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UK's Ofcom publishes a report on its first year regulating video sharing platforms, detailing how TikTok, Twitch, OnlyFans, and others tackle content challenges (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

UK's Ofcom publishes a report on its first year regulating...

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: UK's Ofcom publishes a report on its first year regulating...

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Sources: senior Stripe execs have asked managers to restart giving lower ratings on performance reviews to 10% to 15% of staff, seeking to prune its workforce (Forbes)

Sources: senior Stripe execs have asked managers to restart...

Forbes: Sources: senior Stripe execs have asked managers to restart giving lower...

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AT&T Gives Upbeat Outlook as Consumers Splurge on Smartphones

AT&T Gives Upbeat Outlook as Consumers Splurge on Smartphones

Executives said the core wireless business overshot expectations during the third...

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Snap adds new features to its $4/month Snapchat+ subscription app, including "Story Expiration" controls, custom notification sounds, and camera color borders (Steve Dent/Engadget)

Snap adds new features to its $4/month Snapchat+ subscription...

Steve Dent / Engadget: Snap adds new features to its $4/month Snapchat+ subscription...

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Texas AG sues Google for allegedly using features in Photos, Assistant, and Nest devices to collect facial- and voice-recognition data without proper consent (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Texas AG sues Google for allegedly using features in Photos,...

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Texas AG sues Google for allegedly using features...

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Google says over 250M monthly active devices now run Android Go, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Google says over 250M monthly active devices now run Android...

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Google says over 250M monthly active devices now run...

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India fines Google $161.9M for requiring Android device makers to pre-install Google Mobile Suite and mandating prominent placement of those apps (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

India fines Google $161.9M for requiring Android device...

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India fines Google $161.9M for requiring Android device...

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Texas Sues Google Over Use of Facial Images

Texas Sues Google Over Use of Facial Images

The state alleged the search giant violated state laws by collecting biometric data...

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Amazon begins targeting fake review brokers in Europe, starting with Spain and Italy, where it has filed a criminal complaint against a "high-profile" broker (Reuters)

Amazon begins targeting fake review brokers in Europe,...

Reuters: Amazon begins targeting fake review brokers in Europe, starting with Spain...

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DeFi proponents criticize Sam Bankman-Fried for a regulatory proposal suggesting websites facilitating trading on decentralized exchanges should be regulated (Adam James/The Block)

DeFi proponents criticize Sam Bankman-Fried for a regulatory...

Adam James / The Block: DeFi proponents criticize Sam Bankman-Fried for a regulatory...

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Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K and i5-13600K review: improved V/F curve and more efficiency cores compared to Alder Lake and highly competitive with AMD Zen 4 (Gavin Bonshor/AnandTech)

Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K and i5-13600K review:...

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K and i5-13600K review:...

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Elon Musk's SpaceX, Pentagon to Deepen Ties Despite Dispute on Starlink Funding in Ukraine

Elon Musk's SpaceX, Pentagon to Deepen Ties Despite Dispute...

This year, at least two Air Force commands justified sole-source contracts for Starlink...

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Instagram is politely reminding you to be nicer — and it actually seems to work

Instagram is politely reminding you to be nicer — and it...

SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The social media app is expanding “nudges”...

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A book excerpt details how the FBI failed to undertake fundamental reforms to combat cybercrime, including confronting escalating cyberthreats like ransomware (ProPublica)

A book excerpt details how the FBI failed to undertake...

ProPublica: A book excerpt details how the FBI failed to undertake fundamental reforms...

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Banyan, whose network of item-level purchase data helps customers automate expense management, has raised a $43M Series A, $28M in equity and $15M in debt (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Banyan, whose network of item-level purchase data helps...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Banyan, whose network of item-level purchase data helps...

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AT&T Beats Earnings Expectations, Raises Outlook on Wireless-Customer Growth

AT&T Beats Earnings Expectations, Raises Outlook on Wireless-Customer...

The telecommunications company said for the recently ended period, it added 708,000...

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AT&T Beat Earnings Expectations, Raises Outlook on Wireless-Customer Growth

AT&T Beat Earnings Expectations, Raises Outlook on Wireless-Customer...

The telecommunications company said for the recently ended period, it added 708,000...

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AT&T Raises Outlook on Wireless-Customer Growth

AT&T Raises Outlook on Wireless-Customer Growth

The telecommunications company said for the recently ended period, it added 708,000...

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Burnout was supposed to get better. It hasn’t.

Burnout was supposed to get better. It hasn’t.

There’s no end in sight for burnout. | Getty Images It’s not just you: Almost half...

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Google launches News Showcase in France, partners with 65+ publishers representing 130+ outlets, and will offer "a limited amount" of paywalled content for free (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Google launches News Showcase in France, partners with...

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Google launches News Showcase in France, partners with...

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Tesla Cuts Vehicle-Delivery Target

Tesla Cuts Vehicle-Delivery Target

Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker reported $3.3 billion in third-quarter profit...

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Warnings Cast Shadow on Chip-Earnings Season

Warnings Cast Shadow on Chip-Earnings Season

Falling demand and U.S. curbs on semiconductor exports to China pressure companies...

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New York Times Drops Plans for Kids App

New York Times Drops Plans for Kids App

The publisher has been promoting products beyond news, including games, cooking...

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The Great Netflix Debate: Do Its Movies Belong in Theaters?

The Great Netflix Debate: Do Its Movies Belong in Theaters?

Some Netflix studio executives long for the silver screen while co-CEOs want to...

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CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40.5% on its first day of trading; Aptos' Layer 1 blockchain was panned for opaque tokenomics and a low transaction throughput (Tim Hakki/Decrypt)

CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40.5% on its first day...

Tim Hakki / Decrypt: CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40.5% on its first day of trading;...

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CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40%+ on its first day of trading; Aptos' new Layer 1 blockchain was panned for opaque tokenomics and low transaction throughput (Tim Hakki/Decrypt)

CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40%+ on its first day of...

Tim Hakki / Decrypt: CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40%+ on its first day of trading;...

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Public cloud company valuations in the US, Europe, and Israel have fallen from $2.8T to $1.2T in the past year; private market funding fell 42% YoY in Q3 2022 (Accel)

Public cloud company valuations in the US, Europe, and...

Accel: Public cloud company valuations in the US, Europe, and Israel have fallen...

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Inside the UST Restitution Group, an association of nearly 4,400 crypto investors trying to track down Do Kwon and who share their findings on Discord (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

Inside the UST Restitution Group, an association of nearly...

Song Jung-a / Financial Times: Inside the UST Restitution Group, an association...

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An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on competition, RCS, government pressure to break encryption, what it's like to hire a new CEO, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on...

Nilay Patel / The Verge: An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on...

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Inside the UST Restitution Group, an association of ~4,400 crypto investors trying to track down Do Kwon's whereabouts, who share their findings on Discord (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

Inside the UST Restitution Group, an association of ~4,400...

Song Jung-a / Financial Times: Inside the UST Restitution Group, an association...

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Valuation of public cloud companies in the US, Europe, and Israel fell from $2.8T to $1.2T in the past year; private market funding fell 42% YoY in Q3 2022 (Accel)

Valuation of public cloud companies in the US, Europe,...

Accel: Valuation of public cloud companies in the US, Europe, and Israel fell from...

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An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on competition, government pressure to break encryption, what it's like to hire a new CEO, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on...

Nilay Patel / The Verge: An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on...

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Interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on competition, government pressure to break encryption, what it's like to hire a new CEO, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on competition,...

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on competition,...

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iFixit's Google Pixel Watch teardown: the backplate can be replaced as can the display, but with more difficulty; the buttons and crown appear irreplaceable (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica)

iFixit's Google Pixel Watch teardown: the backplate can...

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: iFixit's Google Pixel Watch teardown: the backplate can...

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Los Angeles-based Eyenuk, maker of AI-powered eye screening tech for detecting diabetic retinopathy, raised a $26M Series A, bringing its total funding to $43M+ (Katie Adams/MedCity News)

Los Angeles-based Eyenuk, maker of AI-powered eye screening...

Katie Adams / MedCity News: Los Angeles-based Eyenuk, maker of AI-powered eye screening...

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Paris-based Aqemia, which aims to scale drug discovery by combining quantum physics algorithms and AI, has raised a €30M Series A (Patricia Allen/EU-Startups)

Paris-based Aqemia, which aims to scale drug discovery...

Patricia Allen / EU-Startups: Paris-based Aqemia, which aims to scale drug discovery...

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YouTube names Leo Olebe, who held executive roles in Google Play's games partnership division and at Facebook, as head of its gaming unit (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

YouTube names Leo Olebe, who held executive roles in Google...

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: YouTube names Leo Olebe, who held executive roles...

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Report: customers are using doorbell cameras like Amazon's Ring to monitor, control, and punish delivery drivers, such as sharing footage online to shame them (Edward Ongweso Jr/VICE)

Report: customers are using doorbell cameras like Amazon's...

Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: Report: customers are using doorbell cameras like Amazon's...

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A look at "gradient accounts" on Twitter that have color gradients as profile pictures, post viral "relatable" content, and are often accused of stealing tweets (Kaitlyn Tiffany/The Atlantic)

A look at "gradient accounts" on Twitter that have color...

Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: A look at “gradient accounts” on Twitter that have...

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SpaceX unveils its Starlink Aviation service, promising speeds up to 350Mbps in airplanes, with a $150K one-time hardware cost and $12.5K to $25K monthly fees (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

SpaceX unveils its Starlink Aviation service, promising...

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: SpaceX unveils its Starlink Aviation service, promising...

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A study of 1,063 US adults' YouTube browsing experience shows the site is more likely to suggest conservative-leaning videos regardless of the viewer's ideology (Katyanna Quach/The Register)

A study of 1,063 US adults' YouTube browsing experience...

Katyanna Quach / The Register: A study of 1,063 US adults' YouTube browsing experience...

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Tesla Cuts 2022 Vehicle-Delivery Target

Tesla Cuts 2022 Vehicle-Delivery Target

Tesla reported near-record quarterly profit but said it expects to finish the year...

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Meta AI unveils an open-source translator for languages that are primarily spoken rather than written, which can currently translate between Hokkien and English (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)

Meta AI unveils an open-source translator for languages...

Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: Meta AI unveils an open-source translator for languages...

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UK inflation back at 40-year high as households struggle

UK inflation back at 40-year high as households struggle

Inflation in the UK has spiked back to its 40-year high of 10.1% as households and...

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IBM reports Q3 revenue up 6.5% YoY to $14.11B, vs. $13.51B est., software revenue up 7.5% YoY to $5.81B, vs. $5.54B est., and lifts its FY 2022 revenue forecast (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

IBM reports Q3 revenue up 6.5% YoY to $14.11B, vs. $13.51B...

Jordan Novet / CNBC: IBM reports Q3 revenue up 6.5% YoY to $14.11B, vs. $13.51B...

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Analysis in 38 US cities: AT&T, Verizon, and others offer lower-income and least-white areas slow internet for the same price as faster service in other regions (The Markup)

Analysis in 38 US cities: AT&T, Verizon, and others offer...

The Markup: Analysis in 38 US cities: AT&T, Verizon, and others offer lower-income...

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IBM reports Q3 revenue up 6.5% YoY to $14.11B vs. $13.51B est., with software revenue up 7.5% YoY to $5.81B vs. $5.54B est., and lifts FY 2022 revenue forecast (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

IBM reports Q3 revenue up 6.5% YoY to $14.11B vs. $13.51B...

Jordan Novet / CNBC: IBM reports Q3 revenue up 6.5% YoY to $14.11B vs. $13.51B est.,...

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Malaysian payments technology company Super Apps Holdings plans to go public in the US via a SPAC merger at a ~$1.1B valuation, listed on the Nasdaq under TETE (Niket Nishant/Reuters)

Malaysian payments technology company Super Apps Holdings...

Niket Nishant / Reuters: Malaysian payments technology company Super Apps Holdings...

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Google unveils Android 13 Go edition, with Material You, the Discover feed, and Google Play System Updates support, arriving in 2023 on devices with 2GB+ of RAM (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google unveils Android 13 Go edition, with Material You,...

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google unveils Android 13 Go edition, with Material You,...

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Tesla Reports Near-Record Quarterly Profit as Demand Concerns Loom

Tesla Reports Near-Record Quarterly Profit as Demand Concerns...

Tesla is expected to report near-record quarterly profit, but recent stumbles and...

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Celestia, which is building a modular blockchain architecture, raised $55M, a source says in 2022 across a Series A and a Series B, which was at a $1B valuation (Ryan Weeks/The Block)

Celestia, which is building a modular blockchain architecture,...

Ryan Weeks / The Block: Celestia, which is building a modular blockchain architecture,...

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Intel previews the next-gen Thunderbolt, based on USB4 v2, with up to 80Gbps both ways, or 120Gbps one way and 40Gbps the other for "video-intensive usages" (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Intel previews the next-gen Thunderbolt, based on USB4...

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Intel previews the next-gen Thunderbolt, based on USB4...

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The $1,500 Quest Pro is primarily a gaming device with impressive hardware and does not realize Meta's vision of enabling tasks that couldn't be done before (Brian X. Chen/New York Times)

The $1,500 Quest Pro is primarily a gaming device with...

Brian X. Chen / New York Times: The $1,500 Quest Pro is primarily a gaming device...

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Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using Apple's AirDrop, one of the few relatively untraceable methods for sharing files in China (Rachel Cheung/VICE)

Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters...

Rachel Cheung / VICE: Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters...

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Celestia, which is building a modular blockchain architecture, raised $55M, a source says in a Series A and a Series B held earlier this year at a $1B valuation (Ryan Weeks/The Block)

Celestia, which is building a modular blockchain architecture,...

Ryan Weeks / The Block: Celestia, which is building a modular blockchain architecture,...

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Oops, we forgot to fix the supply chain

Oops, we forgot to fix the supply chain

The pandemic brought the supply chain to the brink, but the system hasn’t exactly...

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Tesla Set to Report Third-Quarter Earnings as Growth Concerns Emerge

Tesla Set to Report Third-Quarter Earnings as Growth Concerns...

Tesla is expected to report near-record quarterly profit, but recent stumbles and...

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Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using AirDrop, one of the few relatively untraceable methods for sharing files in China (Rachel Cheung/VICE)

Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters...

Rachel Cheung / VICE: Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters...

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AI art looks way too European

AI art looks way too European

An exhibit at the X Media Art Museum, a digital arts and new media museum in Istanbul,...

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Chip Maker TSMC Weighs Expansion in Japan to Reduce Geopolitical Risk

Chip Maker TSMC Weighs Expansion in Japan to Reduce Geopolitical...

Japan has signaled that it would like TSMC to expand in the country beyond a factory...

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Hearing Aids Are Now For Sale Over the Counter: What You Need to Know

Hearing Aids Are Now For Sale Over the Counter: What You...

Sony, Jabra and others are offering new hearing aids that can cost significantly...

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Tesla Poised for Near-Record Earnings as Demand Concerns Loom

Tesla Poised for Near-Record Earnings as Demand Concerns...

Tesla is expected to report near-record quarterly profit, but recent stumbles and...

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The Quest Pro is viable as a fun, albeit pricey, game console with impressive hardware but does not realize Meta's vision for VR as a place to be productive (Brian X. Chen/New York Times)

The Quest Pro is viable as a fun, albeit pricey, game console...

Brian X. Chen / New York Times: The Quest Pro is viable as a fun, albeit pricey,...

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In filings with UK's CMA as part of its Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft says it plans to build a new Xbox Mobile Platform and a store to sell games (Tom Warren/The Verge)

In filings with UK's CMA as part of its Activision Blizzard...

Tom Warren / The Verge: In filings with UK's CMA as part of its Activision Blizzard...

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Uber launches a global ad unit targeting gross ad bookings of $1B per year by 2024, including by displaying ads within its apps and on top of cars (Dave Lee/Financial Times)

Uber launches a global ad unit targeting gross ad bookings...

Dave Lee / Financial Times: Uber launches a global ad unit targeting gross ad bookings...

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Apple's new iPad lineup is a mess, with the M2 iPad Pro missing some of the advances in the low-end 10th-gen iPad and the 9th-gen iPad still available for sale (Jason Snell/Six Colors)

Apple's new iPad lineup is a mess, with the M2 iPad Pro...

Jason Snell / Six Colors: Apple's new iPad lineup is a mess, with the M2 iPad Pro...

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Global smartphone market fell 9% YoY in Q3, the third decline in 2022 and the worst Q3 since 2014; Apple grew its market share from 15% in Q3 2021 to 18% (Canalys)

Global smartphone market fell 9% YoY in Q3, the third decline...

Canalys: Global smartphone market fell 9% YoY in Q3, the third decline in 2022 and...

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ASML, the Dutch company that makes chip making equipment, expects US restrictions on exporting high-end chips to China to have "limited" impact on its business (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

ASML, the Dutch company that makes chip making equipment,...

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: ASML, the Dutch company that makes chip making equipment,...

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Intel Needs to Get Mobileye on the Road

Intel Needs to Get Mobileye on the Road

The valuation cut is disappointing, but better than waiting for an IPO market recovery...

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Reddit's chief product officer says 3M+ users created Reddit Vault wallets, including 2.5M to buy NFT avatars that can be used as profile pictures on the site (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Reddit's chief product officer says 3M+ users created Reddit...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Reddit's chief product officer says 3M+ users created...

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Munich-based Holidu, which runs a search engine and booking website for vacation rentals, raised a €100M Series E led by 83North, with €75M equity and €25M debt (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Munich-based Holidu, which runs a search engine and booking...

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Munich-based Holidu, which runs a search engine and...

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Munich-based Holidu, which runs a search engine and booking website for vacation rentals, raised a €104M Series E led by 83North, with €75M equity and €25M debt (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Munich-based Holidu, which runs a search engine and booking...

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Munich-based Holidu, which runs a search engine and...

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Alex Jones lost a $1 billion trial. Why is Infowars still streaming?

Alex Jones lost a $1 billion trial. Why is Infowars still...

Alex Jones outside the Sandy Hook trial in Connecticut, September 2022. | Joe Buglewicz/Getty...

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Documents: Japan may let crypto exchanges list tokens without a lengthy screening process, unless the tokens are new; the rule could take effect by December (Bloomberg)

Documents: Japan may let crypto exchanges list tokens without...

Bloomberg: Documents: Japan may let crypto exchanges list tokens without a lengthy...

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Sistrix: Google's September 2022 algorithm update affected several UK publishers, as search rankings for LADbible fell 52%, Mail Online 37%, and The Mirror 27% (Aisha Majid/Press Gazette)

Sistrix: Google's September 2022 algorithm update affected...

Aisha Majid / Press Gazette: Sistrix: Google's September 2022 algorithm update affected...

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WeChat, used by millions of Chinese Americans, is one of the main venues for Chinese-language misinformation in the US and may influence the 2022 US midterms (Jennifer Conrad/Wired)

WeChat, used by millions of Chinese Americans, is one of...

Jennifer Conrad / Wired: WeChat, used by millions of Chinese Americans, is one of...

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Amazon launches the Amazon Insurance Store in the UK, a comparison service for buying and reviewing third-party providers' home and contents insurance (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Amazon launches the Amazon Insurance Store in the UK, a...

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Amazon launches the Amazon Insurance Store in the...

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Gamers, who have accepted pay-to-play models and paid digital items, have largely succeeded in rejecting the video game industry's efforts to incorporate NFTs (Brian Feldman/Bloomberg)

Gamers, who have accepted pay-to-play models and paid digital...

Brian Feldman / Bloomberg: Gamers, who have accepted pay-to-play models and paid...

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The Open Compute Project unveils Caliptra, a Root of Trust specification for verifiable cryptographic assurances of an ASIC's or SoC's security configuration (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

The Open Compute Project unveils Caliptra, a Root of Trust...

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: The Open Compute Project unveils Caliptra, a Root...

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Gamers, who have embraced pay-to-play models and paid digital goods, have largely succeeded in rejecting the video game industry's efforts to incorporate NFTs (Brian Feldman/Bloomberg)

Gamers, who have embraced pay-to-play models and paid digital...

Brian Feldman / Bloomberg: Gamers, who have embraced pay-to-play models and paid...

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Open Compute Project unveils Caliptra, a Root of Trust specification to provide verifiable cryptographic assurances of an ASIC's or SoC's security configuration (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Open Compute Project unveils Caliptra, a Root of Trust...

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Open Compute Project unveils Caliptra, a Root of Trust...

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A profile of venture capitalist and former PayPal COO David Sacks, who is using his wealth and online clout to lead a reactionary movement against liberalism (Jacob Silverman/New Republic)

A profile of venture capitalist and former PayPal COO David...

Jacob Silverman / New Republic: A profile of venture capitalist and former PayPal...

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Kakao's co-CEO Namkoong Whon resigns and apologizes for the recent outage; Hong Eun-taek, who led the company alongside Namkoong, will remain as sole CEO (Jihye Lee/CNBC)

Kakao's co-CEO Namkoong Whon resigns and apologizes for...

Jihye Lee / CNBC: Kakao's co-CEO Namkoong Whon resigns and apologizes for the recent...

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Kakao's co-CEO Namkoong Whon apologizes for the recent outage and resigns; Hong Eun-taek, who led the company alongside Namkoong, will remain as sole CEO (Jihye Lee/CNBC)

Kakao's co-CEO Namkoong Whon apologizes for the recent...

Jihye Lee / CNBC: Kakao's co-CEO Namkoong Whon apologizes for the recent outage...

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Bluesky previews its Authenticated Transport Protocol, formerly ADX, for large distributed social applications and says a Bluesky social app is "coming soon" (Sander Lutz/Decrypt)

Bluesky previews its Authenticated Transport Protocol,...

Sander Lutz / Decrypt: Bluesky previews its Authenticated Transport Protocol, formerly...

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Google adds tablet-friendly features to Chrome on Android, like a visual tab grid, a drag-and-drop mode, and a side-by-side design; tab groups are coming later (Florence Ion/Gizmodo)

Google adds tablet-friendly features to Chrome on Android,...

Florence Ion / Gizmodo: Google adds tablet-friendly features to Chrome on Android,...

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Google adds tablet-friendly features to Chrome on Android, including a visual tab grid, tab groups, and a side-by-side design (Florence Ion/Gizmodo)

Google adds tablet-friendly features to Chrome on Android,...

Florence Ion / Gizmodo: Google adds tablet-friendly features to Chrome on Android,...

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Silicon Valley is starting to cave to European regulators

Silicon Valley is starting to cave to European regulators

Meta’s headquarters are in California, but it still has to follow the United Kingdom’s...

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Netflix VP of Gaming Mike Verdu says the company is "seriously exploring a cloud gaming offering" and plans to open a new gaming studio in Southern California (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Netflix VP of Gaming Mike Verdu says the company is "seriously...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Netflix VP of Gaming Mike Verdu says the company...

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Apple's iPad Gets a New Look and iPad Pros Get an M2 Chip Upgrade---Here's the Full Lineup

Apple's iPad Gets a New Look and iPad Pros Get an M2 Chip...

The entry-level tablet has a bigger screen and updated look, while the high-end...

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First-Edition Apple iPhone Sells for More Than $39,000 at Auction

First-Edition Apple iPhone Sells for More Than $39,000...

The 2007 iPhone was still in the original factory-sealed box and was virtually flawless,...

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Netflix's VP of Gaming Mike Verdu says the company is "seriously exploring a cloud gaming offering" and plans to open a new gaming studio in Southern California (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Netflix's VP of Gaming Mike Verdu says the company is "seriously...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Netflix's VP of Gaming Mike Verdu says the company...

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Netflix plans to stop sharing projected subscriber numbers in its earnings starting in Q4 2022, instead stressing new revenue streams like ads and paid sharing (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Netflix plans to stop sharing projected subscriber numbers...

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix plans to stop sharing projected subscriber numbers...

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Anycolor, a talent agency managing ~140 creators behind virtual YouTube stars, has seen its stock jump 8x since its June IPO in Tokyo and is valued at ~$2.5B (Bloomberg)

Anycolor, a talent agency managing ~140 creators behind...

Bloomberg: Anycolor, a talent agency managing ~140 creators behind virtual YouTube...

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Netflix will no longer share projected subscriber numbers in earnings reports starting in Q4, focusing instead on new revenue streams like ads and paid sharing (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Netflix will no longer share projected subscriber numbers...

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix will no longer share projected subscriber numbers...

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iOS 16.1 RC arrives for developers and enables iCloud Shared Photo Library, sharing keys in Wallet, an Apple Card savings account, Matter support, and more (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

iOS 16.1 RC arrives for developers and enables iCloud Shared...

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: iOS 16.1 RC arrives for developers and enables iCloud...

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Netflix beats with Q3 revenue up 5.9% YoY to $7.93B, $1.4B net income, down from $1.45B YoY, 2.4M net global subscribers added, vs. 1.09M est.; stock is up 10%+ (Sarah Whitten/CNBC)

Netflix beats with Q3 revenue up 5.9% YoY to $7.93B, $1.4B...

Sarah Whitten / CNBC: Netflix beats with Q3 revenue up 5.9% YoY to $7.93B, $1.4B...

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Netflix Q3: revenue of $7.9B, up 5.9% YoY, net income of $1.4B, down from $1.45B YoY, global paid net additions of 2.4M subs, vs. 1.09M est.; stock up ~11% (Sarah Whitten/CNBC)

Netflix Q3: revenue of $7.9B, up 5.9% YoY, net income of...

Sarah Whitten / CNBC: Netflix Q3: revenue of $7.9B, up 5.9% YoY, net income of $1.4B,...

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Netflix Gains 2.4 Million New Subscribers, Reversing Trend

Netflix Gains 2.4 Million New Subscribers, Reversing Trend

The streaming giant added more than twice as many new subscribers than expected...

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EU energy crisis weighs on Italy's textile industry

EU energy crisis weighs on Italy's textile industry

EU policymakers remain divided over how best to deal with the ongoing energy crisis....

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Stardust, which makes developer tools for building blockchain-based games, raised a $30M Series A led by Framework Ventures (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg)

Stardust, which makes developer tools for building blockchain-based...

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: Stardust, which makes developer tools for building blockchain-based...

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iOS 16.1 RC, available to developers, debuts iCloud Shared Photo Library, a way to share car, hotel, and other keys in Wallet, and an Apple Card savings account (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

iOS 16.1 RC, available to developers, debuts iCloud Shared...

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: iOS 16.1 RC, available to developers, debuts iCloud Shared...

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Shardeum, an Ethereum virtual machine-based sharded blockchain co-founded by Nischal Shetty, a co-founder of the crypto exchange WazirX, raised an $18.2M seed (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk)

Shardeum, an Ethereum virtual machine-based sharded blockchain...

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Shardeum, an Ethereum virtual machine-based sharded blockchain...

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Source: Parler has around 50,000 DAUs and its parent company had been trying over the last few weeks to sell the social network at a "wildly inflated" price (Makena Kelly/The Verge)

Source: Parler has around 50,000 DAUs and its parent company...

Makena Kelly / The Verge: Source: Parler has around 50,000 DAUs and its parent company...

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Apple restores Russia's top social network VKontakte, Mail.ru, and other VK apps, weeks after removing them over UK sanctions; it is unclear why they are back (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

Apple restores Russia's top social network VKontakte, Mail.ru,...

Alex Hern / The Guardian: Apple restores Russia's top social network VKontakte,...

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The Amazon Labor Union suffers another loss but vows to keep fighting

The Amazon Labor Union suffers another loss but vows to...

Amazon warehouse workers protest at an Amazon air hub in California in October 2022....

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Apple's 10th-gen iPad comes with USB-C instead of Lightning, which means the supported 1st-gen Apple Pencil cannot be charged or paired without an adapter (William Gallagher/AppleInsider)

Apple's 10th-gen iPad comes with USB-C instead of Lightning,...

William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Apple's 10th-gen iPad comes with USB-C instead...

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Apple unveils the $249 Magic Keyboard Folio for the 10th-gen iPad, with detachable keyboard, a 14-key function row, and an adjustable stand, shipping October 26 (Michael Potuck/9to5Mac)

Apple unveils the $249 Magic Keyboard Folio for the 10th-gen...

Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: Apple unveils the $249 Magic Keyboard Folio for the 10th-gen...

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Apple announces an Apple TV 4K with the A15 Bionic chip, support for HDR10+, and an updated Siri Remote with USB-C, starting at $129 and available on November 4 (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Apple announces an Apple TV 4K with the A15 Bionic chip,...

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple announces an Apple TV 4K with the A15 Bionic...

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The Wire says it is suspending its stories on Meta and India's ruling party as it does a "thorough review"; "experts" cited in coverage deny they were consulted (Aditi Agrawal/Newslaundry)

The Wire says it is suspending its stories on Meta and...

Aditi Agrawal / Newslaundry: The Wire says it is suspending its stories on Meta...

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Apple will release macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16 on October 24 with the new Stage Manager window management feature (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

Apple will release macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16 on October...

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Apple will release macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16...

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Apple announces a new Apple TV with the A15 Bionic chip and support for HDR10+ for $129 (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Apple announces a new Apple TV with the A15 Bionic chip...

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple announces a new Apple TV with the A15 Bionic...

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Apple unveils a redesigned 10th-gen iPad with the A14 Bionic chip, flat sides, 10.9" display, Touch ID side button, USB-C, and Wi-Fi 6E, coming Oct. 26 for $449 (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Apple unveils a redesigned 10th-gen iPad with the A14 Bionic...

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple unveils a redesigned 10th-gen iPad with the...

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Apple announces a new 11" and 12.9" iPad Pro with M2 chip, Wi-Fi 6E, and a new Apple Pencil hover feature, in stores October 26 and starting at $799 and $1,099 (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Apple announces a new 11" and 12.9" iPad Pro with M2 chip,...

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple announces a new 11" and 12.9" iPad Pro with M2 chip,...

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Jasper, a service that leverages AI to generate marketing art and copy, raised $125M led by Insight Partners at a $1.7B valuation (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Jasper, a service that leverages AI to generate marketing...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Jasper, a service that leverages AI to generate marketing...

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Want to Get Noticed by a Celebrity? Snag Their Username on Social Media

Want to Get Noticed by a Celebrity? Snag Their Username...

It could result in a dinner invite—or a complaint to the platform; ‘Christian knows...

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Sources: worried about Apple stealing customers from Android's ecosystem, Google refocuses on its hardware, moving more staff to work on Google-branded devices (The Information)

Sources: worried about Apple stealing customers from Android's...

The Information: Sources: worried about Apple stealing customers from Android's...

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Salesforce stock is up 5%+ after activist investor Starboard reveals a "significant" stake; shares of Salesforce have fallen more than 40% in 2022 (Yun Li/CNBC)

Salesforce stock is up 5%+ after activist investor Starboard...

Yun Li / CNBC: Salesforce stock is up 5%+ after activist investor Starboard reveals...

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Facebook Parent Meta Ordered to Sell Giphy After Losing Fight in U.K.

Facebook Parent Meta Ordered to Sell Giphy After Losing...

British regulators intervened in the 2020 deal, saying it could limit competition....

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Sources: worried about a threat from Apple, Google doubles down on its own hardware and moves some staff from other teams to work on Google-branded devices (The Information)

Sources: worried about a threat from Apple, Google doubles...

The Information: Sources: worried about a threat from Apple, Google doubles down...

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Google adds new kids-focused features to Google TV, including parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Google adds new kids-focused features to Google TV, including...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google adds new kids-focused features to Google TV, including...

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Pentagon Veteran Michael Brown Joins Early-Stage Venture Firm Shield Capital

Pentagon Veteran Michael Brown Joins Early-Stage Venture...

Mr. Brown led the Defense Innovation Unit, where he oversaw the military’s adoption...

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Meta says it will sell off Giphy following order from UK competition watchdog (James Vincent/The Verge)

Meta says it will sell off Giphy following order from UK...

James Vincent / The Verge: Meta says it will sell off Giphy following order from...

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Salesforce stock is up 6%+ pre-market after activist investor Starboard reveals a "significant" stake; shares of Salesforce have fallen more than 40% in 2022 (Yun Li/CNBC)

Salesforce stock is up 6%+ pre-market after activist investor...

Yun Li / CNBC: Salesforce stock is up 6%+ pre-market after activist investor Starboard...

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RisingWave Labs, which is developing a data stream processing service, raised a $36M Series A led by Yunqi Partners, bringing its total funding to $40M+ (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

RisingWave Labs, which is developing a data stream processing...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: RisingWave Labs, which is developing a data stream processing...

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Meta says it will accept the UK CMA ruling and divest itself of Giphy globally (James Vincent/The Verge)

Meta says it will accept the UK CMA ruling and divest itself...

James Vincent / The Verge: Meta says it will accept the UK CMA ruling and divest...

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Enable, which lets B2B companies manage their rebate programs, raised a $94M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $156M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Enable, which lets B2B companies manage their rebate programs,...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Enable, which lets B2B companies manage their rebate...

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Carl Pei's Nothing will hike the price of its Ear (1) wireless earbuds from $99 to $149 on October 26, citing "an increase in costs" (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Carl Pei's Nothing will hike the price of its Ear (1) wireless...

Jon Porter / The Verge: Carl Pei's Nothing will hike the price of its Ear (1) wireless...

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UK's CMA gives a final order to Meta to sell Giphy, after a judge ordered the CMA to reassess the case in July (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

UK's CMA gives a final order to Meta to sell Giphy, after...

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: UK's CMA gives a final order to Meta to sell Giphy,...

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Apple restores Russia's largest social network VKontakte, Mail.ru, and other apps from VK, three weeks after removing them citing UK sanctions (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)

Apple restores Russia's largest social network VKontakte,...

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple restores Russia's largest social network VKontakte,...

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Toronto-based ChainSafe, the developer of an SDK for connecting games built on the Unity platform to the blockchain, raised a CA$25.7M Series A led by Round13 (Sam Bourgi/Cointelegraph)

Toronto-based ChainSafe, the developer of an SDK for connecting...

Sam Bourgi / Cointelegraph: Toronto-based ChainSafe, the developer of an SDK for...

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Netflix Looks to Put an End to Subscriber Losing Streak

Netflix Looks to Put an End to Subscriber Losing Streak

The streaming company, which releases its earnings report on Tuesday, is in the...

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Retailers, Brands and Tech Platforms Bet Big on Live-Streamed Shopping in the U.S.

Retailers, Brands and Tech Platforms Bet Big on Live-Streamed...

Despite becoming a major sales driver in China, live shopping has yet to break through...

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New research, which details pro-Kremlin edits made to the English Wikipedia page for the Russo-Ukrainian war, could be used to create models to detect disinfo (Masha Borak/Wired)

New research, which details pro-Kremlin edits made to the...

Masha Borak / Wired: New research, which details pro-Kremlin edits made to the English...

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Microsoft Lays Off Employees After Slowdown in Earnings Growth

Microsoft Lays Off Employees After Slowdown in Earnings...

The software maker, which earlier said it had plans to cut positions affecting less...

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A recent Kakao outage has raised monopoly concerns in South Korea; the company had previously claimed it had ~47.5M active users in the country of 51M+ people (Bryan Pietsch/Washington Post)

A recent Kakao outage has raised monopoly concerns in South...

Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post: A recent Kakao outage has raised monopoly concerns...

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Research: crowdsourced fact-checking can improve social media moderation by channeling partisan motivations to be productive if opposing sides police each other (David Rand/Financial Times)

Research: crowdsourced fact-checking can improve social...

David Rand / Financial Times: Research: crowdsourced fact-checking can improve social...

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Interviews with journalists at The Wire, sources at Meta, and knowledgeable outside observers describe the messy fight between Meta and The Wire (Platformer)

Interviews with journalists at The Wire, sources at Meta,...

Platformer: Interviews with journalists at The Wire, sources at Meta, and knowledgeable...

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Women in leadership are leaning out (and into a better job)

Women in leadership are leaning out (and into a better...

There aren’t that many women at the top — and they’re leaving. | iStockphoto/Getty...

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May 2022 survey of non-professional creators in nine regions: 48% monetize content, including 53% in the US; 77% of those who monetize started in the past year (Todd Spangler/Variety)

May 2022 survey of non-professional creators in nine regions:...

Todd Spangler / Variety: May 2022 survey of non-professional creators in nine regions:...

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Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on October 17; source: less than 1,000 jobs were cut across various levels, teams, and parts of the world (Ina Fried/Axios)

Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on...

Ina Fried / Axios: Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on October...

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Intel Targets Significantly Lower Valuation in IPO of Mobileye Unit

Intel Targets Significantly Lower Valuation in IPO of Mobileye...

Mobileye, originally expected to land a roughly $50 billion valuation, is now set...

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Pentagon in Talks on Ukraine Starlink Funding, but Musk Says Request 'Withdrawn'

Pentagon in Talks on Ukraine Starlink Funding, but Musk...

The SpaceX founder has complained about the cost of funding Ukraine’s internet service....

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Netflix rolls out a feature globally to let users transfer all their personalized viewing data to a new account, ahead of a crackdown on account sharing in 2023 (Janko Roettgers/Protocol)

Netflix rolls out a feature globally to let users transfer...

Janko Roettgers / Protocol: Netflix rolls out a feature globally to let users transfer...

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Internal doc: Amazon has a high attrition rate across all levels, costing $8B annually, and workers choose to leave twice as often as layoffs and firings occur (Avery Menegus/Engadget)

Internal doc: Amazon has a high attrition rate across all...

Avery Menegus / Engadget: Internal doc: Amazon has a high attrition rate across...

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Sources: the FTC is investigating whether Visa and Mastercard's security tokens restrict debit-card routing competition on online payments (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: the FTC is investigating whether Visa and Mastercard's...

AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: the FTC is investigating whether...

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Sources: Intel is eyeing a significantly lower sub-$20B valuation for the IPO of its Mobileye self-driving car unit, down from the originally expected $50B+ (Corrie Driebusch/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Intel is eyeing a significantly lower sub-$20B...

Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Intel is eyeing a significantly...

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Sources: Intel eyes a valuation of under $20B for the IPO of its Mobileye self-driving car unit, which was originally expected to be valued at ~$50B for its IPO (Corrie Driebusch/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Intel eyes a valuation of under $20B for the IPO...

Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Intel eyes a valuation of under...

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Intel Eyes Significantly Lower Valuation in IPO of Mobileye Unit

Intel Eyes Significantly Lower Valuation in IPO of Mobileye...

Mobileye, originally expected to land a roughly $50 billion valuation, is now set...

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Companies are being forced to reveal what a job pays. It’s a start.

Companies are being forced to reveal what a job pays. It’s...

Coming soon to a job posting near you: Knowing how much it pays. | Getty Images...

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Analysis: why the Biden administration's sweeping export controls on China's chip sector happened now and how they could usher in a new global economic paradigm (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)

Analysis: why the Biden administration's sweeping export...

Noah Smith / Noahpinion: Analysis: why the Biden administration's sweeping export...

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TikTok plans to raise the age requirement for hosting a livestream from 16 to 18 on November 23 and let hosts limit their livestreams to adult-only audiences (Mia Sato/The Verge)

TikTok plans to raise the age requirement for hosting a...

Mia Sato / The Verge: TikTok plans to raise the age requirement for hosting a livestream...

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Stability AI raised a $101M seed, a source says at a ~$1B valuation, and its CEO says Stable Diffusion has 10M DAUs and its web app DreamStudio has 1.5M+ users (Bloomberg)

Stability AI raised a $101M seed, a source says at a ~$1B...

Bloomberg: Stability AI raised a $101M seed, a source says at a ~$1B valuation,...

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Analysis of the Biden admin's sweeping move to curb China's chip sector: why it happened now and how it could usher in a new global economic paradigm (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)

Analysis of the Biden admin's sweeping move to curb China's...

Noah Smith / Noahpinion: Analysis of the Biden admin's sweeping move to curb China's...

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A profile of Google Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler, who leads sales for Google's online advertising products and most of the company's other services (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

A profile of Google Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler,...

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Google Chief Business Officer Philipp...

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Stability AI raises $101M, source says at a ~$1B valuation, and says Stable Diffusion has 10M DAUs "across all channels" and web app DreamStudio has 1.5M+ users (Bloomberg)

Stability AI raises $101M, source says at a ~$1B valuation,...

Bloomberg: Stability AI raises $101M, source says at a ~$1B valuation, and says...

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Profile of Google's Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler, who leads sales for Google's online advertising products and most of the company's other services (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Profile of Google's Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler,...

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Profile of Google's Chief Business Officer Philipp...

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TikTok is raising the age requirement for going live from 16 to 18 starting November 23 and is introducing streams that can be limited to adult-only audiences (Mia Sato/The Verge)

TikTok is raising the age requirement for going live from...

Mia Sato / The Verge: TikTok is raising the age requirement for going live from...

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Discord debuts Activities to bring group experiences like playing games and watching videos to Voice Channels, an App Directory, Premium App Subscriptions, more (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Discord debuts Activities to bring group experiences like...

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Discord debuts Activities to bring group experiences...

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Filing: crypto exchange FTX US is under investigation by Texas' securities regulator over allegations it offers unregistered yield-bearing securities products (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Filing: crypto exchange FTX US is under investigation by...

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: Filing: crypto exchange FTX US is under investigation by...

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A look at Gas, an iOS app that lets teens "gas up each other"; Data.AI: Gas had 500K+ downloads since August launch, despite being limited to a few US states (Ann-Marie Alcántara/Wall Street Journal)

A look at Gas, an iOS app that lets teens "gas up each...

Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: A look at Gas, an iOS app that lets teens...

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Roblox says it had 57.8M DAUs in September, down from 59.9M in August but up 23% YoY, with 4B hours engaged, up 16% YoY; Roblox stock is up 15%+ (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Roblox says it had 57.8M DAUs in September, down from 59.9M...

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Roblox says it had 57.8M DAUs in September, down from 59.9M...

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Ambi Robotics, which is developing AI-powered robots for warehouses, raised $32M led by Tiger Global and Bow Capital, bringing its total funding to $67M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Ambi Robotics, which is developing AI-powered robots for...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Ambi Robotics, which is developing AI-powered robots...

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South Korea's 'Everything App' Goes Offline, Raising Alarm

South Korea's 'Everything App' Goes Offline, Raising Alarm

Kakao’s widespread role in messaging, online banking and other services prompts...

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Mastercard partners with Paxos for a program to let financial institutions offer cryptocurrency trading to their clients (Kate Rooney/CNBC)

Mastercard partners with Paxos for a program to let financial...

Kate Rooney / CNBC: Mastercard partners with Paxos for a program to let financial...

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Alipay has quietly started testing money transfers through WeChat in September, available for a small number of users with a maximum of ~$278 per transfer (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)

Alipay has quietly started testing money transfers through...

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: Alipay has quietly started testing money transfers...

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Kanye West to Buy Libertarian Social-Media Platform Parler

Kanye West to Buy Libertarian Social-Media Platform Parler

The parent company of Parler, a libertarian-leaning social network popular with...

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Sources detail how Changpeng Zhao and other execs sought to "insulate" Binance from scrutiny by authorities in the US and UK, including by setting up Binance.US (Reuters)

Sources detail how Changpeng Zhao and other execs sought...

Reuters: Sources detail how Changpeng Zhao and other execs sought to “insulate”...

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Parler says it has agreed to be acquired by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to create an "uncancelable ecosystem", with the deal expected to close in Q4 2022 (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Parler says it has agreed to be acquired by Ye, formerly...

Jon Porter / The Verge: Parler says it has agreed to be acquired by Ye, formerly...

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Kanye West to Buy Libertarian Social Media Platform Parler

Kanye West to Buy Libertarian Social Media Platform Parler

The parent company of Parler, a libertarian-leaning social network popular with...

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You can make more money if you know how much your job is worth

You can make more money if you know how much your job is...

Coming soon to a job posting near you: Knowing how much it pays. | Getty Images...

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Vodafone and France's Altice announce a ~$7B joint venture to build fiber optic lines to up to 7M homes in Germany; the deal is expected to close in H1 2023 (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)

Vodafone and France's Altice announce a ~$7B joint venture...

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: Vodafone and France's Altice announce a ~$7B joint venture...

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Parler announces it has agreed to be acquired by Kanye West, and says that the deal, expected to close later in 2022, will create an "uncancelable ecosystem" (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Parler announces it has agreed to be acquired by Kanye...

Jon Porter / The Verge: Parler announces it has agreed to be acquired by Kanye West,...

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The Hottest App Right Now? One Where Teens Have to Say Nice Things About Each Other

The Hottest App Right Now? One Where Teens Have to Say...

Gas is topping Apple’s App Store charts even though it’s live in fewer than a dozen...

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Digital Youth Index study: young LGBTQ+ people in the UK are more than twice as likely to face hate speech online compared to those identifying as heterosexual (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

Digital Youth Index study: young LGBTQ+ people in the UK...

Alex Hern / The Guardian: Digital Youth Index study: young LGBTQ+ people in the...

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The Hottest App Right Now? One Where Teens Have to Say Nice Things About Each Other.

The Hottest App Right Now? One Where Teens Have to Say...

Gas is topping Apple’s App Store charts even though it’s live in fewer than a dozen...

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Byju's raised $250M in new funding as the market downturn delays its IPO; a source says the valuation was $22B, the same as when it raised $800M in March 2022 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Byju's raised $250M in new funding as the market downturn...

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Byju's raised $250M in new funding as the market downturn...

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The Mexican attorney general's office says it is investigating a ~$23M purchase of Pegasus by the prior administration and whether the NSO sold it legally (Reuters)

The Mexican attorney general's office says it is investigating...

Reuters: The Mexican attorney general's office says it is investigating a ~$23M...

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How Ukraine uses memes, jokes, and funny videos in its social media war with Russia, which helped the defense ministry's Twitter account grow to 1.5M followers (Paul Adams/BBC)

How Ukraine uses memes, jokes, and funny videos in its...

Paul Adams / BBC: How Ukraine uses memes, jokes, and funny videos in its social...

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Many big US property managers use RealPage's YieldStar software to set rent prices, raising questions about potential collusion in violation of federal law (ProPublica)

Many big US property managers use RealPage's YieldStar...

ProPublica: Many big US property managers use RealPage's YieldStar software to set...

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How Satellite-Based 5G Technology Works

How Satellite-Based 5G Technology Works

Companies are spending billions of dollars to connect customers. Here’s a closer...

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Sources: Apple freezes plans to use memory chips from China's YMTC in its products, including iPhones, following the latest US export restrictions (Nikkei Asia)

Sources: Apple freezes plans to use memory chips from China's...

Nikkei Asia: Sources: Apple freezes plans to use memory chips from China's YMTC...

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By Oct. 14, 51% of the blocks produced for Ethereum's blockchain adhered to the US Treasury's OFAC compliance recommendations that ban Tornado Cash transactions (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

By Oct. 14, 51% of the blocks produced for Ethereum's blockchain...

Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: By Oct. 14, 51% of the blocks produced for Ethereum's...

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Elon Musk, SpaceX, and government partners should stop finger-pointing, commit to transparency, and figure out a long-term funding plan for Starlink in Ukraine (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Elon Musk, SpaceX, and government partners should stop...

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Elon Musk, SpaceX, and government partners should stop...

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What Will Satellite-Connected Phones Do for Us? Not Much, for Now.

What Will Satellite-Connected Phones Do for Us? Not Much,...

New tech in smartphones promises users an “always connected” experience. But there...

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Meta says it found an externally-created Meta Workplace account that was used to spoof an internal Instagram system used as "evidence" for The Wire's reporting (Meta)

Meta says it found an externally-created Meta Workplace...

Meta: Meta says it found an externally-created Meta Workplace account that was used...

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New US export controls may affect 43+ senior executives at 16 public chip companies in China, forcing them to choose between their US citizenship and their jobs (Wall Street Journal)

New US export controls may affect 43+ senior executives...

Wall Street Journal: New US export controls may affect 43+ senior executives at...

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Analysis: 14 self-driving vehicle tech companies that went public in the past two years have seen an 80%+ average decline in their post-IPO stock price (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)

Analysis: 14 self-driving vehicle tech companies that went...

Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: Analysis: 14 self-driving vehicle tech companies...

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Holding platforms accountable for algorithms that promote self-harm is hard because research linking mental health and social media doesn't establish causation (Eleanor Cummins/Wired)

Holding platforms accountable for algorithms that promote...

Eleanor Cummins / Wired: Holding platforms accountable for algorithms that promote...

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Starlink in Ukraine: Elon Musk, SpaceX, and government partners should stop finger-pointing, commit to transparency, and figure out a long-term funding solution (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Starlink in Ukraine: Elon Musk, SpaceX, and government...

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Starlink in Ukraine: Elon Musk, SpaceX, and government...

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Starlink in Ukraine: Musk, SpaceX, and its government partners should stop finger-pointing, commit to transparency, and figure out a long-term funding solution (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Starlink in Ukraine: Musk, SpaceX, and its government partners...

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Starlink in Ukraine: Musk, SpaceX, and its government...

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New US export controls may affect 43+ senior execs at 16 public semiconductor companies in China, forcing them to choose between US citizenship and their jobs (Wall Street Journal)

New US export controls may affect 43+ senior execs at 16...

Wall Street Journal: New US export controls may affect 43+ senior execs at 16 public...

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The Race Is On for the Satellite-Based 5G Smartphone Market

The Race Is On for the Satellite-Based 5G Smartphone Market

A host of aerospace companies and startups are vying to develop satellite networks...

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Holding platforms accountable for algorithms promoting self-harm is hard because research linking mental health and social media doesn't establish causation (Eleanor Cummins/Wired)

Holding platforms accountable for algorithms promoting...

Eleanor Cummins / Wired: Holding platforms accountable for algorithms promoting...

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Elon Musk Jumps Into Geopolitics Ahead of Planned Twitter Takeover

Elon Musk Jumps Into Geopolitics Ahead of Planned Twitter...

The self-described free-speech absolutist has said he would prefer to stay out of...

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International Federation of Robotics: 500K+ industrial robots were installed in 2021, an all-time high, bringing the number of global installations to 3.5M (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

International Federation of Robotics: 500K+ industrial...

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: International Federation of Robotics: 500K+...

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Lyft Battles Gavin Newsom Over California Measure to Fund EVs

Lyft Battles Gavin Newsom Over California Measure to Fund...

Lyft is backing Prop 30 in California, which would tax the rich to fund EV charging...

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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Continue to Cover Starlink Costs in Ukraine

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Continue to Cover Starlink Costs...

The billionaire chief executive of SpaceX and Tesla, backtracking on previous complaints,...

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UK-based Zen Educate, a marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, raised a $21M Series A extension to fuel US expansion (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

UK-based Zen Educate, a marketplace that algorithmically...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: UK-based Zen Educate, a marketplace that algorithmically...

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American Executives in Limbo at Chinese Chip Firms After U.S. Ban

American Executives in Limbo at Chinese Chip Firms After...

At least 43 senior executives working with 16 listed Chinese semiconductor companies...

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Tesla, Netflix Set to Report Earnings as Recession Talk Mounts

Tesla, Netflix Set to Report Earnings as Recession Talk...

Corporate earnings season is ramping up with quarterly reports from other bellwethers,...

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These Tiny Ultra-Porous Crystals Could Transform Cancer Treatments and More

These Tiny Ultra-Porous Crystals Could Transform Cancer...

Materials known as metal-organic frameworks hold promise for advances in healthcare,...

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South Korean Internet Giant Offers Glimpse of a 5G Private Network Future

South Korean Internet Giant Offers Glimpse of a 5G Private...

Autonomous self-driving robots deliver coffee, lunch and packages. As network technologies...

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Study: AI hiring tools don't reduce bias or improve diversity; they can't be trained to only identify job-related characteristics and strip out gender and race (Chris Vallance/BBC)

Study: AI hiring tools don't reduce bias or improve diversity;...

Chris Vallance / BBC: Study: AI hiring tools don't reduce bias or improve diversity;...

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Alphawave IP acquires Banias Labs, an Israel-based optical digital signal processing chip developer for data centers, for $240M (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Alphawave IP acquires Banias Labs, an Israel-based optical...

Meir Orbach / CTech: Alphawave IP acquires Banias Labs, an Israel-based optical...

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Seattle-based Diagrid, which offers a fully managed Dapr on Kubernetes service, raised a $20M Series A led by Norwest Venture Partners (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Seattle-based Diagrid, which offers a fully managed Dapr...

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Seattle-based Diagrid, which offers a fully managed Dapr...

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Amsterdam-based Crisp, an app-only supermarket focused on ultra-fresh food, raised a €75M and announced the acquisition of local food supplier Eetfabriek (Vishal Singh/Silicon Canals)

Amsterdam-based Crisp, an app-only supermarket focused...

Vishal Singh / Silicon Canals: Amsterdam-based Crisp, an app-only supermarket focused...

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Metalenz, which makes metasurface optics for 3D imaging and sensing, raised a $30M Series B led by Neotribe Ventures, and says it is shipping millions of orders (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Metalenz, which makes metasurface optics for 3D imaging...

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Metalenz, which makes metasurface optics for 3D imaging...

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Microsoft admits Windows was not properly downloading and applying updates to the driver blocklist designed to thwart "bring your own vulnerable driver" attacks (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Microsoft admits Windows was not properly downloading and...

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Microsoft admits Windows was not properly downloading...

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BNP Paribas agrees to acquire Kantox, a London-based currency management automation software firm, for €120M after a three year partnership (Fiona Alston/Tech.eu)

BNP Paribas agrees to acquire Kantox, a London-based currency...

Fiona Alston / Tech.eu: BNP Paribas agrees to acquire Kantox, a London-based currency...

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Instead of other newsletter platforms, Substack should be compared to services giving creators direct relationships with fans, like Shopify, Twitch, and Patreon (Hamish McKenzie/On Substack)

Instead of other newsletter platforms, Substack should...

Hamish McKenzie / On Substack: Instead of other newsletter platforms, Substack should...

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Hacker behind the Mango Markets exploit keeps $47M and returns $67M to the DeFi platform after a Mango community vote; he claims his actions were legal (Osato Avan-Nomayo/The Block)

Hacker behind the Mango Markets exploit keeps $47M and...

Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: Hacker behind the Mango Markets exploit keeps $47M...

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Binance's mining service Binance Pool launches a $500M fund to provide 18-to-24-month loans for private and publicly listed Bitcoin miners (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Binance's mining service Binance Pool launches a $500M...

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Binance's mining service Binance Pool launches a $500M...

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Razer unveils Edge, its gaming handheld with Android 12, a 6.8" 144Hz screen, and Qualcomm's G3x Gen 1 chipset, available for $400 in January 2023 with Wi-Fi 6E (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)

Razer unveils Edge, its gaming handheld with Android 12,...

Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: Razer unveils Edge, its gaming handheld with Android...

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Elon Musk claims SpaceX will continue subsidizing Starlink in Ukraine "for free" even though the service is still losing money; SpaceX receives government funds (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Elon Musk claims SpaceX will continue subsidizing Starlink...

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Elon Musk claims SpaceX will continue subsidizing Starlink...

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Sources: Apple plans to launch 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros with M2 in October and is working on a Mac mini with M2, Apple TV with A14, and a low-end iPad with USB-C (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple plans to launch 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to launch 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros...

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Elon Musk claims SpaceX will "just keep funding Ukraine govt for free" even though the Starlink service is still losing money (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Elon Musk claims SpaceX will "just keep funding Ukraine...

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Elon Musk claims SpaceX will “just keep funding Ukraine govt...

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Razer unveils Edge gaming handheld with Android 12, a 6.8" 144Hz screen, and Qualcomm's G3x Gen 1 chipset, available for $400 in January 2023 with Wi-Fi (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)

Razer unveils Edge gaming handheld with Android 12, a 6.8"...

Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: Razer unveils Edge gaming handheld with Android 12,...

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The Wire responds to Meta's refutal of its XCheck report, with a video of a source using an internal Instagram subdomain, DKIM verification of emails, more (The Wire)

The Wire responds to Meta's refutal of its XCheck report,...

The Wire: The Wire responds to Meta's refutal of its XCheck report, with a video...

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Sources: Apple will launch iPad Pros with an M2 chip this month and is working on a Mac mini with M2, Apple TV with A14, and a new entry-level iPad with USB-C (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple will launch iPad Pros with an M2 chip this...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple will launch iPad Pros with an M2 chip this...

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The Wire responds to Meta's post questioning its XCheck report, with an alleged recording of an internal Instagram subdomain, DKIM verification of emails, more (The Wire)

The Wire responds to Meta's post questioning its XCheck...

The Wire: The Wire responds to Meta's post questioning its XCheck report, with an...

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The Wire responds, including an alleged recording of an internal Instagram subdomain and DKIM verification, to Meta's statement questioning its XCheck probe (The Wire)

The Wire responds, including an alleged recording of an...

The Wire: The Wire responds, including an alleged recording of an internal Instagram...

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Company Documents Show Meta's Flagship Metaverse Falling Short

Company Documents Show Meta's Flagship Metaverse Falling...

Most visitors to Horizon Worlds generally don’t return after their first month,...

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An Uneasy Use for Apple's AirTags: Tracking a Loved One With Dementia

An Uneasy Use for Apple's AirTags: Tracking a Loved One...

Problems, both technical and ethical, can arise when tracking family members using...

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Internal Meta docs detail its metaverse struggles; Horizon Worlds has ~200K MAUs vs. a goal of 500K by end of 2022; 9% of worlds are ever visited by 50+ people (Wall Street Journal)

Internal Meta docs detail its metaverse struggles; Horizon...

Wall Street Journal: Internal Meta docs detail its metaverse struggles; Horizon...

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A look at Spotify's podcast exclusivity strategy, which led to 75% audience drops for some Gimlet shows and caused others, like the Obamas, not to renew deals (Simon Owens/Simon Owens's Media Newsletter)

A look at Spotify's podcast exclusivity strategy, which...

Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter: A look at Spotify's podcast exclusivity...

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Fewer than half of the US and European rapid delivery startups launched in the pandemic are still operating; they face huge losses, a funding drought, and more (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Fewer than half of the US and European rapid delivery startups...

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Fewer than half of the US and European rapid delivery...

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New York City-based IronVest, which uses biometric authentication and AI to verify the identity of users online, raised a $23M seed led by Accomplice (Tim Keary/VentureBeat)

New York City-based IronVest, which uses biometric authentication...

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: New York City-based IronVest, which uses biometric authentication...

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Stairwell, which scans companies' data to detect if they are currently compromised or were in the past, raised a $45M Series B led by Section 32 (Help Net Security)

Stairwell, which scans companies' data to detect if they...

Help Net Security: Stairwell, which scans companies' data to detect if they are...

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The WEEE Forum research says that about 5.3B out of an estimated 16B mobile phones worldwide will be thrown away and become waste in 2022 (Victoria Gill/BBC)

The WEEE Forum research says that about 5.3B out of an...

Victoria Gill / BBC: The WEEE Forum research says that about 5.3B out of an estimated...

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Anyone Who Does Business With Google Knows Philipp Schindler

Anyone Who Does Business With Google Knows Philipp Schindler

The search giant’s head of sales is a diplomatic negotiator, but leaves some business...

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Meet the Army of Robots Coming to Fill In for Scarce Workers

Meet the Army of Robots Coming to Fill In for Scarce Workers

Robots are spreading at a record pace, from their traditional strongholds like making...

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Miami-based Brave Health, a Medicaid-focused virtual mental health care provider, raised a $40M Series C, bringing its total funding to $60M (Emily Olsen/MobiHealthNews)

Miami-based Brave Health, a Medicaid-focused virtual mental...

Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews: Miami-based Brave Health, a Medicaid-focused virtual...

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Insight Partners to buy a minority stake in Aptean, which develops ERP and supply chain management software, sources say at a ~$3.55B valuation, including debt (Bloomberg)

Insight Partners to buy a minority stake in Aptean, which...

Bloomberg: Insight Partners to buy a minority stake in Aptean, which develops ERP...

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Apple Workers in Oklahoma City Vote to Unionize

Apple Workers in Oklahoma City Vote to Unionize

The employees become the second group at one of the iPhone maker’s U.S. stores to...

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NLRB: Apple's Penn Square store employees in Oklahoma City have voted to unionize with the CWA, with 56 votes in favor and 32 against (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

NLRB: Apple's Penn Square store employees in Oklahoma City...

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: NLRB: Apple's Penn Square store employees in Oklahoma...

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Manchester-based Connex One, which provides customer engagement tools to contact centers, raised a £93M Series C (George Simister/UKTN)

Manchester-based Connex One, which provides customer engagement...

George Simister / UKTN: Manchester-based Connex One, which provides customer engagement...

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Doc: a shareholders' agreement from Elon Musk for Twitter investors gives him "sole discretion" on an IPO decision, "exclusive authority" on board changes, more (The Information)

Doc: a shareholders' agreement from Elon Musk for Twitter...

The Information: Doc: a shareholders' agreement from Elon Musk for Twitter investors...

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How to Build a Metaverse

How to Build a Metaverse

A four-part podcast series tells the story of Second Life, a decades-old metaverse...

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Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Convicted of Securities Fraud

Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Convicted of Securities Fraud

A federal jury found Trevor Milton guilty of three criminal counts he faced for...

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A look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers spend longer in the video app than Facebook and Instagram combined, and ongoing issues with its Chinese ownership (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

A look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers spend longer in...

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: A look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers spend longer...

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An in-depth look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers spend longer in the video app than Facebook and Instagram combined, and ongoing issues with Chinese ownership (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

An in-depth look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers spend...

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: An in-depth look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers...

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An in-depth look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers spend longer there than Facebook and Instagram combined, and ongoing issues with Chinese ownership (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

An in-depth look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers spend...

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: An in-depth look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers...

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Dutch e-commerce company Prosus plans to sell its Russian online marketplace Avito to Kismet Capital for ~$2.46B; Avito was valued at ~$6B before Russia invaded (Toby Sterling/Reuters)

Dutch e-commerce company Prosus plans to sell its Russian...

Toby Sterling / Reuters: Dutch e-commerce company Prosus plans to sell its Russian...

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Dutch e-commerce company Prosus to sell its Russian classifieds business Avito to Kismet Capital for ~$2.46B; Avito was valued at ~$6B before Russia's invasion (Toby Sterling/Reuters)

Dutch e-commerce company Prosus to sell its Russian classifieds...

Toby Sterling / Reuters: Dutch e-commerce company Prosus to sell its Russian classifieds...

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Sources: Instacart slashed its internal valuation to ~$13B, its third cut in 2022 and 67% below its 2021 valuation, to reset investor expectations for its IPO (Erin Woo/The Information)

Sources: Instacart slashed its internal valuation to ~$13B,...

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: Instacart slashed its internal valuation to...

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Meta plans to end support for Instant Articles, a source says in mid-April 2023, giving news publishers six months to readjust their Facebook strategies (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Meta plans to end support for Instant Articles, a source...

Sara Fischer / Axios: Meta plans to end support for Instant Articles, a source says...

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Nvidia "unlaunches" the 12GB RTX 4080 announced in September after a backlash, saying the GPU sharing the 4080 designation with the RTX 4080 16GB is confusing (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Nvidia "unlaunches" the 12GB RTX 4080 announced in September...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia “unlaunches” the 12GB RTX 4080 announced in September...

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Sources: Instacart slashed its internal valuation to ~$13B, its third cut this year, as it seeks to reset investor expectations ahead of an IPO (Erin Woo/The Information)

Sources: Instacart slashed its internal valuation to ~$13B,...

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: Instacart slashed its internal valuation to...

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Nvidia is "unlaunching" the recently announced 12GB RTX 4080 after backlash, says the graphics card sharing the 4080 designation with RTX 4080 16GB is confusing (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Nvidia is "unlaunching" the recently announced 12GB RTX...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia is “unlaunching” the recently announced 12GB RTX...

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Meta will end support for Instant Articles, source says in mid-April 2023, giving news publishers six months to readjust their Facebook strategies (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Meta will end support for Instant Articles, source says...

Sara Fischer / Axios: Meta will end support for Instant Articles, source says in...

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Sources: Apple's headset will scan irises to let users log in and make payments and will have two downward-facing cameras to capture users' legs for avatars (Wayne Ma/The Information)

Sources: Apple's headset will scan irises to let users...

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Apple's headset will scan irises to let users...

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Chinese Internet Users Lose Access to WeChat App After Beijing Protest

Chinese Internet Users Lose Access to WeChat App After...

The country’s censors are crippling access to the do-everything app for some users,...

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All the Best Gear and Gadgets You Can Buy With $10,000

All the Best Gear and Gadgets You Can Buy With $10,000

Plus, four rad tools that will make you want to spend it all in one place

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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can't Fund Ukraine Starlink Service Indefinitely

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can't Fund Ukraine Starlink Service...

The SpaceX and Tesla chief said the cost of maintaining Starlink terminals in Ukraine,...

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U.S. Has Made 'Dramatic Change' in Technology Used for Nuclear Code System

U.S. Has Made 'Dramatic Change' in Technology Used for...

The museum of one of the nation’s most secretive government agencies has recently...

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For search results on mobile, Google is replacing the "Ad" label with "Sponsored" in bold and moving it above the site URL in a separate line (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

For search results on mobile, Google is replacing the "Ad"...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: For search results on mobile, Google is replacing the “Ad”...

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Sources: Cloud computing company Nutanix is exploring a sale after receiving takeover interest; Nutanix has a market cap of $5B+, down from $9B+ in Sept. 2021 (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Cloud computing company Nutanix is exploring a...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Cloud computing company Nutanix is exploring a sale...

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Sources: Apple's mixed reality headset is expected to have the ability to scan the irises of users to let them log in and make payments inside the headset (Wayne Ma/The Information)

Sources: Apple's mixed reality headset is expected to have...

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Apple's mixed reality headset is expected to...

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FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried backtracks on spending $1B on US political races by 2024, saying it was a "dumb quote"; SBF has donated ~$40M in the 2022 cycle (Politico)

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried backtracks on spending $1B on...

Politico: FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried backtracks on spending $1B on US political races...

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A letter to Senate leaders from ~250 industry groups urges a confirmation hearing for Gigi Sohn to the FCC to end a 21-month deadlock and enable Biden's agenda (Washington Post)

A letter to Senate leaders from ~250 industry groups urges...

Washington Post: A letter to Senate leaders from ~250 industry groups urges a confirmation...

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IT teams are hiring more freelancers and slowing recruiting full-time staff; Freelancer.com says software developer job postings rose 54.7% YoY in Q3 2022 (Angus Loten/Wall Street Journal)

IT teams are hiring more freelancers and slowing recruiting...

Angus Loten / Wall Street Journal: IT teams are hiring more freelancers and slowing...

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Study: Chinese netizens are permitted to air environmental concerns and criticize polluters on social media, resulting in lower emissions from some factories (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)

Study: Chinese netizens are permitted to air environmental...

Coco Liu / Bloomberg: Study: Chinese netizens are permitted to air environmental...

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Chinese internet censors suspend thousands of WeChat accounts and remove posts after a rare protest in central Beijing against "dictator and traitor Xi Jinping" (Financial Times)

Chinese internet censors suspend thousands of WeChat accounts...

Financial Times: Chinese internet censors suspend thousands of WeChat accounts and...

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A hacker leaks 5TB of data from the Colombian government, exposing the identities and methods of Australian Federal Police anti-narcotics agents (Nigel Gladstone/Sydney Morning Herald)

A hacker leaks 5TB of data from the Colombian government,...

Nigel Gladstone / Sydney Morning Herald: A hacker leaks 5TB of data from the Colombian...

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PC Buyers Curtail New Purchases as Pandemic Splurge Wanes

PC Buyers Curtail New Purchases as Pandemic Splurge Wanes

Recession fears and high inflation contributed to one of the worst downturns in...

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Nutanix Explores Sale After Receiving Takeover Interest

Nutanix Explores Sale After Receiving Takeover Interest

Cloud-computing company Nutanix is exploring a sale after receiving takeover interest,...

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OnlyFans exec Keily Blair says the platform wants to move away from its "secretive" past, engage with lawmakers and journalists, and expand beyond adult content (Bloomberg)

OnlyFans exec Keily Blair says the platform wants to move...

Bloomberg: OnlyFans exec Keily Blair says the platform wants to move away from its...

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Meta begins rolling out AI-powered Instagram age verification to India and Brazil; the system uses AI to analyze video selfies or lets users provide IDs (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Meta begins rolling out AI-powered Instagram age verification...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta begins rolling out AI-powered Instagram age verification...

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Amazon confirms Gregg Zehr, who led the Lab126 R&D unit, and Tom Taylor, SVP for Alexa, are retiring after over a decade, the latest to depart under Andy Jassy (Eugene Kim/Insider)

Amazon confirms Gregg Zehr, who led the Lab126 R&D unit,...

Eugene Kim / Insider: Amazon confirms Gregg Zehr, who led the Lab126 R&D unit, and...

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Cybercrime in gaming has increased substantially since the start of the pandemic, with threats lurking in cheat codes, microtransactions, and players' messages (Amanda Holpuch/New York Times)

Cybercrime in gaming has increased substantially since...

Amanda Holpuch / New York Times: Cybercrime in gaming has increased substantially...

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Jury Hears Closing Arguments in Trial of Nikola Founder Milton

Jury Hears Closing Arguments in Trial of Nikola Founder...

Prosecutors allege the former CEO lied to investors about his electric-truck startup’s...

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Crypto Broker Lays Off One-Third of Staff

Crypto Broker Lays Off One-Third of Staff

NYDIG said last year that it had raised $1 billion at a valuation of more than $7...

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The US Department of Veterans Affairs delays its new electronic health record system, developed by Oracle Cerner under a $10B contract, until at least June 2023 (Orion Donovan-Smith/Spokesman.com)

The US Department of Veterans Affairs delays its new electronic...

Orion Donovan-Smith / Spokesman.com: The US Department of Veterans Affairs delays...

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Source: nearly a month after Google launched a pilot to let political campaign emails avoid Gmail's spam folder, the RNC hasn't joined or applied to the program (Makena Kelly/The Verge)

Source: nearly a month after Google launched a pilot to...

Makena Kelly / The Verge: Source: nearly a month after Google launched a pilot to...

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Turkey passes a "disinformation" law ahead of its 2023 elections, mandating one to three years in jail for sharing online content deemed as "false information" (Bloomberg)

Turkey passes a "disinformation" law ahead of its 2023...

Bloomberg: Turkey passes a “disinformation” law ahead of its 2023 elections, mandating...

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Turkey passes a "disinformation" law ahead of its 2023 elections, mandating jail time for sharing online content deemed "false information" by authorities (Bloomberg)

Turkey passes a "disinformation" law ahead of its 2023...

Bloomberg: Turkey passes a “disinformation” law ahead of its 2023 elections, mandating...

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Source: nearly a month after Google launched a pilot to keep political campaign emails from going to Gmail's spam folder, RNC hasn't joined or applied to it (Makena Kelly/The Verge)

Source: nearly a month after Google launched a pilot to...

Makena Kelly / The Verge: Source: nearly a month after Google launched a pilot to...

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The Department of Veterans Affairs says the launch of its new EHR system, developed by Oracle Cerner under a $10B contract, has been delayed until at least 2023 (Orion Donovan-Smith/Spokesman.com)

The Department of Veterans Affairs says the launch of its...

Orion Donovan-Smith / Spokesman.com: The Department of Veterans Affairs says the...

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DataGrail, which helps companies comply with privacy regulations, raised a $45M Series C led by Third Point Ventures, and announces a new risk monitoring tool (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

DataGrail, which helps companies comply with privacy regulations,...

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: DataGrail, which helps companies comply with privacy regulations,...

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Sources: Crypto broker NYDIG, which raised $1B at a $7B+ valuation in December 2021, laid off around 110 people, about a third of its workforce, in September (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Crypto broker NYDIG, which raised $1B at a $7B+...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Crypto broker NYDIG, which raised $1B at a $7B+ valuation...

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Meta says the segment at Connect announcing the addition of legs to Horizon World avatars "featured animations created from motion capture" (Luke Plunkett/Kotaku)

Meta says the segment at Connect announcing the addition...

Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: Meta says the segment at Connect announcing the addition...

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Documents: SpaceX told the Pentagon it can't donate more Starlink terminals to Ukraine or keep funding the service there, asking the Pentagon to provide funding (Alex Marquardt/CNN)

Documents: SpaceX told the Pentagon it can't donate more...

Alex Marquardt / CNN: Documents: SpaceX told the Pentagon it can't donate more Starlink...

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How cosmic rays can alter computers' memory, a phenomenon understood since at least the 1970s, and why it is hard to tie specific errors to ionizing radiation (Chris Baraniuk/BBC)

How cosmic rays can alter computers' memory, a phenomenon...

Chris Baraniuk / BBC: How cosmic rays can alter computers' memory, a phenomenon...

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Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation related to his bid to acquire the company and asks for access to documents he gave authorities (Tom Giles/Bloomberg)

Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation...

Tom Giles / Bloomberg: Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation...

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Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation related to his acquisition of the company and asks for access to documents he gave authorities (Tom Giles/Bloomberg)

Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation...

Tom Giles / Bloomberg: Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation...

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Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation related to his acquisition of the company and asks for access to docs he gave to authorities (Tom Giles/Bloomberg)

Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation...

Tom Giles / Bloomberg: Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation...

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Netflix's Ad-Backed Plan to Launch in November at $6.99 a Month

Netflix's Ad-Backed Plan to Launch in November at $6.99...

“Basic with Ads” begins a month before the start of Disney+’s ad-supported streaming...

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Meta files to dismiss the FTC's attempt to block its acquisition of Within, arguing the FTC's claims rely on "pure speculation of a hypothetical future state" (Ashley Gold/Axios)

Meta files to dismiss the FTC's attempt to block its acquisition...

Ashley Gold / Axios: Meta files to dismiss the FTC's attempt to block its acquisition...

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Venture Firms Buy Up Public Tech Stocks as Startup Market Stalls

Venture Firms Buy Up Public Tech Stocks as Startup Market...

Startup investors, known for making risky bets on unproven companies, are taking...

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Twitter tests a feature letting users control whether others can mention them; if so, the user can pick if mentions can be from anyone or only those they follow (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Twitter tests a feature letting users control whether others...

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Twitter tests a feature letting users control whether...

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A survey of US adults on misinformation: 91% say its spread is a problem, 77% think it increases hate crimes, and 73% say it increases extreme political views (David Klepper/Associated Press)

A survey of US adults on misinformation: 91% say its spread...

David Klepper / Associated Press: A survey of US adults on misinformation: 91% say...

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Q&A with Zuckerberg about selling the Quest 3 at a break-even or a loss, from $300-$500, to grow the ecosystem, missing the shift to TikTok-like feeds, and more (Stratechery)

Q&A with Zuckerberg about selling the Quest 3 at a break-even...

Stratechery: Q&A with Zuckerberg about selling the Quest 3 at a break-even or a...

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Twitter is working on a feature to let users control who can mention them; a test lets users allow mentions from anyone, only people the user follows, or nobody (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Twitter is working on a feature to let users control who...

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Twitter is working on a feature to let users control...

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Q&A with Zuckerberg about plans to sell the Quest 3 at a break-even or a loss, from $300-$500, to grow the ecosystem, missing a shift to TikTok-like feeds, more (Stratechery)

Q&A with Zuckerberg about plans to sell the Quest 3 at...

Stratechery: Q&A with Zuckerberg about plans to sell the Quest 3 at a break-even...

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Venture-Capital Firms Buy Up Public Tech Stocks as Startup Market Stalls

Venture-Capital Firms Buy Up Public Tech Stocks as Startup...

Startup investors, known for making risky bets on unproven companies, are taking...

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How Netflix plans to fight slowing growth, including via an ad-supported tier; Netflix accounts for ~8% of all TV viewership in the US, the most of any network (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

How Netflix plans to fight slowing growth, including via...

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: How Netflix plans to fight slowing growth, including via...

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Welcome to Netflix — with ads

Welcome to Netflix — with ads

Netflix’s Stranger Things. | Courtesy of Netflix Netflix’s new cheaper subscription...

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Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99/month in the US and debut on November 3 in 12 countries, offering most titles, at up to 720p, and without downloads (Charles Pulliam-Moore/The Verge)

Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99/month in the...

Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge: Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99/month...

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NYC-based NorthOne, which offers digital banking services for small business owners, raised a $67M Series B, bringing its total funding to $90.3M (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

NYC-based NorthOne, which offers digital banking services...

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: NYC-based NorthOne, which offers digital banking...

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Stablecoin issuer Tether claims to have reduced its commercial paper holdings to zero, replaced with US Treasury bills, after saying it would by the end of 2022 (Nelson Wang/CoinDesk)

Stablecoin issuer Tether claims to have reduced its commercial...

Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: Stablecoin issuer Tether claims to have reduced its commercial...

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Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99 per month in the US and debut on November 3 in 12 countries, offering most movies and shows but not the full catalog (Charles Pulliam-Moore/The Verge)

Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99 per month in...

Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge: Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99 per...

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Tether says it has reduced its commercial paper holdings to zero, replacing them with US Treasury bills (Nelson Wang/CoinDesk)

Tether says it has reduced its commercial paper holdings...

Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: Tether says it has reduced its commercial paper holdings...

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Sources: Biden's crackdown on Chinese tech exports was driven by fears of China using supercomputers and AI to develop weapons and crack US encrypted messaging (New York Times)

Sources: Biden's crackdown on Chinese tech exports was...

New York Times: Sources: Biden's crackdown on Chinese tech exports was driven by...

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Netflix says its Basic with Ads tier will cost $6.99 per month and launch on November 3, 2022 in 12 countries, including the US, Australia, Germany, and the UK (Charles Pulliam-Moore/The Verge)

Netflix says its Basic with Ads tier will cost $6.99 per...

Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge: Netflix says its Basic with Ads tier will cost...

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Netflix with ads is like Netflix but with ads — and not all of its shows and movies

Netflix with ads is like Netflix but with ads — and not...

Netflix’s Stranger Things. | Courtesy of Netflix It will cost $7 and launches November...

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Meta adviser and ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack expresses heavy skepticism at pushing for avatar fidelity, focusing on the Quest Pro to drive VR adoption, and more (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Meta adviser and ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack expresses heavy...

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: Meta adviser and ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack expresses...

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How the world has gotten much worse for animals

How the world has gotten much worse for animals

Pigs on a farm in Cambodia. Over the last 60 years, meat production has exploded...

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Meta adviser and ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack expresses skepticism at pushing for avatar fidelity, questions the focus on Quest Pro to drive VR adoption, and more (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Meta adviser and ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack expresses skepticism...

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: Meta adviser and ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack expresses...

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Sources: Biden's crackdown on Chinese tech exports was driven by fears over China using supercomputers and AI to develop weapons and crack encrypted messaging (New York Times)

Sources: Biden's crackdown on Chinese tech exports was...

New York Times: Sources: Biden's crackdown on Chinese tech exports was driven by...

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Sources: the EU could file antitrust charges against Google over its ad business in 2023 as regulators grow frustrated over slow settlement talks (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Sources: the EU could file antitrust charges against Google...

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: the EU could file antitrust charges against Google...

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Apple plans to let Apple Card users open a high-yield Goldman Sachs savings account in the coming months to automatically deposit their Daily Cash with no fees (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Apple plans to let Apple Card users open a high-yield Goldman...

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple plans to let Apple Card users open a high-yield...

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Apple Card users will be able to open a high-yield savings account from Goldman Sachs in the coming months to automatically deposit their Daily Cash (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Apple Card users will be able to open a high-yield savings...

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple Card users will be able to open a high-yield savings...

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A look at Google's Project Starline 3D video chat booths, as Google starts installing them for select partners, including Salesforce, WeWork, and T-Mobile (Jay Peters/The Verge)

A look at Google's Project Starline 3D video chat booths,...

Jay Peters / The Verge: A look at Google's Project Starline 3D video chat booths,...

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The Regulators of Facebook, Google and Amazon Also Invest in the Companies' Stocks

The Regulators of Facebook, Google and Amazon Also Invest...

The Federal Trade Commission’s officials traded stocks and funds more than those...

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The race to stop weaponized robots

The race to stop weaponized robots

A group called Stop Killer Robots, seen here in Berlin, Germany, in 2019, has urged...

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A look at efforts by Google, Signal, Tor, and others to help Iranian protestors evade censorship; the White House has signaled support and relaxed sanctions (Washington Post)

A look at efforts by Google, Signal, Tor, and others to...

Washington Post: A look at efforts by Google, Signal, Tor, and others to help Iranian...

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Samsung, TSMC Win Exemption From U.S. Chip Curbs on China

Samsung, TSMC Win Exemption From U.S. Chip Curbs on China

The semiconductor giants are among other companies that have received a one-year...

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Amazon workers in upstate New York are fighting for a crucial second union win

Amazon workers in upstate New York are fighting for a crucial...

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images The election at the ALB1 Amazon warehouse near Albany...

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TSMC Trims Capital Spending Forecast Amid Chip Headwinds

TSMC Trims Capital Spending Forecast Amid Chip Headwinds

Despite reporting a record quarterly profit surge, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

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Accel, Lightspeed, Sequoia, a16z, and other firms are increasingly buying public tech stocks, capitalizing on low prices, as the private startup market stalls (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Accel, Lightspeed, Sequoia, a16z, and other firms are increasingly...

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Accel, Lightspeed, Sequoia, a16z, and other firms...

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BMW plans to use AWS tools to manage data from its Neue Klasse platform for connected vehicles; the company says it has roughly 20M connected vehicles in use (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

BMW plans to use AWS tools to manage data from its Neue...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: BMW plans to use AWS tools to manage data from its...

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Pinterest's stock has risen 34% from a two-year low in mid-June, outpacing Meta, down 22% in the period, and Snap, down 12%, thanks to search-driven advertising (Subrat Patnaik/Bloomberg)

Pinterest's stock has risen 34% from a two-year low in...

Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg: Pinterest's stock has risen 34% from a two-year low...

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European venture capital funding totaled $16B in Q3, down 44% YoY and 35% QoQ, the lowest level since $13.4B in Q4 2020; $8.6B went to late-stage startups (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)

European venture capital funding totaled $16B in Q3, down...

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: European venture capital funding totaled $16B in Q3,...

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Volkswagen's Cariad plans to invest $1B in Chinese AI company Horizon Robotics and a further $1.26B in a joint venture with Horizon, taking a 60% stake (Reuters)

Volkswagen's Cariad plans to invest $1B in Chinese AI company...

Reuters: Volkswagen's Cariad plans to invest $1B in Chinese AI company Horizon Robotics...

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DeFi startup Uniswap Labs, which runs a decentralized exchange, raised a $165M Series B led by Polychain and plans to build an NFT aggregator (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)

DeFi startup Uniswap Labs, which runs a decentralized exchange,...

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: DeFi startup Uniswap Labs, which runs a decentralized...

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After incremental smartphone updates, Apple's Watch Ultra, Google's Pixel Watch, and Samsung's Watch 5 Pro reinvigorate a wearables sector that was stagnating (Dan Seifert/The Verge)

After incremental smartphone updates, Apple's Watch Ultra,...

Dan Seifert / The Verge: After incremental smartphone updates, Apple's Watch Ultra,...

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China's central bank: e-CNY transactions totaled ~$14B from December 2019 to August 2022, up 14% from ~$12.2B in December 2021, signaling slowing growth (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)

China's central bank: e-CNY transactions totaled ~$14B...

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: China's central bank: e-CNY transactions totaled...

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Numerator: during Amazon's second Prime Day, the average US order size was $46.44, down 23% from the July Prime Day, mostly comprising household essentials (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Numerator: during Amazon's second Prime Day, the average...

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Numerator: during Amazon's second Prime Day, the average...

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Sources: the FCC plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the US over national security concerns, pending a vote (Axios)

Sources: the FCC plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and...

Axios: Sources: the FCC plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications...

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An internal Pentagon document says more than 80% of the US soldiers who used Microsoft's HoloLens experienced "mission-affecting physical impairments" (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg)

An internal Pentagon document says more than 80% of the...

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: An internal Pentagon document says more than 80% of...

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One Place Where the Rules Actually Apply to Musk

One Place Where the Rules Actually Apply to Musk

The Delaware Court of Chancery is no place for theatrics, and the judge presiding...

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Responding to outrage over Twitch's 30/70 fee split, an executive says Amazon expects the service to be "a sustainable, viable long-term business" (Nathan Grayson/Washington Post)

Responding to outrage over Twitch's 30/70 fee split, an...

Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: Responding to outrage over Twitch's 30/70 fee...

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One Place Where the Rules Actually Apply to Elon Musk

One Place Where the Rules Actually Apply to Elon Musk

The Delaware Court of Chancery is no place for theatrics, and the judge presiding...

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Venture Firms Are Betting on Public Tech Stocks as Startup Market Stalls

Venture Firms Are Betting on Public Tech Stocks as Startup...

Startup investors, known for making risky bets on unproven companies, are taking...

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6 questions with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

6 questions with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

Christina Animashaun/Vox Recode spoke with the secretary of transportation about...

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Samsung Gets Exemption From New U.S. Chip Restrictions on China

Samsung Gets Exemption From New U.S. Chip Restrictions...

The semiconductor giant received a one-year exemption from new U.S. restrictions...

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Mark Zuckerberg's belief in an "open, interoperable metaverse" stands at odds with his vision being built on corporate partnerships and case-by-case permissions (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Mark Zuckerberg's belief in an "open, interoperable metaverse"...

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg's belief in an “open, interoperable metaverse”...

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Sources detail how Twitter staff feel about the Elon Musk buyout saga, as attrition rises dramatically and some are concerned about his libertarian politics (Financial Times)

Sources detail how Twitter staff feel about the Elon Musk...

Financial Times: Sources detail how Twitter staff feel about the Elon Musk buyout...

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Microsoft plans to sunset its Microsoft Office branding after more than 30 years, rebranding the apps to Microsoft 365; new logos will roll out in January 2023 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft plans to sunset its Microsoft Office branding...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft plans to sunset its Microsoft Office branding...

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US Federal Reserve expected to stay the course as US consumer prices set to remain high in September

US Federal Reserve expected to stay the course as US consumer...

US Consumer Price data for the month of September will be released later this Thursday,...

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Estonia-based Katana, which offers ERP software with prebuilt integrations to SMB manufacturers, raised a €35M Series B, bringing its total funding to ~$50M (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Estonia-based Katana, which offers ERP software with prebuilt...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Estonia-based Katana, which offers ERP software with prebuilt...

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TSMC cuts its 2022 capital spending target by ~10%, expecting to spend ~$36B on equipment, down from a prior $40B+ estimate, suggesting a deeper tech downturn (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

TSMC cuts its 2022 capital spending target by ~10%, expecting...

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: TSMC cuts its 2022 capital spending target by ~10%, expecting...

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TSMC Reports Record Profit, Gains Exemption From U.S. Chip Curbs on China

TSMC Reports Record Profit, Gains Exemption From U.S. Chip...

The world’s largest contract chip maker was boosted by strong sales of its cutting-edge...

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Research: social media accounts pushing misinformation are targeting users in non-English languages before the US midterms, with scant resistance from platforms (Tiffany Hsu/New York Times)

Research: social media accounts pushing misinformation...

Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: Research: social media accounts pushing misinformation...

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Applied Materials says US export controls on chips and chipmaking tech to China would result in a $250M-$550M net sales loss for its fiscal Q4 2022 and Q1 2023 (Reuters)

Applied Materials says US export controls on chips and...

Reuters: Applied Materials says US export controls on chips and chipmaking tech...

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[Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K in 2021 by ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists, as a side hustle for five hours per week (@bitech)

[Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K...

@bitech: [Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K in 2021 by...

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Samsung Gets One-Year Exemption From New U.S. Chip Restrictions on China

Samsung Gets One-Year Exemption From New U.S. Chip Restrictions...

The semiconductor giant received a one-year exemption from new U.S. restrictions...

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Singapore-based Pillow, which helps users in emerging markets save, spend, and invest in cryptocurrency, raised an $18M Series A led by Accel and Quona Capital (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)

Singapore-based Pillow, which helps users in emerging markets...

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Pillow, which helps users in emerging...

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[Thread] A founder of a tech startup describes how he made ~$200K last year as a side hustle by ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists (@bitech)

[Thread] A founder of a tech startup describes how he made...

@bitech: [Thread] A founder of a tech startup describes how he made ~$200K last...

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Why semiconductors are central to world economy, geopolitics

Why semiconductors are central to world economy, geopolitics

The Chinese Communist Party Congress opens in Beijing on October 16, a week after...

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Applied Materials says US export controls on chips and chipmaking tech to China would result in a $250M-$550M loss in net sales in the quarter ending October 30 (Reuters)

Applied Materials says US export controls on chips and...

Reuters: Applied Materials says US export controls on chips and chipmaking tech...

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FOLX Health, which offers telehealth services for the LGBTQIA+ community, raised a $30M Series B led by 7wireVentures, bringing its total funding to ~$60M (Andrew Mendez/TechCrunch)

FOLX Health, which offers telehealth services for the LGBTQIA+...

Andrew Mendez / TechCrunch: FOLX Health, which offers telehealth services for the...

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Trellix report: phishing emails targeting county election workers surged in battleground states Arizona and Pennsylvania ahead of their primary elections (Edward Graham/Nextgov)

Trellix report: phishing emails targeting county election...

Edward Graham / Nextgov: Trellix report: phishing emails targeting county election...

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Trellix: county election workers in two states noted a surge in malicious emails ahead of their primaries, trying to phish users or get them to download malware (Edward Graham/Nextgov)

Trellix: county election workers in two states noted a...

Edward Graham / Nextgov: Trellix: county election workers in two states noted a...

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London-based GoHenry, a neobank for 6-18 year olds, raised a £49M+ Series B, and says its 2021 revenue was up 55% YoY to £30.5M and losses up 20x YoY to £30.5M (Amy O'Brien/Sifted)

London-based GoHenry, a neobank for 6-18 year olds, raised...

Amy O'Brien / Sifted: London-based GoHenry, a neobank for 6-18 year olds, raised...

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Samsung announces expanded Google partnership to let Galaxy phone and tablet users onboard Matter-compatible devices to both SmartThings and Google Home systems (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Samsung announces expanded Google partnership to let Galaxy...

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Samsung announces expanded Google partnership...

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Signal will start phasing out SMS and MMS support from its Android app; users have a few months to transition away from SMS and export messages to another app (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Signal will start phasing out SMS and MMS support from...

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Signal will start phasing out SMS and MMS support...

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Vectara, founded by former Google staffers, emerges from stealth with $20M in seed funding and the launch of its neural search-as-a-service technology (VentureBeat)

Vectara, founded by former Google staffers, emerges from...

VentureBeat: Vectara, founded by former Google staffers, emerges from stealth with...

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Dream Security, a cybersecurity company co-founded by former NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio with a focus on protecting critical infrastructure, has raised $20M (Ivan Levingston/Bloomberg)

Dream Security, a cybersecurity company co-founded by former...

Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: Dream Security, a cybersecurity company co-founded...

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Amazon, Shopify, Wayfair, and other big e-commerce sites scale back operations after erroneously betting that pandemic online shopping trends would be permanent (Matthew Townsend/Bloomberg)

Amazon, Shopify, Wayfair, and other big e-commerce sites...

Matthew Townsend / Bloomberg: Amazon, Shopify, Wayfair, and other big e-commerce...

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Sources: US chip equipment suppliers are pausing business activities and pulling out staff based at China's YMTC, following US curbs on China's chip sector (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: US chip equipment suppliers are pausing business...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: US chip equipment suppliers are pausing business activities...

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Google Approves Truth Social for Its App Store

Google Approves Truth Social for Its App Store

Trump-backed social-media platform has agreed to follow the tech giant’s content-moderation...

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The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocks the Texas social media law from going into effect, as industry groups seek to bring the case to the Supreme Court (Rebecca Klar/The Hill)

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocks the Texas social...

Rebecca Klar / The Hill: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocks the Texas social...

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Microsoft previews Places, a new app to help companies address hybrid workplace challenges, to be released in 2023 with Microsoft 365 business subscriptions (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Microsoft previews Places, a new app to help companies...

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Microsoft previews Places, a new app to help companies address...

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Sources: Ukrainian officials say some Starlink devices that suffered outages have come back online; officials rule out technical malfunctions or Russian jamming (Financial Times)

Sources: Ukrainian officials say some Starlink devices...

Financial Times: Sources: Ukrainian officials say some Starlink devices that suffered...

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Shein's parent company Zoetop agrees to pay a $1.9M penalty to New York for a 2018 data breach of 39M Shein and 7M Romwe accounts' credit card and personal info (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Shein's parent company Zoetop agrees to pay a $1.9M penalty...

Mia Sato / The Verge: Shein's parent company Zoetop agrees to pay a $1.9M penalty...

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DC-based policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the US Treasury Department, saying the treasury overstepped its authority by sanctioning Tornado Cash in August 2022 (Colin Wilhelm/The Block)

DC-based policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the US Treasury...

Colin Wilhelm / The Block: DC-based policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the US Treasury...

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Sources: Google approved Truth Social in the Google Play Store after the app updated its content moderation policies in response to being denied in August 2022 (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sources: Google approved Truth Social in the Google Play...

Sara Fischer / Axios: Sources: Google approved Truth Social in the Google Play Store...

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US policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the Treasury Department, saying the Department overstepped its authority when it sanctioned Tornado Cash in August (Colin Wilhelm/The Block)

US policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the Treasury Department,...

Colin Wilhelm / The Block: US policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the Treasury Department,...

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Souring Economy Gives Tech Freelancers a Lift

Souring Economy Gives Tech Freelancers a Lift

A new wave of IT freelancers prefer to tackle digital projects, then move on, recruiters...

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Shein's parent company Zoetop will pay a $1.9M penalty to New York state over a 2018 data breach that affected 39M Shein and 7M Romwe accounts (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Shein's parent company Zoetop will pay a $1.9M penalty...

Mia Sato / The Verge: Shein's parent company Zoetop will pay a $1.9M penalty to...

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SpaceX Plans to Take Dennis Tito Around the Moon on Starship Flight

SpaceX Plans to Take Dennis Tito Around the Moon on Starship...

Tito, now 82, became the first space tourist by traveling to the International Space...

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Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming service globally, starting with over a dozen markets excluding the US, and integrate it into TikTok (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming...

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TikTok Parent ByteDance Plans Music-Streaming Expansion

TikTok Parent ByteDance Plans Music-Streaming Expansion

The company has begun talks with music labels about expanding its music-streaming...

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Elon Musk Touts His Newest Venture: Perfume That Smells Like Burnt Hair

Elon Musk Touts His Newest Venture: Perfume That Smells...

The Tesla chief executive announced the sale of a $100 bottle of perfume that smells...

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Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming service globally, starting with over a dozen markets but not the US, and integrate it into TikTok (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming...

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Sources: Google has approved Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store after the app updated its policies in response to being barred in August (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sources: Google has approved Truth Social for distribution...

Sara Fischer / Axios: Sources: Google has approved Truth Social for distribution...

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Google Pixel Watch review: beautiful, comfortable, bright but cramped screen, lackluster battery life, slow charging, few apps, and no auto workout tracking (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)

Google Pixel Watch review: beautiful, comfortable, bright...

Julian Chokkattu / Wired: Google Pixel Watch review: beautiful, comfortable, bright...

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Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that they won't get its new benefits and would need to negotiate via the collective bargaining arrangement (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that...

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Sources: Apple held separate exploratory discussions with media agencies about monetizing its original video content through ads, possibly as early as 2023 (Digiday)

Sources: Apple held separate exploratory discussions with...

Digiday: Sources: Apple held separate exploratory discussions with media agencies...

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Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro review: faster biometric unlocking and bright screens, but underwhelming speech and intelligence features and Pixel 7's display is 90Hz (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro review: faster biometric unlocking...

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro review: faster biometric unlocking...

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Corporate expense management tool TripActions raised a $154M Series G at a $9.2B valuation, up from $7.25B in October 2021, and $150M in structured financing (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Corporate expense management tool TripActions raised a...

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Corporate expense management tool TripActions...

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Sources: Apple holds early discussions with media agencies over monetizing its original video content through ads, possibly as early as 2023 (Digiday)

Sources: Apple holds early discussions with media agencies...

Digiday: Sources: Apple holds early discussions with media agencies over monetizing...

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Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that they won't get its new benefits and would need to negotiate via a collective bargaining arrangement (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that...

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Business travel company TripActions raised a Series G of $154M in equity at a $9.2B valuation, up from $7.25B in October 2021, and $150M in structured financing (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Business travel company TripActions raised a Series G of...

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Business travel company TripActions raised a Series...

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You’re going back to the office. Your boss isn’t.

You’re going back to the office. Your boss isn’t.

The same people sending workers back to the office get to keep working from home....

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Amazon plans to launch its first two Project Kuiper prototype internet satellites in early 2023 on the new Vulcan rocket developed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin (Christian Davenport/Washington Post)

Amazon plans to launch its first two Project Kuiper prototype...

Christian Davenport / Washington Post: Amazon plans to launch its first two Project...

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Filings: London-based crypto custody startup Copper raised $196M as part of an ongoing Series C; Copper was reportedly valued at $3B in November 2021 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

Filings: London-based crypto custody startup Copper raised...

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Filings: London-based crypto custody startup Copper raised...

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Microsoft details Edge Workspaces, a shared set of browser tabs for collaboration, and adds new security features and accessibility tools to Edge (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Microsoft details Edge Workspaces, a shared set of browser...

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Microsoft details Edge Workspaces, a shared set...

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Amazon plans to launch its first Project Kuiper prototype internet satellites in early 2023 on a Vulcan rocket, developed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin (Christian Davenport/Washington Post)

Amazon plans to launch its first Project Kuiper prototype...

Christian Davenport / Washington Post: Amazon plans to launch its first Project...

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Microsoft announces Teams Premium, adding several AI-based features, like meeting recaps and live translations, expected to launch in February 2023, pricing TBA (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft announces Teams Premium, adding several AI-based...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft announces Teams Premium, adding several AI-based...

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Mango Markets, a Solana DeFi platform, says a hacker stole ~$100M by manipulating its coin's price; the hacker then passed a malicious DAO governance proposal (Taylor Locke/Fortune)

Mango Markets, a Solana DeFi platform, says a hacker stole...

Taylor Locke / Fortune: Mango Markets, a Solana DeFi platform, says a hacker stole...

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Microsoft says Apple will launch desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps for Windows in 2023; Windows 11's Photo app will add iCloud integration (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Microsoft says Apple will launch desktop Apple TV and Apple...

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Microsoft says Apple will launch desktop Apple TV and Apple...

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Microsoft plans to release its Adaptive Accessories, including a mouse, programmable button, and Adaptive Hub, on October 25 in "select markets" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Microsoft plans to release its Adaptive Accessories, including...

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Microsoft plans to release its Adaptive Accessories,...

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Microsoft plans to integrate DALL-E 2 with the newly announced Microsoft Designer app and Image Creator tool in Bing and Microsoft Edge (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Microsoft plans to integrate DALL-E 2 with the newly announced...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft plans to integrate DALL-E 2 with the newly...

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Microsoft debuts Surface Laptop 5, available in 13.5-inch and 15-inch with Intel's 12th Gen CPUs, Wi-Fi 6, and Dolby Vision, available October 25 for $1,000+ (Sam Rutherford/Engadget)

Microsoft debuts Surface Laptop 5, available in 13.5-inch...

Sam Rutherford / Engadget: Microsoft debuts Surface Laptop 5, available in 13.5-inch...

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Microsoft announces the 28-inch Surface Studio 2+ with Intel's 11th Gen i7, Nvidia's RTX 3060, Dolby Vision, and 1TB, available for $4,299 or $4,499 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft announces the 28-inch Surface Studio 2+ with...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft announces the 28-inch Surface Studio 2+ with Intel's...

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Microsoft details the Surface Pro 9, combining the Pro X and Pro, with an SQ3 Arm chip or Intel's 12th Gen CPUs, available October 25, starting at $1,000 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft details the Surface Pro 9, combining the Pro...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft details the Surface Pro 9, combining the Pro X...

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Livestream of Microsoft's Fall 2022 Surface event (Microsoft)

Livestream of Microsoft's Fall 2022 Surface event (Microsoft)

Microsoft: Livestream of Microsoft's Fall 2022 Surface event  —  Microsoft Microsoft...