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Sources: Apple's suppliers are preparing to produce components for up to 75M new iPhones in H2 2019, roughly the same number as in 2018 — - New models to focus on upgrades to cameras, faster processor — Samsung's and Huawei's problems could help Apple in long run
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Samsung says it has made “improvements” to protect the Galaxy Fold's screen and will release it in September, after delaying its April retail launch — New design improvements are meant to protect the fragile, flexible screen — Samsung has announced today that it has made …
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| Emily Birnbaum / The Hill: |
House passes bipartisan Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, requiring telcos to implement tech that verifies caller identity and increases FCC penalties — The House on Wednesday took a major step toward cracking down on illegal robocalls by passing legislation allowing for tougher penalties …
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Engadget, FierceWireless, Energy and Commerce Committee, 9to5Mac, O'Grady's PowerPage, iDownloadBlog.com, and Cult of Mac
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| Washington Post: |
Current and former moderators in Manila describe how tech companies like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter outsource the trauma that comes with content moderation — Social media giants have tasked a workforce of contractors with reviewing suicides and massacres to decide if such content …
Tweets: @posselist, @rachsieg, @reginecabato, @lam_barrett, @lizzadwoskin, and @shibanimahtani
| Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times: |
Facebook's ad library is so plagued by bugs and technical constraints that researchers say it is effectively useless to adequately track political advertising — The social network's new ad library is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging.| Tim Anderson / The Register: |
Amazon releases AWS Chatbot in beta, which integrates with Slack and Amazon Chime to alert users to AWS issues — Amazon Web Services' work-in-progress beta talks... but does not listen — Amazon Web Services' Chatbot, released in beta yesterday, will alert you to issues … | Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
FTC announces a $5B fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations as part of a settlement that requires federal oversight of its business practices — The settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook ends a 16-month probe that began after revelations of the tech giant's entanglement with Cambridge Analytica
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
eBay says it will launch Managed Delivery, its own fulfillment service, in the US next year with an aim to deliver packages in two to three days — Although it won't own its own warehouses — eBay has announced plans to launch its own fulfillment service called Managed Delivery …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Standard Cognition, which builds a platform for cashierless retail stores, raises $35M Series B led by EQT Ventures, bringing its total raised to $86M+ — A checkout-free future might be closer than you think, thanks to startups like Standard Cognition. The San Francisco-based company … | Cecilia D'Anastasio / Kotaku: |
Report: 74% of gamers in the US have experienced some form of harassment with 65% experiencing severe harassment including physical threats and stalking — 74 percent of adults who play games online have experienced some form of harassment, according to a new report released today.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Waymo and DeepMind say they are collaborating to develop better self-driving AI algorithms, using techniques inspired by evolutionary biology — Sussing out AI models capable of reliably guiding driverless cars requires endless amounts of testing and fine-tuning, typically, not to mention computational power out the wazoo.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers find that cryptocurrency loan site YouHodler exposed 86M lines of records, including unencrypted names and credit card numbers, for almost a month — A cryptocurrency loan startup exposed reams of customer credit cards and user transactions for almost a month — because it forgot to protect the server with a password.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Tinder is rolling out Traveler Alert, which automatically hides profiles of LGBTQ+ users after they arrive in a country that criminalizes same-sex relationships — A new security feature rolling out on Tinder will help to protect LBGTQ+ users who travel to dozens of nations, which still criminalize same-sex acts or relationships.
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
A profile of FaceApp CEO Yaroslav Goncharov, who says that the app has a paying customer base of roughly 1% after claiming the company is “very profitable” — He's worked on Windows Mobile for Microsoft. He was cofounder of a company that sold to Russia's Google, Yandex … | Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Hippo, which uses sources like satellite imagery and smart home sensors to offer better home insurance policies, raises $100M Series D at a valuation of $1B — Hippo, a tech startup focused on the insurance market, has raised $100 million in new venture capital at a $1 billion valuation … | Jonathan Zittrain / New Yorker: |
A look at the potential downsides of using the “answers first, explanations later” approach to building and deploying AI systems for solving real world problems — Like many medications, the wakefulness drug modafinil, which is marketed under the trade name Provigil, comes with a small, tightly folded paper pamphlet.
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| Bayerischer Rundfunk: |
Journalists and IT experts shed light on years-long cyberespionage campaign against German corporations by Winnti, a hacking group believed to be based in China — For a number of years now, a group of professional hackers has been busy spying on businesses all over the world: Winnti.
Tweets: @martijn_grooten, @securedemocracy, @hatr, @hatr, @mattiasalmeflo, and @campuscodi
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Toyota invests $600M in Didi Chuxing and as part of the deal, the two companies will set up a joint venture for vehicle-related services for Didi drivers — Didi Chuxing announced today that it has received new investment totaling $600 million from Toyota Motor Corporation.
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Reuters, Nikkei Asian Review, CNBC, Crunchbase News, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, Tech in Asia, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, TechSpot, KrASIA, PYMNTS.com, and Silicon Republic. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Poland-based crowdsourced homework helper Brainly says it now has 150M users in 35 markets, up 50% from 2018, raises $30M, bringing its total raised to $68.5M — When it comes to turning the wheels of the internet, crowdsourcing is a key component of the engine: the power of people … | Facebook: |
Facebook reports Q2 revenue of $16.9B, up 28% YoY, as ad revenue rises 28% YoY to $16.6B; MAUs rose 8% YoY to 2.41B, as average DAUs rose 8% YoY to 1.59B — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. — “We had a strong quarter …
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| Kevin Draper / New York Times: |
Twitter signs an agreement with NBC for 2020 Olympics, to show limited live event coverage, highlights, and a daily 20-minute show — Twitter will show some live coverage, highlights and a daily studio show from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. — If you cannot find a television …
Tweets: @kevinmdraper and @nytsports
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