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August 6, 2018, 10:55 AM

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BuzzFeed News:
Apple has removed the entire libraries of five of InfoWars' six podcasts from iTunes, saying they violated its hate speech guidelines  —  Apple has removed the entire library for five of Infowars' six podcasts from its iTunes and Podcast apps, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Facebook bans Infowars and 3 other pages run by Alex Jones for “repeated violations of Community Standards”; Spotify removes all episodes of The Alex Jones Show  —  Crackdown on US conspiracy theorist for promoting violence and hate speech  —  Facebook has banned four pages run …
Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
TSMC, after shutting down some chip fabs on Friday due to a computer virus, says it's recovered 80% of the impacted tools and expects a full recovery by Monday  —  - TSMC expects full recovery Aug. 6 after suffering virus attack  — Incident to delay shipments, affect third-quarter revenue
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
France's BlaBlaCar buys Russian carpooling service BeepCar from mail.ru for an undisclosed sum  —  BlaBlaCar has made its second acquisition of the year as the French ride-sharing giant announced that it has snapped up Russian carpooling platform Beepcar from Mail.ru.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
More: Tech.eu and TechCrunch
Julie Creswell / New York Times:
As 20 cities pitch multi-billion incentive packages for Amazon HQ2, secrecy shrouds the terms offered by unelected officials, which are outside reach of FOIA  —  Jared Evans, a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council, is proud that the city is among 20 finalists for one of the most coveted prizes …
Laura Bicker / BBC:
How spy cam porn, now amplified by social media, is starting to reach epidemic levels in South Korea, with 6000+ cases being reported to police each year  —  I can remember the first time I heard about South Korea's spy cameras.  —  Just after arriving in Seoul, I was running to the public loo along …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: to add new financial services including showing account balances, Facebook has asked large US banks to share customers' detailed financial info  —  Facebook has asked large U.S. banks to share detailed financial information about customers as it seeks to boost user engagement
Theodore Schleifer / Recode:
Mike Volpi talks about Index Ventures' investment strategy that led to six $1B+ exits for its startups this year, investments in Europe, fintech, and more  —  Index Ventures is quietly encroaching into the top tier of American investors.  Here are five questions with them.
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Decentralized token exchange Radar Relay raises $10M Series A led by Blockchain Capital to expand the startup's community team and start new R&D projects  —  Meet Radar Relay, a cryptocurrency startup that just raised $10 million from Blockchain Capital and other investors.
More: CoinDesk

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