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Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …:

Thoughts on why Chrome 69's forced login behavior is so bad: when Google silently changes its biggest user-facing privacy option, it risks burning users' trust — This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random “someone is wrong on the Internet” posts.

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Bálint's extended musings:

Starting with Chrome 69 on desktop, users logging in to a Google site or service are automatically logged in to Chrome, which is a new mandatory login behavior

Michael Sheetz / CNBC:

SiriusXM to acquire Pandora in a $3.5B all-stock deal — Satellite radio company SiriusXM is acquiring music streaming service Pandora in a $3.5 billion all-stock deal, the companies announced Monday. — Pandora shares rose 14.4 percent in premarket trading from Friday's close of $9.09 a share …

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Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:

Walmart says 17,000+ Oculus Go headsets will be used in its US stores by end of year to train its employees, in an expansion of a pre-existing program — Walmart said it is using the headsets to train within three key areas: new technology, compliance, and soft skills like empathy and customer service.

More: blog.walmart.com, VentureBeat, The Verge, Engadget, Road to VR, TechCrunch, Geek News Central, PCMag, Ubergizmo, CNET, Business Insider, and Digital Trends

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Ryne Hager / Android Police:

Yubico launches new YubiKey 5 Series 2FA keys, supports passwordless FIDO2 and NFC — Supporting FIDO2 — Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, today announced the launch of the YubiKey 5 Series, the industry's first multi-protocol security keys supporting FIDO2.

More: TechCrunch, Yubico, ZDNet, VentureBeat, TechRadar.com, Wired, and Business Wire

Adam Satariano / New York Times:

Behind the rise of app-only banks in the UK and Europe, where favorable regulations and an influx of venture capital have fueled their growth — LONDON — Greg Stevenson was trying to refinance the mortgage on his four-bedroom home in eastern England when things started going awry.

More: PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @nytimes, @nytimesbusiness, @robinsonbenp, and @mdudas

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:

Eric Schmidt says the internet will bifurcate in the next 10-15 years into a Chinese-led internet, with fewer freedoms and more censorship, and one led by US — - Speaking at a private event hosted by Village Global VC yesterday night, tech luminary and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicted …

More: Beyond Search, Washington Post, Neowin, Newser, CircleID, and Business Insider

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Aradhana Aravindan / Reuters:

Singapore fines Grab and Uber $9.5M over merger, outlines measures that it is says will spur competition and lessen the deal's impact on drivers and riders — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's anti-trust watchdog fined ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber a combined S$13 million ($9.5 million) …

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Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk:

California's Fair Political Practices Commission bans political donations in cryptocurrencies for candidates running for public offices in the state — Candidates running for public offices in the U.S. state of California may not receive donations in cryptocurrencies, according to a new ruling from the state's political watchdog.

More: Associated Press, PYMNTS.com, Cointelegraph, Crypto Daily Gazette, BTCMANAGER, BREAKER, NewsBTC, and ETHNews

Komal Gupta / Livemint:

WhatsApp appoints grievance officer to curb fake news in India — WhatsApp India's grievance officer, Komal Lahiri, who was appointed last month, will be based in the US — New Delhi: Facebook Inc.-owned messaging service WhatsApp has appointed a grievance officer for India …

More: The Next Web, Engadget, NDTV.com, NDTV Gadgets 360, and businesstoday.in

Tweets: @sushantsinha, @roshini008, and @livemint

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:

Bird is looking to hire staff to oversee its scooter fleet in almost a dozen cities across Asia and Latin America, including Hong Kong, Mumbai, and Mexico City — Scooter rental start-up Bird is preparing to embark on a massive new phase of expansion across Asia and Latin America …

Tweets: @tim, @harshilshah1910, @pranavdixit, and @sub8u

David Stanway / Reuters:

China has shut down 4,000+ websites and online accounts, removed 147,000 pieces of information during its three-month campaign against “harmful” content — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has shut down more than 4,000 websites and online accounts in a three-month campaign against …

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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:

WSJ opinion editor Paul Gigot defends Stanley Druckenmiller's use of AI to write an op-ed, saying “nobody can doubt that his op-ed is his genuine opinion”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

Forbes and Shook Research suspend their joint rankings and events as they review a $6M payment from founder RJ Shook to former top editor Randall Lane

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A US federal appeals court sets aside an FCC notice that would have let political parties and joint fundraising committees qualify for lowest broadcast ad rates

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Tile appoints GoPro COO CJ Prober as new CEO, announces investment from Comcast; sources: “sizable investment” was at a higher valuation than previous round

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Rani Molla / Recode:

Review of Chase checking accounts shows that earnings for drivers for services like Uber, Lyft, and Postmates dropped from $1,469/month in 2013 to $783 in 2017

Tweets: @nealkwatra

David Welch / Bloomberg:

To address the talent shortage in autonomous vehicle research, Baidu and several Chinese startups have set up research and development centers in Silicon Valley

Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:

UN survey of 3,500 people in 75 countries using microtask platforms like Mechanical Turk found workers made an average of $6.54/hr in US and $3.31/hr worldwide

Tweets: @turkernational

Deborah Haynes / Sky News:

Sources: UK government plans a nearly four-fold increase in personnel focusing on offensive cyber operations, hiring 2000 and allocating at least £250M

David Beard / Poynter:

After BuzzFeed's cuts to its audio team and Panoply's exit from podcast content, creators re-evaluate podcast revenue potential and audience measurement

Tweets: @bizimediaco and @dabeard

Douglas Busvine / Reuters:

Study: spending on digital marketing grew by 44% last year in the US and Britain to $52B, with global spending on “martech” estimated to near $100B

Michael Sykes / Axios:

Research by The Harris Poll: 59% of Generation Z students list YouTube, rather than textbooks, as their preferred learning tool

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Sources: Trump administration, including Commerce, Treasury, Defense departments, planning a push against China in a few weeks, citing IP theft and cyberattacks

Tweets: @jimsciutto

Kevin Buckland / Bloomberg:

Source: Toyota has agreed to add Android Auto to its vehicles; Toyota announced compatibility with Apple's CarPlay in January

More: Android Authority, Engadget, Android Police, and SlashGear

Will Kubzansky / The Verge:

Underage teens share their experiences of using electric scooters and flouting both helmet and age regulations, which allow scooter use only from the age of 18

Tweets: @mdudas

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Dell to interview banks to explore a backup option of launching a traditional IPO if its effort to become public via DVMT tracking stock falls through

More: Reuters, SiliconANGLE, and Silicon Republic. Tweets: @wsj

Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz:

Chartbeat: when Facebook experienced a 45-minute outage on August 3 in many parts of the world, direct traffic to news websites spiked by 11%, search was up 8%