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OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit conduct starting in October, but will allow 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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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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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Court docs: Google's “Premier Device Program” gave Android OEMs a greater share of Search revenue for not preinstalling third-party app stores on their devices — Android OEMs couldn't preload apps that could install other apps — Newly unredacted sections of Epic's antitrust complaint …
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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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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
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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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Elon Musk says Tesla is working on a humanoid robot that will handle “tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring”, with a prototype “sometime next year” — A prototype is supposedly coming ‘sometime next year’ — Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company is working … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Internal memo: Apple is delaying return to corporate offices from October until January at the earliest because of surging COVID-19 cases and new variants — - Company pushes back return from October, encourages vaccines — Apple doesn't plan to close stores, offices on rising cases
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| Gavin Butler / VICE: |
How the Taliban moved away from its technophobic roots and began using WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook to launder its brand and advance its agenda — The modern, tech-savvy Taliban aren't the same as they were 20 years ago. Now they're using the internet to control the narrative—and assert their dominance.
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Twitter is rolling out ability to DM a tweet to multiple people in different chats at once on iOS and web, and long press messages for reactions on iOS — No more accidental group messages when you're trying to share with more than one DM — Twitter on Thursday said it's introducing several … | 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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| Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed News: |
Around 1,500 Stitch Fix employees quit after new CEO announces they will no longer have flexible work hours and part-timers must work at least 20 hours per week — Employees are departing the clothing subscription company, while those who remain fear their jobs are gradually being replaced by an algorithm.| 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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| Wall Street Journal: |
Google Health VP David Feinberg, who led Google's COVID-19 initiatives, will depart the company to take over as CEO at electronic health records company Cerner — David Feinberg led tech giant's healthcare push, Covid-19 initiatives — David Feinberg, who led Google's ambitious …
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| Emily Flitter / New York Times: |
Binance is aiming for an IPO for its US division after an unsuccessful VC deal and the resignation of its CEO — The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, needs investors for its U.S. unit after a recent venture capital deal fell through — a setback that cost him a C.E.O.
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India-based AgNext Technologies, which uses AI to assess food quality and accelerate trade, raises $21M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation fund — AgNext Technologies has raised $21 million in its Series A round, led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), in the largest Series A funding received by an Indian agri-tech startup so far.
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| Joe Pinsker / The Atlantic: |
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