Audible products, according to a confidential email distributed to podcast producers on Monday.
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| Bloomberg: |
In a lawsuit by CA's AG, judge issues a preliminary injunction ordering Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees, paused for 10 days for appeals — - Ride-hailing companies ordered to comply with state law — San Francisco judge pauses preliminary injunction for appeal
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| Bloomberg: |
France's privacy watchdog CNIL says it has opened a probe into ByteDance's TikTok, as part of an investigation into plans to open an EU HQ for data purposes — - App's Chinese parent faces review in Europe over privacy — U.S. President Trump has threatened to ban app after Sept. 15
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
HMD Global, maker of Nokia-branded phones, raises $230M Series A2 from strategic investors including Google, Nokia, and Qualcomm — Its latest cash injection is notable both for its size (HMD claims it as the third largest funding round in Europe this year); and the profile … | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Atomwise, which develops a machine learning-based drug discovery service, raises $123M Series B led by B Capital and Sanabil Investments — With a slew of partnerships with large pharmaceutical companies under its belt and the successful spin out of at least one new company … | Bloomberg: |
Source: AmEx is in advanced talks to buy SoftBank-backed online lender Kabbage for as much as $850M in an all-cash deal as soon as this month — American Express Co. is in advanced talks to buy the online small-business lender Kabbage Inc., which is backed by investors including Japan's SoftBank Group Corp … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
In iOS 14, Apple News+ publishers' web links are opened in the Apple News app by default for Apple News+ subscribers, though this feature can be turned off — Apple News in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur has a toggle that's designed to open web links from Apple News+ publishers directly …
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