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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.
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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
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Tesla says it's making an AI chip for Autopilot, coming next year, backward compatible with current-gen Tesla vehicles and faster than Nvidia chips being used — Tesla tapped an Apple chip guru to design next-generation AI chips. — Tesla is creating its own chips optimized for machine learning … | 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 …
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| 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.| Pablo Rodero / Reuters: |
Spanish taxi drivers ended a six-day strike after the government agreed to set tough limits, like a 30:1 ratio for licenses issued for taxis vs Uber-like firms — MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish taxi drivers ended a six-day strike late on Wednesday after the government agreed to set tough limits …
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| Roger Cohen / New York Times: |
Bucking trends of rising nationalism, services like Airbnb and BlaBlaCar still find success across 190+ countries, with total strangers sharing homes and cars — The nation state is trumpeted. The nation state is redundant. — I was chatting earlier this year with Brian Chesky, the co-founder and chief executive of Airbnb.| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
HR startup Namely, which fired its founder and CEO Matt Straz for alleged “inconsistent behavior” this year, hires new CEO Elisa Steele and raises $60M Series E — Namely, a 400-person, six-and-a-half-year-old company, has mostly had the kind of trajectory that other startups envy.| Wall Street Journal: |
P2P payments app Zelle, backed by big US banks, says 70%+ of transfers are between pairs of customers who have accounts at the same institution — Usage for the bank-backed money-transfer service is up, but most lenders haven't signed on — Zelle, the money-transfer service owned …
Tweets: @sub8u
| South China Morning Post: |
Profile of Jane Sun, CEO of Ctrip, a Nasdaq-listed Chinese online travel firm valued at $23B, on gender inequality and fighting internet platforms like Meituan — Ability to attract top talent seen as mission critical for specialist companies like Ctrip, which are facing increasing competition … | Jessica Dolcourt / CNET: |
How flagship phone prices have been rising and why higher component costs, R&D, and customer willingness to pay a premium may mean higher prices in the future — You thought paying $1,000 for an iPhone was a lot? It may be just the beginning.Thanks:@iansherr
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Hedera Hashgraph raises $100M via private ICO to build what it claims will be much faster and more secure distributed ledger technology than current blockchains — Move over blockchain. Hedera Hashgraph has raised $100 million via a future token sale from institutional investors in a bid …
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