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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.
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| 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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
| Bloomberg: |
Source: autonomous driving startup Zoox, valued at $3.2B, dismisses CEO and co-founder Tim Kentley-Klay, names co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson president — - Co-founder Jesse Levinson will become company president — Zoox just raised $500 million, at a $3.2 billion valuation| 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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Tweets: @alfredwkng, @ilvestoomas, @autumnsan1, @jguynn, @alexstamos, and @sarahfrier
| 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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Arizona Republic, Brad Ideas, Waymo, Quartz, CNET, Waymo, and Mashable
Tweets: @andyjayhawk, @a_w_gordon, and @safeselfdrive
| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
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 … | 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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Bloomberg, VentureBeat, The Next Web, The Verge, BBC, Android Central, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, BGR, Thurrott.com, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @shannon_liao
| 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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| 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.| 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: @nxpatel, @jayparkinson, 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, @gossithedog, @josephfcox, @x0rz, @josephfcox, and @josephfcox
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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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Reuters, CNET, Fortune, MIT Technology Review, Reuters, Threatpost, Washington Post, CNBC, Refinery29, Business Insider, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, New York Times, TheStreet, Adweek, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Ars Technica, Silicon Republic, TechSpot, Defense One, Social Media Today, The Register, Fast Company, BGR, 9to5Mac, Slate, Gizmodo, Cyberscoop, BuzzFeed News, BBC, MSPoweruser, Telegraph, Silicon Valley Business …, Mashable, The Verge, CNBC, The Verge, TechCrunch, Recode, CNNMoney, Boing Boing, Variety, and NBC News
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @borzou, @facebook, @tonyromm, @fireeye, @fireeye, @markwarner, @facebook, @rmac18, @sarafischer, @rmac18, @sarahfrier, @joshconstine, @chrizap, @jrreed, @ericgeller, @nytimes, @levynews, @nprpolitics, @cjcmichel, @phil_mattingly, @sarafischer, @sarafischer, @geoffreyfowler, @rmac18, @maxkutner, @brianstelter, @stanhoraczek, @sarafischer, and @rmac18
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