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Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:

Intel unveils eleven 10th-gen Ice Lake laptop CPUs, built on its new 10-nm Sunny Cove architecture, claims they run 18% more instructions per clock than before — Intel gave us the broad strokes of its 10th-generation “Ice Lake” notebook CPUs at Computex a few months ago, but now the company is finally ready to give us more details.

More: SiliconANGLE, Tom's Hardware, Inquirer, The Verge, Thurrott, AnandTech, Fortune, Windows Central, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, ZDNet, PCWorld, PCWorld, VentureBeat, and IGN

Tweets: @talinns11, @devindra, @rdrv3, and @tomwarren

Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech:

An in-depth look at Intel's new Ice Lake chips, including their development history and benchmark results — Intel's new Ice Lake platform is the company's second attempt at producing a 10nm chip for the mass market, and follows on from the Cannon Lake platform.

More: Tom's Hardware. Tweets: @iancutress, @anandtech, and @iancutress. Thanks:@iancutress

Joseph Cox / VICE:

Inside US-based “phone farms”, where people use dozens or hundreds of smartphones to fabricate engagements with ads and generate some disposable income — Ordinary Americans are using armies of phones to generate cash to buy food, diapers, and beer through ad fraud.

Tweets: @josephfcox, @jason_koebler, @cecianasta, @vice, @mazzy_starfox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @derektmead, @emanuelmaiberg, and @josephfcox

Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:

Facebook details its first takedown of inauthentic accounts linked to the Saudi government, alongside a separate takedown of accounts linked to UAE and Egypt — Washington (CNN Business)Facebook said Thursday it had found evidence of something cyber security and national security experts …

More: Facebook, Reuters, bellingcat, Business Insider, and CNBC

Tweets: @jamesrbuk, @jamesrbuk, @bellingcat, @swodinsky, @dnvolz, @bellingcat, @bellingcat, @alexemmons, and @anthony

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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:

Bird unveils new electric scooter with 50% more battery life, anti-vandalism sensors, anti-tipping kickstands, and anti-puncture tires — Bird Two also has anti-tipping kickstands and anti-puncture tires — It's been less than three months since Bird unveiled Bird One …

More: CNET, Engadget, VentureBeat, TechSpot, and Electrek. Tweets: @_danielsinclair

Andrew Webster / The Verge:

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the biggest name in Fortnite and one of Twitch's most popular stars, says he will move to Microsoft's Mixer full-time — Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the biggest name in Fortnite and one of Twitch's most popular stars, is leaving the platform to stream exclusively on Mixer.

More: Engadget, GeekWire, Variety, Polygon, OnMSFT.com, Dot Esports, and Kotaku

Tweets: @ninja, @ninja, @blakeir, @yoda, @mgsiegler, @kevinroose, @dinabass, @swiftonsecurity, @mikeandronico, and @loudmouthjulia

Abhijeet M. / SamMobile:

Leaked render of Samsung's 3.5mm to USB-C adapter is a further indication that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 10 will not have a 3.5mm headphone jack — We've seen the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ in all their glory in a slew of leaked renders already, and now, a render showing the 3.5mm …

More: The Verge, Engadget, CNET, Android Authority, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Droid Life, and TalkAndroid.com

Tweets: @mkbhd and @fmanjoo

Mix / The Next Web:

Sensor Tower: YouTube remains world's top-grossing video app, generating $138M in user spending in Q2 2019, up 220% YoY; US users generated ~70% of this revenue — Google must be happy. YouTube is the world's top-grossing app in the photo and video software category for a second quarter in a row.

More: 9to5Google, Vox, New York Magazine, and Sensor Tower Blog

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New York Times:

Cisco to pay $8.6M to settle government claims for selling video surveillance tech with a security flaw, reported in 2008, to government agencies until 2013 — WASHINGTON — Cisco Systems agreed on Wednesday to pay $8.6 million to settle claims that it sold video surveillance technology …

More: Cisco Blog, CNET, Threatpost, Washington Post, CyberScoop, Engadget, Washington Post, CNBC, Security Boulevard, Reuters, Boing Boing, The Register, IT PRO, The Hacker News, Security Affairs, Slashdot, Gizmodo, ComputerWeekly.com, and ZDNet

Tweets: @harleygeiger, @bad_packets, @katefazzini, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @ericgeller, and @kimzetter

Klint Finley / Wired:

A look at the debate about commercializing open source software, as more companies adopt restrictive licenses for their open source software to generate revenue — As open source software grows more popular, and important, developers face an existential question: How to make money from something you give away for free?

Tweets: @carnage4life, @_msw_, @degoodmanwilson, @wired, @johanvos, and @klintron

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:

With an estimated 420K CCTV cameras operating in the city, London has become a test bed for visual surveillance tech, including live facial recognition — On the last day of January, few of the shoppers and office workers who hurried through Romford town centre in east London …

Tweets: @henrymance, @nuffieldfound, @financialtimes, @financialtimes, and @groomb

Bloomberg:

SEC filings: MacKenzie Bezos is now the second largest Amazon shareholder, holding 19.7M shares, or a ~4% stake worth ~$37B, in the company — MacKenzie Bezos is officially Amazon.com Inc.'s second-largest individual shareholder. — About 19.7 million shares are now registered …

More: Forbes, Reuters, Business Insider, CNN, Telegraph, GeekWire, and Gizmodo

Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez / The San Francisco Examiner:

Lyft has made its 1,000 e-bikes in San Francisco “unavailable to riders” following two reports of bikes catching fire — The flames appear to have originated from the battery — The battery of an electric Lyft bicycle appeared to catch fire Wednesday in the Lower Haight.

More: TechCrunch, Engadget, Android Authority, KnowTechie, The Verge, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, The Guardian, CNET, Business Insider, Mashable, and NBC Bay Area

Tweets: @william_fitz and @transbay

The Guardian:

Facebook says it was “not our role” to remove fake news during Australian election; it only demotes fake news, removes content that violates community standards — Exclusive: Facebook executive Simon Milner says company ‘only removes content that violates our community standards’

Tweets: @murpharoo, @vanbadham, @firstdraftnews, and @rvawonk

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Liam Tung / ZDNet:

Google to let G Suite admins select users for the Advanced Protection Program, designed to prevent cyberattacks against high-profile users, in the coming days — You might never need to change your password again if you're part of the G Suite Advanced Protection Program.

More: G Suite Updates Blog, Google Cloud Blog, The Next Web, Dark Reading, Google Online Security Blog, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @googlecloud

Varun Mishra / Counterpoint Research:

Analysis: in Q2 2019, global smartphone shipments declined 1% YoY, making it the 7th consecutive quarter of declining shipments; Samsung shipments grew 7.1% YoY — Overall smartphone shipment declined 1% in Q2 2019, making it the seventh consecutive quarter of declining shipments.

More: Strategy Analytics …, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Gizmochina, CNET, KrASIA, and Android Authority

Tweets: @varun_m01, @shobhit07, @neiltwitz, @neiltwitz, and @neiltwitz

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:

Fitbit beat analyst estimates with Q2 revenue of $314M, up 5% YoY, but lowered Q3 guidance; stock down 18% — KEY POINTS — The Fitbit Ionic has a few apps, with more to come — Shares of Fitbit cratered as much as 21% after hours on Wednesday after the company cut guidance …

More: Fitbit, Inc., Android Authority, PYMNTS.com, Android Central, Reuters, Thurrott, and ZDNet

Tweets: @mattrosoff and @henshaw

Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:

Ofcom gives BBC approval to make its content available on iPlayer for a year or more, scrapping the previous 30-day limit, to help compete against Netflix — The UK media regulator has given permission for the BBC to transform its iPlayer from a catch-up service into a Netflix-style streaming platform …

More: BBC and Neowin

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Ryan Browne / CNBC:

UK-based fintech startup Revolut launches commission-free US stock trading service, including the ability to buy fractions of shares — KEY POINTS — Revolut users will be able to buy a fraction of shares in U.S. companies through its trading platform. — British fintech firm Revolut …

More: Revolut Blog, TechCrunch, Quartz, Coinspeaker, The Block, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @revolutapp. Thanks:@ryan_browne_

Colin Lecher / The Verge:

German regulator says Google has agreed to stop listening in and transcribing Google Assistant recordings for three months in Europe — Germany's data protection commissioner is investigating — Google has agreed to stop listening in and transcribing Google Assistant recordings …

More: Associated Press

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Recogni raises $25M Series A led by GreatPoint Ventures for its power-efficient integrated module that collects and locally processes data for autonomous cars — RK Anand — along with Ashwini Choudhary, Eye-Fi founder Eugene Feinberg, former Lilium sensor systems engineer Gilles Backhus …

More: Forbes, Futurecar.com, BMW BLOG, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, Recogni, and PE Hub Blog

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Armory, which commercializes the open source continuous delivery platform Spinnaker, raises $28M Series B led by Insight Partners — Armory, a member of the Continuous Delivery (CD) Foundation and the software developer commercializing the multi-cloud CD suite Spinnaker …

More: Tehrani.com, FinSMEs, Database Trends …, GlobeNewswire News Room, and PE Hub Blog

Polina Marinova / Fortune:

New York-based Lux Capital raises $500M for its early-stage fund and $550M for its opportunity fund to invest in startups on “the cutting edge of science” — Lux Capital, a New York-based venture capital firm, has raised more than $1 billion across two new funds to back companies on “the cutting edge of science.”

Ryan Christoffel / MacStories:

An in-depth look at Apple Maps in iOS 13, the biggest update to the service so far, and how it compares to Google Maps — Apple's path to a home-brewed mapping solution has been long and perilous, but it's almost arrived. — 12 years ago the iPhone launched with Google powering …

More: iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @whatthebit, @craigmod, @viticci, and @iryantldr

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