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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, About Facebook, Wired, Gizmodo, VICE, TechCrunch, NPR, Social Media Today, PCMag, and Adweek
Tweets: @minimaxir, @alexweprin, @andymstone, @caseynewton, @giladedelman, @ceciliakang, @alicetiara, @devinkofsky, @shiraovide, @ognyanova, @spandi_s, @alexhern, @profcarroll, @daveyalba, @digiphile, @guyro, @swodinsky, @issielapowsky, @drewharwell, @kevinroose, @kevinroose, @issielapowsky, @emilybell, @anthony, @yaeleisenstat, @brendannyhan, @engadget, @wired, @alicetiara, @timjhogan, @sarafischer, @alicetiara, @issielapowsky, @ethanz, @willoremus, @alicetiara, @kevinroose, @benedictevans, @ethanz, @kevinroose, @jason_kint, @willoremus, @bostonjoan, @brandyzadrozny, and @evelyndouek
| 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, Ars Technica, Brian Boland, searchenginejournal.com, and Forbes
Tweets: @kevinroose, @brianboland, @kevinroose, @caseynewton, @ethanz, @swodinsky, @drewharwell, @alicetiara, @jesselehrich, @kevinroose, @markseibel, @alicetiara, @kevinroose, @blackamazon, @ethanz, @markseibel, @bostonjoan, @kevinroose, @martinsfp, @geoffreyfowler, @kevinroose, @jason_kint, @willoremus, @digiphile, and @podehaye
| 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, GitHub, New York Times, Freedom of the Press …, Pocketnow, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, Michael Tsai, The Register, and reddit
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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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| 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, The Information, and Decrypt
| 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, FrontPageTech.com, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @josephfcox, @lorenzofb, @lorenzofb, @ryanfduffy, @bigblackjacobin, @stevekovach, @howelloneill, @stroughtonsmith, @motherboard, @katiedrumm, @kimzetter, @gsuberland, @gabe_k, @josephfcox, @katiedrumm, @shortformernie, @nsnadeemsarwar, @alexeheath, @robzacny, @mgsiegler, @martinsfp, @onleaks, @maxwinebach, @motherboard, @moonalice, and @vice
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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, MacRumors, Mashable, Pocketnow, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, SlashGear, iClarified, Engadget, TNW, iPhone Hacks, The Streamable, iDownloadBlog.com, BetaNews, iMore, Ubergizmo, Wccftech, and GSMArena.com. Tweets: @markgurman
| 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.| 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) …
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Senator Edward Markey …. More:
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter adds support for Twitter Spaces in its new API and says it hopes developers will build new products that let users find Spaces more easily — Twitter is rolling out changes its newly rebuilt API that will allow third-party developers to build tools and other solutions specifically … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cisco beats in Q4 with revenue of $13.1B vs. $13.0B est., up 8% YoY, Infrastructure Platforms sales of $7.55B, up 13% YoY, and WebEx sales of $1.34B, down 1% — - Cisco exceeded quarterly estimates, but earnings guidance was just slightly off. — The networking hardware maker called …
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Cisco, ZDNet, TheStreet, Cisco, SiliconANGLE, Barron's Online, CRN, and MarketWatch
Tweets: @danielnewmanuv, @jordannovet, and @zkerravala
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung confirms it will stop showing ads in default apps, including Weather, Pay, and Theme, starting later this year — Including its Weather, Pay, and Theme apps — Samsung has confirmed that it will stop showing ads in default apps including Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Theme.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Podcasters say Apple Podcasts Connect, a requirement for using its new subscriptions product, is buggy and has a confusing UI — In April, Apple Podcasts was poised to revolutionize the industry. It announced in-app subscriptions, as well as an entirely new backend, representing …
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AppleInsider. Tweets: @jamescridland, @brianmcc, @backlon, @ashleyrcarman, @keleftheriou, @reckless, @davewiner, @ashleyrcarman, @ashleyrcarman, @jsnell, and @brendonbigley
| Kristin Broughton / Wall Street Journal: |
Coinbase 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, Crypto Briefing, Coingape, and Financial News
| Reuters: |
Sources: chipmaker GlobalFoundries confidentially files for US IPO with a valuation of roughly $25B, planning to go public by early 2022 — GlobalFoundries Inc has filed confidentially with U.S regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) in New York that could value the chipmaker at around $25 billion …
| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
T-Mobile says an investigation found 7.8M current users and over 40M past and prospective users who applied for credit had information stolen in a cyberattack — - About 7.8 million current customers had information stolen — Records from former and prospective users also accessed
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T-Mobile. More:
Wall Street Journal, Krebs on Security, BleepingComputer, New York Times, TechCrunch, VICE, BBC, BGR, Los Angeles Times, TmoNews, Dark Reading, CNN, and phonearena.com
| 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, Platformer, and Newser
Tweets: @daveyalba, @sam_l_shead, @willoremus, @b_fung, @shiraovide, @btdecker, @nytmedia, @dfrlab, and @donie
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Canada Drives, which launched an online used car shopping and next day delivery service last year, raises ~$79.4M Series B, bringing its total raised to ~$159M — Canada Drives, an online car shopping and delivery platform, announced $79.4 million ($100 million CAD) in Series B funding …
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Business Wire, Business in Vancouver, and The Logic
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