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Sources: Apple's planned VR/AR headset will need a wireless connection to an Apple device for full functionality; Apple completed work on VR/AR chips last year — New details of the custom chips designed by Apple for its forthcoming virtual reality and augmented reality headset indicate …
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Sources: Amazon will launch its own TV featuring Alexa and no third-party manufacturer branding in the US, possibly as soon as October — - Amazon is planning to roll out its own Amazon-branded TV, Insider has learned. — A US launch is targeted for as soon as October.
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Sources: Reddit is planning an IPO for as soon as early 2022, following a $10B valuation in August — Reddit Inc, the operator of online message boards that became the go-to destination for day traders chasing this year's frenzy for so-called ‘meme’ stocks, is seeking to hire investment bankers … | Andrew Thurman / CoinDesk: |
Dom Hofmann's Loot, with NFTs of random lists of items ostensibly from a fantasy video game, had $46M in sales in just 5 days, attaining a market cap of $180M+ — The latest non-fungible token (NFT) craze is among the simplest - and the strangest - yet: a randomly generated list …
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The Verge. Tweets: @zoink, @dhof, @gakonst, @jonjyan, @coindesk, @vitalikbuterin, @redefined_life, @moesalih_, @chrismessina, @carnage4life, @carbono_com, @boredgenius, @wrappedstrikers, @popo, and @not3lau_capital
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Following Texas' abortion law, tech companies could face suits over providing on-demand rides to clinics, subpoenas requesting user data, and more — With the Supreme Court deciding not to block Texas' effective ban on abortion this week, fears have been rightly focused on the people in Texas …
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Filings: NLRB is investigating two complaints by Apple employees, including one by senior engineering PM Ashley Gjøvik who alleges workplace harassment and more — The U.S. National Labor Relations Board is investigating two cases filed by employees against Apple, records on the agency's website show.
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Sources: AWS plans to hire content moderators to look for emerging extremist groups and remove content that violates its cloud service policies — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies …
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Gamesight data shows a dip in Twitch viewership on Wednesday, possibly 5%-15%, as some streamers took #ADayOffTwitch to bring awareness to “hate raids” — It seems as if the Twitch walkout was a success — Streamers took a day off Twitch on September 1st to bring attention …
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, on behalf of the EU, fines WhatsApp €225M for privacy violations, the second-largest fine under GDPR; WhatsApp will appeal — Regulators say chat-service unit failed to disclose fully how it collected and shared data about its users
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitter is testing new privacy-focused tools, including archiving and hiding old tweets and editing follower lists, as part of a “social privacy” push — - Features give users more control over who sees which posts — ‘Social privacy’ push targets reputation, identity management
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
General Motors says it is temporarily halting production at six of its North American factories due to the global chip shortage — ‘The situation remains complex and very fluid’ — General Motors, parent company of Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick, said it was temporarily halting production …
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| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
A doge meme NFT that sold for $4M in June is now valued at $225M+ after it was fractionalized into nearly 17B tokens and sold in a one-day auction — Just three months after a non-fungible token (NFT) representing an image of the original Shiba Inu dogecoin meme sold for about $4 million …
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China says it will set up a new stock exchange in Beijing that will primarily serve “innovation-oriented SMEs” — China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday said the country would set up a stock exchange in its capital, Beijing, to serve small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Bangkok-based Sunday, which uses AI and ML to provide personalized insurance products and services, raises $45M Series B from Tencent and other investors — Sunday, an insurtech startup based in Bangkok, announced it has raised a $45 million Series B. Investors include Tencent, SCB 10X … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Point, a neobank, raises $46.5M Series B led by Valar Ventures, bringing its total raised to $60M — Challenger bank Point has raised a $46.5 million Series B funding round. The company offers an account associated with a debit card. And the startup positions itself as a premium debit card company … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Jeeves, which is building tools to help startups manage expenses, raises $57M Series B at a $500M valuation, after raising $31M equity and $100M debt in June — The founders of a dozen unicorn companies join VCs in Series B — Last summer, Jeeves was participating in Y Combinator's summer batch as a fledgling fintech.
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| Connor Smith / Barron's Online: |
HPE beats in Q3 with revenue of $6.9B, up 1% YoY, Intelligent Edge revenue of $867M, up 27% YoY, and HPC & MCS revenue of $741M, up 11% YoY — Hewlett Packard Enterprise beat earnings expectations during its fiscal third quarter, though sales came in a bit below expectations.| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Indian non-profit Together We Fight Society has filed a complaint with the Competition Commission of India accusing Apple of anticompetitive App Store practices — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market …
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Japan Fair Trade Commission, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, TechCabal, MediaNama, Ubergizmo, and The Information
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