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WordPress.com owner Automattic says it will buy Tumblr from Verizon, take on ~200 staffers, and keep the porn ban; source says Automattic paid less than $10M — Verizon is set to sell the social network Tumblr to Automattic Inc, the owner of blog site and publishing tool Wordpress, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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How YouTube radicalized Brazil, diverting users to conspiracy and far-right channels, elevating Bolsonaro's party, and possibly creating a public health crisis — NITERÓI, Brazil — When Matheus Dominguez was 16, YouTube recommended a video that changed his life.| Brad Sams / Thurrott: |
Microsoft says the next planned major update for Minecraft, the Super Duper Graphics Pack update, is “too technically demanding” and has been canceled — Back at E3 2017, Micorosft showed off what was going to be the next major update for Minecraft.
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| Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase tells UK customers to convert their Zcash to other coins or move it to external wallets, otherwise it will automatically convert to pounds on Aug. 26 — The U.K. arm of Coinbase appears to be dropping support for the privacy-focused cryptocurrency zcash.
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| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Johnson Controls' GLAS thermostat, debuted as a Cortana-powered device in 2018, is being updated to remove Cortana, instead offering Alexa and Google Assistant — The GLAS smart thermostat was to be Cortana's big expansion in the connected home, but the stylish glass HVAC controller …
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Sources: Facebook halted acquisition talks with Houseparty late last year due to antitrust concerns and began internal changes to make itself harder to break up — SAN FRANCISCO — Senator Elizabeth Warren has called for the breakup of big tech companies like Facebook.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung has unveiled ISOCELL Bright HMX, a 108MP smartphone camera sensor developed in collaboration with Xiaomi, one of the largest ever at 1/1.33-inches — With the smartphone megapixel camera wars raging on, Samsung has fired a significant shot. It unveiled a 108-megapixel smartphone …
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Since YouTube changed its recommendation algorithm in January to deprioritize conspiracy theories, monthly views of Fox News' YouTube channel more than tripled — Conspiracy channels all over the platform are funneling increased traffic to Fox. — Early this year, YouTube adjusted … | Tara Seals / Threatpost: |
Researchers find that in four dating apps, including Grindr, any user's location can be determined using the apps' public APIs, if the username is known — Four popular dating apps that together can claim 10 million users have been found to leak precise locations of their members.| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
AI-powered search company Lucidworks raises $100M from investors including Francisco Partners and TPG Sixth Street Partners, following last year's $50M Series E — AI-powered search venture Lucidworks has raised $100 million from Francisco Partners and TPG Sixth Street Partners …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Polarity, which uses AI to analyze text on employee screens to augment it with context overlays, raises $8.1M Series AA following a $3.5M Series A in 2017 — Reference docs and spreadsheets seemingly make the world go 'round, but what if employees could just close those tabs for good without losing that knowledge?| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Attentive raises $40M Series B led by Sequoia for its mobile messaging tools for retailers — Attentive, a startup helping retailers personalize their mobile messages, is announcing that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding. — The startup was founded by Brian Long and Andrew Jones … | Nathan DiCamillo / CoinDesk: |
IBM is the first major tech company to back Hedera Hashgraph, which claims its distributed ledger tech is faster and more secure than current blockchains — IBM and Indian telecom company Tata Communications have joined the governance council of Hedera Hashgraph, a blockchain-like public network for enterprises.| Bloomberg: |
Zhihu, a China-based Q&A platform with 100M+ posts, raises $434M led by Chinese live-streaming platform Kuaishou, with Baidu, Tencent, and others participating — - Baidu to add Zhihu's online Q&A content to its main mobile app — Deal may help Baidu and Kuaishou compete with Bytedance
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