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Sources: the new “Pro” Apple Watch will have a ~7% larger screen, a new design, and a case with a more durable formulation of titanium to make it extra rugged — Apple is set to report earnings this week against the backdrop of an economic downturn and a plan to slow hiring.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Netflix rolls out a button for iOS and iPadOS users to take them directly to its site to sign up, which avoids the App Store cut via an API for “reader apps” — Earlier this year, Apple began allowing “reader” apps to provide external links for customers so they can log in and pay …
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Meta closed down 7.59% and Alphabet closed down 5.63% on Friday, as Snap's and Twitter's weak earnings, inflation, and interest rates lead to online ad worries — Weak earnings raise fears that inflation and interest rates are starting to hit social media companies| Katie Bo Lillis / CNN: |
Sources: the FBI determined around 2017 that Huawei gear in cell towers near US military bases in the Midwest was capable of capturing and disrupting DoD comms — On paper, it looked like a fantastic deal. In 2017, the Chinese government was offering to spend $100 million to build …
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How Apple, Amazon, and Google are trying to win live sports streaming rights by persuading skeptical leagues to switch from traditional TV and cable networks — Competing for rights to broadcast games from the N.F.L. and other leagues could be hard for broadcast and cable companies that “aren't playing by the same financial rules.”| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
A look at the April 2022 attack on the internet in France; perpetrators surgically cut “backbone cables” in three locations around Paris in around two hours — As new details about the scope of the sabotage emerge, the perpetrators—and the reason for their vandalism—remain unknown.| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash and Uber Eats are moving beyond food, focusing on groceries and alcohol, as users cut spending due to high inflation and a potential economic downturn — Delivery apps look to move beyond food as they face high inflation, a potential economic downturn — Grubhub CEO on the Postpandemic Future of Food Delivery
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| Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal: |
How China's mass collection of personal info and its new, unevenly enforced data security rules contribute to a thriving underground market for stolen data — Government's mass collection of personal information aids social control but undermines national security, cybersecurity researchers say
Tweets: @joshchin, @jchengwsj, @_karenhao, @jchengwsj, @chris__pc, @jchengwsj, @masspirates, and @jchengwsj
| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A look at the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which privacy experts say might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law — A bill with bipartisan support might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law. — Usually, when Congress is working … | Chris Feliciano Arnold / Bloomberg: |
An in-depth look at the research collaboration between NASA and the FAA since 2017 to write new US airspace rules for safely accommodating millions of drones — “Please stay clear of the flight line,” warns Keith Hyde, director of U.S. operations for Wing.
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| Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
European investing app Shares, which debuted in the UK two months ago and has 150K+ users, raises $40M led by Valar Ventures, bringing its total raised to $90M — Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures is leading a $40 million financing round into European investing app Shares.Thanks:@ivanlevingston
| Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review: |
Gamers in China, where online porn is banned, are using the Steam app Wallpaper Engine as a cloud drive and a video player to exchange adult-only content — Wallpaper Engine has become a haven for ingenious Chinese users who use it to smuggle adult content as desktop wallpaper. But how long can it last?Sponsor Posts
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