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Sources: Nvidia expressed interest about a potential deal for ARM as SoftBank explores a sale; Apple declined to pursue a bid after being approached by SoftBank — - Graphics chipmaker expressed interest in recent weeks — SoftBank approached Apple to gauge its interest in Arm| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Apple hires economists to help prove its App Store commissions aren't anti-competitive — Ahead of an antitrust hearing on Capitol Hill next week, Apple is fighting back against the perception that its App Store charges onerous commission rates to developers.
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Analysis Group, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Variety, MacRumors, Fast Company, MacDailyNews, The Mac Observer, Bloomberg, iPhone Hacks, Protocol, Input, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, Digital Trends, and Michael Tsai
Tweets: @reneritchie, @benbajarin, @siegel, @cabel, @elkmovie, @kylealden, @dhh, @matt_garber, @dhh, @elkmovie, @stevekovach, @reckless, @alexeheath, @jason, @stroughtonsmith, @siegel, @reneritchie, @willoremus, @timsweeneyepic, @carnage4life, @stevelevine, @kantrowitz, @lauren_feiner, and @rsebbe. Thanks:@aidaakl
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says hackers accessed the DM inbox for up to 36 of the 130 high profile accounts targeted in last week's attack — Last week's hack of over 100 very high-profile Twitter accounts did in fact expose the direct messages of many of those accounts, the company admitted today …
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CNET, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, CoinDesk, Ars Technica, Reuters, Bloomberg, MacRumors, The Verge, Mashable, Financial Times, Axios, SlashGear, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @twittersupport, @thekarami, @briannawu, @sethweathers, @zackwhittaker, @kfile, and @twittersupport
| Microsoft: |
Microsoft Q4: revenue up 13% YoY to $38B, net income of $11.2B, down 15% YoY, Intelligent Cloud revenue of $13.4B, up 17%, and Azure revenue up 47% — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:
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Windows Central, ZDNet, Motley Fool, Business Insider, Reuters, Thurrott, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Windows Central, MSPoweruser, Neowin, OnMSFT.com, GeekWire, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, MobileSyrup, CNBC, GamingBolt, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @futterish
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple starts giving “hacker-friendly” iPhones with a custom and more accessible iOS version to vetted researchers in the iOS Security Research Device program — For the past decade Apple has tried to make the iPhone one of the most secure devices on the market.
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Apple Developer, VICE, Fossbytes, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Neowin, BGR, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, iPhone Hacks, The Mac Observer, MSPoweruser, Threatpost, Engadget, SlashGear, AppleInsider, CNET, CyberScoop, MacRumors, Reuters, iDownloadBlog.com, Daring Fireball, Michael Tsai, and Wired
Tweets: @alexstamos, @adamely, @zackwhittaker, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, and @josephfcox
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Slack files EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft, accusing it of unfairly bundling its rival app Teams with its Office 365 tools — Workplace messaging app says it is unfair for tech group to bundle Teams with Office 365 — The workplace messaging app Slack has filed a formal antitrust complaint …
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| Manuel Vonau / Android Police: |
AT&T told some customers their phones are not compatible with its new network, without explicitly saying the issue may not affect them until February 2022 — Amid an economy-crushing pandemic, AT&T has decided that now is the best time to send a scaremongering email to some customers …
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AT&T Wireless Support, AT&T Community Forums, Ars Technica, Slashdot, Neowin, Ubergizmo, Android Central, Mashable, SlashGear, Android Headlines, Gizmodo, Engadget, TechSpot, and Houston Chronicle
Tweets: @counternotions, @rdrv3, @barbarakrasnoff, @journeydan, @mdrndad, and @saschasegan
| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Sources: Facebook is preparing to limit the reach of QAnon content, with an announcement next month, and has been coordinating with Twitter and other companies — The company permanently suspended thousands of accounts associated with the fringe conspiracy theory movement.
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Ars Technica and Wired
Tweets: @twittersafety, @donie, @oliverdarcy, @yashar, @parismartineau, @mikeisaac, @wexler, @katestarbird, @oliviasolon, @alexia, @dfriedman33, and @yashar
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Facebook Messenger updates with a new App Lock feature with Face ID or Touch ID authentication on iPhone and iPad, as well as a new Privacy section in settings — There's a new Privacy section in settings — Facebook now lets you add an extra layer of security when opening Messenger on an iPhone or iPad.
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About Facebook, Messenger News, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Android Central, Cult of Mac, and Lifehacker
Tweets: @messenger, @mattnavarra, @alexvoica, and @alexvoica
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
US bank regulator grants national savings banks and federal savings associations the authority to provide cryptocurrency custody services to their customers — The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has opened the door for federal savings associations and national savings banks …
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Fortune, Coin Center, Office of the Comptroller …, CoinDesk, Decrypt, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Bitcoin Magazine, and BitcoinExchangeGuide
Tweets: @cryptomanran, @alexisgoldstein, @alexsaundersau, @stomarova, @crypto_tone1, @lopp, @vtg2, and @mdudas. Thanks:@saniyamore
| Bryan Walsh / Axios: |
Facebook VP of AI Jerome Pesenti says OpenAI's GPT-3 can “easily output toxic language that propagates harmful biases”, as some critics point out issues of bias — While GPT-3 has earned ecstatic reviews from many experts for its capabilities, some critics have pointed out clear issues around bias.
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Bloomberg and EnterpriseAI
| Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News: |
Personal info of 200K+ Instacart users is being sold on the dark web, including names and last 4 digits of credit card numbers; Instacart denies a data breach — The personal information of what could be hundreds of thousands of Instacart customers is being sold on the dark web.
Tweets: @buzzfeednews, @janelytv, and @janelytv
| MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple is lining up periscope telephoto lens suppliers for the 2022 iPhone; periscope lenses allow manufacturers to provide higher optical zoom capabilities — Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo today released a new report detailing his research on which lens suppliers will begin providing parts for Apple in the coming years.| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Profile of Tim Bray, the former VP at Amazon who quit in May criticizing its “vein of toxicity” and who is building a business case for breaking up the company — Tim Bray was a celebrated engineer at Amazon. Now, he is its most high-profile defector.
Tweets: @kyweise, @kyweise, @zephyrteachout, @stacyfmitchell, @nytimestech, and @pinboard
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon unveils new Alexa developer tools including Alexa for Apps, to let Alexa apps trigger actions like searches within phone apps, and Alexa Conversations — Today during Alexa Live, a virtual event for Alexa vendors and developer partners, Amazon unveiled tools and resources designed to enable new Alexa voice app experiences.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google delays its switch to mobile-first indexing of Search, originally scheduled for this September, until March 2021, citing “uncertain times” — With smartphone browsing so much more common in this day and age, Google wants Search results to reflect that reality.
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Google Webmaster Central Blog, SlashGear, and Search Engine Roundtable
Tweets: @googlewmc and @aleyda
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Flip 5G for $1,450, shipping August 7, available on AT&T and T-Mobile in the US — Samsung has officially announced the 5G version of its Galaxy Z Flip foldable phone. Called the Galaxy Z Flip 5G (naturally enough), the phone is nearly identical to its 4G predecessor.| Katy Smith / Columbus CEO: |
Ohio-based Branch Insurance, whose tech helps customers bundle home and auto insurance online by just providing name and address, raises $24M Series A — Katy Smith Editor, Columbus CEO @ceo_editor — Columbus-based Branch Insurance is ready to expand nationally.
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| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Fintech startup Meemo emerges from stealth with $10M seed investment from Greycroft and others and launches its social finance app — Fintech startup Meemo came out of a year-long stealth period Tuesday to launch its social finance app with a seed investment of $10 million.| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft lays out an anti-harassment plan including a confidential third-party “listening and alert” system and the appointment of a head of workplace culture — Ubisoft Entertainment SA, the French video-gamemaker, laid out several steps it's taking to address a sexual-harassment controversy at the company.
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Windows Central, The Verge, The Verge, GamesIndustry.biz, Polygon, VentureBeat, GameSpot, Neowin, Destructoid, and Gamasutra. Tweets: @samueltolbert
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Shopify adds Affirm Inc. as a partner, working together to offer flexible payment plans to Shopify's US consumers; the plans are expected by the end of the year — - Canadian e-commerce firm links with Affirm on payment plans — Move aimed at luring shoppers who want to avoid credit cards| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: NBCU's Peacock streaming service was downloaded ~1.5M times across the US App Store and Google Play in its first six days, 25% more than Quibi — NBCU's Peacock appears to be having a somewhat better launch than Quibi did, based on data from app store intelligence firm Sensor Tower.Sponsor Posts
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