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August 22, 2022, 5:10 PM

Top News

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Apple expands its Self Service Repair offerings to cover the M1 MacBook Air and M1 MacBook Pros; the repair kit is available to rent for $49  —  Four months after opening its Self Service Repair offerings to iPhone owners in the U.S., Apple is adding a handful of MacBooks to the mix.
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, ahead of his trial with Twitter set to begin on October 17 in the Delaware Court of Chancery  —  Dorsey joins the battle  —  As Twitter and Elon Musk prepare for their October 17th trial date in the Delaware Court of Chancery to argue …
Varsha Bansal / Wired:
Police in Delhi, India, who use facial recognition to identify protesters, say they consider 80%+ accuracy a “positive” match, raising concerns among activists  —  Police in India's capital say they only require an 80 percent accuracy rate for matches, raising new alarm bells for civil liberty advocates.
Financial Times:
South Korean chipmakers, historically reluctant to take sides in the US-China rivalry, are tilting toward the US due to their dependence on Western IP and tech  —  Last December, South Korean semiconductor company Magnachip reluctantly announced the demise of its proposed $1.4bn merger …
Bloomberg:
Some neobanks have struggled to uphold lofty promises to consumers as VC funding in the sector declines and traditional banks improve their tech offerings  —  Digit is a trendy financial technology company in San Francisco that offers traditional banking services online …

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