Trump says cryptocurrencies including Facebook's Libra are “not money”, need to be regulated, citing their high volatility and facilitation of unlawful behavior
Just hours after a “social media summit,” the president's Twitter account posted a thread aimed at, of all things, cryptocurrency.
Sources: Amazon is developing an Echo speaker with improved audio quality to rival Sonos, HomePod, for release next year, and ramping up work on its home robot
- Echo speaker to include improved audio to rival Sonos, HomePod — Wheeled robot, codenamed ‘Vesta,’ can be summoned by voice
In Q2, IDC estimates global PC shipments grew 4.7% to 64.9M units; Gartner estimates 1.5% growth to 63M units; both say Windows 10 refresh contributed to gain
The PC market rebounded slightly in Q2, according to research firms Gartner and IDC. After six years of quarterly PC shipment declines …
YouTube unveils new ways for creators to make money, including Super Stickers for chats in livestreams and premieres and paid levels for Channel Memberships
YouTube is rolling out more ways for its creators to engage fans and generate revenue, the company announced today the VidCon event in Anaheim, California.
Facebook says its AI bot Pluribus, developed in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon, is the first such bot to beat top pros at six-player No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em
The 32-year-old is the only person to have won four World Poker Tour titles and has earned more than $7 million at tournaments.
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint says it was hacked for $32M in crypto assets, of which $23M belonged to its customers
Bitpoint, a licensed cryptocurrency exchange based in Japan, has been hacked for $32 million in crypto assets. — According to a CoinDesk Japan report on Friday …
Microsoft, after an outcry by many of its reseller partners, now says it will not charge them for internal use of the company's products and services
Microsoft is not going to eliminate internal use rights for partners who've been using software obtained as part of Microsoft's partner-program benefits …
Ford and Volkswagen to expand their alliance to include autonomous vehicles; VW will invest $2.6B in Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Ford
VW will invest $2.6 billion in Argo AI, the Pittsburgh based autonomous vehicle startup backed by Ford
Google announces it is rolling out redesigned News results for Search on desktop, making publishers' names more prominent, adding a carousel, and more
Google Search on the desktop web has seen a slew of visual refreshes in recent weeks. The latest is a substantial redesign of the News tab …
Interview with Neal Mohan, YouTube's chief product officer, on whether YouTube is a media company, content moderation, demonetization, and more
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YouTube says it's working to update its abuse policy in the coming weeks to curb “creator-on-creator harassment”; move comes after the Steven Crowder incident
Julia Alexander / The Verge : Tweets: @sokane1 and @loudmouthjulia See also Mediagazer Tweets: Sean O'Kane / @sokane1 : Carlos Maza told Reply All in this week's episode that he hasn't been living in...
YouTube is introducing Learning Playlists, which will offer dedicated landing pages for educational videos on a variety of topics and have no recommended videos
Dami Lee / The Verge : Tweets: @glenngabe Tweets: Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe : Have educational YouTube content? -> YouTube is launching educational playlists that won't include algorithmic recommendati...
FEC approves a request from cybersecurity company Area 1 to provide discounted cybersecurity services to political campaigns for as little as $1,337/year
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday approved a request from a private company to provide discounted cybersecurity services …
Twitter says it will test a feature to let users hide replies to their tweets starting next week in Canada
Twitter users are getting more control over which comments are visible in the conversations they start. — The company has been testing and talking about this feature since earlier this year …
Twitter was down globally for just over an hour yesterday as the White House “social media summit” kicked off
Casey Newton / The Verge :
Etsy researchers, using their computer vision algorithms, were able to classify styles across 60M+ Etsy listings with 76% accuracy
Style matters a lot to Etsy's millions of merchandisers. There's roughly 43 different categories their products occupy, from knitted ware and cosmetics … Tweets: @edbott Tweets: Ed Bott / @edbott : I...
Trump says he plans to call execs from social media platforms to a meeting later this month; sources say they haven't received invites from the White House
and comedy Inquirer : Donald Trump accuses Facebook and Twitter of ‘terrible bias’ Makena Kelly / The Verge : Trump to invite social media companies to White House to discuss ‘free speech’ online Twee...
User manual for Palantir Gotham software, obtained via a FOIA request, shows the amount of information law enforcement can quickly access about any individual
Motherboard obtained a Palantir user manual through a public records request, and it gives unprecedented insight into how the company logs and tracks individuals. Tweets: @carolineha_ , @woganmay , @m...
Finland-based IQM, which wants to build the world's first scalable general-purpose quantum computer, raises €11.2M in seed funding
Helsinki Times :
WH doesn't seem to have invited anyone banned from major social media platforms to the “social media summit”, organized to lament alleged bias behind such bans
No one who is invited to the summit has actually been banned from social platforms. Tweets: @ashleyfeinberg , @juliadavisnews , @willsommer , @markknoller , @katierogers , @pbump , @cwarzel , and @one...
Microsoft says its Slack competitor, Teams, now has 13M+ daily active users and 19M+ weekly active users; in a filing in April, Slack said it has 10M DAUs
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Sources: Postmates has had talks with DoorDash, Walmart, Uber, and others about being acquired, is still considering following through with its much-delayed IPO
Food delivery prices, labor rights, and the state of the IPO market are all at stake. — A half-dozen American food-delivery companies are battling for dominance. Tweets: @teddyschleifer and @mdudas ...
Now-deleted FCC images appear to confirm the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 10, expected to be unveiled in August, won't have a 3.5mm headphone jack
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Google admits one of its language reviewers leaked confidential Dutch audio data and says it is investigating the issue
one of them leaked recordings Michael Simon / PCWorld : Google defends ‘critical’ Assistant language experts who listen to and transcribe your recordings Adam Clark Estes / Gizmodo : Google Very Angry...
The Minerva Project, the education company which sells Forum, its online curriculum and tech platform, to other educational institutions, raises $57M Series C
Tony Wan / EdSurge :
France passes a 3% digital services tax on sales in France for large internet companies with over €25M in French revenues; the law affects about 30 companies
Food delivery service Just Eat acquires City Pantry, the office catering marketplace that lets employees order in food, for £16M
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
Sources: Apple's Wistron contractor in India has begun exporting 70%-80% of iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 units assembled to European markets
Gulveen Aulakh / The Economic Times :
Nielsen says it will start surveying podcast listeners about their consumption habits, including genre preferences and how long they listen to shows
Ashley Carman / The Verge :
Amazon says it will spend $700M to retrain 100K, or about a third, of its US employees by 2025, acknowledging the impact of technology and automation on jobs
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
Beijing-based Geek+, which makes autonomous robots that can sort and transport goods at warehouses, raises $150M Series C1 led by GGV Capital
Alex Fang / Nikkei Asian Review :
RiskIQ: Magecart hacking group have found a way to scan for unsecured AWS S3 buckets, collecting 17,000 potential sites, some among the top 2,000 biggest sites
Brian Barrett / Wired :
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