Magic Leap headset first look: functional and thoughtfully-designed, with some advantages over competitors, but not a radical step forward nor a magical advance
When you write about augmented reality headsets, you're supposed to start by describing something impossible …
Magic Leap's One AR headset is now available via its website for $2,295+ in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco (Bay Area), and Seattle
The Magic Leap One AR headset is out now for $2,295, but not everywhere — Surprise! But there's a good chance you still may not be able to buy it.
Given the malleability of the “hate speech” label, tech companies should use libel and slander legal standards when removing content like Infowars
“Hate speech” is extraordinarily vague and subjective. Libel and slander are not. — Mr. French is a First Amendment litigator and senior writer for National Review.
Snap reports Q2 revenue of $262.3M, up 44% YoY, vs. $249.8M est., and 188M DAUs, up 8% YoY but down from 191M in Q1; stock down 6%+
The Stories War has officially killed Snapchat's growth. In Q2 2018 earnings today, Snapchat's daily user count shrank 1.5 percent to 188 million this quarter …
Saudi Prince Alwaleed gradually built up a 2.3% stake in Snap, spending $250M through May 25; he paid ~$11/share as Snap's price bottomed out at $10.50 in May
- Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal announced Tuesday he's taken a 2.3% stake in Snap — a deal worth about $250 million.
Snap's DAU decline in Q2, partly attributed to Snapchat's redesign, marks the first time it's lost daily users since the company was founded in 2011
The Backlash Against Tech ‘Triumphalism’ in China Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : Snapchat's redesign caused daily active user base to fall for the first time since its inception VentureBeat : ...
Following bans of Infowars' content, its mobile app has shot up iOS App Store and Google Play Store charts, going from 47th to 4th in US news category on iOS
and thrive David Pierini / Cult of Mac : Alex Jones ‘patriots’ rush to App Store to download Infowars app Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times : Alex Jones Urges Infowars Fans to Fight Back, and Send...
Facebook launches two AR games for Messenger video chat that can be played with up to six people
Facebook is diving deeper into in-house game development with the launch of its own version of Snapchat's multiplayer augmented reality video chat games. Today, Facebook Messenger globally launches …
MailChimp says it has terminated accounts of Alex Jones and Infowars for violating its policies, which prohibit the dissemination of “hateful content”
John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America :
Salesforce names Keith Block, the company's vice chairman and president, co-CEO alongside Marc Benioff
Salesforce announced this evening that Keith Block, the company's vice chairman and president, would become co-CEO alongside Marc Benioff, the socially minded billionaire who has led …
Apple responds to Congress' inquiry from last month on privacy and security with 19-page letter that covers location tracking, microphone use, and more
Apple has just responded to Congress' inquiry on how it protects user privacy. — The House Committee on Energy and Commerce …
Subpoena for Discord, the app used by white supremacists to plan the Charlottesville rally, could reveal their identities
In the months before the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally last August, a chat app called Discord was abuzz with alt-right agitators.
Study shows how millions of customers in the US with very slow broadband speeds are paying the same price as those with much faster speeds
Most Americans pay roughly the same price for their internet connection, even if their service is painfully slow. — Despite the ample hype …
Sources: SoftBank is in talks to invest $500M to $750M in Zume, a California-based startup with delivery trucks that prepare fresh robot-made pizzas en route
SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to invest from $500 million to $750 million in Zume Inc., a startup that makes and delivers fresh pizzas …
Trade group says Verizon lied about its 4G LTE coverage, potentially preventing smaller carriers from obtaining funding to expand in underserved rural areas
“Sham coverage map” could prevent rural carriers from getting network funding. — Verizon “grossly overstated” …
Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 review: nice screen and battery life, but Android tablet apps are mediocre, and it needs accessories to be useful beyond media consumption
Stefan Etienne / The Verge :
Some freelancers say they must agree to opt-in to Upwork's Work Diary feature, which counts keystrokes and takes screenshots, to guarantee payments from clients
“I've never had a client expect to be able to look over my shoulder for every minute of every day," Florin told BuzzFeed News via direct message. Tweets: @derektmead and @buzzfeednews Tweets: @derektm...
Sources: Slack is raising about $400M or more led by General Atlantic at a post-money valuation of at least $7B
Slack — the app that lets coworkers and others in professional circles chat with each other and call in data from hundreds of integrated apps in the name of getting more work done …
Knight First Amendment Institute, Gizmodo, and others ask Facebook to amend its ToS, which prohibits the use of journalistic tools like web scrapers
Study: listed speeds for 11 ISPs drop as much as 41% after new UK truth-in-advertising rule
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
Sources: Bytedance is raising ~$3B at a valuation of up to $75B ahead of possible Hong Kong IPO this year or next
Wall Street Journal :
Match Group says Tinder will make $800M+ in revenue this year, more than double what it made last year and almost half of Match's total projected annual revenue
Kurt Wagner / Recode :
Mozilla unveils Advance, an experimental machine learning-driven Firefox extension that recommends pages to read next based on browsing habits and user input
The web runs on algorithms. João Carrasqueira / Neowin : Firefox's new Test Pilot feature tries to predict what you want to see next Jon Fingas / Engadget : Firefox experiment suggests articles based ...
Report from FCC's inspector general refutes controversial claims by senior FCC officials that a cyberattack hobbled its comment system in May 2017
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo :
Security researcher explains how he easily gained commit access to the code repository of Homebrew, a popular package manager for developers on macOS
Eric Holmes :
Sources: Silver Lake acquires a one-third stake in GoodRx, a US-based online drug price comparison shopping company, at about a $2.8B valuation
Uber says Otto Trucking co-founder Lior Ron is returning to run Uber Freight, following a negotiation to rework terms of Uber's deal to acquire Otto Trucking
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg :
LetGo, the second-hand shopping app, raises another $500M from Naspers, the South African e-commerce and media firm, source says at a $1.5B+ pre-money valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Scale, a managed marketplace for contractors who examine and categorize visual data to train AI systems, raises $18M Series B led by Index Ventures
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Warner Music Group sells its entire stake in Spotify for $504M
Jem Aswad / Variety : Tweets: @theblakemorgan See also Mediagazer Tweets: Blake Morgan / @theblakemorgan : “The sale resulted in $126 million “credited to artist accounts on their June 30 royalty sta...
Privacy experts say US telecom companies have successfully lobbied to stall 70 state-level bills this year that would prevent ISPs from selling customer data
Michael Gaynor / Motherboard : Tweets: @lam_barrett Tweets: Lindsey Barrett / @lam_barrett : Perennial reminder that if FB's use of every data point on you from cradle to grave concerns you, ISPs' un...
Google says it will add ARCore support to its education-focused Chromebook Tab 10 tablet alongside other improvements to its Classroom software
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
More than 1,000 US news sites and about a third of the 100 largest newspapers are still unavailable online in Europe, two months after GDPR took effect
Jeff South / Nieman Lab :
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