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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Facebook's history of comparing itself to older, widely accepted tools like chairs and cars shows how its leaders deploy analogies to downplay criticism — The social media giant keeps comparing itself to other, less controversial technologies. Historians aren't buying it.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it is working to fix an issue that is preventing iPhone 13 Pro from running animations in third-party apps at 120Hz and limiting them to 60Hz — One of the biggest new features exclusive to the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max this year is the inclusion of high-refresh rate displays, or what Apple calls “ProMotion.”| Rafi Letzter / The Verge: |
A viral TikTok video from July caused many young women to use Prolific, a survey website for scientists, skewing the demographic data for thousands of studies — Thousands of scientific studies had to toss out weeks of data because of a 56-second TikTok video by a teenager.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
China's central bank says all cryptocurrency-related activities are prohibited and overseas crypto exchanges providing services in mainland China are illegal — - The People's Bank of China said services offering trading, order matching, token issuance and derivatives for virtual currencies are strictly prohibited.
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
How Toast, founded in Boston with a $500K investment from Endeca's Steve Papa after VCs shunned it, became a $30B business, in part by avoiding the Bay Area — - Toast's first backer, Steve Papa, invested in the company because no venture capital firm would write the initial check.
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| Brian Contreras / Los Angeles Times: |
How TikTok's auto-generation tools helped popularize subtitles in the app, as creators compete for the estimated 75% of users who leave their phones on mute — TikTok creator Alyssa McKay has perfected a persona people love to hate: a Regina George-esque rich girl whose bouncy raps are packed …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Production crew union says Apple claimed less than 20M TV+ subscribers in the US and Canada as of July 1, allowing Apple to pay workers lower rates — - A showbiz union representing behind-the-scenes workers says Apple claimed less than 20 million Apple TV+ subscriptions in the U.S. and Canada as of July 1.
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| Lucinda Shen / Fortune: |
Jeremy Liew, Bijan Sabet, and Roger Ehrenberg stepping back from active roles at their firms reflects a broader generational shift in the VC industry — Over the course of the past week, three venture capitalists have announced plans to step back from their investing roles at their respective firms.
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Shenzen-based Pudu Robotics, which makes commercial service robots for use in airports, restaurants, supermarkets, and hospitals, raises $155M Series C — Pudu Robotics, a Shenzen, China-based commercial service robots company, completed an approx. $78m C2-series financing.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Meru Health, a provider of online mental health services, raises $30M Series B in equity and $8M in debt, and claims it saw about 700% revenue growth in 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been devastating on many levels. But if there's any silver lining in the global crisis … | Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Twitter is seeking feedback for two potential new features, “Filter” and “Limit”, both of which will hide offensive or harmful replies — It's not yet a real feature, but it is an interesting idea — Twitter is looking for input on two new potential features …
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| Ruth Reader / Fast Company: |
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