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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
An independent audit commissioned by Facebook harshly criticizes the company, arguing that some of its decisions were “significant setbacks for civil rights” — An independent audit faulted the social network for “vexing and heartbreaking decisions” that affect its users — and potentially the November elections.
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| Free Press: |
After meeting between leaders of Facebook, ADL, Free Press, NAACP, and Color Of Change, boycott organizers are unconvinced meaningful change will occur — WASHINGTON — On Tuesday afternoon, leaders of four of the organizations coordinating the #StopHateForProfit advertising boycott met …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Oversight Board says it won't be operational until “late fall”, likely after the US Presidential election — Facebook has announced that the limp “Oversight Board” intended to help make difficult content and policy decisions will not launch until “late fall,” which is to say, almost certainly after the election.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 865 Plus processor, designed to boost gaming, AI, and graphics performance by ~10%, expected to ship in phones in Q3 — 10 percent more power than the original Snapdragon 865 — Qualcomm has announced a refreshed version of its flagship Snapdragon 865 processor called …
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Apple expands its Independent Repair Provider Program to hundreds of new locations in the US and opens up to businesses in Europe and Canada — Independent Repair Provider Program also opens to businesses across Europe and Canada — Apple is expanding its Independent Repair Provider Program …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Microsoft announces Together Mode for Teams, which overlays group call participants onto the same virtual background, and adds meeting transcripts and more — As the pandemic continues to reshape office work, Microsoft is adding new features to Teams that aim to make video calls more human …
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Tweets: @satyanadella and @microsoft
| Angus Loten / Wall Street Journal: |
Reports: nearly 70,000 tech startup employees worldwide have lost jobs since March, including over 25,500 in the San Francisco region — Layoffs among tech startups reflect economic fallout of Covid-19 — Technology startups have been laying off tens of thousands of workers to cope …
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| April Glaser / NBC News: |
Report: US DOD and federal law enforcement have thousands of previously unreported contracts with Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Dell, IBM, HP, and Facebook — Over the past two years, thousands of tech company employees have taken a stand: they do not want their labor and technical expertise … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A job listing suggested Twitter is working on a new “subscription platform” under a team codenamed “Gryphon”, although most details remain unclear — A mysterious new Twitter subscription team, codenamed ‘Gryphon’ — Twitter appears to be working on a subscription platform for its social networking service.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Linux distribution company SUSE acquires Rancher Labs, which develops Kubernetes container management software, sources say for $600M-$700M — - SUSE, a Linux distribution company controlled by private equity firm EQT, has agreed to acquire Rancher Labs, a start-up with technology …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Prescription delivery service Truepill raises $25M Series B from Sound Ventures, Initialized Capital, and others to expand into telehealth — Truepill, a digital pharmacy that enables health care organizations to deliver prescriptions directly to customers' doors, has raised $25 million in a series B round of funding.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Microsoft Teams vs. Slack: Teams is a part of Microsoft's vision to build an OS for the cloud whereas Slack is building an enterprise social network via Connect — On November 2, 2016, Microsoft announced Teams at a special event in New York City. Slack decided to mark the occasion:
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| Chuong Nguyen / Digital Trends: |
Intel details the Thunderbolt 4 standard coming to laptops later this year: USB4 compatibility, multi-monitor support, and data transfers of up to 40Gbps — Intel has detailed some of the biggest features coming to the next generation of its port protocol, known as Thunderbolt 4 …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Code in the second developer beta of iOS 14 reveals a hidden and unannounced feature in the Wallet app that would allow payments with QR codes using Apple Pay — Apple today released the second developer beta of iOS 14 with some small changes across the system.
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Tweets: @niubi, @brianroemmele, @digitallybones, and @b_nerd
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins starts streaming on YouTube, following the surprise closure of Microsoft's Mixer — A short detour — One of the biggest names in streaming is heading to YouTube. Today, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins started streaming on Google's platform … | Julie Zhu / Reuters: |
Sources: Alibaba's e-commerce subsidiary Ant Group is planning an IPO in Hong Kong as soon as this year, targeting a $200B+ valuation — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, plans a Hong Kong float as soon as this year and targets a valuation … | Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News: |
Nandini Jammi, one half of pressure group Sleeping Giants, which has targeted Breitbart, Facebook, and others, leaves over disagreements with Matt Rivitz — Since 2016, copywriter Matt Rivitz and marketer Nandini Jammi have run Sleeping Giants, a social media campaign group that has pressured companies …
Tweets: @scottlucas, @arb, and @kerrymflynn
| Richard C. Moss / Ars Technica: |
A retrospective on a nearly 25-year history of Flash, as Adobe prepares to officially end support and distribution of Flash Player in December 2020 — Before Flash Player sunsets this December, we talk its legacy with those who built it. — Few technologies have yielded such divisive and widespread passion as Flash.
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| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
The Police Data Accessibility Project, which started on Reddit, aims to aggregate all public police records into one easily searchable, open source database — The Police Data Accessibility Project aims to request, download, clean, and standardize public records that right now are overly difficult to find.| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
A slide from a YouTube video posted by Google for its Smart Home Summit suggests Android 11 will launch on September 8; the date fits with Google's timeline — Android 11 appears to have a launch date set, according to a video published by Google for the recent “Hey Google” Smart Home Summit.
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XDA Developers, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, The Verge, Android Authority, and Liliputing. Tweets: @rdrv3
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Fire TV adds live content from Sling TV, YouTube TV, and Hulu + Live TV — Amazon is upgrading its Fire TV's live TV experience through new integrations with several live TV streaming services, including Sling TV, YouTube TV, and Hulu + Live TV. Live content from these services …
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Amazon Fire TV, 9to5Google, TechHive, The Verge, Android Police, CNET, and Engadget. Tweets: @backlon
| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
TikTok launches a self-service ad platform globally, with a music library and video editing tools to help brands make ads that match the style of TikTok videos — (Reuters) - TikTok's launch on Wednesday of a new platform to court small business advertisers is fraught with challenges … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tinder begins testing video chat in the US and other select markets, with a retroactive ratings system for moderation to help avoid nudity and hate speech — Tinder announced this morning it will begin to test video chat in its mobile dating app with some members in select worldwide markets …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google partners with the Ubuntu Desktop team at Canonical to bring Linux support to its open source UI framework Flutter — Google is partnering with the Ubuntu Desktop team at Canonical to bring Linux support to its open source UI framework Flutter. Today's Linux alpha announcement … | Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
LeanIX, which offers tools to help companies map IT architecture, raises $80M Series D led by Goldman Sachs Growth, bringing total funding to $120M — LeanIX, the enterprise architecture software company founded out of Bonn in Germany, has closed $80 million in Series D funding.
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| Gwyn Topham / The Guardian: |
Uber to launch a commuter boat service this summer in London in partnership with Thames Clippers, branded as Uber Boat, and bookable through Uber's app — US firm will buy naming rights for fleet and piers, and users can book journeys on its app — Uber is to extend its reach in London … | David Pierce / Protocol: |
Facebook says it has cut greenhouse gas emissions by 59% since 2017, 86% of its operations use renewable energy, as it unveils a heat recycling pilot in Denmark — It's investing in renewable energy in a big way, but it's tough to keep up with data center growth.
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