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| 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.
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Business Insider, Engadget, GeekWire, Variety, Polygon, OnMSFT.com, Dot Esports, Kotaku, and The Esports Observer
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| 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
| 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.
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| 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.| 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 …
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| 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 …
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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 …
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| 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.| 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 … | 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 …
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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
| 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.
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| 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’| 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.
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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.
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Strategy Analytics …, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Gearburn, 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 …
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Fitbit, Inc., Android Authority, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Thurrott, Android Central, 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 … | 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 …
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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 …
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| 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 …
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