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Sources: Trump's draft executive order calls for new FCC regulations narrowing CDA Section 230 protections for social media platforms when they suppress content — Washington (CNN Business)A draft executive order from the White House could put the Federal Communications Commission in charge …
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Huawei unveils HarmonyOS, a microkernel-based, distributed OS, which Huawei says is an alternative to Android in case it can no longer use Google's OS — Huawei's long-rumored Android alternative, Hongmeng, is finally official. At today's Huawei Developer Conference …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
AMD CEO talks about plans to quickly ramp up production of EPYC server chips, launched this week, and sustaining the advantage created by Intel's stumbles — With Intel struggling to get to the next generation of chipmaking technology, AMD has an opportunity to gain some ground on its longtime rival.
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Sources: Goldman Sachs is approving Apple Card applications for some users with low credit scores as Apple wants as many of its customers as possible approved — KEY POINTS — Goldman, which is in charge of deciding who gets the Apple Card, is accepting some applications from users … | Krystal Hu / Yahoo Finance: |
Uber imposes hiring freeze on engineering teams in the US and Canada, canceling scheduled interviews with job applicants this week — Uber isn't letting tech workers join the ride, at least for now. — The ride-hailing giant has been canceling scheduled on-site interviews for tech roles this week … | Uber: |
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11 current and past YouTube moderators say popular creators like Logan Paul often get special treatment in the form of looser interpretations of guidelines — Moderators describe a chaotic workplace where exceptions for lucrative influencers are the norm. — SAN FRANCISCO …
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Amazon says it is investigating after leaked documents show Foxconn is requiring school children to illegally work overtime as interns to make Alexa devices — Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hours
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Researcher finds hundreds of exposed AWS EBS snapshots leaking sensitive customer data, like VPN configurations, passwords, and in some cases government data — How safe are your secrets? If you used Amazon's Elastic Block Storage snapshots, you might want to check your settings.| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Discord to launch Go Live feature, which allows users to stream their gameplay to up to 10 of their friends, for its desktop app on August 15 — With Go Live, you'll be able to stream yourself playing a game to up to 10 friends — Discord will launch a feature called Go Live for its desktop application on August 15th.
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Trump says US will cut ties with Huawei, but that could change if there's a trade deal with China — KEY POINTS — The U.S. will cut ties with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, but that could change if there's a trade deal with China, said Trump. — The move on Huawei came …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: WH explored ways to predict mass shootings by scanning social media posts, at a meeting with Facebook, Twitter, and others, who raised privacy concerns — Top officials in the Trump administration expressed interest in tools that might anticipate mass shootings or predict attackers … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Glow, a platform for podcast creators to set up payment options for fans to fund their shows, raises $2.3M seed from Katzenberg's WndrCo, Greycroft, and others — Glow Technologies, a startup whose platform lets podcast creators set up payment options for fans to fund their shows … | Jane Manchun Wong: |
Twitter's web app code suggests that the company is working on a search feature for Direct Messages — As Twitter users, we often have to scroll through the numerous Direct Messages just to find the past conversations we want to recall. The older the message, the longer it takes to scroll, up to minutes if you are lucky.| John Herrman / New York Times: |
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