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Sony raises the PS5's price in the UK, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, and Canada by as much as 10%, citing rising inflation; the US price is unchanged — It blames global economic challenges for the change — Sony is increasing its PS5 prices in the UK, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Following Oversight Board feedback, Meta is building a customer service division to help users who have had posts or accounts removed unexpectedly — Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is building a customer-service division to help users of its social networks who have had posts or accounts removed unexpectedly.
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At a hearing seeking more data on bots from Twitter, Elon Musk's lawyers cite whistleblower Peiter Zatko's claims; Twitter says spam counts are merely estimates — The hearing concerned the ability of Musk's team to demand information about Twitter's internal practices and data
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Internal memo: Amazon will stop offering Amazon Care at the end of 2022, after determining that it wasn't “the right long-term solution” for enterprise clients — Amazon will stop offering its Amazon Care primary health-care services at the end of this year, according to an internal memo …
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| Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post: |
Despite huge ad campaigns by crypto companies, a Pew survey of US adults shows those trading crypto has stayed flat at 16% from September 2021 to July 2022 — The majority of Americans remain immune to the industry's sales pitches, Pew survey finds — Over the past year, crypto companies like FTX …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Google's Waze will shut down its carpooling service, available in the US, Brazil, and Israel, in September, citing shifting commuting patterns due to COVID-19 — The company is citing shifting commuting patterns as a result of the COVID pandemic — Google-owned navigation service Waze … | Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot, which operates over 7,000 bitcoin ATMs across North America, plans to go public via SPAC at a ~$885M valuation — Investor appetite for bitcoin ATMs to be tested as the cryptocurrency and SPAC markets slump — Here's Why Crypto Might Not Be Dead — Created with sketchtool.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
HP announces two PCs, the 13.5-inch Dragonfly Folio G3, starting at $2,379, and 34-inch All in One, starting at $2,119, alongside a webcam and 4K display — HP's work PCs typically focus more on performance than clever features, but you can't accuse it of playing it safe this time around.| Reuters: |
Baidu reveals its first quantum computer, Qianshi, which has a 10-qubit processor, and says it is developing a 36-qubit system — Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc revealed its first quantum computer on Thursday and is ready to make it available to external users, joining the global race to apply the technology to practical uses.
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Twitter is integrating podcasts into its redesigned Spaces Tab, starting with some English-speaking users globally, on iOS and Android — Twitter helps people connect with unique and compelling voices around the world. With podcasts, we're taking that connection to a whole new level.| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
FTX's Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco steps down, saying he has chosen “to prioritize other things”; co-CEO Caroline Ellison will run the trading affiliate — Alameda Research Co-Chief Executive Officer Sam Trabucco is stepping down, saying he's chosen “to prioritize other things” …
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Group-IB researchers detail hacking group 0ktapus, responsible for the recent breaches at Twilio and 130+ organizations, gaining credentials of ~10K employees — The hackers that breached Twilio earlier this month also compromised over 130 organizations during their hacking spree that netted …
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| Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US and China are nearing a deal to let American regulators travel to Hong Kong and audit US-listed Chinese companies, including Alibaba and Baidu — Agreement could prevent many Chinese companies from being delisted from American stock exchanges| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft's Phil Spencer says he's encouraged by progress toward Activision Blizzard deal approval and believes exclusive games made for one platform are fading — Microsoft Corp.'s Phil Spencer, chief executive officer of gaming, said he's encouraged by the progress made in discussions …
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