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Twitter says it proactively suspended ~200K “spammy” accounts, before they became “substantially active”, alongside its initial ban of 936 China-linked accounts — We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong …
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Tweets: @donie, @chrchristensen, @wongmjane, @timothys, @theintercept, @donie, @oneunderscore__, @sanasaeed, and @annafifield
| Nathaniel Gleicher / Facebook: |
After a tip from Twitter, Facebook removes 7 Pages, 3 Groups, 5 accounts originating in China “involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior” regarding Hong Kong — Today, we removed seven Pages, three Groups and five Facebook accounts involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior …
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New York Times, Washington Post, Axios, Fortune, The Verge, and MediaNama
Tweets: @alexstamos, @sarahfrier, @alexstamos, @lhfang, @repadamschiff, @hawleymo, @caseynewton, and @mariecbaca
| Twitter: |
Twitter says it will no longer accept advertising from state-controlled news media entities, but the rule does not apply to “taxpayer-funded entities” — Our singular mission is to serve the public conversation. This mission applies to every part of our service, including our advertising and promotional products.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Twitter accuses China of running a disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters, attempting to “sow political discord”, suspends 936 associated accounts — KEY POINTS — Twitter said Monday it suspended hundreds of accounts that are believed to be tied to a …
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FutureSin. Tweets: @twittersafety, @cnbcnow, @rachel_cheung1, @caro_milanesi, @swodinsky, and @jkylebass
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning to roll out Apple TV+, its subscription service, by November and is considering $9.99/month pricing after a free trial — - Company builds array of new services to augment hardware sales — Apple Inc. plans to roll out the Apple TV+ movie and TV subscription service …
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Tweets: @markgurman, @davechensky, @sherman4949, @caseynewton, @dhh, @reckless, @markgurman, and @dylanbyers
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple has committed $6B+ for original shows and movies, many featuring huge names, ahead of Apple TV+'s launch, expected within the next two months — Apple has committed more than $6bn for original shows and movies ahead of the launch of its new video streaming service …
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Microsoft acquires jClarity, which provides performance tuning tools for Java developers, to help optimize Java workloads on Azure — Microsoft Corp. today divulged that it has acquired jClarity Ltd., a British provider of tools for Java software projects.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Without evidence or any attempt at further explanation, Trump accuses Google of manipulating millions of votes in 2016's election, says Google “should be sued” — The President this morning lashed out at Google on Twitter, accusing the company of manipulating millions of votes …
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Tweets: @hillaryclinton, @realdonaldtrump, @ddale8, @ddale8, @reckless, @sethn12, @ddale8, @cnn, @reckless, and @willoremus
| Kadhim Shubber / Financial Times: |
FTC chairman says he intends to complete the Facebook antitrust probe before 2020 election and WhatsApp-Instagram integration would make breaking it up harder — Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said on Monday that Facebook's effort to integrate Instagram …
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| Samit Sarkar / Polygon: |
Sony Interactive Entertainment says it is acquiring Insomniac Games, developer of PS4 hit Marvel's Spider-Man; Insomniac to join PlayStation's Worldwide Studios — Developer of Ratchet & Clank, Spyro, and Marvel's Spider-Man joins the PlayStation family — Sony is buying Insomniac Games …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Nvidia says that its GeForce Now game streaming service, which is in public beta for Mac, PC, and Shield TV, will be coming to Android later this year — Ahead of the next Stadia Connect livestream where Google will announce more games, Nvidia revealed that its competing GeForce Now streaming service will be coming to Android.
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Tweets: @nvidiagfn and @backlon
| TechCrunch: |
A roundup of the 84 companies that launched at Y Combinator's Summer 2019 Demo Day 1, including education, finance, AI, and AR/VR startups — It's that time of year, Silicon Valley's investor technocrati and advice-giving Twitter celebrities descended upon Pier 48 in San Francisco to judge …
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Golden Blog and EdSurge
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Baidu reports Q2 revenue of ~$3.73B, up 12% YoY, beating estimates, and a net income of ~$344M, down 62% YoY; iQiyi revenue topped ~$1.01B, up 15% YoY — Chinese technology group Baidu on Monday posted a revenue of 26.33 billion yuan ($3.73 billion) for the quarter that ended in June …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
The first public jailbreak in years for up-to-date iPhones has been posted online, researchers say, after a bug that was patched in iOS 12.3 was reintroduced — Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability it had already fixed, making current versions of iOS vulnerable to hackers.
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Tweets: @lorenzofb, @malwarejake, @wired, @msuiche, @thegrugq, @briannawu, and @evacide
| Aaron Tilley / The Information: |
Bill Stasior, former longtime Apple exec who oversaw Siri, has joined Microsoft as corporate VP of technology, reporting to CTO Kevin Scott — Bill Stasior, the longtime former Apple executive overseeing its Siri digital assistant, has joined Microsoft, continuing a reshuffling …
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AppleInsider, WinBuzzer, CNBC, The Verge, GeekWire, PYMNTS.com, ZDNet, Thurrott, MSPoweruser, iMore, VentureBeat, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @_abk, @twsheppard, and @maryjofoley
| Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post: |
Inside China's ambitious program to dominate the emerging field of quantum technology, overseen by physicist Pan Jian-Wei, as it pours billions into R&D — China's drive to dominate a field with big economic and military applications outpaces some U.S. strides
Tweets: @rokhanna, @keithboykin, @ritholtz, and @mbrookerhk
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
US Commerce Department adds 46 Huawei affiliates to its Entity List and extends the temporary general license by 90 days for US firms doing business with Huawei — Update: Huawei has responded to the DoC's move, … The United States Department of Commerce announced this morning the addition …
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| Amanda Bartlett / San Francisco Chronicle: |
FogCam, a webcam set up by two San Francisco State students on a campus roof and widely deemed to be the longest-running webcam, is shutting down after 25 years — “As far as I know, they were the first cats live on the Internet,” Jeff Schwartz says. He's talking about Petunia and Web … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches a feature that allows users to shop for products associated with a sponsored Hashtag Challenge without leaving its app — TikTok, the short-form video platform favored by young adults and teens, has launched a new feature that allows users to shop for products associated …
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PYMNTS.com, Social Media Today, Engadget, Firstpost Tech, and Adweek
| Tushar Mehta / XDA Developers: |
Microsoft brings SMS Organizer, its Android app to filter spam texts and get smart notifications about bills, flights, and more, from India to Australia, UK, US — Microsoft's aspirations of creating and selling smartphones may have collapsed but its association with smartphones has not ended.
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Inquirer, WinBuzzer, Pocket-lint, ZDNet, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, Engadget, Android Police, Thurrott, Windows Central, and The Verge. Tweets: @stevesi
| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Reddit to test live video streaming for users, from 9am to 5pm through the end of this week, to be entirely moderated by Reddit employees — ON FRIDAY, A series of cryptic posts began to appear on r/pan, a Reddit community that seemed to materialize out of nowhere.
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Tweets: @pardesoteric, @wired, @genepark, and @mosheisaacian
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