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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
EU's proposal forces companies to make fast-charging standards interoperable and “unbundles” charger sales; if adopted, companies will have 24 months to comply — With the aim of reducing e-waste — The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union …
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| Associated Press: |
European Commission proposes legislation mandating USB-C charging for mobile devices, citing electronic waste; Apple is the main USB-C holdout — LONDON (AP) — The European Union unveiled plans Thursday that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single charging method for mobile devices.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter integrates Strike's wallet to let users receive tips in bitcoin, rolls out Tips globally on iOS, and will explore support for NFT authentication — Twitter's slate of new product announcements is not slowing down. The company today introduced a number of new initiatives aimed …
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| Florence Ion / Gizmodo: |
Google announces a range of features for Android, Google TV, Assistant, and Gboard, including some that were previously Pixel exclusives — The company just pushed out over a dozen new Android features, including some we thought would be limited to Android 12. — Alerts
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google details several accessibility features coming to Android 12, including facial gesture controls, handwriting recognition, and an app for low-vision users — Alongside new Assistant and Gboard additions — Google's raft of new features coming to Android this fall includes some interesting new accessibility features.
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| Bloomberg: |
New York City passes bills establishing minimum pay and worker protections for app-based couriers, including those working for Grubhub, Uber, and DoorDash — - Legislation includes setting a minimum per-trip payment — Couriers and customers will be granted more tip transparency
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Facebook says its global head of safety, Antigone Davis, will testify before the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection on September 30 — - Facebook agreed to send Antigone Davis, global head of safety, to testify before the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection on Sept. 30.
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| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
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Tim Sweeney says Apple told Epic that it will not consider reinstating Epic's developer account until all legal appeals have concluded, likely years from now — Epic CEO Tim Sweeney revealed the conversation in a series of tweets — Fortnite will not be returning to the iOS App Store any time soon …
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| FinSMEs: |
Hayden AI, an AI-powered autonomous traffic management service, raises $20M Series A led by TYH Ventures — Hayden AI, a San Francisco CA-based autonomous traffic management platform provider, raised $20M in Series A funding. — The round, which brought the total funding to over $30m …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Interview with DeSnake, the self-proclaimed co-founder of dark web market AlphaBay taken down by the DOJ in 2017, on relaunching, security, and more — DeSnake apparently eluded the DOJ's takedown of AlphaBay. The admin talked to WIRED about his return—and the resurrection of the notorious underground marketplace.
Tweets: @a_greenberg
| JD Alois / Crowdfund Insider: |
OY! Indonesia, an offline and online payments service, raises $30M Series A led by SoftBank Ventures Asia at a $100M valuation — SoftBank Ventures Asia has led the $30 million Series A funding round in OY! Indonesia. MDI, Pavilion Capital, AC Venture, CCV, Wavemaker, PT SAT, Saison Capital Pte.
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| Clara Molot / Bloomberg: |
Opentrons, whose robots help life scientists automate experiments and processes, raises $200M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $1.8B valuation — - $200 million funding boosts Opentrons' value to $1.8 billion — Startup uses pool testing to speed the process, lower costs
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FinSMEs and FierceBiotech
Tweets: @qasimhassnain, @theosanderson, @omershapira, and @v_saggiomo
| Davey Alba / New York Times: |
Interview with Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation's next CEO, on the org's transparency, handling misinformation on Wikipedia pages, and more — Two decades ago, Wikipedia arrived on the scene as a quirky online project that aimed to crowdsource and document all of human knowledge and history in real time.
Tweets: @worklifereward, @redtapechron, @toffanin, @carlotresero, @diplokat, @privacydigest, @nytimesbusiness, @lsanger, @raju, and @davidslindsey
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the opposition by South African indigenous groups to Amazon's planned $350M Cape Town HQ, which some say is being built on sacred land — Retail giant's plans for regional base in Cape Town is part of project igniting protest from local groups who say site is sacred
Tweets: @andreasharsono and @quinnypig
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Livestream shopping platform NTWRK raises $50M led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Kering, bringing its total raised to $60M — NTWRK, a livestream shopping platform, has raised $50 million in a new funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $60 million, the company said Thursday.
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| The Information: |
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