Facebook is adding a way to tell how much time you spend on the app, the smartphone market slows but not for Huawei, and Google may return to China.

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Samsung’s growth slows weighed down by low Galaxy S9 sales while Huawei posted a 15% increase in revenue. How OpenAI is improving robotic hands work. Yahoo Finance is planning on launching its own full-day live video stream network by the end of the year.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang.

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• Quick Hits
  • (00:55) Logitech is acquiring Blue Microphones for $117 million in cash | the verge
  • (01:15) Facebook finds evidence of Russia-linked influence campaigns targeting US midterms | tech crunch
  • (01:55) MoviePass’ latest survival plan: increase prices, gut first-run movie access | the verge
  • (02:20) iOS 12 beta 5 further hints at dual-SIM support coming to future iPhone models | 9to5mac
• More Top Stories
  • (02:55) Scoop: Yahoo Finance launching live video streaming network this year | axios
  • (07:45) Smartphone Slowdown Hits Profits at Samsung Electronics | bloomberg
    • Huawei first-half revenue rises 15 percent, with smartphone market gains in China | reuters
    • Sony can’t stop making money from PlayStation | engadget
  • (12:20) WhatsApp’s new group video calling feature is now live | the verge
  • How Robot Hands Are Evolving to Do What Ours Can | new york times
  • (19:00) Nintendo Switch has sold 19.7 million consoles, 87 million games to date | venturebeat
  • (21:45) Apple earnings beat expectations as it sells pricier iPhones | reuters
    • Pandora wins more paid subscribers, posts smaller quarterly loss | reuters
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• Messages of the Day
  • (26:05) Big Jim – Blockchain used in trade
  • (27:45) David – Bluetooth security

WhatsApp now supports group voice and video calling, Yahoo Finance may launch live streaming network, Logitech buys Blue Microphones.

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Twitter will work with two university professors to understand the Internet “echo chamber”. A UK parliamentary committee calls for action to “build resilience against misinformation and disinformation into our democratic system”. How do we go about “fixing” the internet and ensure that misinformation is NOT passed along as objective fact?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.

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• Quick Hits
  • (00:50) YouTube’s website now supports vertical videos without black bars | the verge
  • (01:15) SoftBank taps Paytm for mobile payments in Japan | livemint
  • (01:30) This is the leaked DJI Mavic 2 drone | tech crunch
• More Top Stories
  • (02:20) Australian bank used blockchain to ship 17,000 kilos of almonds to Germany | the next web
  • (04:30) Taxi strike targeting Uber brings chaos to Spanish cities | reuters
  • (07:40) He’s challenging Starbucks with a robot-powered cafe chain across China | tech in asia
  • (10:45) EA launches Origin Access Premier subscriptions for hot PC games | venture beat
  • (13:25) Chinese “hackers” are sending malware via snail mail | tech crunch
• Discussion Story (16:00)
  • Twitter turns to academics to improve conversational health on the platform | tech crunch
  • Fake news inquiry calls for social media levy to defend democracy | tech crunch
  • Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Interim Report | parliament.uk
  • Sen. Mark Warner floats major tech company regulations that don’t include breakups | the verge
  • Scoop: 20 ways Democrats could crack down on Big Tech | axios
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• Messages of the Day
  • (26:05) Hutch – law enforcement use of facial recognition
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  • Lamarr Wilson on YouTube

DJI Mavic models show up in a catalog, Spanish taxi drivers engage in ride-hailing protest and Twitter hires professors to help make the platform better.

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It’s our end of month July round table episode. We examine how robust security keys are in everyday life and why moving to physical keys in an digital world makes sense. We discuss the technology used to discover water on Mars and how this will change the idea of space exploration. Plus teens debate the news with peers on Instagram. What are the implications of a free for all mindset to the spread of information and will this alter how these teens will get their news as adults?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang and Rob DeMillo.

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Disney and Fox approve merge, Atlassian sells HipChat and Stride to Slack, Moviepass borrows $5 million to keep going for another day.

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