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| Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast: |
YouTube suspends monetization of Steven Crowder's channel after continued review finds “pattern of egregious actions” that are against Partner Program policies — Right-wing performer gay-bashed a Vox reporter for years. They initially declined to do anything, then ‘demonetized’ him …
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| YouTube Blog: |
YouTube says it will “remove content denying that well-documented violent events, like the Holocaust or the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, took place” — Over the past few years, we've been investing in the policies, resources and products needed to live up to our responsibility …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
YouTube updates guidelines to ban videos that promote the superiority of any group to justify discrimination, resulting in the removal of thousands of channels — YouTube is trying to reduce the prevalence of extremist content on the platform — YouTube is changing its community guidelines …
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| Steven Zheng / The Block: |
Report: Facebook to create an independent foundation to manage its cryptocurrency, will charge members a $10M licensing fee for the right to operate a node — Facebook is creating an independent foundation to govern its cryptocurrency, according to a report by The Information.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Apple details the cryptography behind its upcoming Find My feature, which works so that even Apple cannot track device locations — WHEN APPLE EXECUTIVE Craig Federighi described a new location-tracking feature for Apple devices at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on Monday …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Google to buy analytics startup Looker for $2.6B, Google Cloud's first major acquisition under new CEO Thomas Kurian — KEY POINTS — The acquisition of Looker is the first major acquisition under former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian — Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Amazon shows off its latest delivery drone, saying it will make deliveries to customers in the coming months, has a 15 mile range, and can carry up to 5 pounds — For the first time, Amazon today showed off its newest fully electric delivery drone at its first re:Mars conference in Las Vegas.
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Tweets: @jeffawilke, @et_rise, @skorusark, @hacksternews, @business, @indianexpress, @cnn, @mcwm, @sam_l_shead, and @jank0. Thanks:@fredericl
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
How groups of teens use AirDrop to share memes, and bombard unsuspecting adults who have AirDrop on, in an attempt to crash their phones — Veronica Belmont, a product manager at Adobe Spark, was riding the train down to Silicon Valley, doing some work on her phone, when dozens of teenagers plopped down into the seats around her.
Tweets: @theatlantic, @carolinemoss, @lindsaydemeola, @taylorlorenz, @escoblades, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
| TechCrunch: |
Sources: Bird in talks to acquire scooter startup Scoot, which was last valued at ~$71M; Scoot would be Bird's first full acquisition — If you are among those who thought that the scooter market sounded a little overhyped and overcrowded, we've gotten wind of a deal that could point to some impending consolidation.
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Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @ingridlunden, @jmbooyah, @kan_academy, @nickabouzeid, @jmbooyah, and @jmbooyah. Thanks:@nickabouzeid
| Shivani Vora / New York Times: |
Uber debuts Uber Copter, a helicopter service starting July 9 in New York, to ferry customers between Lower Manhattan and JFK for $200-$225 per person — For an 8-minute, one-way flight, the average ride will cost between $200 and $225 per person and include private ground transportation on both ends of the trip.
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Tweets: @triketora, @dkhos, @ingridlunden, @shonaghosh, @nytimes, @debarghya_das, @reformedbroker, @mdudas, and @nytimesbusiness
| Steven Aquino / TechCrunch: |
Interview with Apple's head of global accessibility on Voice Control, macOS' Hover Text for text magnification, and iOS 13's addition of pointer support — Steven Aquino is a freelance tech writer and iOS accessibility expert. — From dark mode in iOS 13 to a redesigned user interface … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cloudera says CEO Tom Reilly is retiring and will leave the company's board, with board member Martin Cole to become interim CEO; stock down 31%+ after hours — KEY POINTS — Interim CEO Martin Cole is a former Accenture executive who has been on Cloudera's board since 2014. — Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly.
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Cloudera, Inc., ZDNet, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Tweets: @joemccann, @jordannovet, @alex, and @levynews
| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Amazon announces Alexa Conversations, which will enable Alexa to utilize multiple skills within conversations by asking follow ups to the initial question — Amazon's Alexa is ready to broaden its one-track mind. — The virtual assistant can deliver weather forecasts and traffic updates … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Baltimore estimates recent ransomware attack will cost the city $10M to clean up, not including $8M of deferred or lost revenue from unprocessed payments — Mayor says Baltimore is “open for business,” but city has lost millions from slowed payments. — BALTIMORE—It has been a month since …
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Tweets: @iduncan, @iduncan, and @petercoffee
| Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek: |
Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, to acquire endpoint security firm Endgame in a $234M deal — Elastic (NYSE: ESTC), the publicly traded company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, announced today that it has agreed to acquire endpoint security firm Endgame in a $234 million deal.
| Amy He / eMarketer: |
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