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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
In-depth iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 review: many quality-of-life updates, especially to core apps, but few bold new features and no big iPad productivity leaps — In my career as an iOS reviewer, I don't think I've ever seen a response as universally positive and enthusiastic as the general public's reception of iOS 14 last year.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Review of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, which are now available: focus modes are great, Safari update is an acquired taste, and iOS' Dark Sky-style Weather is excellent — Apple's latest updates lay good groundwork, but don't add many big new features — iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are strange updates.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the SEC has launched an investigation into Activision Blizzard, including how it handled employees' allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination — Agency has issued subpoena to videogame company and several executives including CEO Bobby Kotick
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: an iPhone SE with 5G is coming in H1 2022; a cheaper 6.7" iPhone and two high-end models with a punch-hole display and 48MP wide camera are due in H2 2022 — Following last week's release of the iPhone 13 lineup, reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with new expectations for what to expect from the iPhone 14.
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
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| Lisa Richwine / Reuters: |
Netflix launches a free plan in Kenya with a quarter of the content from its paid plans, available only on Android phones — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc on Monday began offering a free mobile plan with about one-quarter of its TV shows and movies in Kenya, a strategy aimed …
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| Benjamin Bain / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase quietly updates its blog to say it is tabling the launch of Lend, a product intended to pay users interest for lending out tokens, after SEC pressure — - Company faced threat by agency to sue if it pursued plan — SEC has taken a tougher line on crypto under Gary Gensler
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| Bloomberg: |
A beta version of Robinhood's iOS app shows code and a waitlist page related to an unannounced cryptocurrency wallet feature — Robinhood Markets Inc. is testing new crypto wallet and cryptocurrency transfer features for its app, a long-awaited move that will make it easier for customers …
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| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Paris-based Sorare, a soccer-focused NFT trading platform, raises $680M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $4.3B valuation — Quick Take — The fundraise values the Paris-based NFT startup at $4.3 billion. — It comes off a period of rapid growth for Sorare, which now boasts 600,000 registered users.
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| Pew Research Center: |
Survey: 47% of US Facebook users regularly get news on the platform, down from 54% in 2020; 29% of US TikTok users regularly get news from the app, up from 22% — More than half of Twitter user get news on the site regularly — To better examine the ways Americans get news in a digital age …
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| Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg: |
Tech stocks drop amid broader market selloff, similar to Sept. 2020's slump; Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet, and Microsoft lost $500B+ in value since Sept. 7 — - Echoes a 3-week drop a year ago as stocks gave back gains — Stocks bounced back, but now stung by China slowdown worries
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based TrueLayer, which lets fintech apps connect with customers' bank accounts, raises $130M led by Tiger Global at a $1B+ post-money valuation — Open banking — a disruptive technology that seeks to bypass the dominance of card networks and other traditional financial rails …
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The Block, Finextra, Tech.eu, Silicon Republic, The Irish Times, Silicon Canals, Sifted, and altfi.com. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon announces its next hardware and services event will be on September 28 at 9am PT — New Echo devices could be coming soon — Amazon has officially announced the date for its big fall hardware event: it'll take place on Tuesday, September 28th at 12PM ET / 9AM PT. As always …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Europol, alongside Italian and Spanish police, arrest 106 people accused of working for the Italian Mafia and laundering over €10M made through cybercrimes — European police accused several people of SIM swapping, phishing, and hacking in support of Italian organized crime.
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Tweets: @europol and @lorenzofb
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