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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.
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Tweets: @jimrutenberg, @jimrutenberg, @brianfagioli, @quinnnorton, @ghhshirley, @slpng_giants, and @jimsciutto
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Interview with Panos Panay and other Microsoft execs on how the Surface Go got made, and why they think the device has the edge over Chromebooks and the iPad — PANOS PANAY IS the betting type. You can see the evidence in Microsoft's Building 37, where two $1 bills stick out from beneath a Surface tablet sitting on a shelf.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Online game creation platform Roblox, which is reportedly raising at a $2.4B valuation, says it's on track to more than double developer payouts to $70M in 2018 — - Roblox, the video-game app that's wildly popular with younger players, is on track to pay out $70 million to its developers this year.
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MarketWatch, VentureBeat, Pocket Gamer.biz, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @adamnash, @danielsinger, and @insideroblox
| The Guardian: |
Lancaster University's Litcraft uses Minecraft to create accurate scale models of places from books like Treasure Island to promote reading among school kids — Ever wanted to explore Treasure Island or pretend to be Robinson Crusoe? Minecraft is now being used to create an 'immersive experience … | Rory Smith / New York Times: |
How widespread use of translation apps like Google Translate helped bring international fans and locals together during the World Cup in Russia — MOSCOW — On a warm, sticky morning in Kazan, Russia, a couple of weeks ago, a British journalist decided to brave the heat and go for a run.| 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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Mashable, Pocketnow, MySmartPrice, Cult of Mac, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, Neowin, 500ish Words, iPhone in Canada Blog, Thurrott.com, Forbes, MacRumors, Digital Trends, Firstpost, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Houston Chronicle, TechCrunch, BGR, iMore, SlashGear, Business Insider, Engadget, AppleInsider, and CNET
Tweets: @stevestreza and @reckless
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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hrtapps.com, Cult of Mac, Geekbench, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Patently Apple, iPhone Hacks, Laptop Mag, Laptop Mag, Redmond Pie, Mashable, MacDailyNews, and Neowin
Tweets: @laptopmag, @reneritchie, and @tomwarren
| 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 — Since Martin Belcher, a 50-year-old customer-services adviser based in the U.K., joined Twitter in 2012, he's tweeted out thousands …
Tweets: @dsilverman and @theatlantic
| 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| Amanda Lee / South China Morning Post: |
As mobile payments in China proliferate, Peoples Bank of China warns businesses not to refuse cash payments from customers — The banking regulator reminds businesses to accept cash payments even as mobile payment transactions reached a record US$12.8 trillion| Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz: |
Germany's highest court rules that the parents of a teenager who died in 2012 should inherit access to her Facebook account, including private messages — Germany's highest court ruled Thursday (July 12) that the parents of a teenager who died in 2012 after being hit by a train should be allowed …
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ZDNet and Naked Security
| 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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Android Police, Android Authority, and Digital Trends
| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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