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Inside Snap's “Council” where employees discuss their inner thoughts, and Evan Spiegel's attempts at self-improvement after company's DAU decline — On the second floor of the new headquarters of Snap Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., is a room dedicated to helping employees open up.| Charisse Jones / USA Today: |
Walmart partners with Rakuten Kobo to launch Walmart eBooks, with a catalog of 6M+ titles and a $9.99/month Audible-like subscription service for audiobooks — Walmart ratcheted up its battle with Amazon, planting a stake on the e-commerce giant's turf by selling e-books for the first time.
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Report looks at financial impact on Google and Apple of falling app store commission rates, amid pushback from devs like Valve, Netflix and regulatory scrutiny — - Backlash and workarounds begin to worry Wall Street analyst — ‘Middlemen distributors’ no longer required, Epic Games says| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
A look at Waymo's self-driving car depot in Phoenix and the progress of its Early Rider program, which offers free test rides to 400+ members — Waymo is ready to start charging for its self-driving trips, but first, it needs to master the dreaded art of fleet management
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Facebook removes 652 Pages, groups, and accounts on Facebook and Instagram tied to inauthentic behavior out of Iran and Russia; FireEye sent Iran-related tip — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Xiaomi unveils ~$300 6.18-inch Pocophone F1 with flagship-level specs: Snapdragon 845, 6GB RAM, 64GB storage, 4,000mAh battery, 20MP camera, Full HD+ display — Xiaomi is one of the most respected smartphone brands in India, but apparently that wasn't not good enough.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
In its first quarter since going public, Xiaomi posts $2.1B profit on revenue of $6.6B, up 68% YoY, but posts operating loss of $1.1B due to IPO-related costs — Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi has posted a $2.1 billion profit for its first quarter of business as a public company on account of growing smartphone and hardware sales.
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| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
One Medical, a members-only tech platform offering concierge medical services, raises $350M from Carlyle Group to help double up offices and offerings — One Medical has confirmed to TechCrunch it has closed on funding from the Carlyle Group for a new cash infusion worth $350 million.
Tweets: @jayparkinson, @nxpatel, and @rplenge
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
A look at Intrusion Truth, an anonymous group that since last April has been posting info about alleged members of state sponsored Chinese hacking unit APT10 — Since April last year, a group calling itself ‘Intrusion Truth’ has trickled out the real names of hackers working for Chinese intelligence.
Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @gossithedog, @josephfcox, @x0rz, and @josephfcox
| Jamie Williams / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Seventh Circuit rules 3-0 that energy-consumption data collected by smart meters is covered by the 4th Amendment — The Seventh Circuit just handed down a landmark opinion, ruling 3-0 that the Fourth Amendment protects energy-consumption data collected by smart meters.
Tweets: @eff
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
In its first earnings after IPO, Dutch payments company Adyen reports H1 revenues of €256.4M up 67.3% YoY, with net income of €48.2M, up 74.6% YoY — After Adyen's huge debut on the public markets in June that saw the stock go up 92 percent on its first day of trading …
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| Alex Stamos / Lawfare: |
Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO, says 2016 failures still weigh on him, warns US elections risk becoming “World Cup of information war” without better security — In the swirl of news this week, it would be easy to miss recent announcements from two of America's largest …
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Dan Rose, Facebook's VP of partnerships who led deals such as its Instagram buy, leaving in Feb.; sources: Facebook has likely identified replacement internally — It's the second big-deal Facebook departure this summer. — Dan Rose, a top Facebook executive who oversaw … Sponsor Posts
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