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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple and Goldman Sachs are working on a “buy now, pay later” service to let consumers pay for any Apple Pay purchase in installments, to rival Affirm — - Service to let users pay off any Apple Pay purchase over time — Fresh partnership with Apple could boost Goldman consumer push
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Tweets: @caro_milanesi, @business, @ryan_browne_, @markgurman, @mattrosoff, and @carnage4life
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
The current version of Apple's Weather app won't show 69 degrees, rounding up or down a degree; the behavior exists in some other iOS versions but not iOS 15 — It's not so nice — If you're an iPhone user, the weather is always a particularly nice 70 degrees. Or 68 degrees.
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mobilesyrup.com, AppleInsider, Macworld, phonearena.com, iMore, Android Authority, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @cgartenberg, @mkbhd, @themarcdufresne, @joannastern, @caseyjohnston, @ann_arcana, @cgartenberg, @harshil, @parismarx, @julesdrmnn, @jonporty, @mkbhd, @starfire2258, @mkbhd, @mkbhd, @film_girl, @jasonrbny, @backlon, @tomwarren, @_inside, @9to5mac, and @bdsams
| Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg: |
France fines Google $593M for failing to comply with a 2020 order to negotiate in good faith with publishers for displaying article snippets in Google News — - Tech giant penalized for not agreeing deal with publishers — Fine is the second biggest French antitrust penalty so far
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Reuters, BBC, CNN, Politico, AppleInsider, New York Times, CNBC, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Journal, Thurrott, Financial Times, Insider, Gizchina, Silicon Republic, Engadget, TNW, Neowin, and Forbes
Tweets: @noam, @pressgazette, @benedictevans, @artjonak, @filloux, @laukaya, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @wallaceme, @jeffjarvis, @satariano, and @fabiochiusi
| Telegraph: |
Excerpt from An Ugly Truth: from Jan. 2014 to Aug. 2015, Facebook fired 52 staffers for exploiting access to user data, prompting an overhaul of data governance — In an exclusive extract, Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang reveal how an ethos of openness meant private information could be misused| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
REvil's infrastructure and websites are offline, including its data leak sites, less than two weeks after attacking 1,500+ businesses with ransomware via Kaseya — The infrastructure and websites for the REvil ransomware operation have mysteriously gone offline as of last night.
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New York Times, CNN, MIT Technology Review, Threatpost, The Hill, CNBC, Decrypt, ZDNet, Bloomberg, VICE, Forbes, DataBreaches.net, and AttackIQ
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces a $99 MagSafe Battery Pack for the iPhone 12 lineup, with a total capacity of 1460mAh, arriving July 19 — Apple today released the MagSafe Battery Pack accessory for iPhone 12 models. Many months after the iPhone 12 series was unveiled, Apple has quietly released …
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Tweets: @thecomputerclan, @stevemoser, @airlineflyer, @zollotech, @tme_michael, @backlon, @robertquinnnj, and @rsgnl
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Ring says opt-in end-to-end encryption for video streams is available to all US users and is rolling out globally — It's available now in the US — Ring's end-to-end encryption for video streams is leaving technical preview, is now available to US users, and is currently rolling out globally …
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Ring, mobilesyrup.com, TechSpot, Trusted Reviews, Engadget, iMore, TechHive, techadvisor.com, SlashGear, Digital Trends, and PCMag. Tweets: @hypervisible
| TechCrunch: |
Business intelligence service ZoomInfo says it will acquire Chorus.AI, which makes AI-based software to analyze sales calls, for $575M — ZoomInfo announced this morning it intends to acquire conversational sales intelligence tool Chorus.AI for $575 million.
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ZoomInfo Blog, Business Wire, SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, ZDNet, and TechRadar
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Discord buys Sentropy, which emerged from stealth last summer with AI-powered moderation software to fight online abuse and $13M in funding — The online chat platform Discord is buying Sentropy, a company that makes AI-powered software to detect and remove online harassment and hate.| Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot: |
Twitter confirms it inadvertently verified six “inauthentic” accounts, now suspended, after a user highlighted them — Six users with fake profile pics were seemingly verified less than one month after being created. — Questions have been raised over Twitter's verification process …
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The Verge, Gizmodo, Wired, TechSpot, mobilesyrup.com, 9to5Mac, and Social Media Today
| The Guardian: |
London Met Police says it seized ~£180M in bitcoin while investigating international money laundering, after seizing £114M of cryptocurrencies last month — Seizure in London follows confiscation of £114m of the cryptocurrency in June — Metropolitan police detectives …
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Mynewsdesk, BBC, CNN, Fortune, Tom's Hardware, Enterprise Times, CoinJournal, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, Bitcoin News, City A.M., Finbold, The Block, and Decrypt. Tweets: @danneidle
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Some YouTubers are making a living by creating videos about Microsoft software, and have a larger subscriber base than Microsoft's own YouTube channels — - Some people make a living off of making YouTube videos about software from Microsoft and other companies.| The Information: |
In April, Amazon acquired over a dozen staff from Facebook to boost its own low earth orbit satellite internet efforts; Amazon paid Facebook to seal agreement — Amazon has acquired a team of more than a dozen wireless internet experts from Facebook in an effort to boost its multibillion-dollar effort …
Tweets: @quinnypig and @bysarahkrouse
| Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast: |
Bitdefender says hackers behind TrickBot botnet, which was disrupted by US Cyber Command and Microsoft last year, have quietly rebuilt much of their operations — U.S. Cyber Command and Microsoft, among others, launched operations on the eve of the election meant to hobble a Russian-speaking hacking group.
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Tweets: @virusbtn, @bitdefenderlabs, and @bitdefender
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Meet starts enforcing a 60-minute time limit on group calls for free Gmail users — In light of COVID-19 driving all communication online, free Google Meet users with personal Gmail accounts could take advantage of group calls without a duration limit over the past year.
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Ars Technica, Livemint, Fortune, The Verge, MUO, Android Police, mobilesyrup.com, Phandroid, Ubergizmo, TNW, and phonearena.com
| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Remote, which develops HR tools for global workforces, raises $150M Series B at a $1B+ valuation led by Accel — New York-based Remote raised a $150 million Series B at a valuation of more than $1 billion as it looks to make hiring anywhere easier for companies. — Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily
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TechCrunch, Tech.eu, Business Wire, FinLedger, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, FinSMEs, and San Francisco Business Journal
| Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: |
Verizon and Huawei agree to settle two US patent infringement lawsuits, avoiding a public fight over Huawei's role in the supply chain — Agreement reached amid broader geopolitical fight involving the U.S. and the Chinese company — Huawei Technologies Co. agreed to settle …
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Reuters, Android Headlines, CNET, IT PRO, Engadget, and South China Morning Post. Tweets: @wsjpolitics
| Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News: |
Some Black and LGBTQ passengers say Uber and Lyft drivers refuse rides by falsely claiming they're maskless, a claim also used against drivers to get free rides — Black and LGBTQ passengers told BuzzFeed News they're being refused rides due to false claims they're not wearing masks.
Tweets: @allisonpdavis, @allisonpdavis, @annetgriffin, @nmessina, @davidmackau, and @juliareinstein
| NetBlocks: |
In response to protests, NetBlocks says Cuba's state-run ISP has restricted social media and messaging apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — Network data from NetBlocks confirm partial disruption to social media and messaging platforms in Cuba from 12 July 2021.
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Coda Story, BBC, NBC News, The Record, Reuters, BBC, Washington Post, France 24, Axios, Sky News, Associated Press, and CNN
Tweets: @codastory, @antoniogm, @freedomonthenet, @ap, @morganzegers, @kevinmcashman, @marcorubio, @antonwahlman, @jasonpoblete, @robbystarbuck, and @netblocks
| Lesley Goldberg / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Sources: Netflix is turning to live events, like the Bridgerton Ball in London, video games, and merchandising to complement subscriber revenue and engage fans — Sources say the streaming giant wants to work directly with creators on live events that will, in success, provide new revenue streams as subscriber growth slows.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Sourcegraph, which offers a universal code search tool, raises $125M Series D led by a16z at a $2.6B valuation, up 3x from its December valuation — Sourcegraph, a late stage startup that wants to bring the power of search to code, announced a $125 million Series D investment today …
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| Mark Landler / New York Times: |
After England's defeat in Euro 2020, Boris Johnson and others condemn racist abuse of players on social media, with some calling for tougher action by platforms — The social media bigotry, directed at three players who missed penalty kicks in the Euro 2020 final, was condemned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and most everyone else.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Google adds support for the BIMI security standard for brands in Gmail, showing authenticated logos for brands to help improve email-sender authenticity — Google has rolled out today support for the new Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) standard to all Gmail users as part …
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Tweets: @jamescham and @natecochrane
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