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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Facebook, for the first time, shares a report on the most widely viewed domains, links, posts, and Pages on Facebook in the US during Q2 — A video of two cats walking, tails intertwined, looking like the best of friends. A resource site for Green Bay Packers alumni.
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Facebook Transparency Center. More:
About Facebook, Wired, About Facebook, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, NPR, Social Media Today, and Adweek
Tweets: @andymstone, @alexweprin, @caseynewton, @giladedelman, @ceciliakang, @alicetiara, @devinkofsky, @ognyanova, @alexhern, @profcarroll, @daveyalba, @digiphile, @guyro, @swodinsky, @drewharwell, @kevinroose, @kevinroose, @emilybell, @anthony, @yaeleisenstat, @wired, @alicetiara, @timjhogan, @sarafischer, @alicetiara, @issielapowsky, @ethanz, @alicetiara, @kevinroose, @ethanz, @kevinroose, @jason_kint, @bostonjoan, @brandyzadrozny, @spandi_s, @brendannyhan, @willoremus, @benedictevans, @willoremus, @evelyndouek, @engadget, @shiraovide, @issielapowsky, and @issielapowsky
| Ethan Zuckerman: |
Facebook's new report reinforces its narrative that most content on the News Feed is not news, but doesn't provide enough data to make meaningful conclusions — What content is popular on Facebook? — This is a surprisingly difficult - and very important - question to answer.
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Washington Post, Galaxy Brain, Ars Technica, Brian Boland, searchenginejournal.com, and Forbes
Tweets: @kevinroose, @brianboland, @minimaxir, @drewharwell, @kevinroose, @minimaxir, @rebekahktromble, @rebekahktromble, @rebekahktromble, @rebekahktromble, @rebekahktromble, @rebekahktromble, @orientaljanedoe, @caseynewton, @ethanz, @brianboland, @brianboland, @brianboland, @brianboland, @brianboland, @brianboland, @brianboland, @brianboland, @alexismadrigal, @alexismadrigal, @alexismadrigal, @drewharwell, @alicetiara, @jesselehrich, @kevinroose, @markseibel, @alicetiara, @kevinroose, @blackamazon, @ethanz, @markseibel, @bostonjoan, @kevinroose, @geoffreyfowler, @kevinroose, @jason_kint, @willoremus, @digiphile, @podehaye, @swodinsky, and @martinsfp
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Apple says NeuralHash flaw found by researchers in CSAM detection system was in a generic version of the software and not in the final version it plans to use — Apple said the version of NeuralHash analyzed by researchers is not the final version that will be used for iCloud Photos CSAM detection.
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The Verge, GitHub, 9to5Mac, GitHub, New York Times, Freedom of the Press …, iPhone Hacks, Pocketnow, and MacRumors
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Facebook announces Horizon Workrooms, a virtual meeting space with avatars, spatial audio, a whiteboard, and more, in beta on Oculus Quest 2 — It wasn't long into a recent press briefing I attended in virtual reality when Mark Zuckerberg showed up to talk about the metaverse.
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| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Robinhood reports Q2 revenue of $565M, up 131% YoY, net loss of $502M, down from $58M net income in Q2 2020, and crypto revenue of $233M; stock down 10%+ — Robinhood's revenue more than doubled in the second quarter to $565 million, bolstered by a massive surge in crypto trading …
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CoinDesk, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo Finance, Coinspeaker, Blockonomi, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @thestalwart, @quinnypig, and @coindeskdata
| CNBC: |
Robinhood says crypto accounted for ~52% of all transaction-based revenue in Q2, and 62% of crypto revenue came from dogecoin — - Robinhood reported quarterly results on Wednesday for the first time as a public company. — Crypto made up over 50% of transaction-based revenue in the second quarter …
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Robinhood, benzinga.com, The Information, and Decrypt
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia beats with record Q2 revenue of $6.51B, up 68% YoY, Gaming revenue of $3.06B, up 85% YoY, and Data Center revenue of $2.37B, up 35% YoY — - Nvidia reported earnings on Wednesday for its second fiscal quarter that ended on August 1, beating Wall Street estimates on the back of strong graphics cards sales.
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NVIDIA, The Verge, VentureBeat, Cointelegraph, Yahoo Finance, CoinDesk, SiliconANGLE, and Reuters
Tweets: @libertyrpf and @kifleswing
| Matt Robinson / Bloomberg: |
SEC sues three ex-Netflix software engineers and two others for allegedly using confidential subscriber growth numbers to trade ahead of earnings announcements — - Group allegedly made $3 million in profits from illicit tips — Scheme involved illegal trades on subscriber data, SEC says
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U.S. Securities …, Reuters, benzinga.com, The Register, Deadline, Agence France-Presse, BBC, Silicon Valley Business …, The Wrap, Insider, MarketWatch, and CNN
Tweets: @tenderlove, @mattegancnn, and @eringriffith
| Wolfie Zhao / The Block: |
Coinbase launches Coinbase Japan in partnership with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, initially supporting the five highest-trading cryptocurrencies — Crypto exchange Coinbase is entering the Japanese market through its partnership with Japanese financial giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).
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The Coinbase Blog, blockchain.news, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, Japan Times, CoinDesk, and Bitcoin News
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook says it took action against 12 COVID vaccine misinfo “superspreaders” but disputes claims that those 12 were responsible for 73% of misinfo on Facebook — Back in March, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) published — a report linking more than two-thirds …
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Tweets: @cbsthismorning, @ccdhate, @miafarrow, @accountabletech, @accountabletech, @giladedelman, and @imi_ahmed
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Profile of Andrey Shumeyko, who advertised internal Apple docs and devices on forums while being an Apple informant and who says Apple took advantage of him — He spent years inside the iPhone leaks and jailbreak community. He was also spying for Apple. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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VICE, MACお宝 …, and FrontPageTech.com
Tweets: @josephfcox, @lorenzofb, @lorenzofb, @bigblackjacobin, @stevekovach, @stroughtonsmith, @motherboard, @katiedrumm, @gsuberland, @gabe_k, @shortformernie, @nsnadeemsarwar, @mgsiegler, @onleaks, @maxwinebach, @motherboard, @moonalice, @vice, @martinsfp, @alexeheath, @kimzetter, @ryanfduffy, @josephfcox, @robzacny, @howelloneill, and @katiedrumm
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft has made changing default browsers in Windows 11 unnecessarily complex compared to Windows 10, drawing criticism from Firefox and Opera — Competitors aren't happy — Microsoft's upcoming release of Windows 11 will make it even harder to switch default browsers and ignores browser defaults …
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BetaNews, Laptop Mag, Review Geek, TechRadar, Neowin, WinBuzzer, Ars Technica, Ubergizmo, OnMSFT.com, SlashGear, TechSpot, and BGR
Tweets: @tomwarren, @lockheimer, @denschub, @vivaldibrowser, @starfire2258, @iamtheaardvark, @volt4ire, @pepverbsnouns, @nexusben, @backlon, and @chrisbhoffman
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Sens. Markey and Blumenthal ask the FTC to investigate Tesla's marketing of Autopilot, saying Tesla has “repeatedly overstated the capabilities of its vehicles” — As the agency turns up the heat on tech companies — Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) … | Kristin Broughton / Wall Street Journal: |
Coinbase CFO says it has $4.36B in cash reserves as of June 30, about four times higher than at the end of 2020, as it prepares for possible tighter regulation — The cryptocurrency exchange plans to use its cash to expand and prepare for higher compliance costs, CFO says
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Cointelegraph, Coingape, and Financial News
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Tencent says it will give an additional $7B to aid the Chinese government's wealth redistribution plans and warns investors of more government regulations — - Tech giant pledges $7.7 billion to help wealth redistribution — Company had flagged further regulations for the tech industry
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Forbes, CNBC, South China Morning Post, and Wall Street Journal
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon plans to open several large physical stores across the US, starting in Ohio and California, to extend its reach in clothing and other areas — Online shopping pioneer wants a larger retail presence to sell clothing and household items and facilitate exchanges| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Netflix says it is now rolling out support for Spatial Audio on iPhones and iPads — Netflix has confirmed that it is now rolling out Spatial Audio support to its iPhone and iPad applications. This enables an immersive experience using directional audio filters, and it has been a long time coming to Netflix users.
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The Verge, PCMag, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, TechRadar, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, phonearena.com, SlashGear, iClarified, Pocketnow, TNW, iPhone Hacks, Trusted Reviews, Ubergizmo, iMore, BetaNews, and Engadget. Tweets: @markgurman
| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: VCs have invested $1B+ in cryptosecurity so far in 2021, up 10x YoY, as technologies for securing crypto wallets and transactions become more popular — What do you get when you combine never seen before investment in cybersecurity with the increasingly heated interest in cryptocurrency?| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Google outlines MUM, an AI model it plans to use to improve Search by answering users' “fuzzy information needs” that aren't formulated into specific questions — New language model called MUM may eventually behave as a virtual research assistant
Tweets: @martinsfp and @daveleeft
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
As Facebook bans the Taliban, Twitter says it only takes action against accounts breaking its rules, and YouTube says it will terminate Taliban-linked accounts — Who will control Afghanistan's official Facebook page? — Social platforms including Facebook, Twitter …
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New York Times, The Overspill, and Newser
Tweets: @daveyalba, @shiraovide, @btdecker, @nytmedia, and @dfrlab
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
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