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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Magic Leap headset first look: functional and thoughtfully designed, with some advantages over competitors, but not a radical step forward nor a magical advance — When you write about augmented reality headsets, you're supposed to start by describing something impossible …
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Magic Leap's One Creator Edition AR headset launches for select users for $2,295+ online; each device must be set up in person via white glove service Enjoy — The Magic Leap One AR headset is out now for $2,295, but not everywhere — Surprise! But there's a good chance you still may not be able to buy it.
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Tweets: @magicleap, @jetscott, @cnet, and @ow
| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Interview with Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz as its AR headset launches, on the company's over-hyped marketing, developing for the headset, and more — Over the past few years, onetime supporters have grown skeptical of Magic Leap's mythical augmented-reality product.
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Docs show how Google's building its censored search engine for China, codenamed Dragonfly, using subsidiary 265.com to compile a list of sites China's blocking — Google analyzed search terms entered into a Beijing-based website to help develop blacklists for a censored search engine …
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Tweets: @theintercept, @mcclure111, @mikeisaac, @rj_gallagher, @ryantate, and @moltke
| Scott Scrivens / Android Police: |
Images and video of alleged Google Pixel 3 XL production unit leak, showing a large notch on the top of the display and USB-C earbuds in the box — We're now just a couple of months out from the reveal of Google's latest Pixel phones, so we expected that leaks and rumors would start to intensify.
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Tweets: @ow and @ronamadeo
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches two AR games for Messenger video chat that can be played with up to six people — Facebook is diving deeper into in-house game development with the launch of its own version of Snapchat's multiplayer augmented reality video chat games. Today, Facebook Messenger globally launches …
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| Justin Lynch / Fifth Domain: |
DHS official says at BlackHat that DHS-funded researchers found major vulnerabilities in phones sold by all four major US carriers, doesn't list manufacturers — Research funded by the Department of Homeland Security has found a “slew” of vulnerabilities in mobile devices offered …
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| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Study shows how millions of customers in the US with very slow broadband speeds are paying the same price as those with much faster speeds — Most Americans pay roughly the same price for their internet connection, even if their service is painfully slow. — Despite the ample hype …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Patreon says it's acquiring white-labeled subscription service Memberful for an undisclosed sum, to be run as a separate business by its seven-person team — Patreon is forming a patronage empire. Today it acquired white-labeled subscription membership platform Memberful …
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @patreon, and @joshconstine
| Wall Street Journal: |
New York City Council votes to cap Uber and Lyft, becoming the first US city to do so, imposing a 12-month freeze on new licenses — New York plans to cap ride-hailing services including Uber and Lyft, becoming the first U.S. city to take such a step.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Trade group says Verizon lied about its 4G LTE coverage, potentially preventing smaller carriers from obtaining funding to expand in underserved rural areas — “Sham coverage map” could prevent rural carriers from getting network funding. — Verizon “grossly overstated” … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SoftBank-backed Chinese truck-hailing platform Manbang seeks to raise $1B+ at a $10B valuation, up from April's $6B+ figure — Manbang Group is speaking to U.S.-based mutual funds and late-stage investors as it looks to raise $1 billion — Manbang Group, a Chinese truck-hailing platform … | Meagan Flynn / Washington Post: |
Subpoena for Discord, the app used by white supremacists to plan the Charlottesville rally, could reveal their identities — In the months before the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally last August, a chat app called Discord was abuzz with alt-right agitators.| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Uber Eats says it's switching from flat $5 delivery fees to variable fees based on distance, usually between $2 and $8; the new pricing is rolling out today — When you order food with Uber Eats, you pay for a few different line items. — First, there's the cost of the pizza, sushi, ice cream or whatever it is you're ordering.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple says iOS' Health Records, which improves patient data portability, now has 75+ different health institutions on board, up from 12, and uses open standards — Apple's initiative to enable iPhone users to securely access and carry their own medical records has continued to expand …
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| Clifton Leaf / Fortune: |
Salesforce names Keith Block, the company's vice chairman and president, co-CEO alongside Marc Benioff — Salesforce announced this evening that Keith Block, the company's vice chairman and president, would become co-CEO alongside Marc Benioff, the socially minded billionaire who has led …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Beijing-based online video service infrastructure startup Moviebook raises $199M Series D led by AI startup SenseTime, following a $75M Series C in 2017 — SenseTime may be best known as the world's highest-valued AI company — having raised $620 million at a valuation of over $4.5 billion — but it is also an investor, too.
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Some freelancers say they must agree to opt-in to Upwork's Work Diary feature, which counts keystrokes and takes screenshots, to guarantee payments from clients — “I've never had a client expect to be able to look over my shoulder for every minute of every day," Florin told BuzzFeed News via direct message.
Tweets: @derektmead and @buzzfeednews
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap reports Q2 revenue of $262.3M, up 44% YoY, vs. $249.8M est., and 188M DAUs, up 8% YoY but down from 191M in Q1; stock down 6%+ — The Stories War has officially killed Snapchat's growth. In Q2 2018 earnings today, Snapchat's daily user count shrank 1.5 percent to 188 million this quarter …
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| Troy Wolverton / Business Insider: |
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| Marc Vartabedian / Wall Street Journal: |
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Tweets: @nytimestech, @jonrussell, and @carnage4life
| David French / New York Times: |
Given the malleability of the “hate speech” label, tech companies should use libel and slander legal standards when removing content like Infowars — “Hate speech” is extraordinarily vague and subjective. Libel and slander are not. — Mr. French is a First Amendment litigator and senior writer for National Review.
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Tweets: @jack, @jack, @cwarzel, @anildash, @nytopinion, @realsorien, @michaelshermer, @roboct6, @scottgreenfield, and @sjdahlman
| John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America: |
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