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Sources: an internal Facebook probe into QAnon shows the size of the conspiracy theory's community: millions of members and followers across thousands of Groups — An internal investigation by Facebook has uncovered thousands of groups and pages, with millions of members and followers …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it has created Facebook Financial, a new group headed by David Marcus that will run all payments projects, including Facebook Pay — - Libra cryptocurrency co-creator David Marcus to lead new group — Former UpWork CEO Stephane Kasriel joins as payments VP
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CoinDesk, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Business Insider, The Block, Engadget, Cryptonews, and PYMNTS.com
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| Dara Khosrowshahi / New York Times: |
Uber CEO defends treating gig workers as contractors, suggesting gig economy companies should be required to establish funds that give workers cash for benefits — Gig workers want both flexibility and benefits — we support laws that could make that possible. — Mr. Khosrowshahi is the chief executive officer of Uber.
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| Bloomberg: |
In a lawsuit brought by CA's AG, judge issues a preliminary injunction ordering Uber, Lyft to convert their drivers to employees, paused for 10 days for appeals — - Ride-hailing companies ordered to comply with state law — San Francisco judge pauses preliminary injunction for appeal
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NBC News. Tweets: @zck, @daveleeft, @daveleeft, @daveleeft, @daveleeft, @alex, @erinmulvaney, @josheidelson, and @daveleeft
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces that Google Maps now has CarPlay Dashboard support and a simple version of the app will be rolling out to Apple Watch in the coming weeks — Google today announced two big features for its mapping service on Apple platforms. After removing in 2017, Google Maps is bringing …
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The Keyword, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Thurrott, Appleosophy, iMore, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, SlashGear, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @googlemaps, @rustybrick, and @dcseifert
| Reuters: |
Russian competition watchdog FAS says Apple abused its dominance of the mobile apps market and must resolve issues with iOS App Store; Apple says it will appeal — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian competition watchdog FAS on Monday said that Apple Inc has abused its dominant position …
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MacRumors, Interfax, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, Engadget, and iDownloadBlog.com
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Sources: TikTok's separation from ByteDance could take over a year, well beyond Trump and Microsoft's Sept. 15 timeline, as Microsoft negotiates the transition — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) bid to carve out parts of TikTok from its Chinese owner ByteDance will be a technically complex endeavor …
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Business Insider, CNBC, TechCrunch, Windows Central, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @reuters, @reutersbiz, @b_fung, and @kenli729
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Tweets: @nytopinion, @jasonlk, @rolfewinkler, @teddyschleifer, @karaswisher, @teddyschleifer, @wsj, @georgia_wells, @newley, @wired, @samirsaran, and @bhuvanbagga
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Kuo: iPhone shipments could decline by 25-30% if Apple is forced to remove WeChat from its App Stores around the world under Trump's EO — In a worst-case scenario, Apple's annual global iPhone shipments could decline by 25-30% if it is forced to remove WeChat from its App Stores around the world …
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, CNET, Fox Business, Reuters, Android Authority, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, Light Reading, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, PYMNTS.com, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, Slashdot, Newser, International Business Times, Fossbytes, The Irish Times, and The Verge
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
In iOS 14, Apple News+ publishers' web links are opened in the Apple News app by default for Apple News+ subscribers, though this feature can be turned off — Apple News in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur has a toggle that's designed to open web links from Apple News+ publishers directly …
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TechCrunch, Michael Tsai, iDownloadBlog.com, and Apple Must
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
In the wake of a widely protested presidential election in Belarus, nonprofits and companies including Twitter are reporting parts of the internet being blocked — Twitter, local journalists, and internet freedom organizations report that there are widespread internet blocks in Belarus.
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CyberScoop, NetBlocks, Engadget, Finbold, CNN, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @policy, @netblocks, @netblocks, @durov, @netblocks, and @hannaliubakova
| Sonali Basak / Bloomberg: |
Robinhood says its daily average revenue trades were 4.31M in June, about 4x E*Trade's fee-generating trades and higher than other publicly traded rivals — - 4.31 million daily average revenue trades recorded in June — Company has blocked access to data that was used by Robintrack| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
US announces it will reallocate the 3.45GHz to 3.55GHz spectrum reserved for military use for consumer 5G instead, slated to be up for auction in December 2021 — Over the past three years, engineers and carriers across the world have largely agreed that 3.5GHz-adjacent radio spectrum …
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