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Netflix tests charging users in five Latin American countries an extra fee if they use their account for more than two weeks outside of their primary residence — Netflix Inc. will ask customers in five Latin America countries to pay a fee if they want to use their account in an additional home …
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A private antitrust lawsuit, filed in California, accuses Apple of using its smartphone dominance to fend off competition to Apple Pay from rival payment apps — Apple Inc. was hit with an antitrust lawsuit over Apple Pay, accused of using its market power in the mobile device industry …
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Instagram launches a new “payments in chat” feature in the US that lets users buy products with Meta Pay and track orders from small businesses via DMs — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is launching a new “payments in chat” feature on Instagram.
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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
On September 1, Slack plans to update its free plan to show the last 90 days of messages and raise its Pro pricing to $87/user per year or $8.75/user per month — Slack, the chat platform that serves as an online watercooler for oh-so-many teams, is bumping up its monthly price and changing the way its free plan works.| Foreign Policy: |
The US should grant more green cards to retain tech leaders; Turkish MIT and Caltech grad Erdal Arikan, whose work led to Huawei's 5G lead, had to leave the US — What is the single most significant step the United States can take to sustain the technological predominance it has enjoyed since World War II?
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon starts rolling out a Prime Video redesign for Android and connected TV devices, with a Netflix-like look, a top 10 list, a vertical navigation, and more — New navigation, a top 10 list, and a very familiar look and feel — Compared to Netflix, Disney Plus, and other major streaming services …
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Russia fines Google $358M for not censoring topics, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, after Google's Russian subsidiary filed for bankruptcy earlier in 2022 — A court in Moscow has imposed a fine of $358 million (21 billion rubles) on Google LLC for failing to restrict access to information considered prohibited in the country.| Jason Perlow / ZDNet: |
A look at using Chrome OS Flex to revive three old computers, including a 2011 iMac with 4GB of RAM, and how Chrome OS is the most consumer-friendly Linux — The Linux desktop that will transform the industry is ChromeOS. — Linux is a great operating system. I've expounded its virtues for over 20 years.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to slow hiring and spending growth in 2023 in some divisions to cope with a potential economic downturn; the changes won't affect all teams — Apple Inc. plans to slow hiring and spending growth next year in some divisions to cope with a potential economic downturn …
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MacRumors, Reuters, Seeking Alpha, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, CNBC, New York Magazine, Forbes, The Independent, BNN, MacDailyNews, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, 9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, Patently Apple, Fortune, The Verge, AppleInsider, Barron's Online, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @deitaone, @markgurman, @jimcramer, @elkmovie, @carlquintanilla, @vadimyuryev, @stephanie_link, @zerohedge, @zerohedge, @saraeisen, @susanlitv, @livesquawk, @carnage4life, @michaelkantro, @hedgeye, @pythiar, @the_rocktrading, @dimartinobooth, @zerohedge, @lesliejosephs, @munster_gene, and @deitaone
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Uber settles a DOJ lawsuit over “wait-time” fees it charged disabled people for taking too long to board vehicles, to pay 65K+ passengers a total of $2,238,500 — Uber Technologies Inc. will pay millions of dollars to settle claims by the US Department of Justice … | Martin Matishak / The Record: |
The CISA announces its first international Attaché Office, which it plans to open this month in London to support collaboration between CISA and UK officials — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced Monday that it would open its first-ever international outpost in London later this month.
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Sources: SoftBank pauses its IPO plan for Arm in London amid UK political turmoil; Boris Johnson had lobbied Masayoshi Son for at least a partial IPO on the LSE — Japanese tech investor pauses plan for dual primary UK-US listing for chip designer after Johnson quits
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