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Facebook users reported Kenosha Guard's page and event to Facebook before the shootings but were told it did not violate platform policies; pages are now gone — Multiple users reported the account for inciting violence, but were told it did not violate platform policy
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns, sources say after Trump threatened to ban the app; Vanessa Pappas, currently general manager of TikTok, will become interim head — Former Disney executive resigns just months after appointment by Chinese video platform — Kevin Mayer has quit TikTok …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook warns publishers that Apple's upcoming privacy changes in iOS 14, which clamp down on ad tracking IDFA usage, will make Audience Network less effective — Facebook is warning advertisers that they can expect weaker ad performance from iPhone users once iOS 14 comes out next month …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic says Fortnite gamers on iOS and macOS will not be able to play the game's next season, arriving Thursday, and will lose cross-play with non-Apple platforms — Apple players are losing cross-play — Fortnite's next season arrives tomorrow, but if you're on iOS or macOS, you won't be able to play it, Epic announced today.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Opensignal report: US average 5G speeds (50.9 Mbps), just 1.8x 4G speeds (28.9 Mbps), lag behind the rest of the world; South Korea and Saudi Arabia lead — It's no surprise at this point that United States rollouts of 5G networks haven't delivered on the next-generation cellular standard's promise … | Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Salesforce to cut ~1,000 jobs, 1.8% of its workforce, including some Tableau employees, and will give those affected 60 days to find a new role in the company — - The cuts amount to about 2% of Salesforce's workforce, but employees affected will have 60 days to find a new position at the company.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon opens its first Fresh grocery store in Los Angeles to select customers, equipped with Dash Carts and voice-activated Echo Show displays — - Amazon is opening the first location of its new chain of Fresh grocery stores. — The store, located in Los Angeles' Woodland Hills neighborhood …
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Fairphone debuts modular €469 Fairphone 3+ with 40% recycled plastics, launching on September 14; Fairphone 3 users can upgrade camera module for €70 — Fairphone is a Dutch social enterprise that's trying to improve supply chain and labor conditions in the tech industry.
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| Bloomberg: |
Counterpoint: Apple's AirPods are expected to sell 82M pairs this year, but their worldwide market share of true wireless earphones will drop from ~50% to 35% — - AirPods maker is projected to sell 82 million pairs this year — Wider market growing even faster, driven by cheaper models
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| David Pan / CoinDesk: |
Messaging app LINE launches a blockchain platform where developers can tokenize digital assets and run dapps, plus a wallet for users to manage digital assets — Messaging giant LINE has launched a wallet for users to manage digital assets and a blockchain platform where developers can issue … | David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
David Cicilline says recommendations from House antitrust inquiry could come as soon as Sept. and that a Glass-Steagall-like law for tech could be an option — - Cicilline poised to deliver proposals as soon as September — Inquiry confirmed digital giants abuse power, chairman says
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| Don Clark / New York Times: |
Sources say problems at Intel are likely to delay the DoE's exascale supercomputer project, which was scheduled to be installed near Chicago in 2021 — The chip maker was selected for an Energy Department project meant to show American tech independence. But problems at Intel have thrown a wrench into the effort.| Karl Bode / VICE: |
US says three members of international piracy ring Sparks Group have been arrested, in coordination with 18 countries, and charged with copyright infringement — Three members of the “Sparks Group,” which cracked movies and TV shows for torrent sites ahead of their release, were arrested in a global law enforcement raid.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Joe Budden, one of Spotify's biggest exclusive podcasters, is leaving Spotify on Sept. 23, claims it “is pillaging” his audience and won't give him a bonus — “I cannot tell you where this podcast will be.” — Joe Budden, one of Spotify's biggest exclusive podcasters, is leaving the platform.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon announces Halo, a $99.99 fitness band with an app to track emotional tone and create 3D scans for body fat, and a $3.99/month subscription service — It makes a 3D model of your body and tracks the emotional tone in your voice — Amazon is getting into the health gadget market … | Sara Castellanos / Wall Street Journal: |
Visa says it has developed a more advanced AI system that can approve or decline credit and debit transactions on behalf of banks whose own networks are down — The deep-learning application makes more accurate decisions on behalf of banks experiencing network disruptions, Visa says
Tweets: @visanews
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Sony opens registration for invite-only PlayStation 5 preorders, says supply will be limited and invitation program is aimed at existing PlayStation customers — There will be a “limited quantity of PS5 consoles available for pre-order” — Sony has announced the latest step in its dragged …
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| Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
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