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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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| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Twitter says it is testing edge-to-edge pictures and videos in tweets on iOS to better support visual and text-based conversations — An Instagram-like focus on visuals — Twitter has announced that it's testing edge-to-edge media in tweets on iOS, creating a more full-screen …
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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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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @stephencurry30 and @tombrady
| ProPublica: |
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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| 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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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @boztank, @zinfede, @davegershgorn, @mkarolian, @michaelmiraflor, @androidcentral, @anshelsag, @jiteshubrani, @iansherr, @uploadvr, @scobleizer, @diegobez, @kerrymflynn, and @oscarfalmer
| Saikat Chatterjee / Reuters: |
Bitcoin fell 17%+ to ~$43K before rising to $47K as El Salvador adopts it as legal tender, where high demand led to the Chivo wallet being temporarily unplugged — The price of cryptocurrencies plunged and crypto trading was delayed on Tuesday, a day in which El Salvador ran into snags …
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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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Tweets: @microsoft365, @bdsams, and @clipchamp
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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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iTnews, The Economist, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Benzinga, Thurrott, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @wsj and @aparanjape
| 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 … | 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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Tweets: @snazzyq, @snazzyq, @jim_edwards, @nytimes, @sub8u, @venkatananth, @karlbode, and @byrontau
| Nikkei Asia: |
PayPal to acquire Japan-based Paidy, a buy now, pay later service, for $2.7B in cash; PayPal expects the deal to be completed by December — Aims to boost Japan business with new cross-border e-commerce payment services — NEW YORK — U.S. payment company PayPal Holdings on Wednesday announced … Sponsor Posts
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