Facebook removes 652 Pages, groups, and accounts on Facebook and Instagram after a FireEye tip led it to investigate inauthentic behavior out of Iran and Russia
Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
Twitter says it has suspended 284 accounts for engaging in coordinated manipulation and that many of the accounts appeared to originate from Iran
Working with our industry peers today, we have suspended 284 accounts from Twitter for engaging in coordinated manipulation. Based on our existing analysis, it appears many of these accounts originate...
Santa Clara Fire Department says Verizon throttled “unlimited” data plan to a fire truck during Mendocino wildfire response; Verizon says it made a mistake
Fire dep't had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response. — Verizon Wireless' throttling …
Xiaomi unveils ~$300 6.18-inch Pocophone F1 with flagship level specs of Snapdragon 845, 6GB RAM, 64GB storage, 4,000mAh battery, 20MP camera, Full HD+ display
Xiaomi is one of the most respected smartphone brands in India, but apparently that wasn't not good enough.
Walmart partners with Rakuten Kobo to launch Walmart eBooks, with a catalog of 6M+ titles and a $9.99/month Audible-like subscription service for audiobooks
Walmart ratcheted up its battle with Amazon, planting a stake on the e-commerce giant's turf by selling e-books for the first time.
A look at Waymo's self-driving car depot in Phoenix and the progress of its Early Rider program, which offers free test rides to 400+ members
Waymo is ready to start charging for its self-driving trips, but first, it needs to master the dreaded art of fleet management
Chainalysis: Bitcoin Cash payments down to $3.7M in May from $10.5M in March, Bitcoin payments totaled $60M in May, down from $412M in September
- Commercial use of Bitcoin Cash dropped to $3.7 million May — Chainalysis says there are few larger users of the coin
In its first quarter since going public, Xiaomi posts $2.1B profit on revenue of $6.6B, up 68% YoY, but posts operating loss of $1.1B due to IPO-related costs
Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi has posted a $2.1 billion profit for its first quarter of business as a public company on account of growing smartphone and hardware sales.
One Medical, a members-only tech platform offering concierge medical services, raises $350M from Carlyle Group to help double up offices and offerings
One Medical has confirmed to TechCrunch it has closed on funding from the Carlyle Group for a new cash infusion worth $350 million.
Google launches experimental feature for Assistant users in the US that shares stories from Solutions Journalism Network when asked “tell me something good”
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A look at Intrusion Truth, an anonymous group that since last April has been posting info about alleged members of state sponsored Chinese hacking unit APT10
Since April last year, a group calling itself ‘Intrusion Truth’ has trickled out the real names of hackers working for Chinese intelligence. Tweets: @josephfcox , @josephfcox , @josephfcox , @gossithe...
Getaround, a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car sharing service, raises $300M Series D led by SoftBank: source says at more than $800M post-money valuation
SoftBank Group Corp. is leading a $300 million funding round into Getaround, a San Francisco-based car-sharing service.
China shuts down ~8 blockchain and cryptocurrency news accounts on WeChat and bans hotels in downtown Beijing from hosting events promoting cryptocurrencies
The two incidents are the latest instances of China's continuing crackdown on cryptocurrencies, which began last September with bans on local exchanges and ICOs
A look at the 59 startups that presented at Y Combinator's Summer 2018 Demo Day 2
From yeast-grown Cannibinoids to project management software to consumer apps looking to gauge opinions on college campuses, there was quite the wide variety of spaces represented on the second day of...
Grocery e-commerce company Boxed raises $110M Series D led by Japanese retail chain Aeon Group; source says the startup is now valued at $600M
Chieh Huang spent years trying to get grocery industry executives excited about the technology at Boxed, his grocery e-commerce company.
In its first earnings after IPO, Dutch payments company Adyen reports H1 revenues of €256.4M up 67.3% YoY, with net income of €48.2M, up 74.6% YoY
After Adyen's huge debut on the public markets in June that saw the stock go up 92 percent on its first day of trading …
Facebook says it will forego its 30% share of in-app revenue for Messenger's Instant Games on Android
Facebook has announced it is going to forego its 30 percent share of Instant Games in-app revenue on the Android platform. — Instant Games are casual titles that can be shared …
Inside the Snapchat “Council” where employees discuss their inner thoughts, and Evan Spiegel's attempts at self-improvement after company's DAU decline
On the second floor of the new headquarters of Snap Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., is a room dedicated to helping employees open up. Tweets: @sarahfrier Tweets: Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : Snap CEO Eva...
In an interview, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter should be built around following topics and interests, thinks an impartial product can exist
@jack to @cwarzel: I wasn't talking with @seanhannity, I was “talking with the people that listen to him” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... pic.twitter.com/lENDP1Ssmy Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel : New:...
JPMorgan Chase to debut You Trade service next week, letting investors make up to 100 free trades within first year, via Chase's mobile app and on its site
here are some other popular alternatives Gillian Rich / Investor's Business Daily : JPMorgan Becomes First Big Bank To Join Free Investing App Trend; Schwab, TD Ameritrade Tumble Chris Morris / Fortun...
A look at Facebook's voice ambitions: from developing a speech recognition feature for Facebook and Messenger apps called Aloha to patents for a speaker device
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Costco finishes rolling out contactless payments in US except at its gas stations, letting customers use Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay at 750 stores
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors :
Cloud-based file transfer company WeTransfer acquires FiftyThree, which makes the popular Paper app, including its entire patent portfolio and executive team
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Tinder begins rolling out a new college-only service called Tinder U to iOS devices at four-year, accredited, not-for-profit schools in the US
Earn your swipe cred. Tweets: Norgard / @briannorgard : Today we launch Tinder U, an experience for students to discover students nearby.If you go to USC you will also be able swipe on UCLA, LMU, UCSB...
Federal court filing: Uber harassment case settlement will award $1.9M in damages across 56 current and former employees who filed claims
Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg :
Chinese government statistics claim total internet users in the country exceed 800M, or 57.7% of its population, up from about 600M in 2014
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Nylas, a San Francisco-based startup that lets developers integrate email content into apps through the Nylas API, raises $16M Series B led by Spark Capital
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
22 states ask US appeals court to reinstate net neutrality rules, and firms including Etsy and Vimeo filed a separate legal challenge to overturn the FCC ruling
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Chinese professional networking service Maimai.cn raises $200M Series D led by DST Global and says it's planning a US IPO for next year
Yimian Wu / China Money Network :
Tencent Holdings and SoftBank Group both dispute reports of their involvement in the pre-IPO investment round of Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain
Braavo, a startup that provides financing to mobile app developers and gets paid back with a fixed percentage of future earnings, raises $6M Series A
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
CoinDesk, a site which tracks news and info about digital currency like bitcoin, generated $20M in revenue in the first seven months of 2018 and is profitable
pre/post crypto bubble world... http://www.axios.com/...
Sources: Benchmark plans to keep its next fund, expected early next year, about the same size as its previous ones, eschewing trend in VC to raise larger funds
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @austenallred and @rolfewinkler Tweets: Austen Allred / @austenallred : So is no one going to talk about how Benchmark arranged a $650 million personal c...
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