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YouTube TV reaches a deal with Disney to bring back 17+ channels including ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic — After one day of being dark, YouTube TV and Disney have reached a deal which will see more than 17 Disney-owned channels, including local ABC affiliates, Disney Channel, and ESPN return to the service.
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YouTube Official Blog, Gizmodo, The Verge, USA Today, Engadget, TechRadar, Deadline, The Economic Times, Benzinga, CNET, Droid Life, BetaNews, Forbes, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Thurrott, Android Police, Hollywood Reporter, Ars Technica, MUO, Cord Cutters News, and Washington Post
Tweets: @youtubetv, @pkafka, @ralphdrussoap, @thestreamable, @mgsiegler, @reckless, @film_girl, and @epro
| Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
Report: chipmakers are on track to spend $152B on new fabs and production equipment in 2021, up 34% YoY, which is the strongest YoY growth since 2017 — Semiconductor makers have drastically increased their capital expenditures (CapEx) this year in response to unprecedented demand for chips that is going to last for years.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cars 24, an India-based marketplace for used cars, raises a $400M Series G, including $100M debt and $300M equity, led by Alpha Wave Global at a $3.3B valuation — With supply chains in the automotive industry continuing to be disrupted due to Covid-19, demand has surged in the used-car market.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
The case for Apple to offer a 15-inch iPad home hub is made clear by devices like the Portal and Echo Show 15, as well as Apple's ~5% smart speaker market share — I've been testing Amazon.com Inc.'s new Echo Show 15. My takeaway: It's time for Apple Inc. to get serious about the smart home and launch a giant iPad as a new hub.
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Benzinga, Tom's Guide, BGR India, Pocketnow, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @johnwilson, @mikeorren, @dan_ness, @mattbirchler, and @markgurman
| Joel Khalili / TechRadar: |
Profile of Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive, which marked its 25th anniversary in May and stores 70PB+ of data, including 635B webpages and 34M books — Meet Brewster Kahle, the internet's chief librarian — Audio player loading... On the same day in 1996, Brewster Kahle founded … | Scott Murdoch / Reuters: |
Chinese AI company SenseTime, which focuses on computer vision, relaunches its $767M Hong Kong IPO, a week after the US investor ban and pulling the IPO listing — Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group (0020.HK) relaunched its $767 million Hong Kong IPO on Monday … | Nick Statt / Protocol: |
Microsoft's Phil Spencer says the success and growth of games like Minecraft show the ingredients required for the metaverse to shed its dystopian roots — When Phil Spencer thinks about the tech and gaming industries' newfound obsession with the metaverse, the Xbox chief's mind goes to Minecraft.| YLE: |
Leaked docs: Facebook has not developed Finnish-language automated moderation for hate speech and other content, and employs just 11 moderators based in Berlin — A data leak reveals Facebook is unable to control hate speech in minority languages like Finnish.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bangalore-based Razorpay, a top payment processor in India whose products resemble Stripe's, raises a $375M Series F at a $7.5B valuation, up from $3B in April — Razorpay has more than doubled its valuation to $7.5 billion from $3 billion in April as one of India's largest fintech giants …
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The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Livemint, DealStreetAsia, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, and Entrackr
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Spotify, Meta, and Netflix find Gen Z elusive in a way TikTok never has; Spotify says its Blend playlist feature is mostly used by Gen Z — Good afternoon from Puerto Rico. Hope you all are staying safe out there. Hollywood is celebrating the good news of a record-breaking weekend for the new … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Social gaming startup Rec Room raises $145M led by Coatue at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.25B in March, and says it has 37M players, up from 2M in March — On the heels of Roblox hitting it big with its platform for user-created gaming content, another startup has landed a major round … | Ezra Fieser / Bloomberg: |
Bogota-based buy now, pay later service Addi raises $80M in equity and $125M in debt at a $700M valuation and says it is used by 1,000 retailers — - Buy now, pay later startup Addi valued at more than $700m — GIC leads series C round that raises fresh equity and debtSponsor Posts
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