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Twitter is suspending 70 accounts linked to Michael Bloomberg's campaign for violating its policies, citing platform manipulation and duplicative content — Michael R. Bloomberg's presidential campaign has been experimenting with novel tactics to cultivate an online following, or at least the appearance of one.
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| Julia Boorstin / CNBC: |
Source: Facebook considers transparency measures around posts from political campaign staffers, due to concerns around Bloomberg campaign's use of its platform — - Facebook is considering ways to show when a paid campaign staffer shares a political post on the site.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Comcast's NBCUniversal is in advanced talks to acquire streaming-video service Vudu from Walmart — Entertainment giants increasingly look to give consumers free or low-cost alternatives to premium subscription streaming services — Fox Corp. and Comcast Corp. are each in discussions …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Shopify says it will join the Libra Association, contributing financially and operating a node that processes transactions of Facebook's stablecoin — After eBay, Visa, Stripe, and other high-profile departures, the Libra Association scored a win today with the addition of Shopify.
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Facebook: Libra. Tweets: @jamesplloyd, @davidmarcus, @libra_, @forbescrypto, @yassineark, @anildelphi, @gmbutts, @zachary, @caseynewton, @mdudas, and @globalnewsto. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
WhatsApp lets some private group chat invite links get indexed by search engines like Google, allowing anyone to join — Google is indexing invite links to WhatsApp group chats whose administrators may want to be private. This means with a simple search, random people can discover and join a wide range of WhatsApp group chats.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
With iOS 14, Apple may start opening its walled garden, beginning with allowing third-party apps as defaults, which could ease antitrust pressure — Default app changes are small but significant — I have a love-hate relationship with my iPhone. I love the hardware … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google says that from August 3 all new Google Play apps that access background location will need to pass review, expanding to all existing apps on November 3 — Apps will face a new review process to enable the feature — Google is placing new restrictions on which Android apps can track …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Trump campaign has bought exclusive nationwide masthead ads on YouTube for days leading up to and on election day; ads may cost up to $1M+ a day — In the immediate run up to the U.S. presidential election and on Election Day, the homepage of YouTube is set to advertise just one candidate: Donald Trump.
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
MIT researchers say they used AI to discover new potent antibiotics that treat drug-resistant diseases — Machine learning uncovers potent new drug able to kill 35 powerful bacteria — Artificial intelligence has been used to discover new antibiotics effective against untreatable diseases …
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Google is resisting efforts to surrender emails, texts, and other documents sought by state investigators probing anticompetitive digital ad practices — Company is reluctant to surrender some documents in investigation of possible anticompetitive practices
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New York Times, Input, The Hill, New York Post, and Seeking Alpha
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| Jon Marcus / New York Times: |
A look at current innovations in higher ed, including ongoing subscriptions instead of tuition, AI tutors, and transcripts that can help students find work — Labs test artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other innovations that could improve learning and lower costs for Generation Z and beyond.
Tweets: @luminafound
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
A history of EU's efforts to create a standard for device chargers, and how Apple used a loophole to keep using Lightning, but may have to move to USB-C soon — Despite pushback from Apple, the European Parliament in January voted overwhelmingly for new rules to establish a common charging standard … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip review: the best hinge on a folding phone so far but the screen's plastic covering scratches easily and the cameras are disappointing — Even with a glass screen, it's just a curiosity — Samsung's brand-new Galaxy Z Flip is the third folding screen phone that I've reviewed.
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