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Tesla delays Full Self-Driving beta rollout to ~1,000 drivers with perfect safety scores of 100, Elon Musk says due to a “few last minute concerns” — The “Full Self-Driving” update was supposed to roll out to 1,000 more Tesla owners Friday — Tesla has delayed the rollout …
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Apple appeals Epic Games ruling, asking for a stay on the requirement to make App Store changes; if Apple wins the stay, IAP changes could be delayed for years — - Apple is asking for a stay on the injunction that says developers can add in-app links to non-Apple payment websites.
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| Jeff Verkoeyen / @featherless: |
[Thread] Google's staff engineering lead for Apple's platforms says Google stopped using Material Design for iOS apps after almost a decade, in favor of UIKit — This year my team shifted the open source Material components libraries for iOS into maintenance mode. Why? A 🧵...
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Facebook and its apps were inaccessible for about two hours on Friday afternoon, which the company says was caused by a “configuration” change — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and its family of apps were inaccessible on Friday afternoon, the second time in a week that the social network …
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech — If what faces Big Tech is anything like what happened to Big Tobacco, the road ahead is likely to be a yearslong battle over proposed rules and regulations.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Leaked marketing site: Pixel 6 phones will include a 50MP primary camera, with 12MP ultrawide and 48MP 4x telephoto lenses on Pro, and a Magic Eraser feature — The Pixel 6 series is set to deliver the biggest camera overhaul the Pixel lineup has ever seen, and now a pair of marketing sites …
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| New York Times: |
Imposition of bitcoin on El Salvador's unwilling population by the increasingly authoritarian ruler Nayib Bukele is testing BTC's promise of financial liberty — As cryptocurrency enters global finance, an experiment in El Salvador could offer clues on whether it will bring a more libertarian economy or greater government control.
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| Ben Sandofsky / Lux: |
A deep dive into iPhone 13 Pro's macro mode, including how it works and the shortcuts Apple took to make it work seamlessly for most users — The iPhone 13 Pro features a new camera capable of focusing closer than ever before—less than an inch away. This opens a whole new dimension …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Google says Chrome's Follow button, for sites that support RSS, is now available to all Android users — Google hasn't completely given up on RSS. Earlier this year, it started testing a Follow button in Chrome on Android, which allows users to get updates from websites on the new tab page.
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Following a BBC investigation, Facebook bans buying and selling Amazon rainforest land in ecological conservation areas on Marketplace — Facebook says it will begin clamping down on the illegal sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest on its site.
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| AlleyWatch: |
New York City-based customer data infrastructure company mParticle raises $150M Series E, bringing its total raised to $272M — The customer data platform market size is expected to grow to $15.3B by 2026; that's just the platform market. The value of the data that these platforms contain …
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Brazil-based Favo, a social commerce startup focused on groceries, raises $26.5M Series A led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $37M — Favo, a Brazilian social commerce platform, closed on $26.5 million in Series A funding to continue developing its app that takes grocery orders through local social networks.
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