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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Windows 11 will not support Android apps at launch on October 5; support for Android apps will likely arrive in 2022 — Microsoft will start testing Android apps on Windows 11 in the coming months — Microsoft won't ship support for Android apps on Windows 11 in time for the operating system's launch on October 5th.
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Tweets: @windows, @panos_panay, and @tomwarren
| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
South Korea's National Assembly passes a bill that forces Apple and Google to allow alternative payment systems in their app stores — Seoul requires the companies to allow competing payment systems, threatening their 30% cut of most in-app digital sales — SEOUL—Google and Apple Inc …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple's planned satellite capabilities for the iPhone are focused on emergencies, enabling texts and crisis reports in areas without cellular coverage — - Apple plans an emergency-reporting tool for future iPhones — Apple Inc.'s push to bring satellite capabilities to the iPhone …
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| Micah Singleton / Billboard: |
Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic, giving users six free months of Apple Music, and will launch its own classical music app in 2022 — Apple has acquired Primephonic, the classical music streaming service, for an undisclosed amount, the company tells Billboard.
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| Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop: |
White House announces the US Digital Corps, a two-year fellowship aiming to recruit early-career software engineers and other technologists to federal agencies — The White House launched a two-year fellowship Monday designed to place early-career software engineers, data scientists and other technologists at federal agencies.
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GSA, Fast Company, MeriTalk, and The Hill
Tweets: @usdigitalcorps, @arianaosoto, @emilytav, @harrisonjmacrae, @pifgov, @dpatil, @abhinemani, @emilytav, @ombpress, @konklone, @usgsa, @codingitforward, @martijnrasser, and @digiphile
| Riley de León / CNBC: |
Data analytics company Databricks raises $1.6B Series H led by Morgan Stanley's Counterpoint Global fund at a $38B valuation, up $10B from February — - Databricks has raised a $1.6 billion Series H funding round that boosts its valuation to $38 billion. — Its latest funding round …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, ZDNet, and Forbes
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Source: Facebook plans to downrank current events content and political posts in the News Feed, after users approved of tests that limited such content — Facebook plans to announce that it will de-emphasize political posts and current events content in the News Feed based on negative user feedback, Axios has learned.
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TechCrunch and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @elanazak, @calebjhull, @sarafischer, @joshsternberg, and @tonyromm
| Kartikay Mehrotra / Bloomberg: |
A flaw in Go Ethereum, used to verify transactions, has been fixed after it caused about half of the Ethereum ecosystem to split into a separate chain — - Ethereum blockchain was divided by mistake in client software — Network patch swiftly stabilized the blockchain system
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Tweets: @bramcohen and @icodrops
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Amazon is developing a live audio feature, led by its Music division, with a focus on live music and potentially radio and podcasts — Amazon is investing heavily in a new live audio feature that's similar to other live audio offerings like Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces and Spotify's new live audio platform, sources tell Axios.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Indian ride-hailing company Ola is seeking to raise about $1B at an $8B+ valuation in a Mumbai IPO; source says the filing could arrive by October — - Citigroup, Kotak Mahindra, Morgan Stanley are on the listing — Startup to seek valuation of more than $8 billion in the IPO
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The Economic Times, Reuters, CNBC, KrASIA, and The Economic Times
| Reuters: |
Russia's Yandex says it will buy Uber's stakes in their joint foodtech, delivery, and self-driving businesses in a $1B deal — Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O) said on Tuesday it would buy Uber's (UBER.N) stakes in their joint foodtech, delivery and self-driving businesses …
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it will work with blockchain and payments startup Bitt Inc. to launch Nigeria's eNaira digital currency later this year — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Monday it will work with Bitt Inc., a blockchain and payments startup, to launch …
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Nairametrics, Forkast, Cointelegraph, Punch Newspapers, The Sun Nigeria, TheCable, and Vanguard News
Tweets: @samconnerone and @bittglobal
| MIT Technology Review: |
Sources and experts say US-funded Afghan government databases containing sensitive personal data could be used by the Taliban to identify millions of Afghans — By capturing 40 pieces of data per person—from iris scans and family links to their favorite fruit—a system meant to cut fraud …
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NBC News. Tweets: @hypervisible, @barristerblog, @privacymatters, @techreview, @eileenguo, @techreview, and @techreview
| Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance: |
Zoom beats with Q2 revenue of $1.02B, up 54% YoY, vs. $991.0M est., and now has 2,278 customers paying $100K+, up 131% YoY; stock down 10%+ on weak Q3 guidance — reported its fiscal Q2 2022 earnings after the bell on Monday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom line.
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Zoom. More:
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Getting a water-damaged MacBook Pro fixed shows how independent repair shops can make repairs more affordable to consumers if Apple allows them access to parts — New legislation aims to provide more options for fixing our broken gadgets. A journey to fix two MacBooks illustrates …
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Financial Times, YouTube, and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @joannastern, @dlberes, @nicnguyen, @nproctor, @wsj, and @monikaschnitzer
| Carol Zhai / Bloomberg: |
A look at indie developers building tools for Shopify's 1.7M merchants, as developers made $230M+ from app sales in 2020 — - Finkelstein has called hiring challenge a growth ‘limiter’ — Pair of Bangalore developers say marketing help yielded profit
Tweets: @wicary
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
State media says China is restricting online gaming for minors to three hours most weeks of the year, from 8pm to 9pm on Fridays, weekends, and public holidays — - The country is imposing its strictest limits yet on play time — Beijing is waging a campaign to groom productive youths
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| Sebastian Sinclair / CoinDesk: |
Singapore-based digital asset exchange Zipmex raises $41M Series B with participation from Krungsri Finnovate, the VC arm of one of Thailand's largest banks — Singapore-headquartered digital asset exchange Zipmex has completed its $41 million Series B funding round with participation coming from one of Thailand's largest banks.
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Reuters, Forkast, Cointelegraph, Tech in Asia, KrASIA, and Fintech Singapore. Tweets: @coindesk
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Cloudera reports Q2 revenue of $236.06M, up 10% YoY, subscription revenue of $213.3M, up 11% YoY, and ARR of $832M, up 13% YoY, announces departure of its CPO — Cloudera also said Arun Murthy, chief product officer, will leave the company effective immediately.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Offchain Labs, which is aiming to make Ethereum transactions faster and cheaper using its Arbitrum tools, raises $120M Series B at a $1.2B valuation — As the broader crypto world enjoys a late summer surge in enthusiasm, more and more blockchain developers who have taken the plunge are bumping …
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The Block and PR Newswire
| Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
PitchBook: VC firms invested $5.4B into hardware startups across Greater China during H1 2021, already surpassing the $5.1B raised in total last year — - Hardware startup investments hit $5.4 billion in 1H: PitchBook — Regulators launched a crackdown in internet firms since 2020
Tweets: @tom_fowdy
| Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: |
As ad revenue surges, Alphabet shares are up 65% over 2021, and up more than 7% in August to reach a record high of $2,891.81, the longest rally since 2009 — - Shares are poised for their eighth straight month of gains — Yearly rise nearly twice as much as Facebook, Microsoft| IDC: |
Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow by 7.4% in 2021, reaching 1.37B units, with iPhone shipments growing 13.8% and Android shipments growing 6.2% — While the supply chain situation hasn't drastically improved, the smartphone market has shown positive results in recent quarters.
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Thurrott, Telecoms.com, iThinkDifferent, TechSpot, Wccftech, Gizchina, phonearena.com, Softpedia News, and CNET
| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Facebook, Google, and Xiaomi are eyeing India's digital loan market, which Boston Consulting Group estimates to triple to $350B by 2023 and reach $1T by 2025 — India's digital loan market is becoming a battleground for companies from Facebook Inc. to Xiaomi Corp., seeking a foothold in what's set to be a $1 trillion industry.| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
New York and San Francisco are moving to make commission caps for delivery platforms permanent; NYC voted to approve a 23% cap, below the 30% usually charged — Grubhub vows to fight legislation as shares in European parent Just Eat Takeaway fall — Shares in Just Eat Takeaway …
Tweets: @toddntucker
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Manchester-based Peak AI, which helps non-tech companies build AI apps, raises $75M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, bringing total funding to $118M — As artificial intelligence continues to weave its way into more enterprise applications, a startup that has built a platform to help businesses …
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