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Apple wins its EU court fight over a record $14.9B Irish tax bill, as EU General Court rules that Ireland's tax arrangements with the company weren't illegal — - EU lower court ruling on Apple, Ireland cases can be appealed — Company, Ireland challenged European Commission decision
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| Danish Khan / The Economic Times: |
Google says it will invest $4.5B in Jio Platforms for a 7.73% stake as part of the recently announced $10B India digitization fund — This investment will be part of Google's recently announced $10 billion India digitization fund — Internet major Google is buying a 7.73% stake …
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| Nikkei Asian Review: |
Sources: Facebook and Sony are ramping up production of Oculus VR and PlayStation 5 devices by as much as 50% as demand soars during the pandemic — Oculus VR headsets and PlayStation 5 benefit as demand soars in pandemic — A woman with an Oculus Quest VR headset at Facebook Developer Conference in 2019.
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| Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: |
Google sued for allegedly tracking users' app activity via Firebase even after opting out of sharing data in settings, following Incognito mode suit last month — A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges Google tracks user activity through hundreds of thousands of apps, even after people opt out of sharing information.| Nathan DiCamillo / CoinDesk: |
UK startup Revolut partners with New York-based trust company Paxos to bring bitcoin and ether trading to customers in every US state except Tennessee — Revolut customers in 49 U.S. states can now buy, hold and sell bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) on the digital bank's crypto platform.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Datto, a provider of cloud-based data backup software and protection services for SMBs, has confidentially filed for an IPO — - Company could plan listing for later this year or 2021 — Datto Inc., a developer of cloud-based data backup software, has filed confidentially … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In email to artists, Facebook announces launch of officially licensed music videos on US artist Pages; artists will be enrolled August 1 if they don't opt out — Facebook is preparing to launch officially licensed music videos on its social network in the U.S. next month, in a direct challenge to YouTube.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung predicts early commercialization of 6G networks “as early as 2028”, and places bets on terahertz radio spectrum to reach peak data rates 50 times 5G — Take the latest VB Survey to share how your company is implementing AI today. — Just as the earliest 5G networks began …
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| Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop: |
Microsoft issues a patch for a critical “wormable” flaw affecting OSes including Windows 10 and Server; Check Point says the flaw has been in code for 17 years — Microsoft is issuing a patch for a severe and wormable Windows Domain Name System Server vulnerability …
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| Seth Colaner / VentureBeat: |
The EFF, in partnership with the University of Nevada, Reno, debuts a searchable database of 3,000+ US police agencies and the tech surveillance tools they use — Take the latest VB Survey to share how your company is implementing AI today. — It took me less than 10 seconds to find …
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| The Information: |
Source: in an agreement signed in May 2019, TikTok committed to buying more than $800M in cloud services from Google over a three-year period — For years, Google Cloud has languished in third place in the cloud computing market, with fewer marquee customers to boast of than rivals Amazon Web Services and Microsoft.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Investigation: Google Search displays YouTube videos more prominently than nearly identical videos from Facebook and other sites; sources say this is by design — Facebook and other competitors host the same videos, but engineers have made changes that effectively preference YouTube—owned by Google—over other video sources.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla VPN exits beta, launches on Android and Windows for $5 per month in the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand — Last Chance: Register for Transform, VB's AI event of the year, hosted online July 15-17. — Mozilla has launched its virtual private network (VPN) …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Graphcore unveils GC200 AI chip and M2000, a new IPU Machine that runs on it, and claims it achieves a petaflop of processing power “in the size of a pizza box” — There is a lot riding on the use of artificial intelligence technology to help us take giant leaps ahead … | Frank Konkel / Nextgov: |
US House Oversight subcommittee chair for national security sends letters to Apple and Google seeking assurances on the risks of apps made by foreign entities — Rep. Stephen Lynch seeks commitments from the tech giants to be more transparent about applications on their stores.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Regulations passed this week in the EU afford App Store devs new protections, such as a 30 day warning before removing an app from store, with some exceptions — App Store developers in the European Union now have more protections afforded to them following the passage of new regulations this week …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Play Pass, Android's rival to subscription-based game store Apple Arcade, adds 150 more titles, a $29.99/year pricing option, and expands outside the US — Google Play Pass, the Android alternative to subscription-based game store Apple Arcade, is expanding.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Zoom unveils a $599 all-in-one home communications device with a 27-inch screen, pre-loaded Zoom software, eight microphones, and three wide-angle cameras — Zoom has become the de facto standard for online communications during the pandemic, but the company has found that it's still …
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| Bloomberg: |
US reverses directive requiring international students take an in-person class to avoid being sent home, following a suit with support from the tech industry — - Deal ends standoff that could have sent thousands back home — Schools can now resume planning for the fall semester
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| Priscila Bellini / Rest of World: |
After a data blackout of official COVID-19 figures by the Brazilian government, dozens of volunteer developers are working to ensure the information is public — After a data blackout of official Covid-19 figures, Brazilian software developers decided to build alternative tallies.
Tweets: @jstrauss, @fleckgiovana, @cengizyar, @mikestucka, @telliotter, @dancow, @sidhubaba, and @gquaggiotto
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
TikTok outflanked Facebook, focusing on curation and user-made video, but its China ties mean privacy, censorship, and propaganda issues should lead to a US ban — Over the last week, as the idea of banning TikTok in the U.S. has shifted from a fringe idea to a seeming inevitability …
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| Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online: |
Shares of nCino, which develops a cloud-based operating system for financial institutions, surged 195%+ on first day of trading after raising ~$249M in IPO — NCino, which provides cloud-based software for financial institutions, saw its stock surge more than 150% in its first day of trading.| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Kano releases the second-generation model of its $300 “buildable” 2-in-1 Windows 10 tablet aimed at kids, with upgraded CPU and updated design — More of a real laptop, less of a toy — Kano is releasing a second-generation model of its buildable Windows 10 PC …
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