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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Microsoft provides a peek at Surface Hub 2: 50.5-inch Teams-powered tablet with a 4K+ display that can rotate into a portrait mode, due in 2019 — Remember the Surface Hub? You probably don't. Unlike Microsoft's other PCs — the Surface Pro, Book, Laptop and Studio …
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The Verge, TechCrunch, BleepingComputer.com, VentureBeat, CNET, GeekWire, Steelcase, BetaNews, Microsoft Devices Blog, ZDNet, PCWorld, Thurrott.com, Thurrott.com, Windows Central, Neowin, Mashable, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @backlon, @pierce, @tomwarren, @marcoarment, @tapbot_paul, @marcoarment, @tomwarren, and @panos_panay
| Alistair Barr / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook says he urged President Trump to fix the DACA immigration issue in a recent White House meeting, and told him tariffs were the wrong approach to China — - Cook urged fixing DACA immigration issue in Trump meeting — Apple ups buybacks because stock is ‘good value,’ Cook says| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Uber will no longer require mandatory arbitration for individual claims of sexual assault or harassment by riders, drivers, or employees — In a surprise move, Uber said on Tuesday it is changing its long-standing policy of mandatory arbitration to exempt employees, drivers, and riders in cases of sexual harassment and assault.
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Tweets: @saraashleyo, @ariannahuff, @uber, @barneyh, @uber, @uber, @dkhos, and @uber
| The Guardian: |
Facebook releases first content moderation report: 583M fake accounts closed in Q1 2018, action taken on almost 1.5B accounts and 2.5M instances of hate speech — Firm's first quarterly moderation report also shows scale of spam, hate speech and violence — Facebook took moderation action …
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Facebook, TechCrunch, Facebook, CNET, Facebook, Engadget, VentureBeat, Quartz, The Verge, Recode, CNBC, and Wired
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Coinbase launches Coinbase Custody, a service for safekeeping of cryptocurrencies aimed at Wall Street financial institutions — Another indication that the finance industry and the crypto community could use each other's help. — The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is making …
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The Coinbase Blog, The Next Web, CoinDesk, TechCrunch, Axios, CoinSpeaker, Mashable, Bloomberg, Bitsonline, CNBC, and Fortune. Tweets: @aaronklein
| Wall Street Journal: |
Kaspersky Lab says it will relocate some core operations from Russia to Switzerland, after US and UK intelligence agencies expressed concern about interference — Russian antivirus-software company will set up a new data center in Zurich by late 2019 — Russian antivirus-software company …
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Axios, Kaspersky Lab official blog, Business Wire, Gizmodo, The Register, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Inquirer, CNET, BetaNews, Security Affairs, Reuters, and Fortune. Tweets: @e_kaspersky
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp refreshes Groups to let admins more easily manage their Groups and users more quickly catch up on missed messages, to better take on Telegram — Facebook just installed its VP of Internet.org as the new head of WhatsApp after its CEO Jan Koum left the company.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Online grocery delivery service Good Eggs raises $50M Series C led by Benchmark and aims to expand throughout the West Coast next year — Good Eggs, the food delivery service that promises “absurdly fresh” groceries and meal kits, has raised $50 million in new funding.
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Recode, Axios, Index Ventures, VatorNews, Bloomberg, PE Hub Blog, and socalTECH.com
| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Amazon says it is disappointed after Seattle passes smaller “head tax” on large companies to build affordable housing, resumes work on Block 18 office building — Updated below with Amazon statement. — The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a smaller version of the controversial …
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Gizmodo, Fast Company, Washington Post, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Seattle Times, KOMO, Recode, Axios, Fortune, New York Times, CNNMoney, Bloomberg, The Seattle Times, CNBC, Washington Times, Denver Post, and KING-TV. Tweets: @byrosenberg
| Lily Katz / Bloomberg: |
At CoinDesk's Consensus crypto conference in NYC, with 100+ sponsors, Lamborghinis cruise the streets and gimmicks include staged protests by mock bankers — John Nouri makes a living renting out exotic cars for weddings, birthdays, bachelorette parties, and now ... Bitcoin conferences?
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Tweets: @alexeheath, @token_mario, @tracyalloway, @sknthla, @waynevaughan, @cnbc, @coindesk, and @crypto
| Garett Sloane / Ad Age: |
Snapchat starts showing unskippable six-second ads in the middle of Shows; ads don't link to longer videos or e-commerce sites like its typical video ad unit — Snapchat viewers are seeing a new type of ad—ones they have to watch. — On Monday, the first forced-view ads …
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Engadget, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, CNET, Social Media Today, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and reddit.com
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google revamps consumer storage plans, now called Google One, adds $3/month tier for 200 GB, drops 2 TB price to $10/month, and adds free product tech support — Google is revamping its consumer storage plans today by adding a new $2.99/month tier for 200 GB of storage and dropping the price …
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| New Scientist: |
Investigation: data collected by Facebook quiz myPersonality was shared with researchers over insecure site, leaving 3M+ users' details vulnerable for 4 years — Data from millions of Facebook users who used a popular personality app, including their answers to intimate questionnaires …
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Houston Chronicle, darkREADING, SiliconANGLE, Mashable, TechCrunch, BGR, Digital Trends, Naked Security, Social Media Today, MediaNama, Silicon Republic, Inquirer, Firstpost, The Register, PYMNTS.com, Recode, The Guardian, iDownloadBlog.com, Nextgov, CNET, Engadget, VentureBeat, International Business Times, The Hill, The Next Web, Slate, Financial Times, Neowin, The Outline, Marketing Land, Adweek, USA Today, Quartz, and Mercury News
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
SCOTUS declines to hear “podcasting patent” case Personal Audio v. Electronic Frontier Foundation, handing win to EFF, after the patent was invalidated in 2015 — Back in 2015, Personal Audio's claimed patent was invalidated by a federal court.| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Youth Portal, a site to educate teens on how their data is being used and guidelines on how to post — There's probably an important gap in attention being paid at internet companies to young kids that are good targets for parental controls and older ones who are having … | Leah Fessler / Quartz: |
Profile of Arlan Hamilton, founder and CEO of Backstage Capital, a fund which seeds investments in “underestimated” founders: women, people of color, and LGBTQ — In the tale we're sold of Silicon Valley, meritocracy flourishes. Those who grind the hardest, hone the best ideas … | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
As SCOTUS kills law that banned gambling on sports in most states, media firms with exposure to sports streaming events, including online betting firms, win big — Whoever had the over on DraftKings' boss Jason Robins and FanDuel chief executive Matt King being given a potential billion dollar windfall …
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Fortune, About DraftKings, ESPN, Digital Trends, CNBC, VentureBeat, Teds Take, Washington Post, GamesIndustry.biz, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, PC Gamer, Nieman Lab, Washington Post, USA Today, Xconomy, Gamasutra, CNN, NBC Bay Area, The Ringer, CNET, and The Ringer
Tweets: @robbystarbuck, @richardcauxier, @thesheetztweetz, and @davidpurdum
| Anne Davies / The Guardian: |
Australian regulator probes Google's harvesting of data from Android phones, after Oracle claimed Google could be collecting ~1GB of data from devices per month — Australians are reportedly paying their telco providers for the data harvested by tech giant| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
The trio trying to strengthen data privacy rights with California Consumer Privacy Act: a real estate developer, an ex-CIA analyst, and a finance industry exec — OAKLAND, Calif. — The staging ground for one of the biggest regulatory fights facing the technology industry is far removed … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Offline support for Gmail on web now rolling out with support for search, delete, archive, and compose functions — The new Gmail launched with a slew of new features last month, and Google announced that more were on the way. While Smart Compose may have grabbed all the attention at I/O 2018 this week …
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Inquirer, Engadget, Ars Technica, and MSPoweruser
| Seb Joseph / Digiday: |
Advertisers on Facebook are re-examining their ad spend commitments to the platform as average price per ad goes up and ad targeting gets harder after GDPR — Advertisers are more concerned that they are wasting money on Facebook than they are about the platform's privacy lapses.
Tweets: @grightford
| Alan Beattie / Financial Times: |
A look at data protectionism and how it impacts global trade, as governments seek localized data and activists fight for privacy — Scania is well used to its vehicles being delayed at border crossings by officious customs officers and laborious paperwork.
Tweets: @patrickc and @vitalikbuterin
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos says ~85% of new spending to go toward original content, plans to have about 1,000 originals total by the end of 2018 — Netflix is sharply steering its new content spending toward original projects, with around 85% of new spending going toward original TV shows …
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Mercury News, Tubefilter, Business Insider, IGN, TechCrunch, Axios, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @ballmatthew and @chris_ciaccia
| Vindu Goel / New York Times: |
How WhatsApp is being used to spread misinformation, share fake polls, and exacerbate religious divides ahead of national elections in India — MANGALORE, India — Waving a giant saffron flag, Pranav Bhat last week joined a political rally for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India's ruling party …
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Tweets: @ellenbarrynyt, @vindugoel, @rasmus_kleis, @sbengali, and @nytmedia
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