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| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
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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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @shannon_liao, @kevinroose, @caseynewton, and @mattnavarra
| 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
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| Ryan Felton / Jalopnik: |
Report: Waymo's autonomous vans struggle to smoothly perform rather mundane driving tasks, often slowing or stopping at odd times, risking fender benders — If the autonomous revolution ever arrives, it's almost certain that self-driving cars will drive with an over-abundance of caution …
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Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @heathersomervil, and @wmerida_ubc
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
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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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Tweets: @caseynewton, @michaelmiraflor, and @dcseifert
| 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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Engadget, CNET, AndroidHeadlines.com, MSPoweruser, Fortune, and The Daily Caller
Tweets: @twittersafety, @twittersafety, and @elonmusk
| 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.| Matt Southern / Search Engine Journal: |
DuckDuckGo, which has been profitable since 2014, raises $10M from OMERS, one of Canada's largest pension funds — DuckDuckGo is receiving a US$10-million investment through a partnership with OMERS to help the search engine continue expanding its privacy protection worldwide.
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Globe and Mail and Crunchbase News
| 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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The Keyword, MIT Technology Review, Engadget, USA Today, BGR, KnowTechie, Android Police, TechSpot, CNBC, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, and Search Engine Journal
Tweets: @irinanovoselsky and @sundarpichai
| 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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iMore, Ruckus Networks, and Facebook Code
| Erica E. Phillips / Wall Street Journal: |
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