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Google CEO Sundar Pichai cancels all-hands meeting, citing leak of questions and employees' names; sources say some employees have experienced doxxing — Doxxing of search company staffers had already started. — Google CEO Sundar Pichai has canceled the company's much-anticipated meeting to talk about gender issues today.
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SoundCloud closes new funding round led by Raine Group and Temasek; former Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor replaces Alex Ljung as CEO — SoundCloud has just closed the necessary funding round to keep the struggling music service afloat. CEO Alex Ljung will step aside though remain chairman as former Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor replaces him.
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| Már Másson Maack / The Next Web: |
European org urges Apple to support Advanced Mobile Location on iPhones, which gives more accurate locations of emergency calls and is supported on Android — Despite being relatively easy, Apple keeps ignoring requests to enable a feature called Advanced Mobile Location (AML) in iOS.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, which enables ReFS by default, adds support for 4 CPUs, 6TB RAM, persistent memory, SMB Direct; ships in fall — Microsoft is officially unveiling Windows 10 Pro for Workstations today. While the operating system was originally rumored back in June …
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Toyota, Intel, Ericsson, NTT DOCOMO, others form Automotive Edge Computing Consortium to develop technologies to deal with data explosion from connected cars — Several major tech and automotive companies —including Intel, Toyota, and Ericsson —on Thursday announced a consortium that will build a …
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Researchers show how malware encoded into physical strands of DNA can be used to infect computers running gene-sequencing software — WHEN BIOLOGISTS SYNTHESIZE DNA, they take pains not to create or spread a dangerous stretch of genetic code that could be used to create a toxin or, worse, an infectious disease.
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| Nyshka Chandran / CNBC: |
Chinese regulators are investigating Tencent's WeChat, Baidu's Tieba, and Sina Weibo for user-generated content that “endangers national security” — - Tencent, Baidu and Sina Weibo are being investigated by Chinese cyber-security regulators for potential violations
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Leaked email: HBO offered hackers who stole scripts, shows, and employee info a $250K bug bounty; source says the message was an HBO stalling tactic — The HBO hacker has struck yet again. — Variety has obtained a copy of another message released Thursday by the anonymous hacker … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft officially launches Xbox Live Creators Program, which lets indie devs publish games directly to Xbox One and Windows 10; 9 games currently available — Microsoft is officially launching its Xbox Live Creators Program today, to let developers directly publish games to the Xbox One or Windows 10 PCs.| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Game-chat app Discord expands beyond text and voice by rolling out video chat and screen-sharing to select users — Discord probably didn't need to add more major features to keep its 45 million users happy. The free text and voice-chat service has exploded in roughly two years of public testing …
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Benchmark sues Kalanick for fraud, wants to invalidate 2016 stockholder vote, which would eliminate 3 board seats for Kalanick appointees, including Kalanick's — The battle between Benchmark Capital and Travis Kalanick just went nuclear, with the venture capital firm suing the former Uber CEO for fraud …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and co-founder Bobby Murphy say they won't sell any shares this year — Snap has an awful Q2 earnings report... but at least its dancing AR hot dog was viewed 1.5 billion times. To prove their confidence, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy have agreed not to sell …
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| Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
Nvidia reports Q2 revenue of $2.23B, up 56% YoY, while profits more than double YoY to $583M — (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp reported a 56 percent jump in quarterly revenue on Thursday, helped by strong demand for its chips used in data centers and gaming devices such as Nintendo Co Ltd's Switch.
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