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Sources: Huawei readies for a 40-60% drop in global smartphone sales, as Trump's ban starts hurting business and some carriers pass on the new Honor 20 flagship — - Apple rival could see significant sales plunge amid Trump ban — The Chinese firm sets sights on 50% domestic market share
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| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Genius claims it has irrefutable proof of Google lifting song lyrics, displayed in search results, from Genius.com; Google says it licenses lyrics from others — Genius Media says it can prove lyrics from its site are appearing in Google search information panels— by examining the apostrophes
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Axios, The Verge, Engadget, Softpedia News, BGR, Music Ally, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Search Engine Journal, Mashable, The FADER, Business Insider, Thurrott, and hypebot
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| Dave Lee / BBC: |
Amazon CTO says AI tools like Lex are the next big thing after AWS, and it's not Amazon's responsibility to ensure Rekognition is used accurately or ethically — “I see Amazon as a technology company that just happened to do retail,” begins Werner Vogels, Amazon's chief technology officer.
Tweets: @noelsharkey and @aaronklein
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Q&A with Qualcomm SVP Dean Brenner on dynamic spectrum sharing that will let 5G/4G share bands, upcoming 2nd-gen 5G chips, and problems with 5G “race” metaphor — Understanding cellular technology begins with one key piece of information: Cell phones, personal hotspot pucks … | Jessica Rosenworcel / Wired: |
US is the only country making high-band spectrum the core of 5G rollout, which may leave it behind in mid-band tech needed to cover less populated areas in 5G — It's a worldwide race. It's a security challenge. It's a geopolitical battle between the United States and China.
Tweets: @trengriffin, @wired, @robert_spalding, @jrosenworcel, and @johnhemmings2
| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News: |
The “Amazon's Choice” label seems to imply curation, but it's awarded to listings by an algorithm, and some of the products have defects and manipulated reviews — When you're looking at a search result with hundreds of options on Amazon, the “Amazon's Choice” label may give you a sense of relief.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Citymapper says it's shutting down Ride, its hybrid taxi and bus service in London, on July 14, due to onerous regulations and a desire to focus on other ideas — It's focusing on reinventing the travel pass instead — Transport app Citymapper is reliably, even admirably inventive, but not all its experiments work out.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
PayFit, a France-based payroll and HR SaaS startup for small and medium-sized businesses, raises $79M from Eurazeo and Bpifrance — French startup PayFit is raising a new $79 million funding round (€70 million) from Eurazeo and Bpifrance. The company first started with a payroll service for small and medium companies in France.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Akamai: there were 55B credential stuffing attacks between Nov. '17 and March '19; US was the top source and target, with 67% of attacks targeting US-based orgs — Hackers have targeted the gaming industry by carrying out 12 billion credential stuffing attacks against gaming websites … | Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Prenda Law's Paul Hansmeier sentenced to 14 years for a fraud scheme that involved uploading porn videos and then threatening to sue people who downloaded them — Judge blasts Hansmeier for “almost incalculable” harms to justice. — A federal judge in Minneapolis has sentenced Paul Hansmeier …
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| Reuters: |
Broadcom forecasts that US-China trade tensions and the Huawei ban would reduce its sales by $2B this year, sending a shockwave through the chipmaking industry — LONDON/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Broadcom Inc sent a shockwave through the global chipmaking industry on Friday with its forecast …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart is now offering a new grocery delivery subscription option called Delivery Unlimited for $12.95 per month or $98 per year — Walmart is taking aim at Instacart, Target's Shipt and Amazon Prime Now/Whole Foods with a new grocery delivery subscription service called simply, “Delivery Unlimited.”Sponsor Posts
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