Profile of TripAdvisor, which has become entangled in debates over free speech as it struggles to defend legitimate reviewers against litigious business owners (Linda Kinstler/The Guardian) http://www.tech-digi.com/2018/08/profile-of-tripadvisor-which-has-become.html

For well-intentioned discussion, maybe people should move from Twitter to Tumblr, still the world's 52nd-most popular site but with the feel of a ghost town (Jeremy Gordon/The Outline) http://www.tech-digi.com/2018/08/for-well-intentioned-discussion-maybe.html

Profile of ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based blockchain startup incubator launched by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, that analysts estimate spends $100M+ per year (Cheddar) http://www.tech-digi.com/2018/08/profile-of-consensys-brooklyn-based.html

Uber has provided 1B rides in the last four years in Brazil, its second largest market after US, and is profitable there according to the company execs (Marcelo Rochabrun/Reuters) http://www.tech-digi.com/2018/08/uber-has-provided-1b-rides-in-last-four.html

How small startup Hala built Sentry, a social media warning system deployed in Syria using humans and remote sensors to predict when and where bombs may fall (Danny Gold/Wired) http://www.tech-digi.com/2018/08/how-small-startup-hala-built-sentry.html

A look at Facebook's plans to avert interference in the midterms, including putting people from various teams in a physical war room, a first for a US election (Kurt Wagner/Recode) http://www.tech-digi.com/2018/08/a-look-at-facebooks-plans-to-avert.html

SEC filing: Tencent-backed Qutoutiao, a China-based content aggregator, files for a $300M IPO on Nasdaq and says it had 32.1M MAUs in the last quarter (Sonam Rai/Reuters) http://www.tech-digi.com/2018/08/sec-filing-tencent-backed-qutoutiao.html

Walmart says it has completed its $16B acquisition of Flipkart (Anirban Sen/Livemint) http://www.tech-digi.com/2018/08/walmart-says-it-has-completed-its-16b.html