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In crackdown, Twitter says it will limit reach of QAnon content and permanently suspend accounts violating policies, banning 7K+ QAnon accounts in last 2 weeks — Twitter announced on Tuesday it has begun taking sweeping actions to limit the reach of QAnon content and banned … | Casey Newton / The Interface: |
Sources: Kevin Roose's tweets about Facebook stories with the highest engagement as per CrowdTangle worried the News Feed team, who considered them inaccurate — What news should people see when they come to Facebook? — In the old days, your answer might have been “whatever they want to see,” or even “who cares?”
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Flip 5G for $1,450, shipping August 7, available on AT&T and T-Mobile in the US — Samsung has officially announced the 5G version of its Galaxy Z Flip foldable phone. Called the Galaxy Z Flip 5G (naturally enough), the phone is nearly identical to its 4G predecessor.| The Information: |
Sources: a small group of ByteDance's US investors are discussing the possibility of joining forces to buy a majority stake in TikTok — A small group of ByteDance's U.S. investors is discussing with the company's top management the possibility of joining forces to buy a majority stake in TikTok …
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US charges two Chinese nationals over a 10+ year hacking spree, alleging theft of terabytes of data, including vaccine secrets, from many orgs in 11 countries — U.S. prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals, said to be working for China's state intelligence bureau …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
A breakdown of the “four internets”: the US, China, EU, and India, the latter being driven in large part by the powerhouse telecom network Jio — Manage your Stratechery subscription. — One of the more pernicious mistruths surrounding the debate about TikTok …
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| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
Bangladesh's economy relies heavily on Facebook, with ~300K stores offering “F-Commerce” amid an absence of global e-commerce players and online payment options — In Bangladesh, there is no Amazon. There is no eBay. If you want to buy a dress or a crested finch from the comfort of your home, you have to use Facebook.
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Spotify signs new licensing agreement with Universal, who will also be a partner for developing and testing services and tools Spotify hopes labels will pay for — Agreement includes label giant's sign-on to streamer's ‘two-sided marketplace’ where it envisions music companies paying for marketing and data tools| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches Dataflex, a relational database for building low-code business Teams apps — Microsoft today launched Dataflex, a relational database that lets business developers create, deploy, and manage Power Platform apps and chatbots without leaving Microsoft Teams.| Jabari Young / CNBC: |
In resuming activity, MLB relies on several tech giants for help: iPads to examine play, Google Cloud to track stats, Sony audio to power artificial crowd noise — - Major League Baseball will look to Big Tech companies like Apple and Google to help with its shortened season that is scheduled to begin Thursday.
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Fiat Chrysler says it has signed an “exclusive” deal with Waymo on self-driving tech, ending its 18-month relationship with Amazon-backed Aurora — Agreement will help Google sibling in attempt to bring its technology into the mainstream
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Slack files EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft, accusing it of unfairly bundling its rival app Teams with its Office 365 tools — Workplace messaging app says it is unfair for tech group to bundle Teams with Office 365 — The workplace messaging app Slack has filed a formal antitrust complaint …
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| Eren Orbey / New Yorker: |
Profile of David Malan, a computer science professor who has embraced high production e-learning techniques on Harvard and MIT's online-learning platform, edX — Gabriel Guimaraes grew up in Vitória, Brazil, in a yellow house surrounded by star-fruit trees and chicken coops.
Tweets: @nachiketmor and @_pablotrinidad_
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q2 revenue of $454M, up 17% YoY, vs $439.1M est., global DAUs of 238M, up 17% YoY, a net loss of $326M, up from $255M, and ARPU of $1.91, flat YoY — - Snap's stock price fell more than 8% on Tuesday after the company reported its second-quarter earnings.
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| Neil Kumaran / Google Cloud Blog: |
Google unveils G Suite security features including support in Gmail for BIMI standard for brands, new controls for Meet hosts, and ability to block Chat Rooms — Director of Product Management, G Suite Security & Controls — Get G Suite Essentials — A simple and secure way for teams …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is testing a Personal Fundraiser feature on Android, first in the US, UK, and Ireland — Instagram today announced a new tool for personal fundraisers. The company says it's beginning a small test of the feature, which will allow users to link directly to a fundraiser from their profile page.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
OnePlus says its €399 Nord smartphone will launch in Europe and India with a 90Hz 1080p OLED display, dual selfie cameras, Sub-6GHz 5G, 48-megapixel main camera — Plus all the other features you already know about — OnePlus has officially announced the Nord, its first serious attempt …
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