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Alcatraz AI, which develops AI-powered, facial recognition-based building access control systems, raised a $25M Series A led by Almaz Capital (Megha Paul/Tech.eu)

Alcatraz AI, which develops AI-powered, facial recognition-based...

Megha Paul / Tech.eu: Alcatraz AI, which develops AI-powered, facial recognition-based...

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Amazon announces the US launch of Veeqo, a shipping software that lets sellers connect their sales channels and access discounts on UPS, USPS, DHL, and FedEx (Paul Hill/Neowin)

Amazon announces the US launch of Veeqo, a shipping software...

Paul Hill / Neowin: Amazon announces the US launch of Veeqo, a shipping software...

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PitchBook: Figma deal is the largest exit for a VC-backed company in ~20 years; source: Index Ventures' ~12% stake makes it Figma's biggest outside shareholder (Bloomberg)

PitchBook: Figma deal is the largest exit for a VC-backed...

Bloomberg: PitchBook: Figma deal is the largest exit for a VC-backed company in...

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COO Vanessa Pappas told senators that TikTok is working on a final deal with CFIUS that satisfies all US national security concerns, but didn't give a timeline (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

COO Vanessa Pappas told senators that TikTok is working...

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: COO Vanessa Pappas told senators that TikTok...

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Uber is investigating a breach of its computer systems, saying a hacker compromised a worker's Slack account and also gained access to other internal systems (New York Times)

Uber is investigating a breach of its computer systems,...

New York Times: Uber is investigating a breach of its computer systems, saying a...

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Winn.AI, maker of an AI assistant to help sales teams track, capture, and update CRM entries, comes out of stealth with a $17M seed led by Insight and S-Capital (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Winn.AI, maker of an AI assistant to help sales teams track,...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Winn.AI, maker of an AI assistant to help sales teams...

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Speaking hours after Ethereum's Merge update, SEC Chair Gary Gensler says cryptocurrencies that let holders stake coins may be subject to US securities laws (Wall Street Journal)

Speaking hours after Ethereum's Merge update, SEC Chair...

Wall Street Journal: Speaking hours after Ethereum's Merge update, SEC Chair Gary...

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Memo to staff: Adam Mosseri says Instagram's creator surveys show the app lags behind TikTok and YouTube on the most important creator satisfaction dimensions (The Information)

Memo to staff: Adam Mosseri says Instagram's creator surveys...

The Information: Memo to staff: Adam Mosseri says Instagram's creator surveys show...

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Source: Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox directed the New Product Experimentation division to scale back and focus entirely on short-form video innovation (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Source: Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox directed the...

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Source: Meta is scaling back the mission of its New Product Experimentation division to focus entirely on innovation in short-form video (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Source: Meta is scaling back the mission of its New Product...

Casey Newton / Platformer: Source: Meta is scaling back the mission of its New Product...

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Memo to staff: Adam Mosseri says its surveys of creators show Instagram lags behind TikTok and YouTube on the most important creator satisfaction dimensions (The Information)

Memo to staff: Adam Mosseri says its surveys of creators...

The Information: Memo to staff: Adam Mosseri says its surveys of creators show Instagram...

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California Gov. Newsom Signs Law Requiring Social Media Companies to Consider Children's Health

California Gov. Newsom Signs Law Requiring Social Media...

The law, the first of its kind in the nation, will affect platforms like TikTok,...

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China, India have increased imports of Russian energy

China, India have increased imports of Russian energy

Business ties are high on the agenda at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in...

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Chainalysis: emerging markets, led by Vietnam and the Philippines, drove global cryptocurrency adoption over the past year; China remained active despite a ban (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Chainalysis: emerging markets, led by Vietnam and the Philippines,...

Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: Chainalysis: emerging markets, led by Vietnam and...

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California Governor Newsom signs into law an online safety bill that puts limits on the data companies collect on minors; the law goes into effect in July 2024 (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

California Governor Newsom signs into law an online safety...

Natasha Singer / New York Times: California Governor Newsom signs into law an online...

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs into law an online safety bill that puts limits on the data companies collect on minors; the law goes into effect in 2024 (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs into law an online...

Natasha Singer / New York Times: California Governor Gavin Newsom signs into law...

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NYC-based job-focused social network Polywork raised a $28M Series B led by ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Caffeinated Capital, and launches out of private beta (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

NYC-based job-focused social network Polywork raised a...

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: NYC-based job-focused social network Polywork...

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Some YouTube viewers say the platform's ads expanded in length and quantity over the past month or two, with reports of five to 10 unskippable ads per break (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Some YouTube viewers say the platform's ads expanded in...

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Some YouTube viewers say the platform's ads expanded in...

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Adobe's Figma deal raises big questions about its M&A whack-a-mole strategy in response to free alternatives; the deal is 50x Figma's reported 2022 ARR of $400M (Bryce Elder/Financial Times)

Adobe's Figma deal raises big questions about its M&A whack-a-mole...

Bryce Elder / Financial Times: Adobe's Figma deal raises big questions about its...

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Work-focused social network Polywork raised a $28M Series B co-led by ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Caffeinated Capital, and launches out of private beta (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Work-focused social network Polywork raised a $28M Series...

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Work-focused social network Polywork raised a...

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Some YouTube viewers say ads on the platform have been expanding greatly in length and quantity recently, with reports of five to 10 unskippable ads per break (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Some YouTube viewers say ads on the platform have been...

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Some YouTube viewers say ads on the platform have been...

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Senator Ron Wyden reveals the CBP told Congress it adds data from ~10K travelers' devices per year to a database, accessible by 2,700 officers without a warrant (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

Senator Ron Wyden reveals the CBP told Congress it adds...

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Senator Ron Wyden reveals the CBP told Congress...

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Snap makes Snapchat for Web available to all users globally, including chat, photos, and audio and video calls, releases iOS 16 lock screen widgets, and more (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Snap makes Snapchat for Web available to all users globally,...

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Snap makes Snapchat for Web available to all users globally,...

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Amazon will roll out Customers Ask Alexa, which lets brands answer some common customer questions and provide links to their storefronts, starting in late 2022 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Amazon will roll out Customers Ask Alexa, which lets brands...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Amazon will roll out Customers Ask Alexa, which lets...

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Adobe to Buy Design-Software Firm Figma for About $20 Billion

Adobe to Buy Design-Software Firm Figma for About $20 Billion

Adobe’s purchase of Figma will be its largest ever. The technology giant also issued...

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Sen. Wyden reveals CBP told Congress it is adding data from ~10K travelers' devices per year to a database, accessible to 2,700 officers without a warrant (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

Sen. Wyden reveals CBP told Congress it is adding data...

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Sen. Wyden reveals CBP told Congress it is adding...

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Snap makes Snapchat for Web available to all users globally, including support for video calls, releases iOS 16 lock screen widgets, and more (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Snap makes Snapchat for Web available to all users globally,...

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Snap makes Snapchat for Web available to all users globally,...

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TikTok rolls out Now, a BeReal-like feed, to its app in the US, with daily prompts to capture a 10-second video or a photo using both front and back cameras (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

TikTok rolls out Now, a BeReal-like feed, to its app in...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: TikTok rolls out Now, a BeReal-like feed, to its...

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President Biden issues an EO directing the CFIUS to increase scrutiny of deals that could give China and others access to critical tech and personal data (Charles Hutzler/Wall Street Journal)

President Biden issues an EO directing the CFIUS to increase...

Charles Hutzler / Wall Street Journal: President Biden issues an EO directing the...

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Research: Chinese investment in US VCs reached ~$880M in 2022, the second-highest level in 12+ years; China-linked groups invested $4B+ in US VCs since 2010 (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

Research: Chinese investment in US VCs reached ~$880M in...

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: Research: Chinese investment in US VCs...

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Apple, Amazon Passed on LIV Golf Media Rights

Apple, Amazon Passed on LIV Golf Media Rights

LIV Golf has lured some of the world’s most famous golfers to its upstart league,...

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Biden issues an EO directing the CFIUS to increase scrutiny of deals that may give China and other adversaries access to critical technologies and personal data (Charles Hutzler/Wall Street Journal)

Biden issues an EO directing the CFIUS to increase scrutiny...

Charles Hutzler / Wall Street Journal: Biden issues an EO directing the CFIUS to...

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TikTok adds TikTok Now, a BeReal-like feature, to its app in the US, with daily prompts to capture a 10-second video or a photo using front and back cameras (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

TikTok adds TikTok Now, a BeReal-like feature, to its app...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: TikTok adds TikTok Now, a BeReal-like feature, to...

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The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to start regulating BNPL companies, such as Klarna and Affirm, and will release guidance in the future (Hannah Lang/Reuters)

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to start...

Hannah Lang / Reuters: The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to start...

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Research details Amazon's post-pandemic shrinking US warehouse footprint: 21 facilities have closed, 21 are canceled, and 27 are delayed or on hold (CNBC)

Research details Amazon's post-pandemic shrinking US warehouse...

CNBC: Research details Amazon's post-pandemic shrinking US warehouse footprint:...

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Adobe to Buy Collaborative-Software Firm Figma for About $20 Billion

Adobe to Buy Collaborative-Software Firm Figma for About...

Adobe’s purchase of Figma will be its largest-ever acquisition. The technology giant...

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Biden Orders Deeper Scrutiny of Foreign Investment in Tech and Supply Chains

Biden Orders Deeper Scrutiny of Foreign Investment in Tech...

A new executive order directs the panel screening foreign investment, Cfius, to...

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Apple Watch Series 8 and SE Review: New Sensors, Same Look

Apple Watch Series 8 and SE Review: New Sensors, Same Look

Apple’s wrist computers have a new car crash detector and temperature sensing for...

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The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to start regulating BNPL startups, such as Klarna and Affirm, and will release guidance in the future (Hannah Lang/Reuters)

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to start...

Hannah Lang / Reuters: The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to start...

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Apple Watch Series 8 review: watchOS 9, crash detection, and temperature sensors are excellent, but needs daily charging and the update is fairly incremental (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Apple Watch Series 8 review: watchOS 9, crash detection,...

Victoria Song / The Verge: Apple Watch Series 8 review: watchOS 9, crash detection,...

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Esports collective FaZe Clan plans to launch FaZe World, a virtual world built on The Sandbox, in 2023 with digital goods, real estate, events, and experiences (J. Clara Chan/The Hollywood Reporter)

Esports collective FaZe Clan plans to launch FaZe World,...

J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter: Esports collective FaZe Clan plans to launch...

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Apple Watch Series 8 review: watchOS 9, crash detection, and low-power mode are excellent, but needs daily charging and the update is fairly incremental (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Apple Watch Series 8 review: watchOS 9, crash detection,...

Victoria Song / The Verge: Apple Watch Series 8 review: watchOS 9, crash detection,...

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Meta's Oversight Board says the company should be more careful with automated moderation and criticizes removing a cartoon depicting police violence in Colombia (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Meta's Oversight Board says the company should be more...

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Meta's Oversight Board says the company should be more...

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Fortanix, which offers enterprise encryption tools for data being processed, raised a $90M Series C led by Growth Equity, bringing its total funding to $122M (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Fortanix, which offers enterprise encryption tools for...

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Fortanix, which offers enterprise encryption tools...

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EU lawmakers propose the Cyber Resilience Act, a new set of rules for IoT and smart device makers to bolster cybersecurity or face fines (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

EU lawmakers propose the Cyber Resilience Act, a new set...

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: EU lawmakers propose the Cyber Resilience Act, a new...

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Adobe reports Q3 revenue rose 13% YoY to $4.43B, led by Digital Media, up 13% YoY to $3.23B, and Digital Experience, up 14% YoY to $1.12B (Adobe)

Adobe reports Q3 revenue rose 13% YoY to $4.43B, led by...

Adobe: Adobe reports Q3 revenue rose 13% YoY to $4.43B, led by Digital Media, up...

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Chinese Investment Flows to Silicon Valley Venture Funds

Chinese Investment Flows to Silicon Valley Venture Funds

Chinese investment in U.S. venture-capital funds is demonstrating that economic...

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Microsoft's Activision Deal Draws Further Scrutiny From U.K. Watchdog

Microsoft's Activision Deal Draws Further Scrutiny From...

Regulator said it would escalate its investigation into whether the planned acquisition...

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Adobe Near Deal for Online Design Startup Figma, Sources Say (Bloomberg)

Adobe Near Deal for Online Design Startup Figma, Sources...

Bloomberg: Adobe Near Deal for Online Design Startup Figma, Sources Say  —  Adobe...

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Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma for around $20B in cash and stock; Figma CEO Dylan Field will continue in the role; ADBE drops 8%+ (Bloomberg)

Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma...

Bloomberg: Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma for around...

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Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma for around $20B in cash and stock; Figma CEO Dylan Field will continue in the role (Bloomberg)

Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma...

Bloomberg: Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma for around...

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Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma for around $20B (Bloomberg)

Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma...

Bloomberg: Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma for around...

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French director Marion Siéfert blames Meta's policies for banning livestreams of her "Instagram play" about teenage sexuality, even though it contains no nudity (Laura Cappelle/New York Times)

French director Marion Siéfert blames Meta's policies...

Laura Cappelle / New York Times: French director Marion Siéfert blames Meta's policies...

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Sources: Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma, which could be announced as early as today; one source values the deal at $15B (Bloomberg)

Sources: Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping...

Bloomberg: Sources: Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma,...

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TikTok and ByteDance's links to China mean wrongdoing will be punished more harshly in the US than Meta and Twitter, no matter how "transparent" the company is (Casey Newton/Platformer)

TikTok and ByteDance's links to China mean wrongdoing will...

Casey Newton / Platformer: TikTok and ByteDance's links to China mean wrongdoing...

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California sues Amazon for anti-competitive practices

California sues Amazon for anti-competitive practices

The US state of California has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce...

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A look at Shanghai's status as China's chip hub: SMIC and SMEE making 14nm and 90nm chips, ~$36.95B market size in 2021 or ~25% of China's total, and more (Jiaxing Li/South China Morning Post)

A look at Shanghai's status as China's chip hub: SMIC and...

Jiaxing Li / South China Morning Post: A look at Shanghai's status as China's chip...

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Experts say Peiter Zatko's Senate testimony on Twitter is unlikely to have a big impact on Elon Musk's legal battle to terminate his $44B takeover deal (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Experts say Peiter Zatko's Senate testimony on Twitter...

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Experts say Peiter Zatko's Senate testimony on...

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Group-IB: since the data of ~1B Chinese citizens appeared for sale, smaller tranches have appeared on forums, often including personal info and national IDs (Bloomberg)

Group-IB: since the data of ~1B Chinese citizens appeared...

Bloomberg: Group-IB: since the data of ~1B Chinese citizens appeared for sale, smaller...

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A review of Intel's pre-release AI upscaling tech XeSS, used in its new Arc A770 GPU, shows competitive results against Nvidia's slightly older DLSS (Alex Battaglia/Eurogamer.net)

A review of Intel's pre-release AI upscaling tech XeSS,...

Alex Battaglia / Eurogamer.net: A review of Intel's pre-release AI upscaling tech...

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Crypto market maker Portofino, founded by former Citadel Securities executives, emerges from stealth with $50M from Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures and others (Tom Matsuda/The Block)

Crypto market maker Portofino, founded by former Citadel...

Tom Matsuda / The Block: Crypto market maker Portofino, founded by former Citadel...

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Sources: the UK's CMA and EU are expected to launch in-depth investigations into Microsoft's $75B Activision Blizzard bid due to size and competition concerns (Financial Times)

Sources: the UK's CMA and EU are expected to launch in-depth...

Financial Times: Sources: the UK's CMA and EU are expected to launch in-depth investigations...

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Google redesigns the Memories feature in Photos to spotlight more videos, launches a collage editor, and will let users share Memories with friends and family (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Google redesigns the Memories feature in Photos to spotlight...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google redesigns the Memories feature in Photos to spotlight...

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Memo: Netflix told ad buyers the company expects its ad-supported tier to reach 4.4M unique viewers globally in 2022, and ~40M by Q3 2023, with 13.3M in the US (Wall Street Journal)

Memo: Netflix told ad buyers the company expects its ad-supported...

Wall Street Journal: Memo: Netflix told ad buyers the company expects its ad-supported...

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Houston-based Majority, a mobile bank serving migrants to the US, raised a $30M Series B and $7.5M in debt, bringing its total funding to $83.5M since June 2021 (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Houston-based Majority, a mobile bank serving migrants...

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Houston-based Majority, a mobile bank serving...

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Amazon announces a Tailored Audiences tool, coming to all US sellers in early 2023, that will let brands and merchants send marketing emails to shoppers (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Amazon announces a Tailored Audiences tool, coming to all...

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Amazon announces a Tailored Audiences tool, coming to...

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Ethereum activates its long-awaited The Merge upgrade and transactions are now being processed under proof of stake (Mike Truppa/The Block)

Ethereum activates its long-awaited The Merge upgrade and...

Mike Truppa / The Block: Ethereum activates its long-awaited The Merge upgrade and...

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Majority, a mobile bank serving migrants to the US, raised a $30M Series B and $7.5M in debt, bringing its total funding to $83.5M in just over a year (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Majority, a mobile bank serving migrants to the US, raised...

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Majority, a mobile bank serving migrants to the...

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Disney's Chapek Hints at All-in-One Streaming App

Disney's Chapek Hints at All-in-One Streaming App

Speaking at an investor conference, the company’s chief executive touts the potential...

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Google Makes Cuts to In-House Startup Incubator

Google Makes Cuts to In-House Startup Incubator

The move came as CEO Sundar Pichai looks for areas to trim costs following a slowdown...

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TikTok Exec Says Agreement With U.S. Government to Address User-Data Concerns

TikTok Exec Says Agreement With U.S. Government to Address...

At a hearing Wednesday, lawmakers expressed concern over potential Chinese influence...

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Amazon says its new "Tailored Audiences" tool, available to all US sellers in early 2023, will let brands and merchants send marketing emails to shoppers (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Amazon says its new "Tailored Audiences" tool, available...

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Amazon says its new “Tailored Audiences” tool, available...

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Hone, which runs an online learning platform for executive training and is helmed by FanDuel co-founder Tom Griffiths, raised a $30M Series B led by 3L capital (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Hone, which runs an online learning platform for executive...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Hone, which runs an online learning platform for executive...

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Walmart is launching a virtual try-on tool that allows shoppers to see how a clothing item would look on their own bodies without having to visit a store (Melissa Repko/CNBC)

Walmart is launching a virtual try-on tool that allows...

Melissa Repko / CNBC: Walmart is launching a virtual try-on tool that allows shoppers...

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Samsung Electronics pledges to invest $5B+ in R&D on tech to achieve net zero emissions for its devices business by 2030 and across the company by 2050 (Joyce Lee/Reuters)

Samsung Electronics pledges to invest $5B+ in R&D on tech...

Joyce Lee / Reuters: Samsung Electronics pledges to invest $5B+ in R&D on tech to...

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In a Senate committee hearing, Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter execs defended their platforms and dodged questions about security, privacy, and moderation (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

In a Senate committee hearing, Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and...

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: In a Senate committee hearing, Meta, YouTube, TikTok,...

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CEO Brian Armstrong says the Coinbase app will let US users see a new scorecard evaluating lawmakers on crypto policy issues, register to vote, and find events (Stephanie Murray/The Block)

CEO Brian Armstrong says the Coinbase app will let US users...

Stephanie Murray / The Block: CEO Brian Armstrong says the Coinbase app will let...

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Arm unveils Neoverse V2, its next-gen performance-optimized cores for the cloud, hyperscale, and HPC workloads, which is used in Nvidia's upcoming Grace CPU (Patrick Kennedy/ServeTheHome)

Arm unveils Neoverse V2, its next-gen performance-optimized...

Patrick Kennedy / ServeTheHome: Arm unveils Neoverse V2, its next-gen performance-optimized...

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Verkada, a security-focused IoT devices maker that has faced lax data security and toxic workplace allegations, raised a $205M Series D at a $3.2B valuation (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Verkada, a security-focused IoT devices maker that has...

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Verkada, a security-focused IoT devices maker that has...

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Seesaw, a messaging app for parents and teachers with 10M users, says it suffered a credential stuffing attack, after users said they received an explicit image (Kevin Collier/NBC News)

Seesaw, a messaging app for parents and teachers with 10M...

Kevin Collier / NBC News: Seesaw, a messaging app for parents and teachers with...

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Google cancels Qaya, which offered storefronts for creators, and six other projects out of the 14 housed at its incubator Area 120, as it shifts its focus to AI (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Google cancels Qaya, which offered storefronts for creators,...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google cancels Qaya, which offered storefronts for creators,...

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Users say a demo of ERNIE-ViLG, a text-to-image AI model from Baidu, labels certain political words as "sensitive" and blocks them from generating any result (Zeyi Yang/MIT Technology Review)

Users say a demo of ERNIE-ViLG, a text-to-image AI model...

Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review: Users say a demo of ERNIE-ViLG, a text-to-image...

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Intel, Arm, and Nvidia propose a new open, license-free specification with 8-bit floating point, or FP8, precision as a common interchange format for AI (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Intel, Arm, and Nvidia propose a new open, license-free...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Intel, Arm, and Nvidia propose a new open, license-free...

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Tel Aviv-based Groundcover, a performance monitoring service for cloud apps, raised a $20M Series A led by Zeev Ventures, bringing its total funding to $24.5M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Tel Aviv-based Groundcover, a performance monitoring service...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Groundcover, a performance monitoring...

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Ethermine, the largest Ethereum mining firm, will shut down its servers for miners after Ethereum's Merge, switching its mining pool to withdraw-only mode (David Pan/Bloomberg)

Ethermine, the largest Ethereum mining firm, will shut...

David Pan / Bloomberg: Ethermine, the largest Ethereum mining firm, will shut down...

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Canva unveils new products Docs, Websites, Whiteboards, and Data Visualization, brings background removing to videos, and adds a remote control to Presentations (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Canva unveils new products Docs, Websites, Whiteboards,...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Canva unveils new products Docs, Websites, Whiteboards,...

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France caps energy bills again amid price surge

France caps energy bills again amid price surge

The French government is extending its energy aid for households and businesses....

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California's AG files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, focusing on the company allegedly penalizing sellers who list products at lower prices on other sites (New York Times)

California's AG files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon,...

New York Times: California's AG files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, focusing...

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 587 into law, requiring social networks to share moderation rules, despite concerns it may violate the First Amendment (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 587 into law,...

Adi Robertson / The Verge: California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 587 into law,...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law AB 587, which requires social networks to share moderation rules, despite concerns it may violate the 1st Amendment (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law AB 587, which...

Adi Robertson / The Verge: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law AB 587, which...

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California's AG files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, focusing on how Amazon allegedly penalizes sellers who list products at lower prices on other sites (New York Times)

California's AG files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon,...

New York Times: California's AG files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, focusing...

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California Sues Amazon for Alleged Antitrust Violations

California Sues Amazon for Alleged Antitrust Violations

The state attorney general alleges that the retail giant unfairly penalized merchants...

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Tesla Shifts Battery Strategy as It Seeks U.S. Tax Credits

Tesla Shifts Battery Strategy as It Seeks U.S. Tax Credits

The car maker is pausing its plans to make battery cells in Germany as it looks...

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Cookie pop-ups have taken over the internet. Here’s how to stop them.

Cookie pop-ups have taken over the internet. Here’s how...

Denis Novikov/Getty Images/iStockphoto Save time and preserve your privacy. I flew...

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Discord rolls out Reddit-like Forum channels, designed for asynchronous chat about specific topics, after testing them with some communities since February 2022 (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

Discord rolls out Reddit-like Forum channels, designed...

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Discord rolls out Reddit-like Forum channels, designed...

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As Ethereum moves to proof of stake, about 11% of ETH is staked and earning but won't be withdrawable until the "Shanghai" update, expected in about six months (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

As Ethereum moves to proof of stake, about 11% of ETH is...

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: As Ethereum moves to proof of stake, about 11% of ETH is...

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As Ethereum moves to proof of stake, about 11% of ETH is locked up and earning but won't be withdrawable until the "Shanghai" update, expected in about 6 months (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

As Ethereum moves to proof of stake, about 11% of ETH is...

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: As Ethereum moves to proof of stake, about 11% of ETH is...

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A profile of Salesforce co-CEO and Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, a calm operator who is taking point on suing Elon Musk to enforce the $44B Twitter acquisition (Bloomberg)

A profile of Salesforce co-CEO and Twitter chairman Bret...

Bloomberg: A profile of Salesforce co-CEO and Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, a calm...

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In response to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in June, period tracking app Flo releases an Anonymous Mode for iOS, improving privacy but disabling some features (The Verge)

In response to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in June,...

The Verge: In response to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in June, period tracking...

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Discord rolls out Reddit-like Forum channels, designed for chatting about specific topics, after testing them since February 2022 (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

Discord rolls out Reddit-like Forum channels, designed...

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Discord rolls out Reddit-like Forum channels, designed...

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In response to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in June, period tracking app Flo releases an Anonymous Mode for iOS, improving privacy but removing some features (The Verge)

In response to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in June,...

The Verge: In response to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in June, period tracking...

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A profile of Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, a low-profile, calm, and professional operator, as Elon Musk's acquisition unsettles the company (Bloomberg)

A profile of Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, a low-profile,...

Bloomberg: A profile of Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, a low-profile, calm, and professional...

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Q&A with Mark Bergen on his book "Like, Comment, Subscribe", chronicling YouTube's evolution from a scrappy startup to a pivotal part of Google and social media (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Q&A with Mark Bergen on his book "Like, Comment, Subscribe",...

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Mark Bergen on his book “Like, Comment, Subscribe”,...

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Twilio plans to layoff 11% of its workforce, or around 850 staff, in a bid to become profitable by 2023; CEO Jeff Lawson says Twilio grew "too fast" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Twilio plans to layoff 11% of its workforce, or around...

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Twilio plans to layoff 11% of its workforce, or around 850...

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Ownera, which wants to connect tokenized asset networks of the traditional finance, raised a $20M Series A from JP Morgan and others (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk)

Ownera, which wants to connect tokenized asset networks...

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Ownera, which wants to connect tokenized asset networks...

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After a package exploded at Northeastern University's VR center, sources say it included a rambling note criticizing Mark Zuckerberg and VR (CNN)

After a package exploded at Northeastern University's VR...

CNN: After a package exploded at Northeastern University's VR center, sources say...

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Twilio plans to layoff 11% of its workforce, or around ~850 staff, in a bid to become profitable by 2023; CEO Jeff Lawson says Twilio grew "too fast" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Twilio plans to layoff 11% of its workforce, or around...

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Twilio plans to layoff 11% of its workforce, or around ~850...

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A look at enterprise networking infrastructure startup Nile, led by two former Cisco executives, which has quietly raised $125M in the past four years (CNBC)

A look at enterprise networking infrastructure startup...

CNBC: A look at enterprise networking infrastructure startup Nile, led by two former...

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A survey of 5,000 emoji users in the US finds 91% think emoji makes communication easier, 68% like emoji at work, 😂 is the most popular, and more (Adobe Blog)

A survey of 5,000 emoji users in the US finds 91% think...

Adobe Blog: A survey of 5,000 emoji users in the US finds 91% think emoji makes...

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Apple iPhone 14 review: improved selfie camera and good battery life, but feels like an iPhone 13S with no ProMotion, and the eSIM transition could be painful (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Apple iPhone 14 review: improved selfie camera and good...

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Apple iPhone 14 review: improved selfie camera and...

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iPhone 14 and 14 Pro Review: Go Pro or Go Home

iPhone 14 and 14 Pro Review: Go Pro or Go Home

Between the new “dynamic island” multitasking bar and more camera flexibility, Apple’s...

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U.S. Bid to Revive Chip Manufacturing Collides With Wall Street's Demands

U.S. Bid to Revive Chip Manufacturing Collides With Wall...

Companies such as Intel deal with opposing interests from politicians who want more...

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iPhone 14 Pro review: excellent performance and 48MP camera is incredible, but the Dynamic Island isn't fully utilized yet and camera sharpening is too much (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

iPhone 14 Pro review: excellent performance and 48MP camera...

Nilay Patel / The Verge: iPhone 14 Pro review: excellent performance and 48MP camera...

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As Meta spends billions on VR, some developers worry over strict app store rules, using acquisitions to dominate the market and throttle competition, and more (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)

As Meta spends billions on VR, some developers worry over...

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: As Meta spends billions on VR, some developers worry...

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Dig Security, which helps companies protect and manage cloud data, raised a $34M Series A led by SignalFire, bringing its total funding to $45M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Dig Security, which helps companies protect and manage...

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Dig Security, which helps companies protect and manage...

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New York-based Power, a full-stack credit card issuance service, emerges from stealth with a $16.1M seed and $300M credit facility (Christine Hall/TechCrunch)

New York-based Power, a full-stack credit card issuance...

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: New York-based Power, a full-stack credit card issuance...

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PlayStation VR2 hands-on: easy to set up, a joy to use, the OLED display looks great, refreshed Sense controllers are an improvement, gameplay is fun, and more (The Verge)

PlayStation VR2 hands-on: easy to set up, a joy to use,...

The Verge: PlayStation VR2 hands-on: easy to set up, a joy to use, the OLED display...

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SoftBank Considers Launching a Third Vision Fund

SoftBank Considers Launching a Third Vision Fund

The global tech investor is considering the launch as part of a plan to turn a new...

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Denmark-based Podimo, a subscription service for podcasts and audiobooks, raised €58.6M led by 83North, Highland, and Saban, bringing its total funding to €162M (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Denmark-based Podimo, a subscription service for podcasts...

Todd Spangler / Variety: Denmark-based Podimo, a subscription service for podcasts...

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Sources: after its funds performed poorly, SoftBank considers launching a third Vision Fund; Vision Fund 2 is now worth 19% less than the $49B invested (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: after its funds performed poorly, SoftBank considers...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: after its funds performed poorly, SoftBank considers...

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Wall Street sees biggest sell-off since June 2020 on back of US inflation data

Wall Street sees biggest sell-off since June 2020 on back...

A slight increase in US consumer prices for the month of August has ignited fears...

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In delayed audited financial statements, Byju's reports ~$305.6M revenue in FY2021 and a ~$577.4M loss, up from ~$32.9M in FY20, missing its own projections (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

In delayed audited financial statements, Byju's reports...

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: In delayed audited financial statements, Byju's reports...

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A look at Alibaba's global expansion strategy centered on Sialkot, Pakistan, home to the highest concentration of paid sellers on the company's B2B platform (Rest of World)

A look at Alibaba's global expansion strategy centered...

Rest of World: A look at Alibaba's global expansion strategy centered on Sialkot,...

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Battery Recycling Race Heats Up After Inflation Reduction Act

Battery Recycling Race Heats Up After Inflation Reduction...

The world’s biggest auto makers are betting that recycled material from old batteries...

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Chinese regulators approve paid games from Tencent and NetEase for the first time since July 2021, as part of granting 73 games licenses (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)

Chinese regulators approve paid games from Tencent and...

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia: Chinese regulators approve paid games from Tencent and...

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Patreon cuts ~17% of its staff, or 80 positions, and closes offices in Dublin and Berlin; the company raised $155M in April 2021 at a $4B valuation (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Patreon cuts ~17% of its staff, or 80 positions, and closes...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Patreon cuts ~17% of its staff, or 80 positions,...

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South Korea's privacy regulator fines Google ~$50M and Meta ~$22M for failing to obtain users' consent when collecting behavioral data to show tailored ads (Reuters)

South Korea's privacy regulator fines Google ~$50M and...

Reuters: South Korea's privacy regulator fines Google ~$50M and Meta ~$22M for failing...

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An EU court backs the European Commission's decision to fine Google over Android antitrust breaches but trims the fine from €4.3B to €4.1B; Google can appeal (Stephanie Bodoni/Bloomberg)

An EU court backs the European Commission's decision to...

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: An EU court backs the European Commission's decision...

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Amazon Union Election in Upstate New York Is Planned for October

Amazon Union Election in Upstate New York Is Planned for...

Activist workers near Albany are trying to build on a successful union bid at a...

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Tencent Gets China's Approval for Its First Game in More Than a Year

Tencent Gets China's Approval for Its First Game in More...

Chinese videogame developer Tencent won its first license for a new title since...

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Google Loses Most of Appeal of EU Android Decision

Google Loses Most of Appeal of EU Android Decision

The tech giant lost most of its appeal to overturn the antitrust decision for allegedly...

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A South Korean court issues an arrest warrant for Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon and five others located in Singapore, following the collapse of LUNA and UST (Hooyeon Kim/Bloomberg)

A South Korean court issues an arrest warrant for Terraform...

Hooyeon Kim / Bloomberg: A South Korean court issues an arrest warrant for Terraform...

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South Korea's privacy regulator fines Google $50M and Meta $22M for failing to obtain users' consent when collecting behavioral information to show custom ads (Reuters)

South Korea's privacy regulator fines Google $50M and Meta...

Reuters: South Korea's privacy regulator fines Google $50M and Meta $22M for failing...

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Singapore-based Fazz, whose business accounts offer payment, savings, and credit features, raised a $100M Series C, including $75M in equity and $25M in debt (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)

Singapore-based Fazz, whose business accounts offer payment,...

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Fazz, whose business accounts offer...

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PitchBook: in H1 2022, VC funding fell 8% YoY to $147.7B, pushing US startups to raise $17.1B in debt, up 7.5% YoY (Bloomberg)

PitchBook: in H1 2022, VC funding fell 8% YoY to $147.7B,...

Bloomberg: PitchBook: in H1 2022, VC funding fell 8% YoY to $147.7B, pushing US...

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Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's N3E 3nm chipmaking technology, expected in H2 2023, for its A17 chips in some of its 2023 iPhones and its M3 chips for Macs (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's N3E 3nm chipmaking technology,...

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's N3E 3nm chipmaking...

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Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, Fidelity Digital Assets, and others announce cryptocurrency exchange EDX Markets, leveraging tech from US stock market MEMX (Parikshit Mishra/CoinDesk)

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Parikshit Mishra / CoinDesk: Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, Fidelity Digital...

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Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the 2022 US midterms; in Kansas, voters got texts falsely saying a "yes" vote would protect abortion access (Kevin Collier/NBC News)

Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the...

Kevin Collier / NBC News: Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the...

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Charles Schwab, Citadel, Fidelity, and others announce cryptocurrency exchange EDX Markets, that will leverage tech from US stock market MEMX (Parikshit Mishra/CoinDesk)

Charles Schwab, Citadel, Fidelity, and others announce...

Parikshit Mishra / CoinDesk: Charles Schwab, Citadel, Fidelity, and others announce...

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Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's next generation N3E 3-nm chipmaking technology for the A17 chips in some of its 2023 iPhones and M3 chips for Macs (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's next generation N3E...

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's next generation...

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Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's next 3-nm chipmaking technology for the A17 mobile processor in some of its iPhones and Macs in 2023 (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's next 3-nm chipmaking...

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's next 3-nm chipmaking...

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Microsoft releases 63 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day flaws, one of which is under active exploit, and five critical RCE vulnerabilities (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Microsoft releases 63 security fixes, including patches...

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Microsoft releases 63 security fixes, including...

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GM's Cruise says it has developed four in-house chips for self-driving cars to be deployed by 2025, including an ARM-based computing chip called Horta (Reuters)

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Reuters: GM's Cruise says it has developed four in-house chips for self-driving...

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UK-based Unlikely AI, founded by William Tunstall-Pedoe who helped develop several key technologies used by Amazon's Alexa, raised a $20M seed (Giles Turner/Bloomberg)

UK-based Unlikely AI, founded by William Tunstall-Pedoe...

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SWIFT is testing a blockchain project with crypto startup Symbiont to drive "efficiencies in communicating significant corporate events", like mergers (Katherine Doherty/Bloomberg)

SWIFT is testing a blockchain project with crypto startup...

Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg: SWIFT is testing a blockchain project with crypto...

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EA says it plans to debut EA AntiCheat, a kernel-level anti-cheat system for some PC games, due to cheat developers increasingly building kernel-level exploits (Kris Holt/Engadget)

EA says it plans to debut EA AntiCheat, a kernel-level...

Kris Holt / Engadget: EA says it plans to debut EA AntiCheat, a kernel-level anti-cheat...

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A NY federal judge rules most of the state AGs' ad tech antitrust suit against Google can proceed, dismissing their claim Meta and Google colluded via Jedi Blue (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

A NY federal judge rules most of the state AGs' ad tech...

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: A NY federal judge rules most of the state AGs' ad tech...

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The US Treasury clarifies its guidance on Tornado Cash and provides a way for users to lawfully withdraw their funds by applying for a license (Brady Dale/Axios)

The US Treasury clarifies its guidance on Tornado Cash...

Brady Dale / Axios: The US Treasury clarifies its guidance on Tornado Cash and provides...

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NY judge rules the bulk of the state AGs' ad tech antitrust suit against Google can proceed, but dismissed the claim Meta and Google colluded via Jedi Blue (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

NY judge rules the bulk of the state AGs' ad tech antitrust...

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: NY judge rules the bulk of the state AGs' ad tech antitrust...

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A New York federal judge rules the bulk of the state AGs' Jedi Blue antitrust suit against Google can move forward, rejecting Google's dismissal request (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

A New York federal judge rules the bulk of the state AGs'...

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: A New York federal judge rules the bulk of the state AGs'...

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Sources: Newport Wafer Fab's prior owner is orchestrating a bid to buy back the company, as the UK plans to tell Chinese-owned Nexperia to reduce its stake (Financial Times)

Sources: Newport Wafer Fab's prior owner is orchestrating...

Financial Times: Sources: Newport Wafer Fab's prior owner is orchestrating a bid...

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In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the 2022 holiday season (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

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In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the holiday season (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

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Kif Leswing / CNBC: In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad...

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Sources: the Newport Wafer Fab's prior owner is orchestrating a bid to buy back the company, as the UK plans to tell Chinese-owned Nexperia to reduce its stake (Financial Times)

Sources: the Newport Wafer Fab's prior owner is orchestrating...

Financial Times: Sources: the Newport Wafer Fab's prior owner is orchestrating a...

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The Twitter whistleblower made a convincing case that Twitter is a mess

The Twitter whistleblower made a convincing case that Twitter...

Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, testifies before the Senate...

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After surprising CPI data, the Nasdaq closes down 5.16%, Nvidia down 9.47%, Meta down 9.37%, Coinbase down 8.84%, Amazon down 7.06%; BTC fell 9%+ in 24 hours (CNBC)

After surprising CPI data, the Nasdaq closes down 5.16%,...

CNBC: After surprising CPI data, the Nasdaq closes down 5.16%, Nvidia down 9.47%,...

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Meta plans to test Discord-like "Community Chats" in Messenger and Facebook Groups, offering categories, audio and video channels, admin-only chats, and more (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Meta plans to test Discord-like "Community Chats" in Messenger...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Meta plans to test Discord-like “Community Chats”...

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Google signs a cooperative research and development agreement with the US NIST to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices with open-source designs (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNet)

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Google signs a cooperative research and development agreement with the NIST to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices with open-source designs (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNet)

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Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet: Google signs a cooperative research and development agreement...

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After surprising inflation data, Nasdaq closes down 5.16%, Nvidia down 9.47%, Meta down 9.37%, Coinbase down 8.84%, Amazon down 7.06%; BTC down 9%+ in 24 hours (CNBC)

After surprising inflation data, Nasdaq closes down 5.16%,...

CNBC: After surprising inflation data, Nasdaq closes down 5.16%, Nvidia down 9.47%,...

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Dueling Portraits of Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Presented at Securities-Fraud Trial

Dueling Portraits of Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Presented...

The case before a Manhattan jury will focus on whether the former executive deceived...

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Twitter shareholders approve Musk sale as whistleblower testifies on security

Twitter shareholders approve Musk sale as whistleblower...

Twitter shareholders approved Elon Musk's $44 billion offer to buy the social media...

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Meta will start testing Discord-like "Community Chats" in Messenger and Facebook Groups, bringing categories, audio and video channels, and more (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Meta will start testing Discord-like "Community Chats"...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Meta will start testing Discord-like “Community...

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Paramount Explores Merging Showtime Streaming Service Into Paramount+

Paramount Explores Merging Showtime Streaming Service Into...

The move would involve discontinuing the Showtime service, a step that would streamline...

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Amazon to Raise Pay for Delivery Drivers Amid Tight Labor Market

Amazon to Raise Pay for Delivery Drivers Amid Tight Labor...

The e-commerce giant will invest $450 million in increased wages and other benefits...

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After surprising inflation data, Apple closes down 5.87%, Nvidia down 9.47%, Meta down 9.37%, Coinbase down 8.84%, Amazon down 7.06%; BTC down 9%+ in 24 hours (CNBC)

After surprising inflation data, Apple closes down 5.87%,...

CNBC: After surprising inflation data, Apple closes down 5.87%, Nvidia down 9.47%,...

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TCG invests $100M in Night Capital, co-founded by Mr. Beast's manager Reed Duchscher, which plans to buy DTC businesses and pair them with top online creators (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)

TCG invests $100M in Night Capital, co-founded by Mr. Beast's...

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: TCG invests $100M in Night Capital, co-founded...

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The average July in-app purchase price rose 40% YoY on iOS and 9% YoY on Google Play; Adjust data: iOS IAP prices correlate with the rising cost per install (Adam Blacker/Apptopia Blog)

The average July in-app purchase price rose 40% YoY on...

Adam Blacker / Apptopia Blog: The average July in-app purchase price rose 40% YoY...

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Twitter says that a preliminary count shows that shareholders have voted to approve Elon Musk's proposed $44B buyout (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Twitter says that a preliminary count shows that shareholders...

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Twitter says that a preliminary count shows that shareholders...

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Tel Aviv-based Zesty, which helps cut cloud costs by automatically scaling resources to demand, raised a $75M Series B led by B Capital and Sapphire Ventures (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Tel Aviv-based Zesty, which helps cut cloud costs by automatically...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Zesty, which helps cut cloud costs by...

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Zesty, which helps companies reduce cloud costs by automatically tuning resources to meet demand, raised a $75M Series B led by B Capital and Sapphire Ventures (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Zesty, which helps companies reduce cloud costs by automatically...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Zesty, which helps companies reduce cloud costs by automatically...

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Twitter Investors Back Musk's Takeover Bid After Whistleblower Testifies in Congress

Twitter Investors Back Musk's Takeover Bid After Whistleblower...

The social-media company said shareholders approved the takeover offer based on...

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Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, hackers' ongoing and ignored efforts to access its systems, that it could "grade its own homework" to appease FTC, more (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, hackers' ongoing...

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, hackers' ongoing...

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Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, ongoing and ignored attempts to hack its systems, that it could "grade its own homework" to appease the FTC, and more (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, ongoing and ignored...

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, ongoing and...

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Twitter says that shareholders have voted to approve Elon Musk's proposed $44B buyout (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Twitter says that shareholders have voted to approve Elon...

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Twitter says that shareholders have voted to approve...

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As typical crypto lending rates fall below US Treasury yields, DeFiLlama data shows DeFi platforms' total value locked is $60B, down from $182B in Dec. 2021 (Eva Szalay/Bloomberg)

As typical crypto lending rates fall below US Treasury...

Eva Szalay / Bloomberg: As typical crypto lending rates fall below US Treasury yields,...

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Bob Iger, CEO of Walt Disney from 2005 to 2020, joins VC firm Thrive Capital, founded by Joshua Kushner, as a venture partner (Wall Street Journal)

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Wall Street Journal: Bob Iger, CEO of Walt Disney from 2005 to 2020, joins VC firm...

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YouTube says it paid over $6B to the music industry between July 2021 and June 2022, up $2B YoY, and that user generated content drove more than 30% of payouts (Jem Aswad/Variety)

YouTube says it paid over $6B to the music industry between...

Jem Aswad / Variety: YouTube says it paid over $6B to the music industry between...

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Robert Iger, CEO of Walt Disney from 2005 to 2020, joins VC firm Thrive Capital, founded by Joshua Kushner, as a venture partner (Wall Street Journal)

Robert Iger, CEO of Walt Disney from 2005 to 2020, joins...

Wall Street Journal: Robert Iger, CEO of Walt Disney from 2005 to 2020, joins VC...

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In Senate testimony, ex-head of security and whistleblower Peiter Zatko says Twitter had been told that "there was at least one [Chinese] agent" on its payroll (David McCabe/New York Times)

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A look at efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including many offers to pay former colleagues for info (Ronan Farrow/New Yorker)

A look at efforts by at least six research groups to find...

Ronan Farrow / New Yorker: A look at efforts by at least six research groups to...

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Twitter Whistleblower Testifies in Congress Ahead of Shareholder Vote on Musk's Bid

Twitter Whistleblower Testifies in Congress Ahead of Shareholder...

The social-media platform’s former head of security is set to be questioned by Democrats...

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Live stream of the hearing "Data Security at Risk: Testimony from a Twitter Whistleblower" at the Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate.gov)

Live stream of the hearing "Data Security at Risk: Testimony...

Senate.gov: Live stream of the hearing “Data Security at Risk: Testimony from a...

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Live stream of Twitter whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate.gov)

Live stream of Twitter whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko's...

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A live blog of Twitter whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Washington Post)

A live blog of Twitter whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko's...

Washington Post: A live blog of Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko's testimony...

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Grindr appoints George Arison as CEO, starting October 19, ahead of its planned SPAC merger; Arison was previously CEO at auto e-commerce marketplace Shift (Michael Tobin/Bloomberg)

Grindr appoints George Arison as CEO, starting October...

Michael Tobin / Bloomberg: Grindr appoints George Arison as CEO, starting October...

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Amazon updates its entry-level Kindle with USB-C, 16GB storage as standard, a blue color option, and improved 300ppi display, available for $100 with ads (Andrew Liszewski/Gizmodo)

Amazon updates its entry-level Kindle with USB-C, 16GB...

Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: Amazon updates its entry-level Kindle with USB-C, 16GB...

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Twitter begins rolling out its redesigned Spaces tab to Twitter Blue subscribers on iOS, including access to popular podcasts and themed audio stations (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Twitter begins rolling out its redesigned Spaces tab to...

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Twitter begins rolling out its redesigned Spaces tab...

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Memo: Meta plans to merge its business integrity unit, which moderates ads, and central integrity team, which moderates posts; the team will have ~3,000 people (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Memo: Meta plans to merge its business integrity unit,...

Sara Fischer / Axios: Memo: Meta plans to merge its business integrity unit, which...

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Doodles, an NFT profile picture maker, raised $54M at a $704M valuation from Alexis Ohanian's 776, FTX, and others with plans to expand to music and gaming NFTs (Maria Gracia Santillana Linares/Forbes)

Doodles, an NFT profile picture maker, raised $54M at a...

Maria Gracia Santillana Linares / Forbes: Doodles, an NFT profile picture maker,...

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Litmus, which helps manufacturers collect data from IoT devices for applications like AI, raised a $30M Series B led by industrial automation company Belden (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Litmus, which helps manufacturers collect data from IoT...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Litmus, which helps manufacturers collect data from IoT...

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Seeking to combat the FTC's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, Meta subpoenas 132+ companies, including Snap, ByteDance, and Clubhouse, drawing rebukes over sensitive data (Bloomberg)

Seeking to combat the FTC's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, Meta...

Bloomberg: Seeking to combat the FTC's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, Meta subpoenas 132+...

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An investigation details Twitter's business in China: local governments and state media buying ads, a growing non-US revenue stream, internal tensions, and more (Reuters)

An investigation details Twitter's business in China: local...

Reuters: An investigation details Twitter's business in China: local governments...

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Sensor Tower: Tencent earned $4.4B revenue from its apps in H1 2022, the highest globally; ByteDance was second with $1.3B, demonstrating China's market power (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

Sensor Tower: Tencent earned $4.4B revenue from its apps...

Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: Sensor Tower: Tencent earned $4.4B revenue...

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Linux Foundation plans to form the OpenWallet Foundation, developing open-source interoperability for digital wallets, supported by Okta, Accenture, and more (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Linux Foundation plans to form the OpenWallet Foundation,...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Linux Foundation plans to form the OpenWallet Foundation,...

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Interviews with current and former FTC officials describe chronic underfunding, leaving the agency without the personnel or expertise for enforcement and fines (Washington Post)

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Washington Post: Interviews with current and former FTC officials describe chronic...

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KKR partners with Securitize to tokenize an interest in a KKR health care fund on Avalanche, expanding individual investors' access to investment vehicles (Miriam Gottfried/Wall Street Journal)

KKR partners with Securitize to tokenize an interest in...

Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: KKR partners with Securitize to tokenize...

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Internal Twitter memo: extreme heat in California takes its Sacramento data center region offline; losing other centers could result in downtime for all users (CNN)

Internal Twitter memo: extreme heat in California takes...

CNN: Internal Twitter memo: extreme heat in California takes its Sacramento data...

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Nikhil Wahi, the brother of Coinbase PM Ishan Wahi, pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge in an ongoing insider trading case, the first of its kind in crypto (Luc Cohen/Reuters)

Nikhil Wahi, the brother of Coinbase PM Ishan Wahi, pleaded...

Luc Cohen / Reuters: Nikhil Wahi, the brother of Coinbase PM Ishan Wahi, pleaded...

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Intel appears to accidentally confirm specs for its 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs on its Canadian website, including the i9 13900K with 24 cores and 32 threads (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Intel appears to accidentally confirm specs for its 13th...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Intel appears to accidentally confirm specs for its 13th...

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Indian conglomerate Vedanta and Foxconn sign a $20B deal to build a semiconductor unit in the coastal Gujarat state, home to Prime Minister Narendra Modi (TechCrunch)

Indian conglomerate Vedanta and Foxconn sign a $20B deal...

TechCrunch: Indian conglomerate Vedanta and Foxconn sign a $20B deal to build a...

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Sources: Intel scales back expectations for its Mobileye IPO, targeting a $30B valuation, down from a reported $50B, and could delay the listing until 2023 (Bloomberg)

Sources: Intel scales back expectations for its Mobileye...

Bloomberg: Sources: Intel scales back expectations for its Mobileye IPO, targeting...

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Oslo-based Xeneta, which offers crowdsourced sea and air freight analytics, raised $80M led by Apax Digital at a $265M valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Oslo-based Xeneta, which offers crowdsourced sea and air...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Oslo-based Xeneta, which offers crowdsourced sea and...

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The UN's Myanmar investigation lead says Facebook provided a vast amount of Myanmar war crimes information; Meta says it also shared material with The Gambia (Reuters)

The UN's Myanmar investigation lead says Facebook provided...

Reuters: The UN's Myanmar investigation lead says Facebook provided a vast amount...

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Alongside iOS 16, Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 15.7, macOS Monterey 12.6, and macOS Big Sur 11.7 to fix the eighth actively exploited 0-day since January 2022 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Alongside iOS 16, Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 15.7, macOS...

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Alongside iOS 16, Apple releases iOS and iPadOS...

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HBO and HBO Max won 37 awards in the 74th Emmy Awards, while Netflix won 26, Hulu eight, Apple TV+ seven, NBC seven, Disney+ six, and Amazon Prime Video six (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

HBO and HBO Max won 37 awards in the 74th Emmy Awards,...

Dade Hayes / Deadline: HBO and HBO Max won 37 awards in the 74th Emmy Awards, while...

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European Commission proposes new rules to ban forced labour products

European Commission proposes new rules to ban forced labour...

A new report from the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) shows that more...

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Peloton Chairman Exits in Shake-Up

Peloton Chairman Exits in Shake-Up

The fitness-equipment maker said co-founder John Foley resigned in a management...

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Fears of Chinese retaliation and regional tensions are hampering US efforts to rally South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan behind the "Chip 4" semiconductor alliance (Financial Times)

Fears of Chinese retaliation and regional tensions are...

Financial Times: Fears of Chinese retaliation and regional tensions are hampering...

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Oracle Sales Top Expectations as Cloud Businesses Thrive

Oracle Sales Top Expectations as Cloud Businesses Thrive

The business-software giant said a stronger dollar weighed on results in its fiscal...

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How Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement on digital IDs with the TSA in March 2019 could disadvantage its rivals in developing mobile identity credentials (Jason Mikula/Fintech Business Weekly)

How Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement on digital IDs with...

Jason Mikula / Fintech Business Weekly: How Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement on...

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iOS 16 has an option to remove Rapid Security Responses, security fixes that don't require a full iOS update and by default are installed automatically (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

iOS 16 has an option to remove Rapid Security Responses,...

Juli Clover / MacRumors: iOS 16 has an option to remove Rapid Security Responses,...

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iOS 16 Is Here---Give Your iPhone a Makeover

iOS 16 Is Here---Give Your iPhone a Makeover

Apple finally lets you customize your lock screen with layouts, colors and fonts....

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Blue Origin Says Booster Rocket Failed During Uncrewed Mission

Blue Origin Says Booster Rocket Failed During Uncrewed...

The problem led to an early end for a cargo flight using the company’s New Shepard...

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Northzone, the European VC firm that backed Spotify and Klarna, has raised a €1B fund, its largest to date, and will allocate ~40% to later-stage investments (Hasan Chowdhury/Insider)

Northzone, the European VC firm that backed Spotify and...

Hasan Chowdhury / Insider: Northzone, the European VC firm that backed Spotify and...

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A look how Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement on digital IDs with the TSA in March 2019 could disadvantage its rivals in developing mobile identity credentials (Jason Mikula/Fintech Business Weekly)

A look how Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement on digital...

Jason Mikula / Fintech Business Weekly: A look how Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement...

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The US SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by obscuring financial performance; VMware will pay $8M to settle without denying or admitting the findings (Kanishka Singh/Reuters)

The US SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by...

Kanishka Singh / Reuters: The US SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by...

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Sources: a majority of Twitter's shareholders voted in favor of the $44B sale to Elon Musk, whose $54.20-per-share deal looks pricey in the current environment (Svea Herbst-Bayliss/Reuters)

Sources: a majority of Twitter's shareholders voted in...

Svea Herbst-Bayliss / Reuters: Sources: a majority of Twitter's shareholders voted...

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A look at Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement with the TSA on digital IDs and how it could disadvantage Apple's rivals in developing mobile identity credentials (Jason Mikula/Fintech Business Weekly)

A look at Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement with the TSA...

Jason Mikula / Fintech Business Weekly: A look at Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement...

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Sources: a majority of Twitter's shareholders have voted in favor of the $44B sale to Musk, whose $54.20 per share deal looks pricey in the current environment (Svea Herbst-Bayliss/Reuters)

Sources: a majority of Twitter's shareholders have voted...

Svea Herbst-Bayliss / Reuters: Sources: a majority of Twitter's shareholders have...

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The SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by obscuring financial performance; VMware agrees to pay $8M to settle without denying or admitting charges (Kanishka Singh/Reuters)

The SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by obscuring...

Kanishka Singh / Reuters: The SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by obscuring...

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CEO Kyle Vogt says that Cruise will launch commercial robotaxi services in Austin and Phoenix "in the next 90 days and before the end of 2022" (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

CEO Kyle Vogt says that Cruise will launch commercial robotaxi...

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: CEO Kyle Vogt says that Cruise will launch commercial...

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Senate Judiciary Committee leaders send Parag Agrawal a letter asking over a dozen questions about Twitter's security practices, request responses by Sept. 26 (Brian Fung/CNN)

Senate Judiciary Committee leaders send Parag Agrawal a...

Brian Fung / CNN: Senate Judiciary Committee leaders send Parag Agrawal a letter...

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Twitter Shareholders Poised to Approve Musk Takeover Deal

Twitter Shareholders Poised to Approve Musk Takeover Deal

Early votes suggest the $44 billion acquisition will be approved by a wide margin,...

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Robert Hallock, AMD's director of technical marketing and a public-facing figure on Reddit, Discord, YouTube, and others, is leaving the company after 12 years (Andrew E. Freedman/Tom's Hardware)

Robert Hallock, AMD's director of technical marketing and...

Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: Robert Hallock, AMD's director of technical...

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Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $11.4B; total cloud revenue was up 45% YoY to $3.6B, and health data provider Cerner, acquired in June, generated $1.4B (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $11.4B; total cloud...

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $11.4B; total cloud...

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Uber has agreed to pay New Jersey $100M in back taxes after the state said that the company had misclassified its drivers as independent contractors (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Uber has agreed to pay New Jersey $100M in back taxes after...

Cade Metz / New York Times: Uber has agreed to pay New Jersey $100M in back taxes...

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Internal memo: Amazon's head of workplace health and safety Heather MacDougall is leaving the company on October 7; MacDougall joined Amazon in 2019 (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Internal memo: Amazon's head of workplace health and safety...

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Internal memo: Amazon's head of workplace health and safety...

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Cledara, which gives companies greater control and insights into their SaaS subscriptions, raised a $20M Series A led by CommerzVentures (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Cledara, which gives companies greater control and insights...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Cledara, which gives companies greater control and insights...

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Apple plans to add a Clean Energy Charging feature to iOS 16 in 2022, optimizing iPhone charging times for when the power grid is using cleaner energy sources (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Apple plans to add a Clean Energy Charging feature to iOS...

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to add a Clean Energy Charging feature to iOS...

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iOS 16 will add a Clean Energy Charging feature later in 2022, to optimize iPhone charging times for when the power grid is using cleaner energy sources (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

iOS 16 will add a Clean Energy Charging feature later in...

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: iOS 16 will add a Clean Energy Charging feature later in...

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What the high-profile layoffs at Snap, Netflix, and other companies could mean for the economy

What the high-profile layoffs at Snap, Netflix, and other...

A car drives by Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, California, in April. | Justin...

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Sources: Google canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop slated for 2023 and dissolved the team building it, as part of recent cost-cutting measures (The Verge)

Sources: Google canceled the next version of its Pixelbook...

The Verge: Sources: Google canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop slated...

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Canalys: Samsung passed Huawei to become the world's second-largest smartwatch maker in Q2 2022, shipping 2.8M units, up 58% YoY, on strong Galaxy Watch 4 sales (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Canalys: Samsung passed Huawei to become the world's second-largest...

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Canalys: Samsung passed Huawei to become the world's second-largest...

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Goldsky, a crypto infrastructure startup helping companies aggregate and process on-chain data, raised a $20M seed led by Felicis Ventures and Dragonfly Capital (Charles Mandel/BetaKit)

Goldsky, a crypto infrastructure startup helping companies...

Charles Mandel / BetaKit: Goldsky, a crypto infrastructure startup helping companies...

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Instagram Stumbles in Push to Mimic TikTok, Internal Documents Show

Instagram Stumbles in Push to Mimic TikTok, Internal Documents...

Reels faces formidable competition from the leading short-video platform; creators...

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Canalys: Samsung surpassed Huawei in Q2 to become the world's second-largest smartwatch maker, shipping 2.8M units, up 58% YoY, on strong Galaxy Watch 4 sales (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Canalys: Samsung surpassed Huawei in Q2 to become the world's...

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Canalys: Samsung surpassed Huawei in Q2 to become the world's...

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Sources: Google has canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop and dissolved the team that was building it, as part of recent cost-cutting measures (The Verge)

Sources: Google has canceled the next version of its Pixelbook...

The Verge: Sources: Google has canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop...

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Internal data: Instagram users cumulatively spend 17.6M hours/day on Reels vs. TikTok's 197.8M hours/day; only 20% of Instagram's ~11M US creators post on Reels (Wall Street Journal)

Internal data: Instagram users cumulatively spend 17.6M...

Wall Street Journal: Internal data: Instagram users cumulatively spend 17.6M hours/day...

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The new Apple Watches' S8 chip appears to have the same CPU as the S6 and S7, which may explain why Apple has only used the S5 or earlier for comparisons lately (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

The new Apple Watches' S8 chip appears to have the same...

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: The new Apple Watches' S8 chip appears to have the...

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iOS 16 review: lock screen widgets, while not interactive, are an instant upgrade and the myriad other changes make the iPhone more functional and easier to use (David Pierce/The Verge)

iOS 16 review: lock screen widgets, while not interactive,...

David Pierce / The Verge: iOS 16 review: lock screen widgets, while not interactive,...

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Now is the best time in human history to be alive (unless you’re a farm animal)

Now is the best time in human history to be alive (unless...

Pigs on a farm in Cambodia. Over the last 60 years, meat production has exploded...

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iOS 16 review: lock screen widgets, while not perfect, are an instant upgrade and the myriad other changes make the iPhone more functional and easier to use (David Pierce/The Verge)

iOS 16 review: lock screen widgets, while not perfect,...

David Pierce / The Verge: iOS 16 review: lock screen widgets, while not perfect,...

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Internal Meta documents detail Instagram's struggle to compete with TikTok; users spend 17.6M hours per day watching Reels, far below TikTok's 197.8M hours (Wall Street Journal)

Internal Meta documents detail Instagram's struggle to...

Wall Street Journal: Internal Meta documents detail Instagram's struggle to compete...

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Meta plans to hand over control of its PyTorch AI framework to the Linux Foundation's new PyTorch Foundation, which includes Meta, Google, AMD, Azure, and AWS (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Meta plans to hand over control of its PyTorch AI framework...

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Meta plans to hand over control of its PyTorch AI...

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Nintendo says Splatoon 3 for Switch sold 3.45M total copies in Japan in its first three days, beating Animal Crossing: New Horizons' first-week record by 600K (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle)

Nintendo says Splatoon 3 for Switch sold 3.45M total copies...

Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle: Nintendo says Splatoon 3 for Switch sold...

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Roku updates its $30 Roku Express streaming player, launches the $130 Roku Wireless Bass subwoofer, and details Roku OS 11.5, including a short-form content hub (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Roku updates its $30 Roku Express streaming player, launches...

Todd Spangler / Variety: Roku updates its $30 Roku Express streaming player, launches...

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In an interview, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan details the company's decision to rebrand Zoom Chat as Team Chat, seeking to better compete with Slack, Teams, and others (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)

In an interview, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan details the company's...

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: In an interview, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan details the...

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A Facebook user shares a video of an alleged "Meta Quest Pro" VR headset, claiming Meta left the device, labeled "engineering sample", in a hotel room (Emma Roth/The Verge)

A Facebook user shares a video of an alleged "Meta Quest...

Emma Roth / The Verge: A Facebook user shares a video of an alleged “Meta Quest...

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Trinkets, T-shirts and tuppence: Rush for queen memorabilia

Trinkets, T-shirts and tuppence: Rush for queen memorabilia

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we take a closer look at the cost of...

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A look at Aalyria, founded by Google veterans to develop a high-speed network to connect satellites, boats, and more using lasers, building on the Loon moonshot (Ashlee Vance/Bloomberg)

A look at Aalyria, founded by Google veterans to develop...

Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: A look at Aalyria, founded by Google veterans to develop...

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Starbucks announces Starbucks Odyssey, a loyalty program and NFT community built on the Polygon blockchain, launching broadly sometime in 2023 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Starbucks announces Starbucks Odyssey, a loyalty program...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Starbucks announces Starbucks Odyssey, a loyalty program...

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Twitter Says Musk's Latest Argument to Nix Deal Is Invalid

Twitter Says Musk's Latest Argument to Nix Deal Is Invalid

The billionaire’s legal team has argued that Twitter’s roughly $7 million payment...

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A look at concerns for women at Launch House, an a16z-backed startup promising "community" to young tech founders, such as sexual assault and a lack of security (Rebecca Jennings/Vox)

A look at concerns for women at Launch House, an a16z-backed...

Rebecca Jennings / Vox: A look at concerns for women at Launch House, an a16z-backed...

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Twitter rejects Elon Musk's claim that a $7.75M severance payment to Peiter Zatko violated the acquisition deal, ahead of a shareholder vote on September 13 (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

Twitter rejects Elon Musk's claim that a $7.75M severance...

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Twitter rejects Elon Musk's claim that a $7.75M severance...

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How everything is getting worse — and better — for animals, explained in 11 charts

How everything is getting worse — and better — for animals,...

Pigs on a farm in Cambodia. Over the last 60 years, meat production has exploded...

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North Carolina-based Diveplane, which helps create synthetic data to train AI systems and find anomalies, raised a $25M Series A led by Shield Capital (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

North Carolina-based Diveplane, which helps create synthetic...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: North Carolina-based Diveplane, which helps create synthetic...

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Analysis: Amazon is projected to spend ~$15B on programming including sports in 2022, ahead of Netflix's $13.6B, Disney+'s $9.5B, and Apple's $6B (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Analysis: Amazon is projected to spend ~$15B on programming...

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Analysis: Amazon is projected to spend ~$15B on programming...

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Digital World Acquisition Corp., seeking to take Truth Social public via a SPAC, fails to gain shareholder approval and sets an October 10 deadline for a vote (Jack Stebbins/CNBC)

Digital World Acquisition Corp., seeking to take Truth...

Jack Stebbins / CNBC: Digital World Acquisition Corp., seeking to take Truth Social...

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Binance-linked crypto exchange WazirX says India's Enforcement Directorate has "unfrozen" or restarted its bank account; the ED raided its office on August 5 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Binance-linked crypto exchange WazirX says India's Enforcement...

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: Binance-linked crypto exchange WazirX says India's Enforcement...

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Wall Street firms are gaining ground in the talent war as hiring freezes impact Silicon Valley and computer engineers move from big tech and crypto to finance (Nicholas Megaw/Financial Times)

Wall Street firms are gaining ground in the talent war...

Nicholas Megaw / Financial Times: Wall Street firms are gaining ground in the talent...

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Sources: the US government plans more curbs on US shipments to China of chipmaking tools and chips for AI, affecting Lam Research, Applied Materials, and others (Reuters)

Sources: the US government plans more curbs on US shipments...

Reuters: Sources: the US government plans more curbs on US shipments to China of...

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Tractor maker Deere, which plans self-driving tractors in 2022, predicts that 10% of its revenue will come from software fees by the end of the decade (Wall Street Journal)

Tractor maker Deere, which plans self-driving tractors...

Wall Street Journal: Tractor maker Deere, which plans self-driving tractors in 2022,...

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Deere, which will roll out self-driving tractors this year, expects that by the end of the decade 10% of its revenue will come from software fees (Wall Street Journal)

Deere, which will roll out self-driving tractors this year,...

Wall Street Journal: Deere, which will roll out self-driving tractors this year,...

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Insider Intelligence projects US online sales to rise just 9.4% to $1T in 2022, the first single-digit YoY growth, including slower Amazon sales, up 9% to $400B (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Insider Intelligence projects US online sales to rise just...

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Insider Intelligence projects US online sales to rise...

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Sources: Biden admin plans more curbs on US shipments to China of chipmaking tools and chips for AI, affecting Lam Research, Applied Materials, KLA Corp, others (Reuters)

Sources: Biden admin plans more curbs on US shipments to...

Reuters: Sources: Biden admin plans more curbs on US shipments to China of chipmaking...

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Apple's iPhone Satellite Service Kicks Off Smartphone Space Race

Apple's iPhone Satellite Service Kicks Off Smartphone Space...

Apple’s new emergency-text feature on its latest iPhones gives it a first-mover...

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Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors, Smart Crop Sprayers

Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors, Smart...

Equipment maker, rivals roll out software to boost yield, but some farmers voice...

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A look at the increasing efforts of device manufacturers, telecom companies, and satellite operators to connect smartphones to satellites in remote locations (Wall Street Journal)

A look at the increasing efforts of device manufacturers,...

Wall Street Journal: A look at the increasing efforts of device manufacturers, telecom...

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Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ in October 2021 to ~$28B, shuts some Latin American operations and cuts hundreds of gaming jobs in Shanghai (Reuters)

Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ in...

Reuters: Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ in October 2021 to...

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Researchers discover a strain of Linux malware, Shikitega, that uses polymorphic encoding and abuses legitimate cloud services to infect servers and IoT devices (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Researchers discover a strain of Linux malware, Shikitega,...

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers discover a strain of Linux malware, Shikitega,...

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Report: ransomware gangs are using intermittent encryption, where files are partly encrypted, to evade detection tools looking for intense file I/O operations (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Report: ransomware gangs are using intermittent encryption,...

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Report: ransomware gangs are using intermittent...

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Researchers discover a new strain of Linux malware called Shikitega that infects servers and IoT devices with stealth and sophistication, making detection tough (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Researchers discover a new strain of Linux malware called...

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers discover a new strain of Linux malware called...

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Nikola Founder Faces Fraud Trial Over Promises About Electric Trucks

Nikola Founder Faces Fraud Trial Over Promises About Electric...

Trevor Milton is accused of lying about his electric-truck company’s development...

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Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ to ~$28B since Oct. 2021, shuts some Latin American operations and cuts hundreds of gaming jobs in Shanghai (Reuters)

Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ to...

Reuters: Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ to ~$28B since Oct....

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TV Networks Have a New Role: Farm Teams for Streaming Shows

TV Networks Have a New Role: Farm Teams for Streaming Shows

As ratings continue their precipitous decline, legacy broadcasters are now primarily...

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An overview of trends from YC's Demo Day for Summer 2022: enterprise made up the bulk at 39% of the 223 startups in the batch, followed by fintech and dev tools (Biz Carson/Protocol)

An overview of trends from YC's Demo Day for Summer 2022:...

Biz Carson / Protocol: An overview of trends from YC's Demo Day for Summer 2022:...

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The US SEC will set up the "Office of Crypto Assets" to deal with corporate disclosure filings related to the crypto industry (Manya Saini/Reuters)

The US SEC will set up the "Office of Crypto Assets" to...

Manya Saini / Reuters: The US SEC will set up the “Office of Crypto Assets” to deal...

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At Code, CEOs and politicians voiced concerns about TikTok's power, rapid growth, and surveillance potential, with some calling for it to be banned altogether (Alexandra S. Levine/Forbes)

At Code, CEOs and politicians voiced concerns about TikTok's...

Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: At Code, CEOs and politicians voiced concerns about...

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Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games for Netflix, including a new Assassin's Creed title (Hirun Cryer/GamesRadar)

Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games for Netflix,...

Hirun Cryer / GamesRadar: Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games for Netflix,...

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Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games for Netflix Games, including a new Assassin's Creed game (Hirun Cryer/GamesRadar)

Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games for Netflix...

Hirun Cryer / GamesRadar: Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games for Netflix...

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Some CSOs say ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan did nothing wrong and his trial tests criminal penalties they may face over security lapses or challenges in gray areas (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

Some CSOs say ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan did nothing wrong...

Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: Some CSOs say ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan did...

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Tyler "Ninja" Blevins announces that from now on, he will simultaneously stream on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter (Nathan Grayson/Washington Post)

Tyler "Ninja" Blevins announces that from now on, he will...

Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announces that from now...

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Mint Mobile, US Mobile, and Boost Mobile say eSIM as the only option for US iPhone 14 models "democratizes connectivity" by letting users easily switch carriers (Eli Blumenthal/CNET)

Mint Mobile, US Mobile, and Boost Mobile say eSIM as the...

Eli Blumenthal / CNET: Mint Mobile, US Mobile, and Boost Mobile say eSIM as the...

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A look at the two-day Crypto Policy Symposium, the world's first conference for crypto skeptics, from policymakers and journalists to disillusioned programmers (Ben Munster/Decrypt)

A look at the two-day Crypto Policy Symposium, the world's...

Ben Munster / Decrypt: A look at the two-day Crypto Policy Symposium, the world's...

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Small US carriers say Apple making eSIM the only option for iPhone 14 models in the US "democratizes connectivity" by letting users switch networks easily (Eli Blumenthal/CNET)

Small US carriers say Apple making eSIM the only option...

Eli Blumenthal / CNET: Small US carriers say Apple making eSIM the only option for...

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Apple's Medications Reminder Is Coming in iOS 16. Here's How to Use It.

Apple's Medications Reminder Is Coming in iOS 16. Here's...

An Apple Health app update, due Monday, will nudge you to take your pills when it’s...

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Tyler "Ninja" Blevins says he will be simultaneously streaming on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter (Nathan Grayson/Washington Post)

Tyler "Ninja" Blevins says he will be simultaneously streaming...

Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: Tyler “Ninja” Blevins says he will be simultaneously...

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Beginner Guide to CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) in 2022

Beginner Guide to CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) in...

Image by vectorjuice on FreepikIn this CJ Affiliate guide, I will share with you...

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India's Edtech Startups Regroup as Pandemic Bonanza Fizzles

India's Edtech Startups Regroup as Pandemic Bonanza Fizzles

Leading Indian education-technology companies are cutting jobs and marketing costs—and,...

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Pinduoduo's net income has more than tripled in Q2 2022 and its shares have soared 43% over the past month, as it emerges as a big winner amid China's lockdowns (Jeanny Yu/Bloomberg)

Pinduoduo's net income has more than tripled in Q2 2022...

Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg: Pinduoduo's net income has more than tripled in Q2 2022 and...

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Musk Lawyer Cites Twitter Payment to Whistleblower as Reason to Drop Takeover

Musk Lawyer Cites Twitter Payment to Whistleblower as Reason...

The lawyer argued in a letter Friday that a roughly $7 million whistleblower payment...

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Meta unveils Pseudonymized Facebook Identifiers, which combine timestamps and Facebook Identifiers, to deter unauthorized data scraping (Matthew S. Burriesci/Meta)

Meta unveils Pseudonymized Facebook Identifiers, which...

Matthew S. Burriesci / Meta: Meta unveils Pseudonymized Facebook Identifiers, which...

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CEO Dave Baszucki says Roblox sees 2M+ daily active users in Russia, while competitors like EA, Nintendo, and Ubisoft have slowed or ceased sales in the country (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

CEO Dave Baszucki says Roblox sees 2M+ daily active users...

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: CEO Dave Baszucki says Roblox sees 2M+ daily active...

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In a letter to Twitter, Musk's legal team cited Twitter's ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko as a violation of the merger agreement and a reason to end the deal (The Verge)

In a letter to Twitter, Musk's legal team cited Twitter's...

The Verge: In a letter to Twitter, Musk's legal team cited Twitter's ~$7M settlement...

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NYC-based Regal, an outbound call and text messaging tools provider to brands, raised a $38.5M Series A led by Emergence Capital at a $350M post-money valuation (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

NYC-based Regal, an outbound call and text messaging tools...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: NYC-based Regal, an outbound call and text messaging...

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Middle Eastern on-demand trucking platform TruKKer, which matches shippers and freight carriers, raised $100M from Investcorp and others ahead of a planned IPO (Matthew Martin/Bloomberg)

Middle Eastern on-demand trucking platform TruKKer, which...

Matthew Martin / Bloomberg: Middle Eastern on-demand trucking platform TruKKer,...

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One-click checkout service Bolt is no longer buying crypto payments service Wyre; the deal was worth about $1.5B (Axios)

One-click checkout service Bolt is no longer buying crypto...

Axios: One-click checkout service Bolt is no longer buying crypto payments service...

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How Wikipedia's editors worked after Queen Elizabeth II's death, debating what pictures to use and what to call Charles, creating new articles, and more (Jody Serrano/Gizmodo)

How Wikipedia's editors worked after Queen Elizabeth II's...

Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: How Wikipedia's editors worked after Queen Elizabeth II's...

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Isovalent, the creator of open-source networking and security solution for cloud environments Cilium, has raised a $40M Series B led by Thomvest Ventures (Taryn Plumb/VentureBeat)

Isovalent, the creator of open-source networking and security...

Taryn Plumb / VentureBeat: Isovalent, the creator of open-source networking and...

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Amazon Buys Warehouse Robotics Company Cloostermans

Amazon Buys Warehouse Robotics Company Cloostermans

The acquisition of the Belgian business is the latest in a string of buys Amazon...

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Apple's iOS 16 webpage now lists iCloud Shared Photo library as "coming later this year"; the feature was also removed from the latest iOS 16 betas (Andrew Orr/AppleInsider)

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Sources: Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, is in talks to raise $100M; Coatue proposed a $500M valuation and Lightspeed offered a $1B valuation (Kenrick Cai/Forbes)

Sources: Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion,...

Kenrick Cai / Forbes: Sources: Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion,...

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Sources: Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, is in talks to raise $100M; Coatue proposed a $500M valuation, Lightspeed discussed a $1B valuation (Kenrick Cai/Forbes)

Sources: Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion,...

Kenrick Cai / Forbes: Sources: Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion,...

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Tesla Looking Into Building Lithium Refinery

Tesla Looking Into Building Lithium Refinery

The electric-car maker is evaluating the feasibility of a battery-grade lithium...

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Alphabet's Verily raised $1B led by Alphabet; founder and CEO Andy Conrad will become executive chairman as President Stephen Gillett becomes CEO in January (Davey Alba/Bloomberg)

Alphabet's Verily raised $1B led by Alphabet; founder and...

Davey Alba / Bloomberg: Alphabet's Verily raised $1B led by Alphabet; founder and...

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France-based Gravitee.io, a popular open-source API management service, raised $30M led by Riverside Acceleration Capital, bringing its total funding to $41M (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

France-based Gravitee.io, a popular open-source API management...

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: France-based Gravitee.io, a popular open-source API...

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Roblox plans to add age guidelines to its games and announces a new in-game ads system for brands to advertise via interactive billboards, posters, and more (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Roblox plans to add age guidelines to its games and announces...

Mia Sato / The Verge: Roblox plans to add age guidelines to its games and announces...

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Alphabet's Verily raised $1B led by Alphabet; founder and CEO Andy Conrad will become executive chairman and President Stephen Gillett will become CEO (Davey Alba/Bloomberg)

Alphabet's Verily raised $1B led by Alphabet; founder and...

Davey Alba / Bloomberg: Alphabet's Verily raised $1B led by Alphabet; founder and...

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UK-based Gravitee.io, a popular open-source API management service, has raised $30M led by Riverside Acceleration, bringing its total funding to $41M (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

UK-based Gravitee.io, a popular open-source API management...

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: UK-based Gravitee.io, a popular open-source API management...

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States' Probe of Celsius Network Alleges Huge Losses

States' Probe of Celsius Network Alleges Huge Losses

Vermont regulators cited testimony by Celsius’s chief financial officer in a recent...

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Revolut plans to launch one-click payment feature Revolut Pay, and has signed up retailers including Shopify, Prestashop, WH Smith, and Funky Pigeon (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)

Revolut plans to launch one-click payment feature Revolut...

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Revolut plans to launch one-click payment feature Revolut...

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Roblox will add age guidelines to its games, announces a new in-game ads system for brands to advertise via interactive billboards, posters, and other surfaces (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Roblox will add age guidelines to its games, announces...

Mia Sato / The Verge: Roblox will add age guidelines to its games, announces a new...

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States' Probe of Celsius Network Alleges 'Massive Losses' as Far Back as 2021

States' Probe of Celsius Network Alleges 'Massive Losses'...

Bankruptcy-court papers filed this week cite a multistate review of internal financial...

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Tesla Looking Into Lithium Refinery in North America

Tesla Looking Into Lithium Refinery in North America

Tesla is looking into building a battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining plant...

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Apple Will Keep Globalstar in Orbit

Apple Will Keep Globalstar in Orbit

A new emergency satellite service for the iPhone 14 gives Globalstar capital support...

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If You Are Buying an iPhone 14, Some Ways to Save on Your Wireless Bill

If You Are Buying an iPhone 14, Some Ways to Save on Your...

Your new monthly bill may put a bigger dent in your budget than the cost of the...

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Revolut to launch a one-click payment feature, starting with Shopify, Prestashop, WH Smith, and others (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)

Revolut to launch a one-click payment feature, starting...

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Revolut to launch a one-click payment feature, starting...

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In an email, Indian music streaming app Gaana says it is switching to a paid subscription model, sources say after acquisition talks with Bharti Airtel failed (Reuters)

In an email, Indian music streaming app Gaana says it is...

Reuters: In an email, Indian music streaming app Gaana says it is switching to a...

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Revolut launches a one-click payment feature, starting with Shopify, Prestashop, WH Smith, and others (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)

Revolut launches a one-click payment feature, starting...

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Revolut launches a one-click payment feature, starting...

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Some ex-staff say Patreon laid off its entire security team this week, raising concerns among users, but Patreon says the layoffs will not impact its security (Tonya Riley/CyberScoop)

Some ex-staff say Patreon laid off its entire security...

Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: Some ex-staff say Patreon laid off its entire security...

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Web3 game publisher Revolving Games raised over $13.2M from Pantera Capital, Animoca Brands, and others, bringing its seed funding to $25M+ (Ornella Hernandez/Blockworks)

Web3 game publisher Revolving Games raised over $13.2M...

Ornella Hernandez / Blockworks: Web3 game publisher Revolving Games raised over...

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Quentin Tarantino and Miramax settle their copyright infringement lawsuit over Pulp Fiction NFTs and say they may collaborate on more NFTs (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)

Quentin Tarantino and Miramax settle their copyright infringement...

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Quentin Tarantino and Miramax settle their copyright...

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Amazon acquires Cloostermans, a Belgian company specializing in tech to move and stack heavy palettes and robotics used to package products for customer orders (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Amazon acquires Cloostermans, a Belgian company specializing...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Amazon acquires Cloostermans, a Belgian company specializing...

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FTX Ventures buys 30% of Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital for an undisclosed amount; SkyBridge will use some of the funds to buy $40M in cryptocurrencies (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

FTX Ventures buys 30% of Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge...

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: FTX Ventures buys 30% of Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge...

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Robinhood launches Investor Index, updated monthly, to track the performance of the 100 most popular stocks in its app, weighting users' "conviction" in them (Wall Street Journal)

Robinhood launches Investor Index, updated monthly, to...

Wall Street Journal: Robinhood launches Investor Index, updated monthly, to track...

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Twitter Agreed to Pay Whistleblower Roughly $7 Million in June

Twitter Agreed to Pay Whistleblower Roughly $7 Million...

The settlement with Peiter Zatko, related to lost pay, didn’t prevent him from filing...

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India says its central bank will prepare a whitelist of legal loan apps and the IT ministry plans to ensure that only approved apps are hosted on app stores (TechCrunch)

India says its central bank will prepare a whitelist of...

TechCrunch: India says its central bank will prepare a whitelist of legal loan apps...

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UK economy was transformed during Queen Elizabeth's 70-year reign

UK economy was transformed during Queen Elizabeth's 70-year...

The world is paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who has died at the age of 96....

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Streaming television is going through an existential crisis as users cancel services and creators fear having their show or movie deleted on an executive's whim (Travis M. Andrews/Washington Post)

Streaming television is going through an existential crisis...

Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post: Streaming television is going through an existential...

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Citing national security risks, GOP lawmakers warn Apple against procuring memory chips for iPhones from China's YMTC; Apple says it's evaluating usage in China (Financial Times)

Citing national security risks, GOP lawmakers warn Apple...

Financial Times: Citing national security risks, GOP lawmakers warn Apple against...

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The US DOJ says Google spends "enormous numbers" to be the default search engine on browsers and phones, in the first substantive hearing in its antitrust case (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

The US DOJ says Google spends "enormous numbers" to be...

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: The US DOJ says Google spends “enormous numbers” to be the...

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Used car marketplace Cazoo plans to wind down European operations and focus on the UK, cutting 750 jobs; Cazoo expects the move to save £100M by the end of 2023 (Financial Times)

Used car marketplace Cazoo plans to wind down European...

Financial Times: Used car marketplace Cazoo plans to wind down European operations...

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Intel reveals its Arc Alchemist desktop GPU specifications for demanding, budget, and casual gamers; the top model will have 32 Xe cores and 16GB of GDDR6 RAM (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

Intel reveals its Arc Alchemist desktop GPU specifications...

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: Intel reveals its Arc Alchemist desktop GPU specifications...

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TigerEye, an enterprise sales tools startup founded by Tracy Young who previously founded PlanGrid, raised a $30M Series A led by Initialized Capital and Next47 (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)

TigerEye, an enterprise sales tools startup founded by...

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: TigerEye, an enterprise sales tools startup founded by...

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Cisco Talos: the Lazarus group exploited the Log4j flaw in VMware Horizon servers of energy providers in the US, Canada, and Japan from February to July 2022 (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Cisco Talos: the Lazarus group exploited the Log4j flaw...

Carly Page / TechCrunch: Cisco Talos: the Lazarus group exploited the Log4j flaw...

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TigerEye, a sales tech company in stealth founded by Tracy Young who previously founded PlanGrid, raised a $30M Series A led by Initialized Capital and Next47 (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)

TigerEye, a sales tech company in stealth founded by Tracy...

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: TigerEye, a sales tech company in stealth founded by Tracy...

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Intel reveals specifications for its Arc desktop GPUs for demanding, budget, and casual gamers; top of the line GPU will have 32 Xe cores and 16GB of GDDR6 RAM (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

Intel reveals specifications for its Arc desktop GPUs for...

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: Intel reveals specifications for its Arc desktop...

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Cisco Talos: the Lazarus group exploited Log4j to compromise VMware Horizon and target energy providers in the US, Canada, and Japan from February to July 2022 (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Cisco Talos: the Lazarus group exploited Log4j to compromise...

Carly Page / TechCrunch: Cisco Talos: the Lazarus group exploited Log4j to compromise...

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U.S. Weighs Executive Order to Screen Tech Investment in China

U.S. Weighs Executive Order to Screen Tech Investment in...

The initiative follows a failed attempt to pass legislation with similar restrictions...

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The White House unveils its principles to enhance tech platform accountability and competition, including Section 230 reforms and robust data protections (Ben Brody/Protocol)

The White House unveils its principles to enhance tech...

Ben Brody / Protocol: The White House unveils its principles to enhance tech platform...

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DocuSign reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $622.2M, vs. $602.7M est., and a full-year billings forecast of $2.55B to $2.57B, vs. $2.53B est.; stock jumps 18%+ (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

DocuSign reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $622.2M, vs....

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: DocuSign reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $622.2M, vs. $602.7M...

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UK economy was transformed through Queen Elizabeth's 70-year reign

UK economy was transformed through Queen Elizabeth's 70-year...

The world is paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who has died at the age of 96....

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A survey of ~4,000 Indian gig workers on Swiggy, Zomato, Uber, Amazon, and others: 42% say their income is flat, 47% have no insurance, and 51% can't save money (The Economic Times)

A survey of ~4,000 Indian gig workers on Swiggy, Zomato,...

The Economic Times: A survey of ~4,000 Indian gig workers on Swiggy, Zomato, Uber,...

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ECB hikes interest rates by 0.75% to tackle inflation

ECB hikes interest rates by 0.75% to tackle inflation

The European Central Bank has hiked its key interest rate by an unprecedented 0.75%,...

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Instagram says it's exploring the ability to repost other users' posts in the Feed and plans to test the feature "soon with a small number of people" (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Instagram says it's exploring the ability to repost other...

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram says it's exploring the ability to repost other...

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Instagram says it's exploring the ability to repost other users' posts in Feed and plans to test the feature "soon with a small number of people" (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Instagram says it's exploring the ability to repost other...

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram says it's exploring the ability to repost other...

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Uber and Nuro sign a 10-year deal and plan to deploy autonomous vehicles for Uber Eats deliveries in Mountain View, California, and Houston, Texas, in fall 2022 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Uber and Nuro sign a 10-year deal and plan to deploy autonomous...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber and Nuro sign a 10-year deal and plan to deploy...

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Uber and Nuro sign a 10-year deal and plan to deploy autonomous vehicles for Uber Eats deliveries in Mountain View, California, and Houston, Texas in fall 2022 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Uber and Nuro sign a 10-year deal and plan to deploy autonomous...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber and Nuro sign a 10-year deal and plan to deploy...

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Source: the US Treasury will advise the federal government to issue a digital dollar if the Biden administration and Congress deem it in the "national interest" (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Source: the US Treasury will advise the federal government...

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: Source: the US Treasury will advise the federal government...

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UK-based Darktrace's stock falls 32.47% after US private equity firm Thoma Bravo ends bid interest in the scandal-hit AI and cybersecurity company (Rob Davies/The Guardian)

UK-based Darktrace's stock falls 32.47% after US private...

Rob Davies / The Guardian: UK-based Darktrace's stock falls 32.47% after US private...

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A White House report proposes outright restrictions on proof-of-work mechanisms if US crypto mining companies fail to reduce the industry's environmental impact (Michael McSweeney/The Block)

A White House report proposes outright restrictions on...

Michael McSweeney / The Block: A White House report proposes outright restrictions...

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Uber Eats signs a 10-year deal with Nuro and plans to launch autonomous delivery vehicles in Mountain View, California, and Houston, Texas in fall 2022 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Uber Eats signs a 10-year deal with Nuro and plans to launch...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber Eats signs a 10-year deal with Nuro and plans...

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Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Cuts Responsible Innovation Team

Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Cuts Responsible Innovation...

Group was put in place to address potential downsides of the company’s products;...

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Twitter Agreed to Pay Whistleblower Roughly $7 Million in June Settlement

Twitter Agreed to Pay Whistleblower Roughly $7 Million...

The agreement with Peiter Zatko, related to lost pay, didn’t prevent him from filing...

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A White House report proposes possible restrictions on proof-of-work mechanisms if US crypto mining companies fail to reduce the industry's environmental impact (Michael McSweeney/The Block)

A White House report proposes possible restrictions on...

Michael McSweeney / The Block: A White House report proposes possible restrictions...

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France designates "dark stores" run by Gorillas, Cajoo, Getir, Flink, and other delivery startups as warehouses, not shops, forcing them to close in some cities (Hugh Schofield/BBC)

France designates "dark stores" run by Gorillas, Cajoo,...

Hugh Schofield / BBC: France designates “dark stores” run by Gorillas, Cajoo, Getir,...

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Trial of Former Uber Executive Has Security Officials Worried About Liability for Hacks

Trial of Former Uber Executive Has Security Officials Worried...

Joe Sullivan, a former federal prosecutor, is accused of helping to cover up a security...

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Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko in June 2022 over lost pay; Zatko signed an NDA but he can speak to Congress or file a complaint (Cara Lombardo/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement with Peiter...

Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement...

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Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko in June 2022 over lost pay, as part of which Zatko signed an NDA about his time at the company (Cara Lombardo/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement with Peiter...

Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement...

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Dell, Nike, Best Buy, Twitch, and other big brands removed the ability to sign in with Facebook in recent years, some executives say due to privacy concerns (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Dell, Nike, Best Buy, Twitch, and other big brands removed...

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Dell, Nike, Best Buy, Twitch, and other big brands removed...

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Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team set up to address concerns about its products' downsides, but says the company remains committed to the same goals (Jeff Horwitz/Wall Street Journal)

Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team set up to...

Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team...

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Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team, set up to address concerns about the downsides of its products, but says it remains committed to the team's goals (Jeff Horwitz/Wall Street Journal)

Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team, set up to...

Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team,...

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Google adds accessibility and productivity features to Android, including a Nearby Share feature to automatically accept transfers between users' own devices (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Google adds accessibility and productivity features to...

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google adds accessibility and productivity features...

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France designates "dark stores" run by Gorillas, Getir, and other instant delivery startups as warehouses, not shops, forcing them to close in some cities (Hugh Schofield/BBC)

France designates "dark stores" run by Gorillas, Getir,...

Hugh Schofield / BBC: France designates “dark stores” run by Gorillas, Getir, and...

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Amazon, Nike, Best Buy, Twitch, and other big brands removed the ability to sign in with Facebook in recent years, some executives say due to privacy concerns (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Amazon, Nike, Best Buy, Twitch, and other big brands removed...

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Amazon, Nike, Best Buy, Twitch, and other big brands removed...

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Google adds new accessibility and sharing features to Android, including a Nearby Share feature to automatically accept transfers between users' own devices (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Google adds new accessibility and sharing features to Android,...

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google adds new accessibility and sharing features...

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Google's 'News Showcase' Stalls in U.S. as Media Outlets Balk at Terms

Google's 'News Showcase' Stalls in U.S. as Media Outlets...

The program, which pays publishers to feature their content, is almost a year behind...

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YouTube launches a video player for education, removing ads, external links, and recommendations, available for Google Classroom and other education apps (Mia Sato/The Verge)

YouTube launches a video player for education, removing...

Mia Sato / The Verge: YouTube launches a video player for education, removing ads,...

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Who Will Pay the Price for Cyberattacks?

Who Will Pay the Price for Cyberattacks?

Insurers have long excluded war damage from their coverage. A new spate of legal...

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Community Labs, which is building crypto projects on blockchain data storage platform Arweave, has raised $30M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg)

Community Labs, which is building crypto projects on blockchain...

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: Community Labs, which is building crypto projects on...

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Apple's New iPhones Create Buzz in China, but Local Rivals Loom

Apple's New iPhones Create Buzz in China, but Local Rivals...

Apple’s latest iPhones drew favorable interest in China after it decided not to...

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Chainalysis says it helped the US government recover about $30M stolen from Axie Infinity by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group earlier in 2022 (CoinDesk)

Chainalysis says it helped the US government recover about...

CoinDesk: Chainalysis says it helped the US government recover about $30M stolen...

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IEA director says energy crisis a 'test' for European solidarity

IEA director says energy crisis a 'test' for European solidarity

Will Europe have enough energy to make it through the winter, as Russia tightens...

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Bessemer Venture Partners raised $4.6B for two new funds in August: $3.85B for young startups, the firm's biggest fund to date, and $780M for PE buyouts (Kate Clark/The Information)

Bessemer Venture Partners raised $4.6B for two new funds...

Kate Clark / The Information: Bessemer Venture Partners raised $4.6B for two new...

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Snap's ad archive shows some Democratic and progressive orgs were able to target ads using the data of a GOP data broker; Snap blames an internal mistake (Lachlan Markay/Axios)

Snap's ad archive shows some Democratic and progressive...

Lachlan Markay / Axios: Snap's ad archive shows some Democratic and progressive...

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Why CVS is spending $8 billion to bring back physician house calls

Why CVS is spending $8 billion to bring back physician...

CVS has pivoted from a pure pharmacy business to offering direct health care services....

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Sources: US Treasury will warn the White House that cryptocurrencies need major regulations as they pose significant financial risks that outweigh benefits (Washington Post)

Sources: US Treasury will warn the White House that cryptocurrencies...

Washington Post: Sources: US Treasury will warn the White House that cryptocurrencies...

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Apple Watch Ultra is a serious challenge to Garmin, which dominates the premium active wearables market, and its usability could erode Garmin's position (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)

Apple Watch Ultra is a serious challenge to Garmin, which...

Thomas Ricker / The Verge: Apple Watch Ultra is a serious challenge to Garmin, which...

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Arize AI, a service for machine learning operations, or MLOps, raised a $38M Series B led by TCV, bringing its total funding to $62M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Arize AI, a service for machine learning operations, or...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Arize AI, a service for machine learning operations,...

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Apple keeps iPhone 14 prices the same in the US but raises them around the world, including in the UK, Japan, and Germany, due to a strong dollar (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

Apple keeps iPhone 14 prices the same in the US but raises...

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Apple keeps iPhone 14 prices the same in the US but raises...

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Six people, including Coinbase employees and prominent crypto developers, sue the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, and officials in Texas over Tornado Cash sanctions (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)

Six people, including Coinbase employees and prominent...

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: Six people, including Coinbase employees and prominent...

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler signals support for Congress giving the CFTC oversight on bitcoin and ether, as long as the SEC retains its power (Andrew Ackerman/Wall Street Journal)

SEC Chair Gary Gensler signals support for Congress giving...

Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal: SEC Chair Gary Gensler signals support for...

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In a closely watched trial, ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan's lawyers say the company scapegoated him over the 2016 breach after Travis Kalanick's turbulent exit (Cade Metz/New York Times)

In a closely watched trial, ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan's...

Cade Metz / New York Times: In a closely watched trial, ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan's...

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Google plans a one-year pilot in India to allow daily fantasy sports apps and rummy games but bars the use of Google's billing for IAPs, starting September 28 (TechCrunch)

Google plans a one-year pilot in India to allow daily fantasy...

TechCrunch: Google plans a one-year pilot in India to allow daily fantasy sports...

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Web3 gaming and VC firm Animoca Brands raised $110M via convertible notes led by Temasek, Boyu Capital, and GGV, after raising $434M in 2022 (Lucy Harley-McKeown/The Block)

Web3 gaming and VC firm Animoca Brands raised $110M via...

Lucy Harley-McKeown / The Block: Web3 gaming and VC firm Animoca Brands raised $110M...

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Mysten Labs, which is developing the Sui blockchain, raised a $300M Series B led by FTX at a $2B+ valuation; all five founders worked at Meta's crypto unit (Ryan Weeks/The Block)

Mysten Labs, which is developing the Sui blockchain, raised...

Ryan Weeks / The Block: Mysten Labs, which is developing the Sui blockchain, raised...

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Apple's state-backed Chinese data center partner, Guizhou Cloud Big Data, says lockdowns have paralyzed the city of Guiyang, stopping workers from seeing family (Bloomberg)

Apple's state-backed Chinese data center partner, Guizhou...

Bloomberg: Apple's state-backed Chinese data center partner, Guizhou Cloud Big Data,...

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London-based SteelEye, which offers SaaS tools to help financial institutions comply with regulations, raised a $21M Series B led by Ten Coves Capital (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

London-based SteelEye, which offers SaaS tools to help...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: London-based SteelEye, which offers SaaS tools to help...

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Russia's trade minister Denis Manturov says Russians will be able to buy the iPhone 14 despite US sanctions thanks to the country's parallel import scheme (Reuters)

Russia's trade minister Denis Manturov says Russians will...

Reuters: Russia's trade minister Denis Manturov says Russians will be able to buy...

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A Geekbench test shows the iPhone 14's A16 chip, built on a 4nm process, is only marginally faster than the iPhone 13's A15 chip, built on a 5nm process (Sami Fathi/MacRumors)

A Geekbench test shows the iPhone 14's A16 chip, built...

Sami Fathi / MacRumors: A Geekbench test shows the iPhone 14's A16 chip, built on...

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New iPhone shows Apple weathering economic storm

New iPhone shows Apple weathering economic storm

California tech giant Apple launched its new iPhone 14 model on Wednesday, featuring...

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Anxious about regulators, Naspers, SoftBank, Berkshire, and other early investors in Chinese tech giants are selling; $7.6B in Tencent shares could be sold (Bloomberg)

Anxious about regulators, Naspers, SoftBank, Berkshire,...

Bloomberg: Anxious about regulators, Naspers, SoftBank, Berkshire, and other early...

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Hands-on with Apple Watch Ultra: the large, flat 49mm display, which can reach 2,000 nits, is in a class of its own and the device is lighter than expected (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Hands-on with Apple Watch Ultra: the large, flat 49mm display,...

Victoria Song / The Verge: Hands-on with Apple Watch Ultra: the large, flat 49mm...

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Draft EU legislation, set to be unveiled next week, mandates IoT product makers to meet cybersecurity rules or face heavy fines of €15M or 2.5% of turnover (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

Draft EU legislation, set to be unveiled next week, mandates...

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Draft EU legislation, set to be unveiled next...

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Hands-on with iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max: similar design to 13 Pro but without the notch, thanks to the playful Dynamic Island; always-on is a great feature (The Verge)

Hands-on with iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max: similar design...

The Verge: Hands-on with iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max: similar design to 13 Pro...

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A Delaware judge sharply criticizes Elon Musk for failing to turn over text messages, ruling there were "glaring deficiencies" in the response to Twitter (Jef Feeley/Bloomberg)

A Delaware judge sharply criticizes Elon Musk for failing...

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: A Delaware judge sharply criticizes Elon Musk for failing...

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Apple's video montages for the new Watch and iPhone 14 safety features, like satellite emergency calling and car crash detection, are ominous and unsettling (Katie Notopoulos/BuzzFeed News)

Apple's video montages for the new Watch and iPhone 14...

Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: Apple's video montages for the new Watch and iPhone...

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Byju's has missed its own deadlines to file audited financials for the year ending March 2021 by nearly 18 months; Indian government demands an explanation (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Byju's has missed its own deadlines to file audited financials...

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Byju's has missed its own deadlines to file audited financials...

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Answering a question on iMessage-RCS interoperability at Code, Tim Cook suggests "[buying] your mom an iPhone" to end green bubbles (The Verge)

Answering a question on iMessage-RCS interoperability at...

The Verge: Answering a question on iMessage-RCS interoperability at Code, Tim Cook...