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Biden says platforms like Facebook are “killing people” with the way they are handling COVID-19 vaccine misinfo, as White House calls on Facebook to do more — - President Joe Biden on Friday said platforms like Facebook are killing people by allowing Covid-19 vaccine misinformation on their services.
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| Gigi Sukin / Axios: |
Facebook says it won't be “distracted by accusations which aren't supported by the facts” in response to Biden's comment that social media is “killing people” — Facebook fired back on Friday evening after President Biden earlier said that social media platforms are …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Automattic, owner of Tumblr, buys podcast app Pocket Casts from a public radio collective that includes NPR, which reportedly lost $800K on it last year — A new home for the popular podcast app — Pocket Casts has a new owner. Automattic, which runs WordPress.com and recently purchased Tumblr …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Apple removed Fakespot, which claims to detect bad sellers and fake reviews, from the App Store after Amazon complained that the app provided misleading info — Did Fakespot need permission to call out fake reviews as you shop? — Fakespot, known for its web browser extensions that try …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple tapped VP of technology Kevin Lynch to help lead its car project; Lynch had a major role in development of Watch and associated health features — As Apple continues its work on self-driving car technology, it is shifting one of its most well-known executives to the Project Titan team.
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| Kait Sanchez / The Verge: |
Unicode releases a draft list of new emoji to be finalized in September; contenders include multiracial handshake, melting smiley face, a pregnant man, and more — Looking forward to beans and more — The draft list for the next round of new emoji was announced today, two days ahead of World Emoji Day on July 17th.
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| Maureen Dowd / New York Times: |
Interview with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about Prop 22, capitalism, Travis Kalanick, getting nearly killed while delivering for Uber Eats on a bike in SF, more — The Uber CEO dreams of “pushing a button and getting a piano delivered to your home in an hour and a half.” Uh ... let's start with dinner?
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft warns customers to disable Windows Print Spooler service after identifying the third Windows print flaw in five weeks and despite a patch issued Tues. — The third serious Windows print flaw in 5 weeks prompts new Microsoft warning. — Microsoft hit yet another snag in its efforts …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google Cloud VP Amr Awadallah leaves the company, after staff complain about his manifesto called We Are One that he posted online about his past antisemitism — - Google Cloud has abruptly parted with developer relations vice president Amr Awadallah, according to an internal email seen by CNBC.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
A week after dozens of AGs sued over antitrust, Google says developers who request an extension won't have to use Play Billing for Android IAPs until April 2022 — Last September, Google announced that in one year's time all apps distributed through the Play Store would have to use Play Billing for in-app purchases.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter rolls out auto-captions for voice tweets in 11 languages including English, Japanese, and Hindi, more than a year after launching voice tweets on iOS — Twitter was criticized for launching voice tweets without captions — Twitter is now rolling out captions for voice tweets, the company announced Thursday.
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| Brad Bergan / Interesting Engineering: |
Engineers in Japan say they achieved a data transmission rate of 319 Tb/s on a fiber line over 3,000 kilometers long, shattering the previous record of 178 Tb/s — This could change everything. — We're in for an information revolution. — Engineers in Japan just shattered the world record …
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| Liam J. Kelly / Decrypt: |
Binance halts operations for its stock tokens offering, which launched in April and let users buy and sell tokenized shares of popular stocks like Facebook — Editor's note: This article has been updated to include an announcement from Hong Kong's financial regulator.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
California's state legislature unanimously approves a plan to build a statewide, open access, “middle-mile” fiber network, and provide $2B in last-mile grants — CA to build middle-mile network open to all ISPs and give $2B in last-mile grants.| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Daloopa, which develops data extraction software for financial institutions, raises $20M Series A led by Credit Suisse Asset Management's NEXT Investors — Daloopa closed on a $20 million Series A round, led by Credit Suisse Asset Management's NEXT Investors, to continue developing … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
FedEx subsidiary FedEx Express invests $100M in Indian e-commerce logistics startup Delhivery, and will transfer part of its local India business to Delhivery — FedEx Express, a subsidiary of delivery services giant FedEx, is investing $100 million in Indian startup Delhivery … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI disbands its robotics team that researched machines that learn tasks like solving a Rubik's Cube, to focus on domains that are more data-rich — OpenAI has disbanded its robotics team after years of research into machines that can learn to perform tasks like solving a Rubik's Cube.
Tweets: @mark_riedl, @togelius, and @tsimonite
| Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times: |
How movie studios are using Cameo, Twitter Spaces, and TikTok to create personalized ads and experiences to attract audiences — Enrique García wasn't planning to see Universal Pictures' “F9: The Fast Saga” at a theater. After the COVID-19 pandemic put the kibosh on large gatherings …
Tweets: @latimes, @siobhan, @arthur_leopold, @rfaughnder, and @latimes
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Paytm files for an IPO in India, looking to raise $2.2B — Digital payments giant Paytm, one of India's most valuable startups, plans to raise up to $2.2 billion in an initial public offering, it said in draft papers submitted to the country's market regulator on Friday.
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