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July 18, 2019, 2:25 PM
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European Commission:
European Commission fines Qualcomm €242M for abusing its dominance in 3G baseband chipsets by selling below cost to force its competitor Icera out of the market  —  The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €242 million for abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets.
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Slack says it is resetting passwords for 1% of its users after receiving new info about the company's 2015 security breach; in April, Slack said it has 10M DAUs  —  Company said it received a batch of compromised credentials related to the 2015 hack via its bug bounty program.
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
In some ways, Netflix's Q2 results were a disaster, highlighting the weakness of its US market, limits of international growth, and pain of losing huge shows  —  As US growth slows, executives look to international markets  —  Netflix reported earnings on Wednesday night, and the results were disastrous.
Netflix Investor Relations:
Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $4.9B, up 26% YoY, and total paid membership of 152M, up 22% YoY, but it added 2.7M new subs, down from 5.5M YoY; stock down 10%+
Todd Spangler / Variety:
In Q2, Netflix lost US subscribers for the first time since Q3 2011, dropping 130,000, and added fewer global subs than expected, citing a weak Q2 content slate
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Netflix says it plans to launch a cheaper mobile-only streaming plan starting in India in Q3
Jennifer Miller / New York Times:
As podcast service Blubrry says there are now over 700,000 podcasts, with 2,000 to 3,000 launching every month, a look at whether we have reached “peak podcast”  —  If past experience (cough, blogs) is any indication, a shakeout is nigh.  —  In 2016, Morgan Mandriota and Lester Lee …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Microsoft says it has warned ~10,000 customers of nation-state attacks in the past year and tracked 781 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries this election cycle  —  The tech giant says it has tracked more than 700 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries against U.S. political organizations so far this election cycle.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
DNC warns 2020 presidential campaigns not to use FaceApp; alert from DNC's chief security officer notes that the app was “developed by Russians”  —  Washington (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee sent a security alert to 2020 presidential campaigns Wednesday afternoon warning …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
As FaceApp goes viral again, many are wary of the image-altering app's weak privacy policy, the fact it's based in Russia, and that photos are sent to the cloud
Alfred Ng / CNET:
Google removes seven stalkerware apps from the Play Store that were found by Avast researchers; the apps had been installed more than 130,000 times  —  You'd think it would be difficult to find an app that can secretly track a person's every move.  But researchers have found them right in the open on Google's Play Store.
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Trump confirms he will look into Pentagon's JEDI cloud contract, set to be awarded to Microsoft and Amazon, after “tremendous complaints from other companies”  —  KEY POINTS  — President Trump said he's looking at the JEDI Contract that will be awarded to Microsoft or Amazon.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Haus, a real estate startup started by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp as part of his startup studio Expa, raises $4.1M in seed funding and $3M in debt  —  Haus, a startup aiming to make home ownership more affordable and flexible, is announcing that it has raised $7.1 million in new funding.
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
New Delhi-based MyMoneyMantra, which operates a marketplace for financial services, raises $15M, its first external funding in its 30-year history  —  MyMoneyMantra, a 30-year-old New Delhi-based firm that operates a marketplace of financial services, has raised $15 million in its maiden funding round …
Douglas Busvine / Reuters:
After a seven-month probe, Amazon reaches a deal with German antitrust watchdog to give 30 days notice and a reason for removing a merchant from its platform  —  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O) has reached a deal with Germany's anti-trust authority to overhaul its terms of service …
European Commission:
The European Commission launches a formal antitrust investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct by Amazon in its dual role as marketplace and retailer

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
White House denied CNN, MS NOW, Politico staffers access on Saturday; CNN calls it an “illegal assault”; Politico says it will “vigorously defend” its 1A rights

Josh Sisco / Bloomberg:
Sources: California's settlement talks with Paramount include a $30M penalty for each film short of Paramount's pledge to release 30 movies per year in theaters

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a postproduction tax incentive into law, rewarding productions that locate scoring, editing, or other post work in California

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