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| BuzzFeed News: |
Staffers ask Zuckerberg what would happen if Trump uses Facebook to dispute the election; some staff say they have evidence of favoritism for right-wing pages — Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes to misinformation.
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NBC News, Columbia Journalism Review, and Engadget
| Bloomberg: |
Facebook and YouTube removed a video where Trump claims kids are “virtually immune” to COVID-19; Twitter banned @teamtrump's account until it removed the video — Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. blocked a video shared by accounts linked to U.S. President Donald Trump for violating …
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, New York Times, NBC News, CyberScoop, CNN, Wall Street Journal, and Mashable
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Google has discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, its flagship phones that were released in October of last year — Less than a year after its unveiling — Google has discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, its flagship phones that were released in October of last year.
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9to5Google, TechCrunch, Android Developers, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, Android Central, Ubergizmo, TalkAndroid.com, Droid Life, Trusted Reviews, and TechSpot
Tweets: @joannastern, @dcseifert, @topjohnwu, and @jaduino
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Microsoft is pursuing a deal to buy all of TikTok's global operations, including those in India and Europe — US group explores whether it can add regions including India and Europe to deal for video app's US arm — Microsoft is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok's global business …
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Financial Times, Engadget, Business Insider, FedScoop, Wired, Axios, The Verge, Input, Gizmodo, Thurrott, The Next Web, Inc42 Media, 9to5Mac, and Gizchina
Tweets: @sameer_singh17, @arashmassoudi, @mgsiegler, @paigeleskin, @jessicalessin, and @malcolmmoore
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple iMac 27-inch (2020) hands-on: 1080p webcam is long overdue and its smart features, like face detection, are great; nano texture is good but pricey at $500 — Plus, some impressions of the nano texture screen option — I've had a review unit of the new 27-inch iMac for about two days now …
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MACお宝 …, TechCrunch, Six Colors, Gizmodo, CNBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, YouTube, Mashable, Pocket-lint, YouTube, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, TechRadar, and CNN
Tweets: @snazzyq, @film_girl, @caitlin_mcgarry, @willoremus, and @davegershgorn
| BBC: |
Twitter says it will start labeling government-linked media accounts, as well as “key government officials”, from China, France, Russia, the UK, and US — Twitter says it will no longer “amplify” tweets by state-controlled media organisations, by excluding them from its recommendation systems.
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Twitter, The Verge, USA Today, TechCrunch, Twitter Help Center, Axios, Business Insider, The Independent, Reuters, SlashGear, Pocketnow, The Hill, CNN, and Engadget
Tweets: @twittersupport and @lizkelley
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Intel is investigating a leak of 20 GB of documents, some confidential, possibly from an internal source accessing its Resource and Design Center — Leak confirmed to be authentic. Many files are marked “confidential” or “restricted secret.” — US chipmaker Intel is investigating …
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Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, CyberScoop, BleepingComputer, Ubergizmo, HackRead, CRN, AppleInsider, TechRadar, and Neowin
Tweets: @deletescape, @pstasiatech, @daveschroeder, @om, and @liliputingnews
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Apple confirms cloud gaming services like xCloud and Stadia violate App Store guidelines and will not work on iOS, as Apple cannot review each game offered — New cloud gaming services from Google and Microsoft won't work on iOS — Cloud gaming is shaping up to have a big moment … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
With the introduction of Reels, Instagram has become too complicated, even more so than Facebook, when it comes to deciding where and how to post — Hey everyone, it's Sarah Frier. On Friday, my mother texted, asking me to call her. While she was trying to post a photo …
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Instagram. Tweets: @sarahfrier, @kurtwagner8, @sarahfrier, @caseynewton, @mgsiegler, @mattnavarra, @jessedamiani, @sarahfrier, @jpmanga, @tsuvik, @langealexandra, @alexia, and @jbouie
| Uber: |
Uber Q2: revenue of $2.2B, down 29% YoY, gross bookings of $10.2B, down 35%, net loss of $1.8B; mobility gross bookings fell 73% but delivery grew 113% YoY — “Our team continues to move at Uber speed to respond to the pandemic's impact on our communities and on our business …
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
A first look at macOS Big Sur as it launches in public beta with a new Control Center, a redesigned Notification Center with widgets, more — So here we are, at the end of OS X. Two decades ago Apple parked the sixteen-year-old Classic Mac OS and leaped to version 10.0 …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, MacRumors, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Gizmodo, Engadget, CNET, 9to5Mac, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @dimillian, @gregorymcfadden, and @brandonbutch
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
TikTok launches its first TV app, called More on TikTok, on Amazon Fire TV devices, featuring curated video playlists and compilations from its mobile app — More on TikTok will be free and view-only at launch — TikTok is launching its first TV app, called “More on TikTok,” on Amazon Fire TV devices today (via Business Insider).
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Business Insider, GeekWire, Variety, and Engadget
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Experts say “Clean Network” plan, as it stands now, is merely bluster, with no technical details, no reference to the legislative tools needed to implement it — The Trump administration's Clean Network program is ‘a bit of talk, no trousers’ — The US has unveiled a vague … | Amanda Macias / CNBC: |
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Gizmodo, Reuters, United States Department …, CoinDesk, The Intercept, CNET, Slashdot, Techdirt, Protocol, The Atlantic, Light Reading, Interconnected, and Android Police
| Rob Price / Business Insider: |
Facebook extends its work from home policy until July 2021, as well as giving employees an additional $1,000 for home office needs — - Facebook also expects to have up to 50% of its workforce permanently working remotely within five to ten years. — Got a tip?
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GeekWire, CNET, CNBC, Vox, The Verge, Variety, and San Francisco Chronicle
Tweets: @jimwaterson, @sfchronicle, and @robaeprice
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Snapchat to roll out in-app voter registration tools in September, with four new features including a Voter Registration Mini and a voter guide — Snapchat is rolling out a slew of new tools and features to help prepare young people to vote in the November election.
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Business Insider, CNN, The Hill, The Mac Observer, FOX6 News Milwaukee, and Forbes
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Analysis of hundreds of pages of documents from Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google released by the House antitrust committee and what they reveal — - Following last week's grilling of the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet, the House Judiciary Committee released … | Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
T-Mobile reports total Q2 revenue of $17.7B, up 30.5% YoY, adding 1.25M customers to reach 98.3M total, claims to be the second largest US wireless provider — After finalizing its merger with Sprint in the second quarter and posting solid customer growth, T-Mobile says it has officially surpassed AT&T in the wireless market.
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The Verge, Business Wire, GeekWire, and TmoNews
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
A NJ police dept. filed cyber harassment charges against five Twitter users for sharing a photo seeking the identity of a masked police officer during protests — A New Jersey police department is pursuing cyber harassment charges against five people in connection with a protest photo uploaded to Twitter in June.
Tweets: @taniel, @webster, @coldwarscience, @russellbrandom, @reckless, @anotherhelen, @hypervisible, and @thedextriarchy
| David Gilbert / VICE: |
After Cisco lawsuit, 250+ Dalit Indians from companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple came forward about discrimination by higher-caste colleagues — Dalit Indians working at U.S. tech companies tell VICE News they try to hide their identities to avoid caste-based discrimination they thought they had left behind.
Tweets: @idsnupdates
| BuzzFeed News: |
Sources: at all-hands, Zuckerberg says a ban on TikTok would set “a really bad long-term precedent”, arguing any benefit for Facebook would be short-term — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his employees Thursday that banning TikTok in the United States would set “a really bad long-term precedent.”
Tweets: @mattnavarra and @rmac18
| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Facebook bans ads from The Committee to Defend the President, a pro-Trump super PAC, for repeatedly sharing content determined by fact-checkers to be false — New York (CNN)Facebook announced Thursday it was banning ads from The Committee to Defend the President, a pro-Trump super PAC.| Michael Tobin / Bloomberg: |
Dropbox reports Q2 revenue of $467.4M, up 16% YoY, paying users up 1.4M YoY to 15M, as CFO Ajay Vashee plans to step down in September — Dropbox Inc. reported revenue that beat analysts' estimates, benefiting from increased demand for cloud software amid a shift to working from home due to the coronavirus.
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MarketWatch and Dropbox
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Twitter says it accidentally pushed incorrect iOS app release notes on Wednesday that said it would now let all users limit who can reply to their tweets — Twitter says it accidentally issues incorrect release notes — An update to Twitter's iOS app on Wednesday said the app … | Eric Ravenscraft / OneZero: |
Tests indicate wireless charging is much less efficient than cord charging; Pixel 4 charging tests showed wireless charging used 47% more power than cabled — We crunched the numbers on just how inefficient wireless charging is — and the results are pretty shocking
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New York Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, and TechSpot
Tweets: @lordravenscraft, @morlockp, @chrislhayes, @sarahfkessler, @ollie2897, and @ozm
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher says security vulnerabilities in satellite-based Internet services, some known for over ten years, are threatening the safety of ships and planes — Attacks that worked 10 years ago have only gotten worse despite growing use. — More than a decade has passed since researchers …
Tweets: @brianweeden, @mtoecker, and @sonicwall
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