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Facebook removes 652 Pages, groups, and accounts on Facebook and Instagram after a FireEye tip led it to investigate inauthentic behavior out of Iran and Russia — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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| Twitter Safety / @twittersafety: |
Twitter says it has suspended 284 accounts for engaging in coordinated manipulation and that many of the accounts appeared to originate from Iran — Working with our industry peers today, we have suspended 284 accounts from Twitter for engaging in coordinated manipulation. Based on our existing analysis, it appears many of these accounts originated from Iran.
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| 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| 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.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Chainalysis: Bitcoin Cash payments down to $3.7M in May from $10.5M in March, Bitcoin payments totaled $60M in May, down from $412M in September — - Commercial use of Bitcoin Cash dropped to $3.7 million May — Chainalysis says there are few larger users of the coin| 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, @josephfcox, @gossithedog, @josephfcox, and @x0rz
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Santa Clara Fire Department says Verizon throttled “unlimited” data plan to a fire truck during Mendocino wildfire response; Verizon says it made a mistake — Fire dep't had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response. — Verizon Wireless' throttling …
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Research that looked at every anti-refugee attack in Germany over two years shows more attacks on refugees happened where Facebook use was higher than average — ALTENA, Germany — When you ask locals why Dirk Denkhaus, a young firefighter trainee who had been considered neither dangerous nor political … | 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 McBride / Bloomberg: |
Getaround, a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car sharing service, raises $300M Series D led by SoftBank: source says at more than $800M post-money valuation — SoftBank Group Corp. is leading a $300 million funding round into Getaround, a San Francisco-based car-sharing service.
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| Zheping Huang / South China Morning Post: |
China shuts down ~8 blockchain and cryptocurrency news accounts on WeChat and bans hotels in downtown Beijing from hosting events promoting cryptocurrencies — The two incidents are the latest instances of China's continuing crackdown on cryptocurrencies, which began last September with bans on local exchanges and ICOs
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Xiaomi unveils ~$300 6.18-inch Pocophone F1 with flagship level specs of 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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Digital Trends, Android Central, The Next Web, and BGR
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
A look at Facebook's voice ambitions: from developing a speech recognition feature for Facebook and Messenger apps called Aloha to patents for a speaker device — Code reveals unlaunched speech recognition feature — Facebook has been a bit slow to adopt the voice computing revolution.
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Android Police, The Next Web, Firstpost, BGR, The Verge, Engadget, and Voicebot
Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, and @joshconstine
| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News: |
In an interview, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter should be built around following topics and interests, thinks an impartial product can exist — Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey doesn't have all the answers. For one, he's not sure whether you should delete your old tweets.
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Business Insider and KnowTechie
Tweets: @rmac18, @cwarzel, @buzzfeednews, @oliverdarcy, and @cwarzel
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Facebook says it will forego its 30% share of in-app revenue for Messenger's Instant Games on Android — Facebook has announced it is going to forego its 30 percent share of Instant Games in-app revenue on the Android platform. — Instant Games are casual titles that can be shared … | TechCrunch: |
A look at the 59 startups that presented at Y Combinator's Summer 2018 Demo Day 2 — From yeast-grown Cannibinoids to project management software to consumer apps looking to gauge opinions on college campuses, there was quite the wide variety of spaces represented on the second day of pitches from Y Combinator's Summer 2018 class.
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EdSurge and TechCrunch
| Patricia Hernandez / The Verge: |
Google launches experimental feature for Assistant users in the US that shares stories from Solutions Journalism Network when asked “tell me something good” — Good news, literally — Trying to keep up with the news might be aspirational, but these days, it can also be depressing.
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The Keyword, TechSpot, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, YouTube, The Next Web, Android Authority, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, SlashGear, 9to5Google, Neowin, Android and Me, BetaNews, CNET, Android Police, MSPoweruser, Pocketables, and Thurrott.com
Tweets: @googlenewsinit and @joecardillo
| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Grocery e-commerce company Boxed raises $110M Series D led by Japanese retail chain Aeon Group; source says the startup is now valued at $600M — Chieh Huang spent years trying to get grocery industry executives excited about the technology at Boxed, his grocery e-commerce company.| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Benchmark plans to keep its next fund, expected early next year, about the same size as its previous ones, eschewing trend in VC to raise larger funds — Early bets on Uber, WeWork and Snap have delivered unrivaled returns in one fund, but the venture-capital firm resists getting bigger
Tweets: @rolfewinkler and @austenallred
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
CoinDesk, a site which tracks news and info about digital currency like bitcoin, generated $20M in revenue in the first seven months of 2018 and is profitable — CoinDesk is the hottest digital media startup that most people haven't heard of, generating around $20 million in revenue through the first seven months of 2018.
Tweets: @rafat and @jonrussell
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Cloud-based file transfer company WeTransfer acquires FiftyThree, which makes the popular Paper app, including its entire patent portfolio and executive team — File-sharing company WeTransfer has acquired the Paper and Paste creative apps from FiftyThree.
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The Verge, SlashGear, A Space to Create …, The Mac Observer, WeTransfer press releases, iLounge, 9to5Mac, The Loop, MacStories, and Tech.eu
Tweets: @wetransfer, @laurengoode, and @ow
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Tinder begins rolling out a new college-only service called Tinder U to iOS devices at four-year, accredited, not-for-profit schools in the US — Tinder officially announced today that it's launching a service called Tinder U, a version of Tinder that's only available to college students.
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The Next Web, Engadget, Tinder, Mashable, TechCrunch, Fortune, and KnowTechie. Tweets: @briannorgard
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