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Security experts voice privacy concerns over Apple's new plan to scan users' devices for child abuse images, saying governments will likely increase its scope — Security researchers raise alarm over potential surveillance of personal devices — Apple intends to install software …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple says in the next couple of months it will begin scanning photos on iOS 15 and macOS Monterey devices in the US for known child abuse images — The feature lands later this year, but already faces resistance from security and privacy experts — Later this year, Apple will roll …
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| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
In a letter to Zuckerberg, the FTC called Facebook's initial claim it cut off NYU researchers' access to comply with an FTC privacy agreement “inaccurate” — The Federal Trade Commission has dismissed as “inaccurate” Facebook's claim that it cut off a group of researchers' access …
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| Nathalie Maréchal / Tech Policy Press: |
Facebook's decision to disable researcher's ability to run the NYU's Ad Observatory Project should be a call to regulate the ad tech industry as a whole — Another day, another Facebook accountability scandal. — On Wednesday, Facebook shut down the accounts of NYU researchers Laura Edelson …
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter Spaces launches a co-hosting feature, which will now allow rooms to have one host, up to two co-hosts, and ten additional speakers active at once — Twitter Spaces is launching a long-awaited feature for its users: co-hosting a Space. The Clubhouse competitor has been improving …
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| James Rubin / CoinDesk: |
Senators Warner and Portman propose an amendment to infrastructure bill that only excludes crypto miners from broker definition; White House shows support — The bill excludes only proof-of-work mining, or the selling of hardware or software that gives individuals control of private keys to access digital assets.
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| Kareem Anderson / OnMSFT.com: |
Microsoft's Panos Panay teases Spotify integration with Windows 11 through a Focus Sessions feature “coming soon” — Microsoft's chief product officer, Panos Panay has been on a bit of leak streak as of late, teasing new Spotify integration coming to Windows 11 among other new application focuses.
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| Nandagopal Rajan / The Indian Express: |
Apple's first physical store in India, announced for this year in Mumbai, is delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic — While Apple has a strong franchise retail network across India, it's online store launched last September has been helping the company reach buyers beyond its retail network.
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| Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China plans to levy a roughly $1B fine on Meituan in the coming weeks for abusing its market position — The penalty for allegedly abusing its dominant market position could be announced within weeks, people familiar with the matter say — SINGAPORE—China's antitrust regulator …
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| Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: |
Huawei reports Q2 revenue fell 38% YoY to ~$26B, up from a 16.5% drop in Q1 and 11.2% drop in Q4, as US sanctions continue to hurt sales — Revenue declines deepen amid U.S. restrictions on chip supply, pressure on buyers — HONG KONG—China's Huawei Technologies Co. reported a 38% fall …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Yelp will let businesses list their vaccination policies, including if customers must show proof of vaccination, wear masks, or if all staff are vaccinated — Including details on staff and customer vaccinations — Yelp will let businesses share their policies on COVID-19 vaccinations, the company announced today.
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| Bloomberg: |
KakaoBank, South Korea's first internet-only lender, goes public, rising over 70% in its trading debut in Seoul, giving it a market value of ~$28B — - Bank's $2.2 billion IPO is Korea's second-largest this year — Company becomes Korea's biggest lender by market cap| Bloomberg: |
Shares of Indonesian online marketplace Bukalapak rose 25% after raising $1.5B in its Jakarta IPO at a $7.5B valuation — - Shares up to 1,060 rupiah from 850 rupiah initial offer price — Debut sets the tone for other regional tech IPOs, such as GoTo| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon delays its return to offices from September 3 to January 3, 2022 — Amazon told employees Thursday that it will delay its timeline for returning to regular work in the office until early next year. — The new date: Jan. 3, 2022. Previously, Amazon had expected employees …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's Supreme Court rules in favor of Amazon to stall the $3.4B sale of Future Group to Reliance Industries — India's apex court on Friday ruled in favor of Amazon to stall the sale of Future Group to Reliance Industries in a major victory for the American e-commerce giant in the key overseas market.
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| Cyrus Farivar / NBC News: |
A look at the state of vaccine passport apps, which have raised concerns over privacy and verification accuracy, as cities like NYC mandate proof of vaccination — As New York becomes the first major U.S. city to mandate proof of vaccination against Covid-19 for indoor activities … | Wall Street Journal: |
China Telecom, one of the country's three big carriers, plans to raise ~$7.3B in a Shanghai share sale, after being delisted from NYSE — The stock offering would be the world's biggest new listing in more than a year — One of China's big three telecommunications carriers set the price …
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| Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg: |
Twitter tells India's High Court it has appointed permanent executives to comply with the new IT rules, after the court criticized its “total noncompliance” — - India government to vet if appointments are according to rules — Next hearing of the case in Delhi court scheduled for Aug. 10
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| Naman Ramachandran / Variety: |
Ofcom study: Netflix's UK customer base is now bigger than the total of all UK pay-TV subs; UK has 31M subscribers to streaming services, up from 20M in 2019 — Some 52% of U.K. households have a Netflix subscription and 29 of the top 30 shows on subscription services in the first quarter … | Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Voi, which aims to use computer vision tech to prevent pavement riding, and solve parking issues, raises $45M led by The Raine Group at a $205M valuation — Micromobility startup Voi has raised $45 million, funds it says will be used to research and develop technology that will improve safety …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Scammers are abusing Instagram's protections against self-harm and impersonation to purposefully target and ban Instagram accounts, some charging $60 per ban — An underground industry is abusing Instagram's mechanisms for removing self-injury and impersonating content to censor and harass people.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Agricultural manufacturing giant John Deere acquires autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics for $250M — In the world of robotic startups, acquisition is often as good an outcome as any. And when it comes to robotic tractor startups, you could do worse than being acquired by John Deere.
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PYMNTS.com, Silicon Republic, Successful Farming, Quad City Times, and Dow Jones Newswires
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| Elise Reuter / MedCity News: |
Patient engagement software maker Relatient raises $100M, plans to acquire Radix Health for its ML-based software that enables patient-provider matching, more — Relatient, a company that makes patient engagement software, recently raised more than $100 million in growth equity capital.
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