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FTC files a new antitrust complaint against Facebook, after a judge dismissed the first complaint in June; Facebook has until October 4 to respond — - The Federal Trade Commission filed a new antitrust complaint against Facebook on Thursday. — A federal judge dismissed …
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| The Verge: |
FTC's new suit says Facebook has a monopoly in “US personal social networking services”, distinguishing it from TikTok, and Lina Khan will not recuse herself — FTC chair Lina Khan will not recuse herself from the case — The Federal Trade Commission has filed …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit conduct starting in October, but will allow them to post nude photos and videos — - Popularity of the website has exploded during the pandemic — Many sex workers use OnlyFans to charge customers online
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: OnlyFans is struggling to find investors, possibly due to hosting adult content; Pitch Deck shows it predicts $5.9B GMV in 2021 and $1.2B net revenue — OnlyFans, the online creator platform known for its adult content, is struggling to find outside investors, according to multiple sources.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Facebook announces Horizon Workrooms, a virtual meeting space with avatars, spatial audio, a whiteboard, and more, in beta on Oculus Quest 2 — It wasn't long into a recent press briefing I attended in virtual reality when Mark Zuckerberg showed up to talk about the metaverse.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon plans to open several large physical stores across the US, starting in Ohio and California, to extend its reach in clothing and other areas — Online shopping pioneer wants a larger retail presence to sell clothing and household items and facilitate exchanges
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
An overview of the most interesting internal emails from the Apple v. Epic trial, including discussions about an “iPhone nano” and lowering App Store fees — In May, the world watched as Epic Games dragged Apple to court, challenging the most profitable company in the world …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it will raise the prices of commercial Microsoft 365 subscription bundles in March 2022, the first major price change since their 2011 launch — - This is the first major price change for Office 365 since Microsoft launched it in 2011. — Microsoft has also expanded Office …
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| Nick Statt / Protocol: |
Epic says its Game Store has 58M MAUs, up from 56M at the end of 2020 and 32M in 2019; Steam's Valve had 120M MAUs in 2020 — Epic's Game Store now has 58 million monthly active users, the company announced on Thursday as part of an announcement on its new self-publishing tools.| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Intel details its Alder Lake lineup, coming this fall, which uses a 10nm process and offers hybrid performance and efficiency x86 cores — Coming this fall — Intel has spent much of 2021 announcing plans for its future: a new IDM 2.0 strategy, new naming schemes for its process nodes, and new desktop GPUs.
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YouTube, Intel, AnandTech, SemiAccurate, The Verge, ZDNet, Tom's Hardware, Intel, and AnandTech
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| Wolfie Zhao / The Block: |
Coinbase launches Coinbase Japan in partnership with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, initially supporting the five highest-trading cryptocurrencies — Crypto exchange Coinbase is entering the Japanese market through its partnership with Japanese financial giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).
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| Bloomberg: |
Adobe says it will acquire Frame.io, which makes video collaboration software, for about $1.3B in cash — - Frame.IO adds to Adobe creative cloud unit, home of Photoshop — Frame.io serves broadcasters, media agencies and brands — Adobe Inc. is acquiring Frame.io …
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @alex, @techcrunch, and @rubicon49bc
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it is testing Reels in the News Feed and Groups in the US, after launching the feature in India, Mexico, and Canada earlier this year — Reels are coming to Facebook in the U.S. The company this morning announced it will begin testing a new feature, Facebook Reels … | Sean McLain / Wall Street Journal: |
Toyota says it will cut production in Japan by 40% in September due to the global chip shortage, after touting its ability to insulate itself — Car maker says it will cut production in Japan by 40% in September — TOKYO—The global semiconductor shortage has finally started to bite …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple is scaling back HealthHabit, an internal app that its staff used to track fitness goals, talk to clinicians, and manage hypertension — Apple is reportedly scaling back one of its most ambitious healthcare projects. According to a new report from Insider … | Ethan Zuckerman: |
Facebook's new report reinforces its narrative that most content on the News Feed is not news, but doesn't provide enough data to make meaningful conclusions — What content is popular on Facebook? — This is a surprisingly difficult - and very important - question to answer.| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
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Facebook Transparency Center. More:
Wired and BBC
Tweets: @kevinroose, @rasmus_kleis, @juddlegum, @giladedelman, @andymstone, @alexweprin, @wired, and @evelyndouek
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Epic complaint alleges that Google paid game developers hundreds of millions in incentives to keep their games on the Play Store as part of its “Project Hug” — Google reportedly spent hundreds of millions to avoid another Fortnite situation — Google quietly paid game …
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Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, AppleInsider, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @modestproposal1, @baseddrworm, and @tomwarren
| Emily Birnbaum / Politico: |
Library of Congress bomb suspect livestreamed on Facebook for 71 minutes as he sat in his car surrounded by federal agents before Facebook took down his account — The man suspected of making a bomb threat in front of the Library of Congress posted lengthy Facebook livestreams several times throughout the morning.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: data analytics service Databricks is raising new funding at a valuation of $38B, with Morgan Stanley leading a round of at least $1.5B — Morgan Stanley will lead the investment round in the cloud data analysis provider. — Databricks Inc. agreed to a new investment deal … | Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Nvidia says its planned acquisition of Arm is unlikely to be completed within the planned 18-month time frame, due to investigations in the UK and China — US chipmaker acknowledges delay due to global regulatory scrutiny but remains confident of approval — Nvidia has admitted …
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Windows Central, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Barron's Online, and Thurrott
Tweets: @joshua_sisco and @malcolmmoore
| David Jeans / Forbes: |
How Big Tech companies use shell corporations to get massive tax breaks from US cities for data centers that create few jobs and consume a lot of power — Local governments are dangling hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to persuade companies like Facebook, Google and Microsoft to build server farms in their backyards.| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Google outlines MUM, an AI model it plans to use to improve Search by answering users' “fuzzy information needs” that aren't formulated into specific questions — New language model called MUM may eventually behave as a virtual research assistant| Pew Research Center: |
Survey of 11,178 US adults: 48% say the government should restrict false info online, up from 39% in 2018; 59% think tech companies should, up from 56% in 2018 — Amid rising concerns over misinformation online - including surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, especially vaccines …
Tweets: @pewresearch, @pewjournalism, @primalpoly, and @ggreenwald
| CNBC: |
Robinhood says crypto accounted for ~52% of all transaction-based revenue in Q2, and 62% of crypto revenue came from dogecoin — - Robinhood reported quarterly results on Wednesday for the first time as a public company. — Crypto made up over 50% of transaction-based revenue in the second quarter …
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