10 things in tech you need to know today, August 10

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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.

1.
WeWork has raised another $1 billion in debt from one of its
biggest investors, SoftBank. The new slug of cash
took the form of a convertible loan note.

2.
A CNN investigation found InfoWars violated Twitter’s rules,
despite the company’s claims otherwise. CNN found
that much of the content that to Jones being banned from other
platforms had also been posted to Twitter.

3.
Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 9 with the same price tag as
the iPhone X. The Galaxy Note 9 is Samsung’s
largest smartphone model to date, with a 6.4-inch screen, and it
comes with an S Pen stylus.

4.
The SEC is reportedly ‘intensifying’ its examination of
Tesla after Elon Musk tweeted about taking the company
private. According to Bloomberg, the agency had
already been gathering information about
statements Tesla has made regarding sales and
manufacturing targets.

5.
Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Watch, its $330 answer to the
Apple Watch. The Galaxy Watch
is a fitness-focused smartwatch. It’s waterproof, has LTE
connectivity, and gets “several days” of battery life on a single
charge.

6.
Dropbox crushed Wall Street expectations on earnings, but a key
exec, Chief Operating Officer Dennis Woodside, is stepping
down. His departure corresponds with
Dropbox’s lock-up period for employees, which dictates how soon
they can sell their stock after a company goes
public. 

7.
Microsoft threatens to boot, Gab, a social network popular with
the far-right, off its cloud over posts that threatened Jews with
‘vengeance’. Microsoft has
given Gab a 48-hour deadline to delete the offending posts.

8.
Tesla’s board may reportedly tell Elon Musk to recuse himself
from talks about taking the company private. The board reportedly plans to
meet with financial advisors to determine how it will explore the
idea of converting Tesla into a private company and has
told Musk that he must consult a separate, personal set of
advisors.

9.
Samsung is partnering with Spotify across all of its
devices. It means the music streaming service will
be much more integrated into Samsung hardware and services.

10. A
former Tesla engineer has returned to Apple to work on its
electric car project, according to Apple watcher and blogger John
Gruber. The rumour suggests Apple still has an
interest in making vehicles despite reportedly scaling back the
project.

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