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Reddit says a few employees had their work accounts hacked via 2FA SMS intercepts, leading to a few systems being compromised and some user data leaking — TL;DR: A hacker broke into a few of Reddit's systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses …
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Sources: Google plans to debut a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist sites, filter results; CEO Pichai has spearheaded the effort — Google is planning to launch a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist websites and search terms about human rights …
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| New York Times: |
Facebook CSO Alex Stamos will join Stanford as an adjunct professor when he leaves the company on August 17; Facebook does not plan to appoint a successor — SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook revealed on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign ahead of the November midterm elections …
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| Reuters: |
DoJ has secured arrests of several Ukrainian members of Carbanak group charged with allegedly stealing payment card and other data from US businesses — (Reuters) - Three Ukrainians associated with the hacking group FIN7 have been arrested in Europe in connection with hacks …
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Tweets: @fireeye, @emilycompagno, and @k_sec
| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Techmeme introduces ads under stories matching news topics that an advertiser wants to target, letting companies automatically “respond” to news — Today, Techmeme is introducing ads that are automatically placed under stories matching news topics that an advertiser wants to target.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says apps and in-app purchases for macOS and iOS will be removed from its affiliate program on October 1; music, movies, books, and TV will remain — Apple announced in an email to publishers this evening that it is making changes to its iTunes Affiliate Program.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp begins charging businesses for message replies after 24 hours, launches display ads globally for web and Facebook that open to WhatsApp conversations — Today WhatsApp launches its first revenue-generating enterprise product and the only way it currently makes money directly from its app.
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, and @dseetharaman
| Facebook: |
Facebook and Instagram add activity dashboards to help people manage their time on social apps — Today we are announcing new tools to help people manage their time on Facebook and Instagram: an activity dashboard, a daily reminder and a new way to limit notifications.
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Tweets: @facebook, @instagram, and @joshconstine
| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Icon found in iOS 12 beta shows an unreleased iPad with thin bezels, no Home button, or notch — We've been expecting an update to the iPad Pro line for later this year. Rumors suggest that the new version will have no home button, Face ID and thinner bezels, following the design trend introduced by Apple with iPhone X.
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MacRumors, The Verge, AppleInsider, Mashable, and SlashGear
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Spotify has removed some episodes of “The Alex Jones Show” for violating policies around hate speech, but the podcast is still available on the service — The music streaming service has been the target of public outrage for carrying Jones's show.
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New York Times, HuffPost, Fortune, getrevue.co, Mashable, The FADER, Business Insider, Axios, Observer, and Vox
Tweets: @therosshockman and @shannoncoulter
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Sources: Amazon plans to completely move its infrastructure off Oracle's proprietary database software by the first quarter of 2020 — - Amazon has been moving off Oracle for several years and has plans to complete the transition next year, according to people familiar with the matter.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
As Facebook makes changes to its APIs, Twitter announces Tweets and Retweets will no longer automatically cross-post to Facebook — You can no longer automatically cross-post your tweets to Facebook . Twitter announced today that functionality is now coming to an end … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Southeast Asian ride-hailing company Grab raises $1B from investors including OppenheimerFunds and Lightspeed, just over a month after raising $1B from Toyota — - OppenheimerFunds, Ping An Capital, Lightspeed joined round — Funding comes after Grab secured $1 billion from Toyota
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TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, PYMNTS.com, and Recode. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
A look at how Masayoshi Son picks and manages investments for SoftBank's $100B Vision Fund, which sources say has achieved a 60% ROI in its first year — - SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, the key force behind all of the Vision Fund's investments, meets with every founder of every Vision Fund investment … | Swapna Krishna / Engadget: |
Snap announces new Snapchat Lenses that respond to English language voice prompts, not movement, rolling out globally today — Today, Snapchat announced that it is rolling out a new set of Lenses that will respond to your voice. There's no need to make a facial gesture …
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Digital Trends, Android Police, TechCrunch, The Verge, Tubefilter, MSPoweruser, KnowTechie, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, Mashable, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Siemens announces that it has acquired Mendix, a low-code application development platform, for ~$700M, to boost its cloud, IoT, and digital enterprise tech — Siemens, the giant German technology company, today announced that it has acquired Mendix, the popular low-code application development platform …
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SiliconANGLE, Mendix, Xconomy, and CRN
| Matt Weinberger / INSIDER: |
Apple sold 3.7M Macs in Q3, down 9% QoQ and down 13% YoY, with a 5% decline in Mac revenue YoY — - While Apple says that it's investing in the Mac, it's also had a series of MacBook Pro-related embarrassments that have caused some to doubt its focus. — Apple reported its quarterly earnings on Tuesday.| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
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CNBC, MacRumors, Forbes, Cult of Mac, RAIN News, 9to5Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, Recode, and PaymentsSource
Tweets: @neilcybart and @benbajarin
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