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Twitter posts record Q2 profit of $100M, beats estimates on revenue of $711M, up 24% YoY, but monthly users fell by 1M from Q1 to 335M due to increased removals — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) posted record profit on Friday with second quarter revenue that beat financial analysts' estimates …
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| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Twitter closes down more than 20% after company reports 1M QoQ decline in monthly active users — - Monthly active users (MAUs): 335 million vs. 338.5 million, according to StreetAccount and FactSet estimate — Twitter shares closed more than 20 percent down on Friday after the company reported …
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| Chloe Aiello / CNBC: |
New York State Public Service Commission votes to revoke approval of the 2016 Charter/TWC merger, saying company failed to meet broadband buildout obligations — - The New York State Public Service Commission voted on Friday to revoke its approval of the 2016 merger agreement between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable.
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| Claire Boston / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: MoviePass ran out of money and couldn't cover the bills causing service outage on Thursday, had to take out short term $6M+ loan due in early August — Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc., the parent company of MoviePass, received a short-term loan for more than $6 million …
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Facebook bans Alex Jones from using his account for the next 30 days after removing four of his videos for violating its community standards — Alex Jones, the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars, has been suspended by Facebook — and may face harsher consequences.
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| Alex Spence / BuzzFeed: |
Leaked report: UK committee to propose social networks be legally responsible for harmful and illegal content and to let watchdogs audit tech company algorithms — A leaked copy of the MPs' report was published online on Friday, two days ahead of its official release.| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
White House confirms it is working on a consumer privacy policy proposal; sources: WH had 22 meetings with 80 organizations including Facebook, Google, and AT&T — The Trump administration is crafting a proposal to protect Web users' privacy, aiming to blunt global criticism that the absence …
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| Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo: |
How a fake story on a “grudge-settling” site ruined a realtor's reputation and finances over a comment about a news story on Facebook that offended a stranger — Monika Glennon has lived in Huntsville, Alabama, for the last 12 years. Other than a strong Polish accent …
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| Christopher Yasiejko / Bloomberg: |
IBM wins $83M from Groupon for infringing on ecommerce patents — - Patent case IBM's first to go to jury in at least 20 years — Win adds value for IBM's portfolio of more than 45,000 patents — A U.S. jury awarded International Business Machines Corp. $83.5 million after finding … | Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
A look at the rise of “flop accounts” on Instagram, which some teens use to discuss hot-button topics and consider as more reliable than traditional media — It's harder and harder to have an honest debate on the internet. Social-media platforms like Twitter, Reddit …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Norway-based browser maker Opera opens up 19.5% on its first day of trading in US after raising $115M in its IPO — Opera is now a public company. The Norway-based company priced its initial public offering at $12 a share — the company initially expected to price its share in the $10 to $12 price range.
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| Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost: |
Samsung patches multiple SmartThings Hub vulnerabilities found by researchers that could have allowed remote control of smart locks, connected cameras, more — Researchers found 20 vulnerabilities in Samsung's SmartThings Hub, allowing attackers to control smart locks …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
The Facebook stock drop foreshadows a potentially less profitable future as it relies more on video formats like Stories with a lighter ad load than News Feed — These days, everything seems to be going wrong for Facebook. The social networking giant is still reeling from the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.Sponsor Posts
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