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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces changes to its Siri audio clip review process, making it opt-in for users, bringing the work in-house, and saying it won't retain recordings — The top line news is that Apple is making changes to the way that Siri audio review, or ‘grading’ works across all of its devices.
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Tweets: @tim, @panzer, @alexhern, @stevekovach, @can, @acedtect, @backlon, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @marcoarment, and @file511
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Amazon's Ring has partnerships with over 400 US police forces, granting them access to footage by request, higher than previously believed — The doorbell-camera company Ring has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States …
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The Ring Blog, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, The Verge, USA Today, Engadget, Quartz, GeekWire, VICE, Adweek, Mashable, CityLab, The Hill, and The Daily Dot
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Facebook tightens rules on political advertisers, requiring further identity proof such as tax-identification number or Federal Election Commission registration — Facebook on Wednesday announced it would tighten some of its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 presidential election …
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Facebook, New York Times, ZDNet, CNBC, Associated Press, Marketing Land, CNN, Digital Trends, Axios, Mashable, The Hill, and MSPoweruser
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft says it supports the addition of its proprietary exFAT file system to the Linux kernel and expects the Linux community to submit a conformant version — Microsoft today announced it is supporting the addition of its exFAT file system to the Linux kernel.
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Open Source Blog, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, BetaNews, Thurrott, TechCrunch, The Register, MSPoweruser, OnMSFT.com, and Neowin
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Report: Google plans to move some production of Pixel 3A from China to Vietnam later this year and aims to have shipped 8M-10M smartphones by the end of 2019 — According to a report from Japanese news outlet Nikkei, Google is set to move production of the Pixel from China to Vietnam amid the growing US-China trade war.
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XDA Developers, CNBC, Android Beat, Thurrott, SiliconANGLE, Android Authority, Financial Times, Android Headlines, Digital Trends, and Android Police
Tweets: @tculpan and @sallyshin
| Alexandra Ma / Business Insider: |
Report: US officials are trying to block an undersea cable backed by Google and Facebook connecting Los Angeles to Hong Kong over national security concerns — - An 8,000-mile undersea cable connecting Los Angeles to Hong Kong is at risk of being abandoned over national-security threats, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple will begin selling its devices online in India over the coming months, after the country relaxed rules mandating local production — - iPhone maker could start online sales in India within months — Eased requirements may reduce China manufacturing dependency
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TechCrunch, iMore, AppleInsider, PYMNTS.com, Patently Apple, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @markgurman
| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Three prominent men in the video game industry were accused of sexual assault in one day this week, re-igniting a broader debate about #MeToo and the industry — Developers who worked on ‘Gears of War 4’ and ‘Night in the Woods’ have been accused of sexual assault. — MARCO PIUNTI/GETTY IMAGES
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| Colin Campbell / Polygon: |
LCG Entertainment, a new company formed by game industry veterans, to buy defunct studio Telltale Games, sell some of their back catalog, and work on new games — A new attempt to relaunch the episodic adventure company — Telltale Games, which shut down last year, is coming back after its assets … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft begins bringing a dark mode to its apps, starting with Outlook for iOS and Android and Office.com; Word and others to gain dark mode for iOS 13 launch — Microsoft goes all in on dark mode for iOS 13's launch — Microsoft revealed that it was working on a dark mode for Outlook …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
US government's plan to make Dish the country's fourth-largest mobile carrier, by forcing T-Mobile and Sprint to sell assets, will likely leave 100M underserved — Dish replacing Sprint as fourth carrier could leave 100 million people uncovered. — When the Department of Justice approved … | Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Hands-on with Fitbit Versa 2, an Alexa-enabled AMOLED smartwatch with an upgraded processor, Spotify integration, available to order on September 15 for $200 — I really liked the Fitbit Versa when I reviewed it last year. For just $200, it offered a robust set of health-tracking tools in an attractive …
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Fossil Gen 5 smartwatch review: sharp looks, impressive speaker, and fast performance, but Wear OS lets it down and visibility in sunlight is an issue — Fossil held up its end of the bargain, Qualcomm and Google didn't — I have been banging on about how Google's smartwatch platform … | Sophie Kleeman / VICE: |
A steady stream of A-list celebs, from Will Smith to Zac Efron to Alexa Chung, have recently become YouTube vloggers, embracing the authenticity and new fans — Over the past 20 or so months, some of the biggest stars in the world have turned to something people do to get famous in the first place: vlogging.
Tweets: @sophiekleeman, @sophiekleeman, @creatorsproject, @dory_carrharris, and @jane_c_hu
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Analysis of Apple's supply chain data shows that, despite some diversification into India and Brazil, Apple's dependence on China has deepened since 2015 — (Reuters) - Tapping factories in Brazil and India has not lessened Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) dependence on China, the company's supply chain data shows … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Hulu launches its live TV guide on the web, Roku, and Apple TV, and says the Live Guide is coming to other platforms soon — Yesterday, Hulu began rolling out an updated version of its mobile app sporting the brand-new interface the company first unveiled at CES in January.| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Analysis of dozens of searches shows Amazon pitching its own private-label brands as customers add rival products to their baskets — The move shows how the e-commerce giant can use its powerful platform to favor its brands just as shoppers are about to purchase rival items.| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Sources: when Telegram raised $1.7B in 2018, it told investors it will deliver Gram by Oct. 31, 2019, or give back the money, and now says it is still on track — While Facebook's big cryptocurrency plans have hit a wall with regulators, another big social network, Telegram, is charging ahead with its own digital currency.
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Forbes, CNET, Cointelegraph, TechSpot, The Block, MIT Technology Review, PYMNTS.com, Bitcoinist.com, Fossbytes, InsideBitcoins.com, Micky, The Next Web, Coinspeaker, Engadget, Firstpost Tech, and CryptoGlobe
Tweets: @nytimestech, @nytimesbusiness, @baidakova, @coindesk, and @nathanielpopper
| Lucas Kunce / New York Times: |
Tech workers should distinguish between the role of technologies like AI and AR on the battlefield and general questions of whether US war-making is right — You have the power to help your fellow Americans survive on the battlefield and carry out military missions without harming civilians.
Tweets: @dellsystem, @nytopinion, @matthewstoller, and @matthewstoller
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Inkitt, a crowdsourced publishing platform that has 1.6M readers and 110K writers, raises $16M Series A, and says its reading app Galatea has a run-rate of $6M — The traditional world of publishing has been challenged hard by the digital revolution. Reading as a pastime has been in significant decline …
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| Monica Melton / Forbes: |
ThoughtSpot, a business intelligence and data analytics startup, raises $248M Series E led by Lightspeed Ventures at a $1.95B valuation — ThoughtSpot, the business intelligence startup that offers data analytics searches as simple to use as Google, hit unicorn status on Wednesday …
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FinSMEs, Crunchbase News, The Economic Times, Xconomy, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, and TechCrunch
| Renee Dudley / ProPublica: |
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