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| Sam Lionheart / iFixit: |
MacBook Pro 2018 teardown finds silicone layer under its quieter keys that is similar to Apple's patent application for protecting a keyboard from contaminants — BREAKING (July 13, 2018): Here's an inflammatory take for you: Apple's new quieter keyboard is actually a conspiracy to fix their keyboard reliability issues.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Following the latest Mueller indictments, Twitter bans DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 accounts, says it is reviewing company policies and expects to make updates soon — The US' indictment of Russian officers over the DNC hacks is having an effect... at least, on Twitter.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
PC shipments in Q2 grew 2.7% according to IDC, while Gartner estimates 1.4% increase; both firms agree this quarter's YoY growth was the best since Q1 2012 — Gartner and IDC agree — Shipments of PCs are definitely growing, for the first time in six years.
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| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
As Facebook and Instagram crack down on explicit content, Twitter has become the platform of choice for nudists as it allows content with full or partial nudity — As platforms like Facebook and Instagram crack down on explicit content, Twitter has allowed nudity to thrive.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
eMarketer estimates Amazon will account for $258.22B or 5% of US retail sales in 2018, which will work out to 49.1% of total online retail spend in the country — Amazon has already been in the crosshairs of the White House when it comes to threats of antitrust investigations … | Sunil Paul / Recode: |
Uber will eventually dominate the scooter sector because it has the most users looking for a ride and the logistics expertise to get supply to the right spot — The Uber of scooters is going to be Uber. — This is a contributed post by Sunil Paul, who was co-founder of Sidecar.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro review: the best Wear OS smartwatch, combination of OLED and LCD displays gives two days of battery life, but has average performance — When you look at the smartwatch market you really only need to look at the Apple Watch and Samsung's Gear lineup to know what's good.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook should quarantine Infowars and similar outlets instead of deleting their pages to avoid making people like Alex Jones into martyrs, prompting backlash — Quarantine instead, or it'll be “but her emails!” 2.0 — Alex Jones' Infowars is a fake news-peddler.
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DOJ's appeal against AT&T-Time Warner merger probably won't succeed but the appeal itself could have a chilling effect on vertical merger bids in the short term — It probably won't succeed, but it could still put companies on notice — Yesterday, the Department of Justice appealed … | New York Times: |
Sources: Uber employees have filed complaints over insensitive comments about women and minorities by COO Barney Harford; Harford says he will work with a coach — SAN FRANCISCO — Barney Harford was hired late last year to help fix problems at Uber, the ride-hailing company. Instead, he has created new ones.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Bitcoin transactions tied to real purchases and email addresses used by Russian spies in Mueller's indictments show the limits of the cryptocurrency's anonymity — The indictment filed today against 12 Russian officials accused of, among other things, hacking the DNC and undermining Hillary …
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Counterpoint Research: Apple sold less that 1M iPhones in India in the first half of 2018; sources: three key Apple India sales executives have left — - Recent exits are said to include sales and distribution heads — The iPhone maker struggles to compete in a fast-growing market
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
ACLU calls for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition tech by government agencies following Microsoft president's statement asking for its regulation — Technology executives are pleading with the government to give them guidance on how to use facial recognition technologies …
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