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As Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, cyberattacks from China and Russia increased on the island; some 7-11 store TVs displayed “Warmonger Pelosi, get out of Taiwan!” — As U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a brief visit to Taiwan this week that enraged Beijing …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft starts testing an Xbox Game Pass family plan in Colombia and Ireland, letting users add up to four people in the same country to their subscription — Game Pass sharing goes into preview in Ireland and Colombia — Microsoft is starting to test an Xbox Game Pass family plan …
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Xbox Wire, Thurrott, PCWorld, Engadget, MobileSyrup, Neowin, TheGamer, GameSpot, Wccftech, IGN, Pure Xbox, Android Headlines, and OnMSFT.com
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Interviews with 15 current and former female Apple staff reveal apathy or retaliation in seven departments across six US states in the face of misconduct claims — Megan Mohr was five years into her Apple career when, in 2013, a male colleague took advantage of her after a platonic night out drinking together.
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| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
Meta begins rolling out NFT support on Instagram in 100 countries after launching Coinbase Wallet and Dapper integrations and support for the Flow blockchain — Following a series of testing phases, NFT integration is now live on Instagram across 100 countries.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Because Elon Musk was acquiring Twitter as an individual, experts say Twitter subpoenaing his friends and advisers could yield decisive information for its case — Social-media company's legal team seeks communications from Tesla CEO's financial backers, investors and friends
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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash reports Q2 revenue up 30% YoY to $1.6B, vs. $1.5B est., orders up 23% YoY to 426M, vs. 419M est., gross order value up 25% YoY to $13.1B; stock up 10%+ — Food-delivery company lifts full-year guidance even as it expects softer spending environment
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Clubhouse starts beta testing private communities called Houses, which can be created by a person or group looking for a more intimate alternative to Clubs — Clubhouse, the social audio app that rose in popularity amid the pandemic, is looking to shake up its platform with the launch of private communities called “Houses.”
Tweets: @pdavison, @caseynewton, @ericnewcomer, and @om
| Phuong Nguyen / Reuters: |
Some Samsung workers at a major smartphone factory in Vietnam say business is not good and the company is cutting production, as global electronics demand slows — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has scaled back production at its massive smartphone plant in Vietnam, employees say …
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| Bloomberg: |
Meta is selling US corporate bonds for the first time; source: the bond sale may be between $8B and $10B, in as many as four parts — Meta Platforms Inc., one of the few S&P 500 companies without debt, is selling $10 billion in its first ever corporate bond sale as its cash flow and stock price fall.
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Tweets: @schuldensuehner, @priapusiq, @mikeisaac, and @rihardjarc
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Sources: TripActions, which offers corporate travel and expense reporting tools, is close to confidentially filing for an IPO — TripActions, a travel startup, is close to filing confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter … | Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent plans to raise its Ubisoft stake, aiming to become its single largest shareholder, after buying a 5% stake in 2018; Ubisoft's stock jumps 10%+ — Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) plans to raise its stake in French video game group Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBIP.PA) …
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Game Developer, HotHardware, Game Rant, PingWest, PC Gamer, GameSpot, TheGamer, Dot Esports, Wccftech, Gameranx, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Kotaku, IGN, Eurogamer.net, GamesIndustry.biz, and Video Games Chronicle
Tweets: @tomi, @bigfrytv, and @automaticzen
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at the Microsoft Offensive Research & Security Engineering team, which internally promotes safe coding practices to reduce bugs in the company's software — What's it like to be responsible for a billion people's digital security? Just ask the company's Morse researchers.| Reuters: |
Sources: Intel and Italy aim to clinch a deal, by the end of August 2022, initially worth $5B, to build an advanced semiconductor packaging and assembly plant — Italy is close to clinching a deal initially worth $5 billion with Intel (INTC.O) to build an advanced semiconductor packaging … | Antoine Gara / Financial Times: |
Investor letter: Tiger Global's long-only fund ended Q2 2022 down 63.6% and its flagship fund fell 50% in H1, after it “underestimated the impact” of inflation — Chase Coleman's group sustains steep losses and admits it ‘underestimated’ effect of rising prices
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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
The Solana Foundation says exploited addresses were “created, imported, or used” in Slope mobile wallets and there's “no evidence” the protocol was compromised — Private keys may have been inadvertently compromised as a Solana mobile wallet is fingered for the major network attack.
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Slope Finance, The Block, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Bitcoin News, NullTX, CryptoPotato, Fortune, CoinGape, Coinpedia, Ethereum World News, Mashable, Watcher Guru, Inside Bitcoins, The Verge, The Register, Cointelegraph, rekt, Washington Post, The Block, Micky, BTC Times, and Blockworks
Tweets: @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @phantom, @slope_finance, @0xfoobar, @osec_io, @0xfoobar, @fatmanterra, @fatmanterra, @slope_finance, @coinbureau, @lordx64, @0xfoobar, @slope_finance, @gregosuri, @rajgokal, @lordx64, @chrismaddern, @hudsonjameson, @slope_finance, @chrismaddern, @zachherbert, @cz_binance, @mdudas, @ncweaver, @cygaar_dev, @thecryptolark, @chipflare, and @earlyishadopter
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CoinDesk, Messari Crypto, Protos, CoinJournal, Waivly, Soon Parted, HackRead, The Crypto Basic, Fossbytes, Cointelegraph, Laptop Mag, Web 3 Shower Thoughts, The Daily Moon, The Capital, The Record, Watcher Guru, The Guardian, The Metaversalist, Input, PC Gamer, BleepingComputer, SiliconANGLE, TechRadar, CNBC, Gizmodo, and The Verge
Tweets: @solanastatus, @peckshieldalert, @0xfoobar, @sandeepnailwal, @phantom, @aeyakovenko, @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @magiceden, @cz_binance, @solanastatus, @grady_booch, @aeyakovenko, @solporttom, @milesdeutscher, @kevincollier, @lizrummy, @chrisalbon, @magiceden, @milesdeutscher, @spencerdailey, @justinbarlow, @fatmanterra, @cobie, @caspiancey, @silvermanjacob, @lyu_johnny, @stevekovach, @matthew_d_green, @hosseeb, @mattdesl, @buccocapital, @liron, @naeper, @justin_bons, @solbigbrain, @thisisnuse, @officer_cia, @top7ico, @silvermanjacob, @coinbureau, @justinsuntron, @justinbarlow, and @web3isgreat
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