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The FTC sues app analytics and data broker Kochava for selling data revealing “people's visits to reproductive health clinics, places of worship”, and more — Data could identify people seeking abortions — The Federal Trade Commission has sued app analytics firm Kochava … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January 2023; Tan will step away from his role at his firm Initialized Capital — Y Combinator has tapped an outsider as its next president — sort of. — The storied Bay Area-based accelerator …
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AMD unveils its Ryzen 7000 CPU lineup, from the six-core 7600X for $299 to the 16-core 7950X for $699, launching on September 27 alongside its AM5 motherboards — AMD's “together we advance_PCs"l ivestream presentation just wrapped up moments ago, where AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su set the stage …
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Microsoft plans to amend its licensing terms in the EU on October 1 to make it cheaper to run its software on rival cloud platforms, after EU antitrust scrutiny — Responding to a three-year-old complaint, Microsoft today said that it would fix its unfair licensing terms in the EU.
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Apple says the number of Apple Podcast subscribers grew by 300%+ since June 2021 and 25%+ of the top 100 shows in its Top Shows chart now offer a subscription — Dateline, NBC's true crime newsmagazine show, is offering a paid podcast subscription through Apple's in-app product starting today.
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Crypto coin AVAX fell 10%+ after a self-described whistleblower said Avalanche weaponized litigation against rivals; CEO calls it “conspiracy theory nonsense” — Ava Labs CEO rejected the accusation as “conspiracy theory nonsense.” — Ava Labs CEO rejected the accusation as “conspiracy theory nonsense.”
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Meta partners with JioMart, an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms, to launch a grocery shopping service on WhatsApp in India — Meta and an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms are bringing JioMart grocery shopping to WhatsApp …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Snap adds a Dual Camera feature to Snapchat for iOS, letting users capture photos and videos using their phone's front-facing and rear cameras simultaneously — Snapchat is the latest app to add dual camera functionality. The app is launching the “Dual Camera” recording feature …
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Elon Musk will likely focus on Peiter Zatko's claims about Twitter's security practices instead of bots, a potentially better argument against the acquisition — Musk v. Twitter — A month ago, Elon Musk's fight with Twitter Inc. was a merger dispute. Musk signed a merger agreement …
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China opened corruption probes in July 2022 into some top executives in its semiconductor industry, as it rethinks its gold rush approach to chip self-reliance — Wearing a laboratory coat, China's top leader, Xi Jinping, inspected a subsidiary of Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, a national semiconductor company based in Wuhan.
Tweets: @liyuan6, @davemcclure, @brianmannadk, @yangxifan, @rob_schmitz, @neysunm, @andreasharsono, @pstasiatech, and @nytimes
| Kim Willsher / The Guardian: |
Using aerial photos and AI software developed by Google and Capgemini, French tax authorities identify 20,356 unregistered pools, leading to ~€10M more in taxes — Scheme to be extended across the country after trial in nine departments led to extra €10m in tax receipts| Yashu Gola / Cointelegraph: |
DappRadar: OpenSea processed nearly $5M of NFT transactions on August 28, down ~99% from a $405.75M high on May 1; Bored Ape Yacht Club's floor price fell 53% — An ongoing debt crisis at lending platform BendDAO is also increasing the risks of the NFT bubble going bust. — 463 Total viewsSponsor Posts
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