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Amazon launches the Fire TV Omni Series, available starting at $410 in 43-inch, 50-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch, and 75-inch versions, shipping in October — Amazon is officially in the TV set business. — After years of selling Fire TV devices that plug into third-party HDTVs and teaming …
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| Josh Ye / South China Morning Post: |
Sources: China has temporarily suspended approvals for all new online games, revealing the move in a meeting with Tencent and NetEase — Sources said the move to slow down new video game approvals is in line with Beijing's initiative to reduce gaming addiction in minors It is unclear …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is testing Communities, invite-only topic-based public feeds curated by moderators, initially limited to a few topics, such as dogs and skincare — Twitter is a useful place for following breaking news and keeping up with what the people you're already interested in are doing …
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Tweets: @joincommunities, @kayvz, @communities, @zoescaman, @beijingdou, @hypervisible, @aelfred_d, @jowyang, @switch1e_swoof, @ericjhonsa, @kayvz, @rrhoover, @tjack, @wongmjane, @itstarekali, @wongmjane, @johnbattelle, @styx_icks, @kayvz, @neerajka, @digested_sand, @lanceulanoff, @willoremus, @joincommunities, @rprose, @mattnavarra, @mattnavarra, @quinnypig, @thesmarmybum, and @scottmonty
| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
While SEC rules are hazy, Coinbase's Lend product likely does constitute a security; to avoid SEC oversight, Coinbase would need to be regulated like a bank — Is lending your Bitcoins a security? — Oh, sure, yes, absolutely. The rule in the U.S. is that an “investment contract,” …
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase says SEC threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched Lend program, following discussions with the regulator that have lasted almost six months — Crypto exchange Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong responded Tuesday evening to planned enforcement by the U.S. Securities …
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro temporarily bans social media companies from removing accounts and content that violate their rules, ahead of a presidential election — The new rules in Brazil appear to be the first national policy that restricts how tech companies can control their sites, analysts say.
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Twitter begins testing emoji reactions to tweets, starting with five options, in Turkey on iOS and Android for a limited time — Starting today, Twitter is testing Tweet Reactions in Turkey for a limited time. Users in the region will be able to react to tweets using , , , , in addition to .
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Hackers leak a list of ~500K Fortinet VPN login names and passwords; a source in the IT security industry says at least some of the leaked credentials are valid — A threat actor has leaked a list of almost 500,000 Fortinet VPN login names and passwords that were allegedly scraped from exploitable devices last summer.
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| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Milan-based buy now, pay later service Scalapay raises $155M Series A led by Tiger Global — Milan-based buy now pay later player Scalapay has raised $155 million in equity funding in a Series A round. In line with many other BNPL providers, Scalapay offers consumers the ability to spread …
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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Microsoft says it has fixed a flaw that could have let hackers access the data of some Azure customers; Palo Alto Networks reported the flaw in July — Microsoft (MSFT.O) warned some of its Azure cloud computing customers that a flaw discovered by security researchers could have allowed hackers access to their data.
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| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
FOIA records show Google settled with a software engineer allegedly fired for his workplace activism in 2019; settlement was approved in July by the NLRB — - U.S. Labor Board said five employees were wrongly terminated — Trial is ongoing over remaining allegations against company| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
UK network Three joins EE and Vodafone in adding a £2/day charge for EU roaming starting May 2022; O2 will offer free EU roaming as an add-on for some plans — Three has become the latest UK mobile network to reintroduce EU roaming fees, in another post-Brexit setback for customers traveling abroad.
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| Odanga Madung / Wired: |
Investigation reveals how social media influencers in Kenya are hired to spread disinformation on Twitter against Kenyan journalists, judges, and activists — It's a lucrative gig for content creators, who can make $10 to $15 a day by smearing journalists and activists on social media.
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Tweets: @samirasawlani, @restofworld, @jessedamiani, @rasmus_kleis, @imtheq, @olez, @edwinkaringa, and @odangaring
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Xiaomi says its upcoming 11T flagship series will get three years of OS updates and four years of security updates, matching Samsung and Google — Ahead of the release of the Xiaomi 11T Pro and 11T, the Chinese firm is promising extended support for the upcoming duo with three years …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google announces Workspace updates, including spaces for collaboration, Meet calling within Gmail, and 27" and 65" video calling devices by Logitech and Avocor — A new GamesBeat event is Google today announced a series of updates across Workspace, its collection of cloud computing …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
A look at Sila Nanotechnologies' new battery model, which ships in the new Whoop wearable and may fuel a change in energy storage for electric cars and more — This week, a more efficient type of battery arrives in a wristband fitness tracker. It could soon reach smart glasses, cars and even aircraft.
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TechCrunch and The Verge
Tweets: @silagene, @kurtkelty, @silananotech, @shaylekann, and @gleb_yushin
| Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop: |
US Commerce Dept. says it is forming the National AI Advisory Committee, which will advise POTUS and federal agencies on AI research, competitiveness, and more — The Department of Commerce has set up a committee to advise the president and other federal agencies on artificial intelligence issues …
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U.S. Department of Commerce. More:
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Tweets: @whostp, @nlmdirector, and @nist
| Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters: |
Snyk, which helps fix vulnerabilities in open source dependencies and container images, raises $300M at a $8.5B valuation, up ~2x from its March valuation — Boston-Based cyber security software startup Snyk on Wednesday said it raised $300 million in fresh funds and the company was now valued at $8.5 billion.
| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Spain's La Liga soccer league partners with French platform Sorare to offer NFTs of all its players, the first major European soccer league to do so — Spain's La Liga has become the first of Europe's top soccer leagues to offer non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for all its players.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Mobile banking startup Varo Money raises $510M Series E at a $2.5B valuation, which it says is up ~5x since May 2020, bringing total raised to $992.4M — Varo Bank, which last year became the first U.S. neobank to be granted a national bank charter, announced this morning it has raised … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Affinity, which offers AI-powered CRM tools, raises $80M Series C led by Menlo Ventures at a $600M valuation, bringing total funding to $120M — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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