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Jack Dorsey says Twitter is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including through a subscription model — Washington (CNN Business)Twitter (TWTR) is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says hackers accessed the DM inbox of up to 36 of the 130 high profile accounts targeted in last week's attack — Last week's hack of over 100 very high-profile Twitter accounts did in fact expose the direct messages of many of those accounts, the company admitted today …
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BBC, VICE, 9to5Mac, The Guardian, Reuters, Android Central, Threatpost, Ars Technica, Washington Post, Bloomberg, TheStreet, Social Media Today, SC Media, Input, Associated Press, CryptoGlobe, Newser, CNET, InsideBitcoins.com, Bitcoin Magazine, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Hill, Mashable, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, CyberScoop, Coinspeaker, The Verge, and BitcoinExchangeGuide
Tweets: @twittersupport, @leokelion, @thekarami, @briannawu, @kfile, @zackwhittaker, @sethweathers, and @twittersupport
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
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Tweets: @twitterir, @willoremus, @twitterir, @twitterir, @twitterir, @shivsharma_5, @twitterir, @twitterir, @megancgraham, @twitterir, @twitterir, @twitterir, @kurtwagner8, and @carnage4life
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel says that it has delayed the rollout of its 7nm CPUs by six months, now 12 months behind the company's internal targets — Intel announced today in its Q2 2020 earnings release that it has now delayed the rollout of its 7nm CPUs by six months relative to its previously-planned release date.
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The Verge, PCWorld, Reuters, ZDNet, Silicon Valley Business …, and Daring Fireball. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q2 revenue of $19.7B, up 20% YoY, and Data Center Group revenue of $7.1B, up 43% YoY, but offers disappointing Q3 guidance; stock down 8%+ — - Intel beat on the top and bottom lines, but earnings guidance for the current quarter was lighter than expected.
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Intel, AppleInsider, Tom's Hardware, Thurrott, MacDailyNews, and Neowin. Tweets: @scottwapnercnbc
| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
Sources: Facebook ceased research into racial bias in Instagram's moderation tools after finding problematic results; Facebook says the methodology was flawed — In mid-2019, researchers at Facebook began studying a new set of rules proposed for the automated system that Instagram uses …
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The Hill. Tweets: @aprilaser, @emeralddeleeuw, @jason_kint, @ncweaver, @gregotto, @oliviasolon, @zackford, @chetfaliszek, @pegobry, @jeremybmerrill, @oliviasolon, @profcarroll, and @oliviasolon
| BuzzFeed News: |
An inside look at internal strife and dissent within Facebook, as employees warn the company is “hurting people at scale” and reckon with what they've built — On July 1, Max Wang, a Boston-based software engineer who was leaving Facebook after more than seven years …
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USA Today. Tweets: @rmac18, @daveyalba, @buzzfeednews, @buzzfeednews, @buzzfeednews, @mat, @bernardchickey, @jamesfallows, @frankrebecca, @anandwrites, @lopezlinette, @mccarthyryanj, @hannahgais, @scottnover, @ehananoki, @profcarroll, @mattmittenthal, @craigsilverman, @rmac18, @moorehn, and @kylesethgray
| Alexandra Garrett / CNET: |
Steve Wozniak and 17 others sue Google, claiming YouTube repeatedly ignored requests to take down videos using their names and likeness to promote Bitcoin scams — The Apple co-founder says YouTube repeatedly ignored requests to take down a scam video. — Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder …
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Bloomberg, cpmlegal.com, CoinDesk, The Verge, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, Ars Technica, and Decrypt. Tweets: @zseano
| Wall Street Journal: |
Some startups that took investments from Amazon or had discussions about them say the company used info it received in the process to launch competing products — Some companies regret sharing information with tech giant and its Alexa Fund; ‘we may have been naive’
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Trusted Reviews. Tweets: @oliviasolon, @danpriceseattle, @danamattioli, @rachelbovard, @hshaban, @grahamstarr, and @mcwm
| Eli Blumenthal / CNET: |
AT&T says its low-band 5G network is now available to 205M people, joining T-Mobile as a nationwide 5G network — The carrier is also adding 5G access to its cheapest unlimited plan. — AT&T's 5G network crossed an important milestone Thursday, with the telecom giant announcing …
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AT&T, VentureBeat, XDA Developers, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, Android Authority, The National Interest, Android Police, Droid Life, MacRumors, FierceWireless, Android Headlines, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @eliblumenthal and @ryanfduffy
| Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
Internal doc: T-Mobile to require all new devices to support VoLTE from August 4, and will stop supporting any non-VoLTE phones on its network from January 2021 — According to internal T-Mobile documents, the carrier plans to rapidly fast track plans to shut down its 2G and 3G voice networks …
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AT&T Wireless Support, CNET, Neowin, 9to5Google, SlashGear, KnowTechie, Android Central, and TmoNews
Tweets: @rdrv3, @rdrv3, and @journeydan
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Plex launches 80+ free live TV channels across news, sports, film, classic TV, comedy, anime, and more categories, accessible by both free users and subscribers — Streaming media platform Plex announced today it's further expanding into live TV with the addition of over 80 free live TV channels accessible … | Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
Document obtained via FOIA request indicates Texas AG may be investigating Apple's trade practices as part of a multi-state investigation — Multiple states are investigating Apple for potentially deceiving consumers, according to a March document uncovered by a tech watchdog group.
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iMore, Reuters, AppleInsider, BGR, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, CCN.com, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @carlquintanilla
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Report: Trump campaign alleges suppression of political speech after AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile blocked its texts over fears they violated anti-spam rules — Campaign texts are annoying but legally murky territory — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is reportedly fighting …
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Tweets: @dsamuelsohn, @waltshaub, and @dsamuelsohn
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ByteDance and its investors are mulling options like selling just TikTok's US business or splitting off ByteDance's international arm to save US TikTok — - Venture investors urge Zhang to sell a majority stake in app — Time is running short to avoid a crackdown from U.S. officials
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CNN and The Guardian
Tweets: @lanceulanoff, @felixsalmon, @michaelschuman, @sarahfrier, and @mikeisaac
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Corning unveils Gorilla Glass Victus, says it can resist a six-foot drop and has twice the scratch resistance of the previous gen, will debut in a few months — Samsung will be the first to feature the new glass — Your next Samsung Galaxy or iPhone may soon include the toughest gadget glass Corning has ever created.
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CNET, iMore, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Corning, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Mashable, Android Authority, Android Police, XDA Developers, TechSpot, TechPP, Neowin, MSPoweruser, Android Headlines, USA Today, SamMobile, Gizmodo, Wired, and Engadget
Tweets: @dcseifert, @calebwatney, @corning, and @thurrott
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
TikTok says it is launching a new $200M fund to pay creators directly for their content — The first major monetization effort from the company — As TikTok continues to grow in popularity and its personalities become mainstream celebrities in their own right, the company is trying …
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Newsroom | TikTok, CNET, Social Media Today, dot.LA, dexerto.com, Engadget, Bloomberg, and Tubefilter
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook now allows Messenger Rooms users to live broadcast video calls with up to 50 participants — - Facebook announced a new feature that will allow users to live broadcast video calls with up to 50 participants. — The ability to live broadcast Messenger Rooms calls could pose another threat …
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About Facebook, Engadget, Social Media Today, Neowin, Windows Central, Mashable, MSPoweruser, Android Headlines, and Pocketnow. Tweets: @db
| Bill Ready / The Keyword: |
Google Shopping goes commission-free for retailers and adds support for third-party providers, starting with PayPal and Shopify — Over the past few months, we've made significant changes to help businesses reach more consumers and help people find the best products, prices and places to buy online.
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Marketing Land, Shopify's pressreleases, support.google.com, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @retailgeek, @delrey, @williamready, @daiwaka, and @richontech
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Facebook can now simulate the actions of bad actors using AI-powered bots let loose in a parallel version of Facebook that researchers can then study — Bad bots roam free in a parallel version of Facebook — Facebook's engineers have developed a new method to help them identify …
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Facebook AI, The Next Web, Engadget, Social Media Today, CNET, ZDNet, Digital Trends, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @facebookai, @hypervisible, @moonalice, @jjvincent, @markhurst, @kateo, @rstephens, @alexvoica, @iansherr, and @tante
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Ceros, a no-code digital design service with clients like Snap and IBM, raises $100M led by Sumeru Equity Partners; Crunchbase: Ceros previously raised $33.5M — Ceros is taking a big step up in fundraising today, with the announcement that it has raised a $100 million investment led by Sumeru Equity Partners.| Peter Aldhous / BuzzFeed News: |
Hackers attacked GEDmatch servers and caused over 1M of its profiles to be opted-in for searching by law enforcement, which were previously opted-out — First GEDmatch, the DNA database that helped identify the Golden State Killer, was hacked. Then email addresses from its users were used …
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Associated Press, Dark Reading, Techdirt, TechSpot, and Engadget
Tweets: @asher_wolf, @blmohr, @webdevlaw, @campuscodi, @zackwhittaker, @tomasekeli, @carnage4life, and @dguido
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Facebook to pay $650M to settle a facial recognition suit in Illinois, after judge says the original settlement of $550M did not adequately punish the company — Facebook has agreed to pay a total of $650 million in a landmark class action lawsuit over the company's unauthorized use of facial recognition, a new court filing shows.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Following a possible ransomware attack, Garmin starts shutting down its website, Garmin Connect, and some production lines in Asia, plans for multi-day recovery — Smartwatch and wearable maker Garmin planning multi-day maintenance window to deal with ransomware incident.
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CyberScoop, Threatpost, Android Authority, BleepingComputer, and Android Central. Tweets: @gigigraciette
| ETtech: |
Sources: as JioMart gains steam in India, Amazon is in talks to buy a 9.9% stake in its parent Reliance Retail — JioMart, the e-commerce venture of Reliance's retail arm, was launched in May and poses a formidable challenge to Amazon's local unit and Walmart's Flipkart.| FinSMEs: |
Chicago-based food delivery service Chowbus, which connects diners with Asian restaurants in over 20 cities in North America, raises $33M Series A — Chowbus, a Chicago, IL-based Asian food delivery platform, raised $33m in Series A funding round. — The round was led by Altos Ventures … Sponsor Posts
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