Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defends decision to just give Infowars' Alex Jones a timeout after Jones urged viewers to ready “battle rifles” against media and others
@jack suggests to NBC News that putting Alex Jones in a Twitter “timeout” has the potential to change his behavior and get him to follow the rules. Uhhh pic.twitter.com/qFJlHD927k Casey Newton / @case...
Sources: Amazon is in talks to acquire Landmark Theatres, the indie-focused chain that operates 50+ theaters in the US, backed by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner
- Move would mark latest incursion into brick-and-mortar world — The indie-focused chain operates more than 50 theaters
Jack Dorsey says Twitter is considering promoting alternative viewpoints in timeline, labeling bots, and redesigning the like button and follower count display
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn't enable …
Google says there are now 200+ Android Go devices available and details Go for Android 9 Pie, aimed at emerging markets, which takes less space and boots faster
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Unnamed Melbourne-based 16-year-old pleads guilty to repeatedly breaching Apple's systems and downloading 90GB of sensitive files
A Melbourne private schoolboy who repeatedly broke into Apple's secure computer systems is facing criminal charges after the technology giant called in the FBI.
Current and former US officials say CIA's communication system used for sources in China was compromised, leading to China executing ~30 US spies from 2010-2012
The number of informants executed in the debacle is higher than initially thought. — It was considered one of the CIA's worst failures …
Sony says it has sold 3M PlayStation VR headsets since their fall 2016 launch, up from 2M at the end of 2017
Sony announced that it has sold 3 million PlayStation VR (PSVR) headsets as of the end of July, showing that its popularity has declined little since the fall 2016 launch.
Twitter has put the Infowars Twitter account in read-only mode for seven days shortly after doing the same for Alex Jones' Twitter account
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News :
Uber's Q2 2018 financials: revenue rose 51% YoY to $2.7B as adjusted EBITDA losses widened to $404M, up from $304M in Q1; gross bookings rose 41% YoY to $12B
While Uber isn't required to disclose its financial results, Uber has done so for past few quarters as it gears up to go public next year.
Android 9 Pie review: great notification management, text selection, auto-rotation, and AI-based shortcuts, but newly introduced gestures are complicated
The most “opinionated” version of Android yet — Here's the story with every new version of Android, in a nutshell: it's great …
Intel updates its NUC mini PC lineup with 8th-gen CPUs and Iris Plus 655 GPUs, available from $299, not including RAM, storage, or an OS
So far, Intel's biggest NUC news of the year is its Hades Canyon mini-gaming PC with AMD RX Vega graphics. If you don't need something quite so powerful and costly …
Sources: President Trump has reversed classified Obama-era rules governing use of cyberweapons in an effort to loosen restrictions on such operations
It isn't clear what rules the president is adopting to replace the existing ones — President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum governing …
Report: Uber has been urged by investors to sell off its self-driving car unit, which has lost $125M-$200M per quarter over the last 18 months
Arjun Panchadar / Reuters :
Autonomous vehicle startup Nuro and Kroger begin testing a grocery delivery service in Scottsdale, Arizona, starting today
Self-driving car startup Nuro is ready to put autonomous vehicles on the road in partnership with Kroger to deliver groceries in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Investigation finds 1,000+ Facebook posts, comments, images, and videos attacking Rohingya in Myanmar, highlighting Facebook's woeful attempts to fix the issue
Reuters found more than 1,000 examples of posts, comments and pornographic images attacking the Rohingya and other Muslims on Facebook.
Tencent's recent profit drop and China's freeze on game approvals shows the downsides of government patronage
- ‘If it can happen to Tencent, it can happen to anyone.’ — Internet giant has lost more than $170 billion in market cap — China long celebrated Tencent Holdings Ltd. as a national champion.
Interview with Sonos Chief Product Officer Nick Millington, who's named on 69 of its patents, on the company's early days, evolution, and future
NICK MILLINGTON HAD just started to feel like a successful software engineer. It was early 2003, and at age 26 he already had a fruitful career at Microsoft.
Unlike smaller web forums, centrally run social media platforms like Twitter are just too big to nurture healthy online communities
In late July, President Trump aimed his Twitter account at the platform itself: “Twitter ‘SHADOW BANNING’ prominent Republicans,” he wrote. “Not good.”
Two people, in their free time, have reported ~2,000 fake Facebook accounts posing as US military and are concerned about the company's tools to catch others
“We know we have more work to do,” Facebook said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. — Kathy Kostrub-Waters and Bryan Denny estimate they've spent … Tweets: @craigsilverman and @craigsilverman Tweets: ...
Coinbase rebrands Toshi to Coinbase Wallet, a crypto wallet for accessing decentralized apps and managing ETH, will support BTC, BCH, and LTC “very soon”
Siddharth Coelho-Prabhu / The Coinbase Blog :
A look at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensics Research Lab and its partnership with Facebook as it works to spot the origins of online disinformation
IN LATE JULY, a group of high-ranking Facebook executives organized an emergency conference call with reporters across the country.
Samsung Galaxy Note9 review: compelling S Pen and performance updates will please power users, but it ships with Android Oreo and Bixby is still kind of a mess
Cherlynn Low / Engadget :
Facebook says it proactively identified 52% of hate speech in Myanmar it removed in Q2 2018 using AI, up from 13% in Q4 2017
Sara Su / Facebook : Tweets: @oliviasolon and @nickmiriello See also Mediagazer Tweets: Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : This has been updated to include a few extra details including the fact that Face...
Best Buy acquires GreatCall, which offers health response services and connected devices for the elderly, for $800M; GreatCall has 900K customers
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Sources: Japan trade commission is investigating allegations that pressure from Apple forced Yahoo Japan to pull back from its web-based game platform Game Plus
Cisco reports Q4 profit of $3.8B, up 57% YoY, and revenue of $12.8B as it transitions to subscription-based services; stock up 6%+ after hours
Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE :
Google says developers seeking to qualify their app for Wear OS must follow design guidelines by October 1, as it tries to improve the quality of apps
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police :
A look at how Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, valued at $225B, is shifting focus to tech-related bets, like Uber and an expanded stake in Tesla
Talks with Tesla show how crown prince's sovereign-wealth fund has become a global player, but some worry about impulsive, risky bets Tweets: @summer_said , @pwonacott , and @jasonzweigwsj Tweets: Sum...
Ahead of Twitter API changes coming on August 16, Tapbots removes several features from Tweetbot for iOS, following similar moves by Twitterrific and others
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
US cryptocurrency investor sues AT&T in LA District Court seeking $224M in damages after $23.8M in currency was allegedly stolen via SIM swap fraud
Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters :
Samsung unveils the Exynos Modem 5100, featuring support for 5G as well as 4G, 3G, and 2G, with speeds up to 6Gbps when connected to millimeter wave towers
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat :
Google launches the online searchable library of federal election-related ads it promised US lawmakers last year, but it does not include political “issue ads”
It has a full API, open to all now — But no issue ads http://www.axios.com/... Nick Catalano / @nickcatal : Google released a list of all their federal political ads. http://transparencyreport.google....
Facebook says over $300M has been raised for causes through birthday fundraisers since the feature launched a year ago and announces new tools for nonprofits
Asha Sharma / Facebook :
Sources and documents show the creeping spread of China's surveillance technology, such as handhelds made by Cellebrite and others that scan smartphones
Cate Cadell / Reuters :
Coinbase acquires the five-person team behind Distributed Systems to help Coinbase find ways to integrate decentralized identity across its services
a New Digital Identity Standard Looms PYMNTS.com : Coinbase Acquires Distributed Systems To Work On Identity Solutions Siamak Masnavi / CryptoGlobe : Coinbase Gets More Serious About Decentralized Ide...
Square says it cut chip card processing time to two seconds, down from 3.6 a year ago, and no longer requires signatures on card transactions in US and Canada
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Court docs: FBI served Google a warrant with gag order for info on all users at two locations, a space of 45 hectares, amid robberies; Google didn't provide it
Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes :
Data privacy laws don't disadvantage US AI firms to China much; protecting users from exploitation will give an edge in AI as global privacy consciousness rises
Foreign Policy : Tweets: @sammsacks Tweets: Samm Sacks / @sammsacks : “As global consciousness of data privacy risks rises, companies and countries that credibly protect users from exploitation will ...
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