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    • Sources: when Telegram raised $1.7B in 2018, it told investors it will deliver Gram by Oct. 31, 2019, or give back the money, and now says it is still on track (Nathaniel Popper/New York Times)

    Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: Sources: when Telegram raised $1.7B in 2018, it told investors it will deliver Gram by Oct. 31, 2019, or give back the money, and now says it is still on track  —  While Facebook’s big cryptocurrency plans have hit a wall with regulators, another big social network, Telegram, is

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    • Google to shut down Google Hire, a job application tracking system for small to medium sized businesses it launched two years ago, in September 2020 (Greg Kumparak/TechCrunch)

    Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: Google to shut down Google Hire, a job application tracking system for small to medium sized businesses it launched two years ago, in September 2020  —  Add another one to the Google Cemetery.  —  Google has disclosed that it will shut down Google Hire, the job application tracking system it launched

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    • Cisco to buy customer analytics startup CloudCherry, which has raised $16M in venture funding from Cisco, Microsoft, and others (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

    Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Cisco to buy customer analytics startup CloudCherry, which has raised $16M in venture funding from Cisco, Microsoft, and others  —  Though best known for its networking and data center gear, Cisco Systems Inc. is also a major player in the contact center technology business. Cisco to buy customer analytics startup CloudCherry,

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    • Dutch data protection agency says it found that Windows 10 may still be unlawfully collecting user data, refers Microsoft to its EU privacy regulator in Ireland (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

    Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Dutch data protection agency says it found that Windows 10 may still be unlawfully collecting user data, refers Microsoft to its EU privacy regulator in Ireland  —  The Dutch data protection agency has asked Microsoft’s lead privacy regulator in Europe to investigate ongoing concerns it has attached to how Windows 10

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    • Sources: US Commerce Department has received 130+ applications from companies for licenses to sell US goods to Huawei; none of the licenses have been granted (Reuters)

    Reuters: Sources: US Commerce Department has received 130+ applications from companies for licenses to sell US goods to Huawei; none of the licenses have been granted  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department has received more than 130 applications from companies for licenses … Sources: US Commerce Department has received 130+ applications from companies

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    • Google says its Nest Hello video doorbell can now detect package deliveries and notify US users who are subscribed to its $5/month Nest Aware service (Jay Peters/The Verge)

    Jay Peters / The Verge: Google says its Nest Hello video doorbell can now detect package deliveries and notify US users who are subscribed to its $5/month Nest Aware service  —  So you can stop checking every time the camera detects passersby  —  Google says that, starting today, its Nest Hello video doorbell … Google

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    • Peloton's public S-1 shows revenue of $915M in fiscal 2019, up 110% YoY, and an annualized subscriber growth of ~144% over the past 3 years, to 511K this June (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

    Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Peloton’s public S-1 shows revenue of $915M in fiscal 2019, up 110% YoY, and an annualized subscriber growth of ~144% over the past 3 years, to 511K this June  —  Today, Peloton, the maker of pricey in-home bicycles and treadmills paired with on-demand fitness classes, filed its S-1 …

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    • Unless Facebook delivers promised data to researchers by Sept. 30, consortium of funders will recommend Social Science Research Council wind down the project (The Social Science Research Council)

    The Social Science Research Council: Unless Facebook delivers promised data to researchers by Sept. 30, consortium of funders will recommend Social Science Research Council wind down the project  —  Statement from Social Science Research Council President Alondra Nelson on the Social Media and Democracy Research Grants Program Unless Facebook delivers promised data to researchers by

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