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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Apple says NeuralHash flaw found by researchers in CSAM detection system was in a generic version of the software and not in the final version it plans to use — Apple said the version of NeuralHash analyzed by researchers is not the final version that will be used for iCloud Photos CSAM detection.
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GitHub, The Verge, GitHub, Freedom of the Press …, TechCrunch, The Register, MacRumors, reddit, Michael Tsai, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and iThinkDifferent
Tweets: @atomicthumbs, @kennwhite, @josephfcox, @ghidraninja, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @pudo, @zackwhittaker, @ukzak, @dinodaizovi, @vteagueaus, @secparam, @xor, @freedomofpress, @r0wdy_, @meanhash, @vickerysec, @xor, @runasand, @josephfcox, @jason_koebler, @jwildeboer, @ericrichards22, @feonixrift, @jjvincent, @vickerysec, @hoeglaw, and @motherboard
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Profile of Andrey Shumeyko, who advertised internal Apple docs and devices on forums while being an Apple informant and who says Apple took advantage of him — He spent years inside the iPhone leaks and jailbreak community. He was also spying for Apple. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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VICE, FrontPageTech.com, iThinkDifferent, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Apple Must
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Facebook, for the first time, shares a report on the most widely viewed domains, links, posts, and Pages on Facebook in the US during Q2 — A video of two cats walking, tails intertwined, looking like the best of friends. A resource site for Green Bay Packers alumni.
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About Facebook, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Barron's Online, PCMag, Washington Post, NPR, and The Verge
Tweets: @minimaxir, @kevinroose, @alexweprin, @andymstone, @caseynewton, @digiphile, @emilybell, @jason_kint, @alexhern, @daveyalba, @anthony, @timjhogan, @sarafischer, @bostonjoan, @brandyzadrozny, @issielapowsky, @ethanz, @ethanz, @ceciliakang, @devinkofsky, @shiraovide, @swodinsky, @spandi_s, @guyro, @issielapowsky, @issielapowsky, @brendannyhan, @engadget, @willoremus, @benedictevans, @martinsfp, and @willoremus
| Ethan Zuckerman: |
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Ars Technica, About Facebook, and Adweek
Tweets: @brianboland, @caseynewton, @alicetiara, @ethanz, @podehaye, @kevinroose, @ethanz, @bostonjoan, and @alicetiara
| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
T-Mobile says an investigation found 7.8M current users and over 40M past and prospective users who applied for credit had information stolen in a cyberattack — - About 7.8 million current customers had information stolen — Records from former and prospective users also accessed
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T-Mobile. More:
Krebs on Security, BleepingComputer, Engadget, Popular Science, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, TechCrunch, New York Times, Fortune, Laptop Mag, VICE, Digital Trends, CNN, 9to5Mac, Dark Reading, The Guardian, Axios, The Hill, Insider, Input, GeekWire, Droid Life, Financial Times, CyberScoop, and Techaeris
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft has made changing default browsers in Windows 11 unnecessarily complex compared to Windows 10, drawing criticism from Firefox and Opera — Competitors aren't happy — Microsoft's upcoming release of Windows 11 will make it even harder to switch default browsers and ignores browser defaults …
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Windows Blog, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, BetaNews, Softpedia News, TechSpot, BGR, Input, Digital Trends, Neowin, BleepingComputer, HotHardware.com News, Tom's Hardware, Windows Central, XDA Developers, WinCentral, WinBuzzer, MSPoweruser, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @tomwarren, @lockheimer, @iamtheaardvark, @denschub, @backlon, @starfire2258, @chrisbhoffman, @volt4ire, and @pepverbsnouns
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung confirms it will stop showing ads in default apps, including Weather, Pay, and Theme, starting later this year — Including its Weather, Pay, and Theme apps — Samsung has confirmed that it will stop showing ads in default apps including Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Theme.
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연합뉴 …, SamMobile, Ars Technica, Android Authority, Android Police, 9to5Google, MobileSyrup, BGR, Tom's Guide, Input, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, Engadget, Trusted Reviews, KnowTechie, and TechSpot
Tweets: @backlon, @dcseifert, and @rajupp
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
As Facebook bans the Taliban, Twitter says it only takes action against accounts breaking its rules, and YouTube says it will terminate Taliban-linked accounts — Who will control Afghanistan's official Facebook page? — Social platforms including Facebook, Twitter …
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New York Times, Yahoo Entertainment, and Engadget
Tweets: @daveyalba, @sam_l_shead, @willoremus, @b_fung, @shiraovide, @btdecker, @nytmedia, @markscott82, @donie, @dfrlab, @mtracey, and @daveyalba
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
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Washington Post, Forbes, Input, New York Times, Vox, and MediaNama
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Podcasters say Apple Podcasts Connect, a requirement for using its new subscriptions product, is buggy and has a confusing UI — In April, Apple Podcasts was poised to revolutionize the industry. It announced in-app subscriptions, as well as an entirely new backend, representing …
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9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @brianmcc, @ashleyrcarman, @keleftheriou, @reckless, @davewiner, @ashleyrcarman, @ashleyrcarman, and @jsnell
| Nikkei Asia: |
Recent COVID-19 outbreaks are slowing plans by Apple, Google, and Amazon to shift production from China to Vietnam as governments tighten border controls — Suppliers say tighter border controls are hindering output expansion in Vietnam — TAIPEI — Recent outbreaks of COVID-19 …
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phonearena.com, The Walkman Blog, Financial Times, Redmond Pie, Wccftech, Patently Apple, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, and Tom's Hardware. Tweets: @stephenfoley
| Joseph Bernstein / Harper's: |
A look at the focus on disinformation by media, tech, and academic leaders, and how assumptions about disinfo effectiveness echo old media and advertising myths — In the beginning, there were ABC, NBC, and CBS, and they were good. Midcentury American man could come home after eight hours …
Tweets: @daveyalba, @karlbode, @karlbode, @karlbode, @aaschapiro, @bostonjoan, @mattyglesias, @chanders, @hshaban, @harpers, and @daphnehk
| Matt Robinson / Bloomberg: |
SEC sues three ex-Netflix software engineers and two others for allegedly using confidential subscriber growth numbers to trade ahead of earnings announcements — - Group allegedly made $3 million in profits from illicit tips — Scheme involved illegal trades on subscriber data, SEC says
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U.S. Securities …, Reuters, Deadline, The Wrap, Insider, MarketWatch, CNN, Financial Times, Variety, CNBC, and Slashdot
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter adds support for Twitter Spaces in its new API and says it hopes developers will build new products that let users find Spaces more easily — Twitter is rolling out changes its newly rebuilt API that will allow third-party developers to build tools and other solutions specifically … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
London-based Stacker, which offers no-code tools to build business apps, raises $20M Series A led by a16z, bringing its total funding to $23M — No code platforms have developed into a hot market, and Stacker, a London-based no-code platform is attempting to bring the concept to a new level.
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Andreessen Horowitz, tech.eu, and Stacker - Blog
Tweets: @a16z, @jenniferhli, and @initialized
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia beats with record Q2 revenue of $6.51B, up 68% YoY, Gaming revenue of $3.06B, up 85% YoY, and Data Center revenue of $2.37B, up 35% YoY — - Nvidia reported earnings on Wednesday for its second fiscal quarter that ended on August 1, beating Wall Street estimates on the back of strong graphics cards sales.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Postman, which helps developers build, test, and iterate their APIs, raises $225M Series D led by Insight Partners at a $5.6B valuation, up from $2B in 2020 — San Francisco-based Postman, which operates a collaborative platform for developers to help them build, design, test and iterate their APIs …
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The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, The New Stack, Business Wire, VentureBeat, Entrackr, FinSMEs, The Economic Times, SiliconANGLE, and Insider
Tweets: @kushalbhagia, @bondcap, and @webaficionado
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says FaceTime's SharePlay feature, heavily promoted during WWDC, will not be released in iOS 15, arriving instead in a later update — Apple has made the decision to delay the launch of its new SharePlay feature in iOS 15. The new feature will be available in a later update to iOS 15 …
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MobileSyrup, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, 500ish, iMore, iPhone Hacks, Trusted Reviews, AppleInsider, MacRumors, ExtremeTech, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, and Redmond Pie. Tweets: @jamesthomson
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Palantir acquired $50.7M in 100-ounce gold bars in August, in preparation for a “black swan event”, and will accept payment from clients in gold — - Company spent $50.7 million on 100-ounce gold bars in August — Customers can now pay for software in Bitcoin, though none has
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CNBC, Input, and New York Post
Tweets: @bryanrbeal, @sophaskins, @thestalwart, @paulbuitink, @leahmcelrath, @enriqueabeyta, and @ryan_browne_
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon is emailing some third-party merchants warning them that Congress' proposed antitrust reforms could limit their ability to sell on Amazon — - Amazon is contacting a limited group of third-party sellers to discuss how sweeping antitrust reforms approved in June by the House Judiciary Committee …
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Reuters and CNET
Tweets: @econliberties, @openoutcrier, @athenaforall, @jeffhauser, and @rafaelshimunov. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
While Facebook will let full-time US employees work from home until January 2022, contractors at Accenture have been required to be in the office since August 2 — - While Facebook has protected its U.S. employees by delaying their return to office, that same consideration has not been extended to Accenture contractors.| Reuters: |
Sources: chipmaker GlobalFoundries confidentially files for US IPO with a valuation of roughly $25B, planning to go public by early 2022 — GlobalFoundries Inc has filed confidentially with U.S regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) in New York that could value the chipmaker at around $25 billion …
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: several execs at Waymo, which saw a mass exodus of top talent this spring, felt frustrated about the sluggish pace of progress with its driverless tech — The world's most famous autonomous car shop has lost its CEO and is still getting stymied by traffic cones. What's taking so long?
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The Verge. Tweets: @mhbergen, @mattrosoff, @davidzipper, @bgurley, @crtrud, @bradstone, @johnfraher, and @asymco
| South China Morning Post: |
Tencent reports Q2 revenue rose 20% YoY to $21.3B, beating estimates, as profit reached $6.6B, up 29% YoY from $5.1B — The Hong Kong-listed company reported a profit of US$6.6 billion in the quarter ended June The results come amid a recent stock market rout for the country's tech sector …
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Financial Times and WRAL TechWire
Tweets: @therealjoshye, @therealjoshye, @info_activism, @_jack_poulson, @craigsilverman, @therealjoshye, and @rondeibert
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Data visualization and analytics service Preset raises $35.9M Series B led by Redpoint Ventures with a16z participating, bringing its total raised to $48.4M — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the race between TuSimple, Plus, Embark Trucks, and Aurora Innovation to achieve Level 4 autonomy in trucks, after collectively raising ~$5.7B — Investors have rushed into startups that promise to have big rigs drive themselves, but a path to commercial markets remains a major challenge
Tweets: @jensmithwsj and @heathersomervil
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cisco beats in Q4 with revenue of $13.1B vs. $13.0B est., up 8% YoY, Infrastructure Platforms sales of $7.55B, up 13% YoY, and WebEx sales of $1.34B, down 1% — - Cisco exceeded quarterly estimates, but earnings guidance was just slightly off. — The networking hardware maker called …
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ZDNet, CRN, Cisco, Barron's Online, TheStreet, MarketWatch, and Cisco
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
MobileCoin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that Signal is offering in the UK as a payment feature, raises $66M Series B at a $1.066B valuation — MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency business that counts founder Moxie Marlinspike of the encrypting messaging app Signal as its earliest technical advisor …
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The Block, FinSMEs, PR Newswire, and SiliconANGLE
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