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Adobe says it will stop updating and distributing Flash at the end of 2020 — Adobe today announced that Flash, the once-ubiquitous plugin that allowed you to play your first Justin Bieber video on YouTube and Dolphin Olympics 2 on Kongregate, will be phased out by the end of 2020.
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| Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
SEC issues investigative report concluding DAO tokens, a digital asset, were securities, and securities law “may apply” to token sales — The US Securities and Exchange Commission said today that the offering and sale of digital tokens “are subject to the requirements of the federal securities laws”.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Trump says Tim Cook has promised Apple will build three “big, beautiful plants” in US, adding they'd be “big, big, big” but no details on timetable or location — Apple declined to comment on president's remarks, which didn't include where or when plants would be built
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Wisconsin judge orders Apple pay $506M to University of Wisconsin-Madison for patent infringement of A7, A8, A8X system-on-chip CPU designs; Apple to appeal — A U.S. district court judge on Monday ruled Apple must pay $506 million in damages for infringing on a microprocessor technology IP owned … | Eugene Kaspersky / Nota Bene: |
Kaspersky announces free version of its antivirus software in US, Canada, and some Asia Pacific countries, with global rollout expected over four months — Hi folks! — I've some fantastic, earth-shattering-saving news: we're announcing the global launch of Kaspersky Free, which … | Sean O'Neill / Skift: |
Google is testing vacation rental search in its hotel price-comparison tool using ~7K property listings in Europe — This apartment, based in Paris's 15th arrondissement (or neighborhood), is available on Booking.com and was listed yesterday for a booking of 8 to 14 people via Google's “hotel search.”
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
AMD reports Q2 revenue of $1.22B, up 19% YoY, vs ~$1.16B expected, and a net loss of $16M; shares jump 7%+ — Advanced Micro Devices posted a GAAP second-quarter loss of 2 cents a share and 2 cents a share profit on an adjusted basis, even as it continued with the launch of its most competitive chips in a decade.
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| Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat: |
Khosla Ventures leads $50 million investment in Vicarious' AI tech — Vicarious, which is working on narrowing the gap between human and artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $50 million in a round led by Khosla Ventures. — The Union City, California-based startup …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo Q1 beats expectations as revenue rose nearly 150% to $1.37B on strong demand for the Switch console, which sold 1.97M units in Q1, 4.71M in total — - The company sold 1.97 million Switch consoles and maintained its forecast of selling 10 million units this financial year.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google study finds ransomware victims have paid $25M+ in ransoms over last two years — Ransomware victims have paid more than $25 million in ransoms over the last two years, according to a study presented today by researchers at Google, Chainalysis, UC San Diego, and the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.| Yossi Matias / Google: |
Google adds SOS Alerts in Search and Maps to provide users with information in a crisis — In times of crisis, access to timely, actionable information is crucial. Working alongside trained responders and volunteers on the ground, technology plays a vital role in providing information …
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Tweets: @google and @sundarpichai
| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber overhauls driver support systems and policies in a bid to decrease turnover; drivers can expect quicker fare fixes and protection from unfair bad ratings — Drivers can expect quicker fare fixes and protection from bad ratings for things that are out of their control.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Companies are increasingly paying Facebook to promote positive press, steering ad dollars away from publishers — When the workplace gossip app Blind expanded its product's availability earlier this summer, it got the word out via an age-old tactic: advertising.| Davey Alba / Wired: |
Google files injunction in US district court against Canadian court order to globally alter search results, arguing that doing so in US violates First Amendment — IN JUNE, CANADA'S Supreme Court came down on Google—hard. It ruled that the tech giant must take down certain Google search results for pirated products.
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| Camila Russo / Bloomberg: |
LedgerX is set to become the first federally regulated cryptocurrency options exchange and clearinghouse in the US after receiving CFTC license — LedgerX becomes the first regulated bitcoin options exchange — CFTC authorized company to provide clearing services for swaps
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Sources: SoftBank invests in Roomba-maker iRobot, keeping the stake below 5% and under US disclosure threshold — IRobot stake is below 5%, under U.S. disclosure threshold — Japanese firm has raised over $93 billion for Vision Fund — SoftBank Group Corp. has taken a stake … | Ronan Shields / The Drum: |
Outbrain acquires native ad startup Zemanta, which will continue as a standalone product, for an undisclosed amount — Outbrain has today (July 25) announced the purchase of Zemanta, a demand-side platform (DSP) specializing in native ad formats as the content-sharing network seeks to build … Sponsor Posts
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