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UK government announces that porn websites will have to verify UK users are aged 18+ by April 2018; users may be asked to verify with credit card details — UK gov't brings in online porn watchdog to police site operators and force compliance. — The wobbly, squabbling, minority Tory government …
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| Caroline Cakebread / Business Insider: |
Myspace's account recovery form, which had a flaw that let anyone who knew a user's email, full name, birthday, and username gain access, has now been removed — You may not have thought much about your Myspace page in a long time, but you might want to give it some thought now.
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| Alexandria Arnold / Bloomberg: |
A startup named CoinDash halts its ICO, saying a hacker stole $7M by simply changing the ethereum address on its site that was intended to receive ICO funds — Social trading platform tells investors to stop sending money — Token sale garnered $6.4 million from early participants| BuzzFeed: |
How Uber's hard-charging corporate culture left employees drained, according to interviews with over two dozen sources — After a highly publicized corporate meltdown this spring, Uber is working to repair a culture employees and observers say is aggressive, cutthroat, and demanding.
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google's offering some science labs and AI experts early cloud access to its quantum computers, following IBM's similar effort to spur app development — Company offers early access to its machines over the internet — IBM began quantum computing cloud service earlier this year
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $2.79B, vs. $2.76B expected, and total streaming subs grew 5.2M to 104M, vs. 3.2M expected; stock up 10%+ — Netflix added 4.95 million overall streaming subscribers in the second quarter of 2017, handily beating investor expectations for both U.S. and international growth.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is launching a dedicated LinkedIn app for Windows 10 — Microsoft is bringing one of its LinkedIn goals to life today with the launch of a dedicated LinkedIn app for Windows 10. The software giant finalized its $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn more than six months ago …
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| Dylan Martin / BostInno: |
Metal 3D printing startup Desktop Metal raises $115M Series D with New Enterprise Associates, GV, GE Ventures among investors — Boston has a new unicorn. — Desktop Metal, a metal 3D printing startup led by A123 Systems founder Ric Fulop, announced on Monday that it has raised …
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| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Samsung Pay adds PayPal as a payment method while PayPal's Braintree merchants can now add Samsung Pay as a checkout option in US — Samsung Pay will soon accept PayPal as a payment method in addition to bank accounts, credit cards, and gift cards. It's a tiny update that could be useful … | Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
Jide discontinues Android-based Remix OS for PCs and promises refunds to Kickstarter backers of its Remix IO/IO+ device — There have been plenty of attempts to make Android a desktop operating system, with most of them not being very good. Jide Technology burst onto the scene …
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Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Softpedia News, AndroidHeadlines.com, and Liliputing
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
TSA lifts laptop ban on Saudi Arabian Airlines, the last Middle Eastern carrier still under the restrictions imposed in March — 3 MIN READ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it has lifted a ban on passengers on Saudi Arabian Airlines …
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| Tim Peterson / Marketing Land: |
Snapchat launches its Snap Publisher self-serve ad creation tool, which can convert horizontal videos and websites into vertical video ads — Snap Publisher enables brands to edit a horizontal video into a vertical one or to have have Snapchat's computer vision technology do the work.Sponsor Posts
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