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August 22, 2018, 5:45 PM

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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
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.
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
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.
Facebook:
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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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.
Alex Pasternack / Fast Company:
Data analytics firm Crimson Hexagon, which was suspended from Facebook after allegations of using user data for surveillance, says it's regained firehose access  —  Crimson Hexagon, a Boston data analytics company, raised some eyebrows last week when it announced that its access to the firehose …
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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