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Roger Cheng / CNET:

Motorola unveils $399 Motorola X Style with Universal LTE in US, $299 Moto X Play globally, and an upgraded, waterproof, and customizable $179 Moto G — Motorola doubles down on Moto X with Style, Play, updates Moto G — The Moto X Style will be known as the Pure Edition in the US, and will be sold directly to consumers.

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Moto X Style to be rebranded as Moto X Pure in the US, to be sold unlocked for $399 this fall

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Moto G hands-on: Motorola's most popular phone gets a premium upgrade

More: Times of India, The Verge, Gizmodo, BGR, The Hindu, Gotta Be Mobile and EE Times

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Hands on with Motorola's new Moto X Style: fast 21MP camera, sleek feel despite large 5.7-inch display

More: Engadget, Engadget, Gizmodo, Android Police and 9to5Google

Noah Kulwin / Re/code:

Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit's Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left the Company — Reddit's head of community, Jessica Moreno, has left the company. She is the fourth senior female employee to exit in less than a month. — Moreno and her husband …

More: SiliconBeat, CNET, Forbes and Business Insider

Tweets: @dannysullivan, @mikeisaac and @dhh

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Amazon Takes On Product Hunt, Shopify With Launchpad, An All-In-One Marketing And Sales Portal — Product Hunt has made a splash as a new place for startups to market new products, Shopify offers a way for them to easily start selling their products online, and Shyp takes the pain …

More: Amazon.com, VentureBeat, GeekWire, The Verge, The Next Web, ZDNet, CNET, Consumerist and TWICE

Cam Bunton / 9to5Mac:

T-Mobile adds free Apple Music cellular streaming, offers free next-gen iPhone upgrades to iPhone 6 buyers — Summer for T-Mobile this year has meant announcing a series of promotions and plans dubbed #UncarrierAmped. Today, the company launched the latest, and last of these moves.

More: T-Mobile Newsroom, CNET, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Macworld, The Verge, MacRumors, GeekWire, iMore, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile and iLounge. Tweets: @apollozac

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Hands-on with OnePlus 2: Impressive specs for the price with thoughtful software additions, fingerprint unlock sensor works as advertised — The OnePlus 2 pushes the boundaries of how cheap a flagship phone can be — There are more options than ever for getting a good, cheap smartphone, and last year's OnePlus One was a standout.

More: Android Police, Re/code, Fortune, Pocketnow, Wired, Android Beat, TechNode, Android Authority and 9to5Google

Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority:

OnePlus 2 announced: available Aug. 11, starts at $329 before taxes, with 5.5" 1080p display, Snapdragon 810, 13MP f/2.0 rear camera, USB-C, fingerprint sensor

More: ZDNet, 9to5Google, AnandTech, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Android Central, CNET, Ars Technica, Inquirer, USA Today, International Business Times, Android Central, Android Police, Engadget, SlashGear and Fone Arena

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Visa Invests in Stripe at $5 Billion Valuation and Strikes Commercial Deal, Too — Credit card companies think they have found an ally in the increasingly competitive world of online payments. Its name is Stripe. — Visa has inked a commercial agreement with the payments startup …

More: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, Fortune, USA Today, PE Hub Blog, Business Insider, Fortune, TechCrunch and Silicon Republic

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @collision and @mdudas

Julia Fioretti / Reuters:

German regulator orders Facebook to allow pseudonyms — Facebook may not prevent its users from using fake names, a German privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, in the latest privacy setback for the U.S. company in Europe. — The Hamburg data protection authority, which is responsible …

More: Tech Times and The Next Web

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Android users can now say ‘Ok Google’ to send messages via WhatsApp, WeChat, NextPlus, Telegram, and Viber — In April, Google launched custom voice actions on Android, allowing users to control select third-party apps simply by starting with the “Ok Google” command.

More: Inside Search, The Next Web, PCWorld, Android Authority, Android Police, The Verge, SlashGear, Rapid News Network, PhoneDog.com, KRWG News22, Android Beat and Android Central

Mehedi Hassan / Microsoft News:

Microsoft Arrow Launcher for Android currently in private beta, APK leaks online — This is Microsoft's Arrow Launcher for Android (download APK) — Microsoft is currently working on a new Android app, and it's an Android launcher. The company's latest app is Arrow Launcher and it is currently …

More: GeekWire, TIME, The Verge, Rapid News Network, Pocketnow, Geek.com, Neowin, Engadget, Android Community, TechnoBuffalo, PCWorld, SlashGear and Lifehacker. Thanks:@mehedih_

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft to open its New York City flagship store this fall — Microsoft's first New York City flagship retail store will be opening this fall on Fifth Avenue. — Microsoft is going to open its flagship Microsoft Store in New York City on Fifth Avenue this fall.

More: Engadget, Ubergizmo, Neowin, Microsoft News, WebProNews and Windows Central. Tweets: @gokanozcifci

Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica:

DHI Group plans to sell off Slashdot and Sourceforge — “The Company... has not successfully leveraged the Slashdot user base.” — DHI Group—formerly known as Dice Holdings Incorporated prior to this April—announced plans this morning to sell the combination of Slashdot and SourceForge.

More: PR Newswire, NASDAQ.com, StreetInsider.com and Ars Technica UK

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google search now lets you avoid lines by showing the busiest times at millions of places and businesses — Google search today gained a brilliant new feature that has the potential to save you a lot of time. You can now see “popular times” (read: the busiest, most crowded …

More: Google, The Next Web, TechCrunch, TIME and Lifehacker

Gus Lubin / techinsider.io:

Business Insider launches new tech site, Tech Insider, with original reporting by 30+ journalists on tech, science, innovation, culture — Welcome to Tech Insider! — There has never been a better time to be alive. — Contrary to what you might have heard, people are healthier, safer, happier, and smarter than ever.

More: Wall Street Journal and VentureBeat. Tweets: @stevekovach. See also Mediagazer

Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:

Musk, Wozniak and Hawking urge ban on warfare AI and autonomous weapons — More than 1,000 experts and leading robotics researchers sign open letter warning of military artificial intelligence arms race — Over 1,000 high-profile artificial intelligence experts and leading researchers …

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