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Trump accuses Google of rigging its search results to suppress positive news about him and tweets the situation “will be addressed” — President Trump's first tweet of the day, sent at 5:24am local time, has accused Google of rigging search results against conservatives.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Following Trump's tweets about alleged prejudice, Google releases statement saying it doesn't “bias our results toward any political ideology” — - Trump says in a tweet that Google's search engine had “rigged” news story search results to show mostly “bad” stories about him and other conservatives.
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| Sean Keane / CNET: |
Google search now highlights veteran-led businesses and matches veterans searching for job listings with roles that suit their skills — Google is giving US veterans find jobs that fit the skills they learned in the military, and highlighting veteran-led businesses in searches.
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| Rachel King / Fortune: |
Instagram announces updates aimed at improving security: more info on accounts, like creation date; ability to apply to be verified; and 2FA support — Facebook often finds itself as the target these days when it comes to problems with security and privacy on social media.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Bose announces a $400 smart speaker and two soundbars, for $550 and $800, all with Alexa voice support, coming in October — One of them has a screen for showing you album art — Bose has just announced a $300 home smart speaker and two soundbars that will be available in October.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Yahoo's Oath has been pitching advertisers on a service that analyzes its 200M+ Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail inboxes; source says practice began 10+ years ago — Web giant analyzes more than 200 million inboxes for clues about what products people might buy—a practice much of Silicon Valley has declared off-limits| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it removed a further 486 accounts for engaging in “coordinated manipulation”, following the removal of 284 last week — Following last week's suspension of 284 accounts for “engaging in coordinated manipulation,” Twitter announced today that it's kicked …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon opens its Prime Book Box service, which sends kids books on a regular basis for $23/box, to all Prime users in the US — Amazon has launched yet another Prime perk to all its members across the U.S. — The latest benefit isn't a free offering like many of the other perks that come as part of an annual Prime members.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Google Go search app for emerging markets can now read out website content in any of its 28 supported languages — The search giant announced changes to its Tez payment service, and it has also introduced a subtle AI-powered feature for its Google Go search app: website reading.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook expands its Express Wi-Fi program for developing markets through new partner program for access point manufacturers like Arista — Facebook is today launching a partner program for its Express Wi-Fi initiative, which helps bring higher-speed connections to developing markets …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Paystack, a Stripe-like service aimed at Africa, raises $8M Series A from Visa, Tencent, and Stripe, and is currently serving tens of thousands of companies — Africa has been one of the least-developed regions globally when it comes to technology and being on the less advanced side of the so-called digital divide.Thanks:@tdrinan
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Very Good Security, a service which stores and handles sensitive data for businesses, raises $8.5M Series A led by a16z — “You can't hack what isn't there,” Very Good Security co-founder Mahmoud Abdelkader tells me. His startup assumes the liability of storing sensitive data for other companies … | Allie Volpe / The Verge: |
A look at how memes can help people correct behaviors framed as unsavory or distasteful by tapping into more widely relatable emotions or experiences — Newly single, Jason Donahoe was perusing Tinder for the first time since it started integrating users' Instagram feeds.
Tweets: @rossdawson, @taylorlorenz, and @verge
| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
14 organizations including Amnesty International, EFF, and Committee to Protect Journalists tell Google to cancel its censored Chinese search engine project — Leading human rights groups are calling on Google to cancel its plan to launch a censored version of its search engine in China …
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