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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Windows 11, with a simplified UI, new Windows store, Start menu, Teams integrated into taskbar, and more, available free to Windows 10 users — A new version of Windows is officially on the way — Microsoft is officially confirming the name for the next release of Windows today: Windows 11.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it is bringing Android apps to Windows 11 through Amazon's app store — A surprise addition to Windows 11 — Microsoft is bringing Android apps to Windows 11. The software giant revealed its surprise Windows 11 addition during its special Windows event today.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft's bundling of Teams into Windows 11 is a throwback to its antitrust behavior in the 1990s, even as it criticizes rivals for anticompetitive activity — Teams software gets a leg up on Slack, Zoom with addition to the latest PC operating system — Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 11 …
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| Pradeep / MSPoweruser: |
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Google delays plans to block third-party cookies from early 2022 to late 2023, says it wants to find ways to protect privacy without hurting ad-dependent sites — Google has delayed a major privacy change to its Chrome browser, pushing back a plan to block third-party cookies until late 2023 …
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Andreessen Horowitz raises $2.2B for its third fund focused on crypto startups and cryptocurrencies — - The Silicon Valley venture capital firm just announced a new $2.2 billion cryptocurrency-focused fund. — “We believe that the next wave of computing innovation will be driven by crypto …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers discover four major vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist's BIOSConnect feature, letting hackers remotely execute code, affecting 129 Dell models — Security researchers have found four major security vulnerabilities in the BIOSConnect feature of Dell SupportAssist …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Amazon acquires Art19, a major podcast hosting and monetization platform, for an undisclosed sum — Art19 goes to Amazon Music — Amazon Music is getting more serious about its podcast endeavors. Today, the company announced that it's acquiring Art19, a major podcast hosting and monetization platform for an undisclosed sum.| Eva Mathews / Reuters: |
The Teamsters, one of the largest labor unions in the US, votes to support, fund, and supply resources to employees of Amazon in their unionization efforts — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a labor union in the United States and Canada, said on Thursday it has voted to formalize …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
After approving 5 major antitrust bills on Wednesday, House committee approves the Ending Platform Monopolies Act on Thursday; all bills now head to House floor — I'm going to sleep — This story is part of a group of stories called — After nearly two years of investigations …
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google and Jio Platforms announce JioPhone Next, an “affordable” phone running an optimized version of Android, launching in India on September 10; price TBD — Jio Platforms, run by India's richest man (Mukesh Ambani), and Google on Thursday unveiled the JioPhone Next …
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The Keyword, Official Google India Blog, XDA Developers, Engadget, Gizmodo, Zenger News, Android Central, fossbytes.com, The Economic Times, and Livemint. Tweets: @sundarpichai
| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Premise, an app that pays users around the world for tasks like taking photos, and has clients like US military using the data to gather intelligence — The Premise app pays users, many in the developing world, to do tasks like taking photos and completing surveys for clients including the U.S. military
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| Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
Amazon launches AWS BugBust, a competition to let developers find and fix 1M+ bugs and reduce technical debt by $100M+; top ten will get AWS re:Invent tickets — Participants in AWS BugBust can win a free trip to AWS re:Invent 2021 in Las Vegas. — Amazon announced a new global competition … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Software design company Figma raises $200M at a valuation of $10B, quintupling its valuation since last year — Software design company Figma Inc. has raised fresh funding at a valuation of $10 billion, quintupling its pricetag since last year. The company, which allows customers …
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| Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: |
Twilio and Asana, both listed on NYSE, agree to list on Silicon Valley-based Long-Term Stock Exchange, the first two companies to agree to dual list on LTSE — Exchange hopes to be signal to investors of which companies have sustainable practices — A Silicon Valley stock exchange … | Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Instagram starts to quietly roll out the option to publish posts from its website on desktop, but iPad is not supported — After we got a sneak peek at the feature last month, Instagram has quietly rolled out the option to create and publish posts from its website on desktop (but not on iPad).
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| Simon Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Visa buys Sweden-based Tink, which offers open banking APIs used by more than 3,400 banks and financial institutions in Europe, for €1.8B — Tink would give Visa a foothold in open banking, which connects consumers to multiple financial institutions — Visa Inc. agreed to pay … | Anthony Reuben / BBC: |
EE says it will add a £2 roaming charge in Europe for new customers starting January 2022, the first UK operator to reintroduce roaming charges after Brexit — Mobile operator EE will charge new UK customers extra to use their mobile phones in Europe from January.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google extends its Open Source Vulnerabilities database to include vulnerability databases from major open source projects, including Python, Rust, Go, and DWF — Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. — Google today announced …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Snap and Universal Music Group strike a licensing deal that lets users share songs in messages and posts; financial terms were not disclosed — - Move is latest tie-up between music companies and social media — Snap wants to become key place for artists to promote songs| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Data infrastructure software maker Confluent closes up 25% on its first day of trading, after raising $828M in its US IPO — Covering venture capital, software and startups — In 2011, three LinkedIn employees — Jay Kreps, Neha Narkhede and Jun Rao — developed a technical tool to help … | Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
BuzzFeed announces plans to go public via SPAC merger, targeting a $1.5B valuation, and will acquire digital publisher Complex Networks for $300M — BuzzFeed, a 15-year-old digital media company, announced Thursday it plans to go public via a merger with a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company.
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| Zack Seward / CoinDesk: |
Crypto analytics startup Chainalysis raises $100M Series E led by Coatue at a $4.2B+ valuation, after raising $100M Series D in March at a $2B valuation — It's the firm's second $100 million raise this year. — Chainalysis is adding another $100 million in venture capital as crypto's role …
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