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Overview of the Senate hearing on foreign influence in social media, which heard testimony from Sheryl Sandberg and Jack Dorsey — Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey told lawmakers on Wednesday that they are better prepared to combat foreign interference on their platforms …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DoJ says AG Jeff Sessions will meet with state AGs to discuss a “growing concern” that social media giants are “hurting competition” and stifling free speech — The Justice Department has confirmed that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has expressed a “growing concern” …
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Washington Post, The Verge, Engadget, Axios, Telegraph, Business Insider, and CNBC
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| Bloomberg: |
Google's decision not to appear before the Senate was an unforced error, drawing criticism and robbing it of a chance to defend itself — - Senators blast search giant for executive absence at hearing — Some people at the company said to regret Pichai's no-show
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VentureBeat, Bloomberg, and Fox News
Tweets: @markwarner, @mhbergen, @jguynn, and @bloombergtv
| Washington Post: |
A look at the philosophies and styles of Sheryl Sandberg, a veteran of Capitol Hill, and Jack Dorsey, a relative newcomer — SAN FRANCISCO — The Silicon Valley leaders who testified before Congress for the first time on Wednesday came to Washington with personal styles that could not be more different.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple has considered the name “iPhone Xs Max” for the 6.5-inch model; both Xs and Xs Max will have 4GB RAM, up from 3GB, and dual SIM options — Last week 9to5Mac exclusively shared the first look at the new iPhone Xs models due to be officially announced by Apple on September 12.
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Tweets: @mikeisaac, @johnolilly, @caro_milanesi, @stroughtonsmith, @llsethj, @bzamayo, @jordannovet, and @josephcox
| Andrew Perrin / Pew Research Center: |
Survey of US adults: 42% took a break from Facebook for several weeks or more, 26% deleted app from their phone, 54% adjusted privacy settings in past 12 months — Significant shares of Facebook users have taken steps in the past year to reframe their relationship with the social media platform.
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Tweets: @b_fung, @pewresearch, @yoda, @marypcbuk, @michaelcarusi, @shiraovide, @benbajarin, @tsudo, @dontcallmeatg, and @bdsams
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Snap launches new styles of Spectacles 2 with polarized lenses that look more like traditional sunglasses, available today for $199 — And they've got polarized lenses — If the main hangup that's kept you from purchasing Snap's Spectacles has been their design, two new models that the company …
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| Bloomberg: |
Uber announces new safety features for drivers and riders, such as checking in on idle cars and anonymous pick up addresses, rolling out in the coming months — - Ride-hailing service has seen all sorts of catastrophes — Questions have lingered over how thoroughly drivers are vetted
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Uber Newsroom, VentureBeat, CNET, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, and The Verge
| Diptendu Lahiri / Reuters: |
Report: Goldman Sachs ditches plans for a cryptocurrency trading desk in the foreseeable future as regulatory framework remains unclear; cryptocurrencies slide — (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) is ditching plans to open a desk for trading cryptocurrencies in the foreseeable future …
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Business Insider, TechCrunch, Forbes, CoinDesk, SludgeFeed, Bitcoin Magazine, The Block Crypto, ETHNews, CNBC, Crypto Briefing, Bitsonline, CryptoGlobe, Investor's Business Daily, PYMNTS.com, and Trustnodes. Tweets: @howardlindzon
| Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo: |
Bernie Sanders debuts the Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies (Stop BEZOS) Act, aiming to tax big firms based on government-provided welfare to staff — Bernie Sanders introduced a bill today that culminates weeks of feuding between the Vermont senator and Amazon …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Vimeo is pivoting away from being a video viewing destination, instead focusing on selling software tools to its community of millions of social creators — Vimeo, the 14-year-old video service that started as a platform for indie filmmakers, is changing its business to focus on selling software tools …
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Engadget, MacRumors, Digital Trends, ClickZ, and VentureBeat
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google unveils Dataset Search, a search engine that will cover datasets from environmental and social sciences, government, and ProPublica-style news orgs — Dataset Search could be a scientist's best friend — Google's goal has always been to organize the world's information, and its first target was the commercial web.| Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: |
Facebook countersues BlackBerry, accusing it of infringing on Facebook's voice messaging technology and other patented processes — Facebook Inc. is suing BlackBerry Ltd. for patent infringement, escalating the legal battle between the two companies over protected technology.
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| Randall Lane / Forbes: |
Interview with Jeff Bezos on Amazon's strategy for growth, its advertising business, intentions in healthcare, and working “two or three years into the future” — I edit Forbes Magazine, and post on business, philanthropy—and food!| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
A rogue version of file-hosting platform MEGA's Chrome extension was found to steal user passwords and private keys to cryptocurrency wallets — A rogue version of file-hosting platform MEGA's Chrome extension has triggered a major security alert from the company.
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MEGA, ZDNet, The Hacker News, Graham Cluley, CCN, BleepingComputer, Inquirer, Neowin, The Next Web, and Naked Security. Tweets: @serhack_
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Roblox, an MMO game popular with kids, raises $150M Series F, source says at a $2.5B+ valuation, bringing total raised to $185M — The company is now valued at more than $2.5B — Roblox, which allows kids to create 3D worlds and games, has raised an additional $150 million in funding.
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Tweets: @hunterwalk and @jowens510
| IDC: |
Global VR headset shipments dropped 33.7% YoY in Q2, with screenless viewers shrinking from 1M in 2Q'17 to 409,000 in 2Q'18, but the market outlook is positive — Worldwide shipments of virtual reality (VR) headsets were down 33.7% year over year in the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18) …
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TechSpot, ZDNet, and VentureBeat
| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
A look at the wave of tech startups that claim they can increase the amount collected on debts and help consumers by using tech to personalize the process — Consumer debt, credit card debt, and personal loan debt are at all-time highs. Meanwhile, investors who purchase debt for cents …
Tweets: @scottthurm, @stephaniemlee, @astradisastra, and @nitashatiku
| John Carreyrou / Wall Street Journal: |
Theranos says it will formally dissolve, in an email to shareholders, and says it will seek to pay unsecured creditors its remaining cash in coming months — Firm, tarred by scandal, will pay creditors its remaining cash — Theranos Inc., the blood-testing company accused …
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Tweets: @scott_tobias, @robglaser, @gorskon, @jason, @swiftonsecurity, @mariosundar, @ddiamond, @wolfejosh, @harrymccracken, and @yashar
| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon says it is ordering 20,000 Mercedes-Benz vans to expand its Amazon-branded delivery fleet run by third-parties — Fleet operators will own the vehicles as part of a plan to have small businesses carry packages — Amazon.com Inc . AMZN -1.45% on Wednesday said it is ordering 20 …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Data search and analytics startup Elastic files for an IPO on NYSE, says it had revenue of $56.6M, up 79% YoY, in the latest quarter on a $18.6M loss — - The company said it doesn't have a partnership with Amazon, which has its own Elasticsearch service. — Elastic, a software developer …
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| TechCrunch: |
Meditation app Headspace acquires Alpine.AI, formerly VoiceLabs, to expand its voice and AI-powered offerings — Headspace, a meditation app with 31 million users that is valued at $320 million, is doubling down on voice and A.I. technology to help differentiate itself from the rest of the wellness pack.
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VentureBeat and Voicebot
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
ThinCI, a California-based semiconductor startup that focuses on making chips for AI, raises $65M Series C led by Denso Corp. — A relatively unknown artificial intelligence-focused semiconductor startup called ThinCI Inc. is raising eyebrows today after landing a “significantly oversubscribed” …
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US Senate Select Committee … and FinSMEs
| Jessica Galang / BetaKit: |
Kira Systems, an automated contract review company, raises $50M Series A from IVP; founded in 2011, it's grown to 115 employees, up from 35 in 2017 — Toronto-based Kira Systems has received a $65 million CAD ($50 million USD) minority investment from New York City-based Insight Venture Partners.
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Globe and Mail, LAW.com, Private Capital Journal, PE Hub Blog, and FinSMEs
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
BitTorrent brings uTorrent Web, its web-based client that can play audio and video files before they are downloaded, out of beta — BitTorrent today launched a new BitTorrent client: uTorrent Web. Not to be confused with uTorrent (stylized as µTorrent), and despite what its name might suggest …
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The Official BitTorrent Blog, TorrentFreak, and BetaNews
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
CBS announces it will stream Super Bowl LIII on its sports website, its app for connected TV devices, and mobile apps without requiring a sign-in — CBS is determined to make the most of the NFL's loosened streaming rules. The broadcaster has revealed its streaming plans for Super Bowl LIII … Sponsor Posts
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