Techmeme: Live stream of Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2019 event in NYC (YouTube)

Live stream of Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2019 event in NYC — Time to level up. #SamsungEvent #Unpacked http://www.samsung.com To view the YouTube streams on a desktop or laptop computer you'll need: • Most recent version of Google Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge or Safari

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TechRadar.com:

Live blog of Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, where a new Note10 is expected alongside other devices — We're reporting on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 event in real time from New York, and we expect a few surprises — Today, August 7, is the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 launch date …

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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Samsung debuts the Galaxy Note10 with 6.3" screen, wide angle and telephoto rear cameras, Snapdragon 855, coming Aug. 23 with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage for $949 — Available on August 23rd starting at $949 — Samsung is announcing not one, but two versions of its flagship Galaxy Note 10 smartphone …

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Tweets: @andrewmartonik, @mkbhd, @sharatibken, @backlon, and @backlon

Nick Statt / The Verge:

Samsung updates its S Pen stylus with six-axis motion detection, enabling new air gestures that can work with third-party apps — Samsung is bringing air gestures to its stylus — Samsung's latest iteration of the S Pen stylus has a new trick: it can be used to perform air gestures, effectively turning it into a Bluetooth wand.

More: CNET, CNET, and Samsung Global Newsroom

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:

Samsung unveils Galaxy Note10+ with a 6.8" display, all-screen design, Snapdragon 855, 12GB of RAM, 256GB or 512GB storage, coming on August 23 for $1,100+ — For the first time ever, Samsung is launching two new Note phones at once: the 6.3-inch Note 10, which is actually smaller than last year's model …

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Tweets: @geoffreyfowler and @backlon

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Samsung says Galaxy Note10+ 5G with 256GB storage will be $1,300, the 512GB model will cost $1,400; in US, Verizon will have exclusivity initially

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Dan Seifert / The Verge:

A look at Samsung's updated DeX feature, which offers a desktop-like computing mode for its smartphones and has been expanded to work with Windows and macOS PCs

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Cherlynn Low / Engadget:

Hands-on with Samsung's Galaxy Note10 and 10+: sleeker all-screen design is nice, the S-Pen has more tricks like gesture support, better DeX support is useful

More: Engadget, TechCrunch, Samsung Global Newsroom, and Axios

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Samsung claims the Note10 has lost its 3.5mm headphone jack to increase battery size by 2%-3% and to improve haptic feedback

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Tweets: @andrewmartonik, @stevekovach, @geoffreyfowler, and @backlon

Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech:

Samsung announces the Exynos 9825 system on a chip, its 7nm update to the 9820, which will likely be used in the forthcoming Galaxy Note10

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Joseph Cox / VICE:

Source and documents show Microsoft contractors are listening to some Skype calls made using the app's translation service — Contractors working for Microsoft are listening to personal conversations of Skype users conducted through the app's translation service, according to a cache of internal documents …

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Tweets: @josephfcox, @yoda, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, and @torproject

Makena Kelly / The Verge:

Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony say they will require game publishers to disclose the odds of receiving types of in-game items from loot boxes starting in 2020 — And a handful of publishers, too — The three major video game console manufacturers — Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo …

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Tweets: @harrymccracken, @tonyromm, and @db

Bloomberg:

Sources: Facebook is rebuilding Instagram's messaging feature using Messenger tech, with Instagram's team reporting to Messenger; Instagram's look won't change — - Social network takes first steps to combine messaging products — Instagram's direct messaging team now reports to Messenger

More: 9to5Mac. Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, and @kurtwagner8

Bloomberg:

FedEx says it will not renew its ground-delivery contract with Amazon when it expires at the end of this month, as the e-commerce giant emerges as a competitor — FedEx Corp. is snipping another tie with Amazon.com Inc. as the e-commerce giant emerges as a competitor by building its own shipping network.

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Tweets: @davehclark, @business, @delrey, and @bdsams

Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg:

UK filings show Google's DeepMind reported a loss of $572M in 2018 on revenue of $124.9M, while it has $1.2B+ of debt due for repayment this year — - AI company revenue doubled in 2018 but losses are spiralling — Auditors confident Alphabet will maintain financial support

Tweets: @sam_l_shead, @ruskin147, and @yoda

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:

IBM researchers detail “warshipping”, a technique whereby attackers build and mail a device capable of hacking WiFi networks to the target — Why break into a company's network when you can just walk right in — literally? — Gone could be the days of having to find a zero …

Tweets: @kimzetter, @zackwhittaker, and @geeknik

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Amazon now gives users the ability to choose how fast Alexa talks by saying “speed up” or “slow down”, with seven different speed options — There are seven speeds — Amazon is launching a new ability for it's Alexa smart assistant today: the ability to choose how fast it talks.

More: Day One, Engadget, CNBC, GeekWire, SlashGear, VentureBeat, Voicebot, MSPoweruser, and Fast Company

Alex Konrad / Forbes:

Webflow, a simple website builder for non-coders, raises $72M Series A led by Accel, after previously raising only $2.9M; sources say valuation is $350M-$400M — Covering venture capital, software and startups — On his fourth attempt at building the company of his dreams …

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Tweets: @alexrkonrad, @tylertringas, @rrhoover, @gilbert, @austen, and @webflow. Thanks:@alexrkonrad

Kate Conger / New York Times:

Uber is partnering with US public transit agencies to gain more riders and revenue, but city officials are wary of losing commuters and not getting rider data — The ride-hailing company, craving growth, is looking to public transit for riders and revenue. Cities aren't sure whether to welcome it.

More: The Verge. Tweets: @kateconger, @sameerpatel, @shonaghosh, and @mdudas

Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News:

The El Paso and Dayton shootings once again show how disinformation can spread on hard-to-track private messaging apps, oftentimes by bad actors — Just after the El Paso shooting, a video of a young man in glasses driving and rapping to Kendrick Lamar began to spread on Telegram.

Tweets: @tomnamako, @elamin88, @cwarzel, and @janelytv

Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:

Researchers studying disinformation in the Philippines and countermeasures by Facebook and YouTube say little has improved since 2016, a red flag for elsewhere

Tweets: @miriamelder

Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:

Lyft boosts forecast for the year to $3.47B+ in sales, vs. average estimates of $3.32B, and an adjusted loss of $875M, a $300M decrease from earlier projection — - Lyft generated $867.3 million in quarterly sales, up 72% — Adjusted loss beat expectations, while net loss declined

Tweets: @wsj, @alex, @alex, and @alex

Lyft, Inc.:

Lyft reports Q2 revenue of $867M, up 72% YoY, and an adjusted net loss $197.3M compared to an adjusted loss of $176.5M a year ago

More: TechCrunch, Axios, and Lyft, Inc.

Tweets: @alex and @ericnewcomer

Daniel Lippman / Politico:

Sources: White House is circulating drafts of an executive order addressing alleged anti-conservative bias on social media, although exact details are unclear — The White House is circulating drafts of a proposed executive order that would address allegations of anti-conservative bias …

Tweets: @byjacobward, @jeremybwhite, and @walterolson

Slack:

Slack announces several new enterprise security features, including secondary authentication via Face ID, Touch ID and domain whitelisting tools for IT admins — New features give Enterprise Grid admins more control over who can use Slack and how, and which devices are approved

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