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July 24, 2020, 2:20 AM

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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.
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.
Reuters:
Two former Twitter employees say more than 1,000 staff and contractors had access to internal tools to change account settings and ownership as of early 2020  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal tools …
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Brian Fung / CNN:
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.
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol:
Sources: House's antitrust hearing with big tech CEOs on Monday is likely to be postponed in order to allow lawmakers to attend Rep. John Lewis' funeral  —  Monday's blockbuster congressional hearing with Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai is likely to be postponed …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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’
The Information:
Sources: Google's internal Android Lockbox project collects usage data from non-Google apps to inform product strategy; Google says data obtained via public API  —  When YouTube was planning the rollout of its rival to TikTok in India earlier this month, employees turned to a valuable source …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Selina Finance, a London-based online lender for SMBs that leverages business owners' home equity, raises $53M Series A in equity and debt financing  —  When you need a loan, the cost and speed of getting it can be as critical to get right as the financing itself, a principle that might …
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