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Mojang Studios will not support or allow NFTs, as they “create models of scarcity and exclusion that conflict with our Guidelines and the spirit of Minecraft” — Hello everyone! Recently, we've received some feedback from members of the community asking for clarification …
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Tesla says a “bitcoin impairment” negatively impacted its Q2 profitability and that it sold 75% of its bitcoin, worth approximately $936M, in the quarter — “Bitcoin impairment” prompted the sale, the company said. — Tesla sold 75% of its Bitcoin, worth approximately $936 million, according to its Q2 earnings report.| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Google says it will pause hiring for two weeks, except for offers that have already been made, after saying last week it would slow hiring for the rest of 2022 — Google said it will pause hiring for two weeks, after saying last week it would slow its pace of hiring for the rest of the year.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft is eliminating many open job listings, including in its Azure and security units, but plans to honor job offers and make exceptions for critical roles — Microsoft Corp. is eliminating many open job listings, including in its Azure cloud business and its security software unit, as the economy continues to weaken.
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
An interview with Alexa smart home director Marja Koopmans on how embracing the Matter standard can help Amazon realize its vision of ambient intelligence — The director of Alexa smart home explains how Matter can help realize Amazon's vision of ambient intelligence
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OpenAI makes DALL-E 2 widely available in beta through a credit-based fee structure; users will get free credits every month and can buy more in $15 increments — Today, DALL-E 2, OpenAI's AI system that can generate images given a prompt or edit and refine existing images, is becoming more widely available.
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| Andrew Myrick / Android Central: |
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 and W5+ Gen 1 chips for wearables, based on 4nm process and debuting in watches from Oppo and Mobvoi — The upgrade we've been waiting for is here. — What you need to know — Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon W5 platform for wearables.
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Microsoft tests Discord voice chat integration with select Xbox Insiders, as PlayStation users wait for the deep Discord integration that Sony promised in 2021 — Your cross-play dreams have come true — Discord and Microsoft are bringing Discord voice calls to the Xbox.
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| Jasmine Hicks / The Verge: |
The new Google Wallet rolls out to all users with Android 5.2+, available as a separate app in the US and Singapore and as a Google Pay update for others — Google Wallet will be a separate app for US and Singapore users and a simple Google Pay update for others| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung says it sold nearly 10M Fold3 and Flip3 devices combined over the past year, up 300%+ from 2020; ~70% of foldable customers bought the Flip3 — Yesterday Samsung officially confirmed an August 10 event to launch its next batch of foldable smartphones.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Coinbase says it has no exposure to failed crypto firms Celsius, 3AC, and Voyager but made “non-material investments” in Terraform Labs; stock closes up 14.34% — - Coinbase said in a blog post that it had “no financing exposure” to collapsed crypto firms Celsius, Three Arrows Capital and Voyager Digital.
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Roblox rolls out an update to make its materials look and act more lifelike, overhauling core aspects of the visual toolkit that developers use to make games — A social network of virtual pocket worlds with a daily user base roughly the size of Spain's population, Roblox is ubiquitous among kids 13 … | Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: |
Memo: Dan Wright, CEO of enterprise AI startup DataRobot, resigned after less than 1.5 years, following employee uproar over stock sales by senior executives — Dan Wright, CEO of artificial-intelligence software pioneer DataRobot, has resigned less than a year and a half after ascending to the position …
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Singapore-based crypto exchange Zipmex pauses withdrawals due to “volatile market conditions” resulting in “financial difficulties of our key business partners” — - Southeast Asian crypto exchange Zipmex announced it's halting withdrawals until further notice.
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| Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew: |
Research: Reddit's brand-safety approach to monetization is cautious, labeling all subreddits as no_ads until a manual human review applies some_ads or all_ads — New research may pull back the curtain on Reddit's seemingly inconsistent approach to monetizing its communities.
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| Noriyuki Doi / Nikkei Asia: |
Shanghai-based JAKA Robotics, which makes collaborative industrial robots that work alongside humans, has raised a $150M Series D led by Temasek and others — Collaborative robots safe enough to work alongside humans in high demand — A JAKA Robotics demonstration unit picks up a box …
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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 8.6% YoY to $7.97B, vs $8.04B est., and a 970K subscriber loss vs an estimated 2M subscriber loss; the stock closes up 7.35% — - Netflix only lost around 970,000 subscribers during the second quarter, a smaller loss than the 2 million it had projected last quarter.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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