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Jack Dorsey says Twitter is considering promoting alternative viewpoints in timeline, labeling bots, and redesigning the like button and follower count display — Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn't enable …
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| Alyssa Newcomb / NBC News: |
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defends decision to just give Infowars' Alex Jones a timeout after Jones urged viewers to ready “battle rifles” against media and others — “We can't build a service that is subjective just to the whims of what we personally believe," Dorsey told NBC News' Lester Holt in an exclusive interview.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber's Q2 2018 financials: revenue rose 51% YoY to $2.7B as adjusted EBITDA losses widened to $404M, up from $304M in Q1; gross bookings rose 41% YoY to $12B — While Uber isn't required to disclose its financial results, Uber has done so for past few quarters as it gears up to go public next year.
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| Arjun Panchadar / Reuters: |
Report: Uber has been urged by investors to sell off its self-driving car unit, which has lost $125M-$200M per quarter over the last 18 months — (Reuters) - Investors have told Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] it would be wise to sell off its self-driving car unit after it racked up losses …
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| Steve Stecklow / Reuters: |
Investigation finds 1,000+ Facebook posts, comments, images, and videos attacking Rohingya in Myanmar, highlighting Facebook's woeful attempts to fix the issue — Reuters found more than 1,000 examples of posts, comments and pornographic images attacking the Rohingya and other Muslims on Facebook.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon is in talks to acquire Landmark Theatres, the indie-focused chain that operates 50+ theaters in the US, backed by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner — - Move would mark latest incursion into brick-and-mortar world — The indie-focused chain operates more than 50 theaters
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says there are now 200+ Android Go devices available and details Go for Android 9 Pie, aimed at emerging markets, which takes less space and boots faster — Android 9 Pie began rolling out earlier this month to the Pixel and Pixel 2, as well as the Essential Phone.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Ahead of Twitter API changes coming on August 16, Tapbots removes several features from Tweetbot for iOS, following similar moves by Twitterrific and others — Ahead of upcoming Twitter changes set to be implemented tomorrow, Tapbots has released an updated version of its Tweetbot app for iOS devices …
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9to5Mac, CNET, The Verge, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, and MacStories
Tweets: @caseynewton, @bdsams, @mathewi, @backlon, and @alexeheath
| Siddharth Coelho-Prabhu / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase rebrands Toshi to Coinbase Wallet, a crypto wallet for accessing decentralized apps and managing ETH, will support BTC, BCH, and LTC “very soon” — Today, we're proud to announce that Toshi is becoming Coinbase Wallet. This is not just a new name … | Gregory Barber / Wired: |
Coinbase acquires the five-person team behind Distributed Systems to help Coinbase find ways to integrate decentralized identity across its services — EARLIER THIS YEAR, the executors of #DeleteFacebook engaged in a form of decentralized group therapy. Catharsis came in a zip file downloaded …
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| Nikkei: |
Sources: Japan trade commission is investigating allegations that pressure from Apple forced Yahoo Japan to pull back from its web-based game platform Game Plus — FTC looks into alleged pressure to quash Yahoo's Game Plus platform — TOKYO — Japan is investigating allegations that pressure …
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| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Court docs: FBI served Google a warrant with gag order for info on all users at two locations, a space of 45 hectares, amid robberies; Google didn't provide it — The FBI asked Google to provide information on its users who'd been at two of nine locations at certain times, as investigators tried to find leads in an armed robbery case.
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy Note9 review: compelling S Pen and performance updates will please power users, but it ships with Android Oreo and Bixby is still kind of a mess — The biggest, beastliest phone of the year is here, and, spoiler alert, the Galaxy Note 9 lives up to the lofty expectations.| C. Scott Brown / Android Authority: |
Source and leaked pictures suggest Fitbit's Charge 3 will lack GPS, have a full touchscreen, water resistance of 50 meters; Special Edition to likely have NFC — - A massive leak just gave us almost all necessary info on the Fitbit Charge 3. — The upcoming fitness tracker …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils the Exynos Modem 5100, featuring support for 5G as well as 4G, 3G, and 2G, with speeds up to 6Gbps when connected to millimeter wave towers — Samsung is already working on multiple 5G cellular devices, so it's no surprise that it has developed a new wireless chip to power them: the Exynos Modem 5100.| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google says developers seeking to qualify their app for Wear OS must follow design guidelines by October 1, as it tries to improve the quality of apps — If you've been a Wear OS user for a while, odds are you've noticed that wearable apps in the Play Store are sometimes not very good.| Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE: |
Cisco reports Q4 profit of $3.8B, up 57% YoY, and revenue of $12.8B as it transitions to subscription-based services; stock up 6%+ after hours — Cisco Systems Inc.'s attempt to become more of a subscription- and software-driven business displayed more traction today as revenue grew year-over-year for the third straight quarter.
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Bloomberg, Cisco, ZDNet, CNBC, Light Reading, The Register, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily, MarketWatch, and Investopedia. Thanks:@robhof
| Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: |
US cryptocurrency investor sues AT&T in LA District Court seeking $224M in damages after $23.8M in currency was allegedly stolen via SIM swap fraud — NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin filed a $224 million lawsuit on Wednesday …
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Bitcoin Magazine, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, Motherboard, BGR, Gizmodo, CCN, Crowdfund Insider, TechSpot, and Engadget
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at how Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, valued at $225B, is shifting focus to tech-related bets, like Uber and an expanded stake in Tesla — Talks with Tesla show how crown prince's sovereign-wealth fund has become a global player, but some worry about impulsive, risky bets
Tweets: @summer_said, @pwonacott, and @jasonzweigwsj
| Foreign Policy: |
Data privacy laws don't disadvantage US AI firms to China much; protecting users from exploitation will give an edge in AI as global privacy consciousness rises — Tech competition is being used to push a dangerous corporate agenda. — High-tech industries have become the new battlefield …
Tweets: @sammsacks
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