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August 6, 2018, 12:10 PM

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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 …
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
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple hopes to grow sales in India by opening stores starting next year, improving apps and services aimed at Indians, and offering better retail deals  —  Samsung, Xiaomi, and other rivals are stomping the company in India, where it ranks 11th.  —  In Bengaluru's busy Madiwala neighborhood …
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
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 …
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.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mixpanel report: Facebook is now a major mobile browser in the US, with 10%+ market share in many states, while Safari leads with ~58%  —  Most of the data around web browser market share puts Google Chrome or Safari at the top - with their percentage of the market varying by platform and region.
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.

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