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Trump says cryptocurrencies including Facebook's Libra are “not money”, need to be regulated, citing their high volatility and facilitation of unlawful behavior — Just hours after a “social media summit,” the president's Twitter account posted a thread aimed at, of all things, cryptocurrency.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon is developing an Echo speaker with improved audio quality to rival Sonos, HomePod, for release next year, and ramping up work on its home robot — - Echo speaker to include improved audio to rival Sonos, HomePod — Wheeled robot, codenamed ‘Vesta,’ can be summoned by voice
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube unveils new ways for creators to make money, including Super Stickers for chats in livestreams and premieres and paid levels for Channel Memberships — YouTube is rolling out more ways for its creators to engage fans and generate revenue, the company announced today the VidCon event in Anaheim, California.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube says it's working to update its abuse policy in the coming weeks to curb “creator-on-creator harassment”; move comes after the Steven Crowder incident — No further details on what that means — YouTube is working on new policies to prevent “creator-on-creator harassment” … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Ford and Volkswagen to expand their alliance to include autonomous vehicles; VW will invest $2.6B in Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Ford — VW will invest $2.6 billion in Argo AI, the Pittsburgh based autonomous vehicle startup backed by Ford| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces it is rolling out redesigned News results for Search on desktop, making publishers' names more prominent, adding a carousel, and more — Google Search on the desktop web has seen a slew of visual refreshes in recent weeks. The latest is a substantial redesign of the News tab … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
In Q2, IDC estimates global PC shipments grew 4.7% to 64.9M units; Gartner estimates 1.5% growth to 63M units; both say Windows 10 refresh contributed to gain — The PC market rebounded slightly in Q2, according to research firms Gartner and IDC. After six years of quarterly PC shipment declines …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's reseller partners are upset with its decision to stop giving them internal use rights for products; source says it costs Microsoft ~$200M per year — Microsoft's talk about priorities and a changing partner market as reasons for dropping internal use rights for its products isn't sitting well with many of its resellers.| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint says it was hacked for $32M in crypto assets, of which $23M belonged to its customers — Bitpoint, a licensed cryptocurrency exchange based in Japan, has been hacked for $32 million in crypto assets. — According to a CoinDesk Japan report on Friday … | Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Sources: Postmates has had talks with DoorDash, Walmart, Uber, and others about being acquired, is still considering following through with its much-delayed IPO — Food delivery prices, labor rights and the state of the IPO market are all at stake. — A half-dozen American food-delivery companies are battling for dominance.
Tweets: @teddyschleifer and @mdudas
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it will test a feature to let users hide replies to their tweets starting next week in Canada — Twitter users are getting more control over which comments are visible in the conversations they start. — The company has been testing and talking about this feature since earlier this year …
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Facebook says its AI bot Pluribus, developed in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon, is the first such bot to beat top pros at six-player No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em — The 32-year-old is the only person to have won four World Poker Tour titles and has earned more than $7 million at tournaments.
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| Maggie Miller / The Hill: |
FEC approves a request from cybersecurity company Area 1 to provide discounted cybersecurity services to political campaigns for as little as $1,337/year — The Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday approved a request from a private company to provide discounted cybersecurity services …
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