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August 17, 2018, 4:50 PM

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Nikkei:
Sources: Google is preparing to launch its own smart speaker with a display for the holiday season; 3M units are planned for first batch  —  Taiwan suppliers told to prepare for hardware blitz to challenge Amazon  —  TAIPEI — Google is preparing to release a smart speaker equipped …
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Facebook faces continuing calls for regulation of microtargeted ads in US and Europe after probes of Internet Research Agency and Cambridge Analytica data use  —  Facebook has made a mint by enabling advertisers to identify and reach the very people most likely to react to their messages.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sensor Tower: 6M users installed third party Twitter apps on mobile between 2014 and 2018; there were 560M official Twitter app installs during that period  —  Twitter tried to downplay the impact deactivating its legacy APIs would have on its community and the third-party Twitter clients preferred …
Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg:
A look at Europe's struggle to build a truly global tech giant and some of the challenges facing its startup ecosystem  —  This is the best moment in decades for the continent to battle its way back to relevance.  Its startups need to act like it.  —  Jeez, Europe, what more do you need?
Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat:
Twitch says some downloadable archives of a discontinued Messages feature included private messages of other users  —  Twitch is warning users that it may have exposed some of their messages to other users.  The livestreaming site has sent out emails today to a number of its broadcasters …

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