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Apple announces a “California Streaming” virtual event on September 14 at 10am PT, where new iPhones and Apple Watches are expected — Apple today announced that it will be holding a special event on Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. The event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Microsoft Start, a personalized news product via MicrosoftStart.com, Windows integrations, new mobile apps, and its Edge browser new tab page — Microsoft today is introducing its own personalized news reading experience called Microsoft Start, available as both a website and mobile app …
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| Michael Wayland / CNBC: |
Ford announces it has hired former Tesla and Apple executive Doug Field as its chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer — DETROIT - Ford Motor has hired former Tesla and Apple executive Doug Field to lead its emerging technology efforts, a key focus for the automaker under its new Ford+ turnaround plan.
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| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
President of El Salvador says the country bought 550+ bitcoins on Monday, as the law making bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador goes into effect — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter his government bought 200 BTC on Monday, a day before the country's Bitcoin Law …
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| Jamie Feltham / UploadVR: |
Ray-Ban and Facebook's VP of AR and VR Andrew Bosworth appear to be teasing smartglasses with a point-of-view recording feature that could be announced Thursday — It looks like we'll be getting the first details about Facebook's collaboration with Ray-Ban on a pair of smartglasses later this week.
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Crypto exchange FTX lands an endorsement deal with NBA star Stephen Curry, who has 15M+ Twitter followers, joining football stars Tom Brady and Trevor Lawrence — The operator crypto exchange FTX has struck its latest endorsement deal, this time with NBA star Steph Curry.
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
A look at Freedom Phone, a $500 device aimed at right-wing users and created by a 22-year-old bitcoin millionaire, who admitted it was made by China's Umidigi — A 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire wants Republicans to ditch their iPhones for a low-end handset that he hopes to turn into a political tool.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it has acquired in-browser video editing software startup Clipchamp, which had 17M registered users across 390K+ companies as of July — - Microsoft is buying Clipchamp, whose video-editing app has over 17 million registered users. — The deal comes weeks after Adobe …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Hulu is raising the prices of its two on-demand plans by $1/month October 8; Hulu with ads will now cost $6.99/month and Hulu without ads will cost $12.99 — On Tuesday, Hulu began notifying subscribers that as of Oct. 8, the price of Hulu's two on-demand plans — with ads and without commercials …
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Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company plans to spend up to $95B on two new chip-making facilities in Europe — Semiconductor maker pledges to dedicate production capacity in Ireland to car chips to help mitigate shortages — Intel Corp. plans to build new chip-making facilities …
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Investigation finds Facebook has 1K+ contractors moderating private WhatsApp messages and images that were reported by users — When Mark Zuckerburg unveiled a new “privacy-focused vision” for Facebook in March 2019, he cited the company's global messaging service, WhatsApp, as a model.
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| Karen Webster / PYMNTS.com: |
Survey: 93.9% of US consumers with Apple Pay activated on their iPhones do not use it to buy items in stores, seven years after Apple launched the service — Remember this? — when Tim Cook took the stage at Apple's WWDC and introduced Apple Pay. — What the world saw …
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