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Ryan Smith / AnandTech:

AMD unveils its Ryzen 7000 CPU lineup, from the $299 six-core 7600X to the $699 16-core 7950X, launching on September 27 alongside 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 for the release …

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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:

Elon Musk's lawyers have subpoenaed Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko to appear on September 9 for a deposition; Zatko's lawyers say he will comply — Musk's lawyers also requested documentation about his complaint to federal regulators about the company's security holes

More: New York Times, New York Times, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, TechSpot, Mercury News, Ars Technica, Axios, San Francisco Business Journal, Tech Xplore, WRAL TechWire, Deadline, Forbes, and The Economic Times

Tweets: @donie, @donie, and @lizzadwoskin

Matt Levine / Bloomberg:

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

More: The Verge, CNN, Digital gefesselt, PCMag, New York Times, Engadget, and Associated Press

Tweets: @matt_levine, @danprimack, @opinion, and @caseyjohnston

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Sony agrees to acquire Savage Game Studios and announces a new PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, operating independently from console game development — Sony is acquiring mobile game developer Savage Game Studios, the company announced on Monday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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

More: The Verge, Gizmodo, Silicon Republic, The Register, France 24, and BBC

Tweets: @caseynewton and @steveparks

Todd Spangler / Variety:

YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl plans to leave in early 2023 after 12+ years as a senior executive; Google veteran Mary Ellen Coe will replace him — Robert Kyncl will exit YouTube in early 2023 after more than 12 years as a senior exec at video giant.

More: CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Music Business Worldwide, Tubefilter, and The Hollywood Reporter

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Skydance reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $7B, net income of $73M, and adjusted EBITDA of $1B, excluding WBD, in its first earnings since closing the WBD deal

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

As student journalists report more local news, journalism school professors charged with editing their work on top of a full teaching load risk burnout

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Q&A with RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier on fighting AI companies over unauthorized training on copyrighted works, No Fakes Act, WMG's partnership with Suno, and more

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NBC News:

The FBI responds to Mark Zuckerberg's claims about Hunter Biden's laptop on Joe Rogan's show, saying it routinely notifies US companies of potential threats

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:

A book excerpt details YouTube's efforts to remove Islamic extremist content and how the platform mostly failed to address other forms of political extremism

Moneycontrol:

Indian buy now, pay later startup EarlySalary raised a $110M Series D led by TPG's The Rise Fund and Norwest at a $300M valuation

More: Entrackr, Livemint, DealStreetAsia, The Hindu BusinessLine, The Economic Times, and YourStory.com

Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:

Social media “war rooms” that are set up to fight misinformation and reported on by the media ahead of the US midterms are nothing more than theater

More: CryptoSlate. Tweets: @jaredlholt, @broderick, @alexhern, @noupside, @alexhern, @broderick, @drewharwell, @nberlat, and @venkatananth

Reuters:

As Ericsson and Nokia announce plans to exit Russia, the country's mobile operators will become more dependent on Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE

More: Light Reading

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

StarTree, which offers an Apache Pinot database-powered real-time analytics service, raised a $47M Series B led by GGV Capital and plans to open an India office

More: GlobeNewswire News Room, Datanami, Grit Daily News, CableFree TV, StarTree, SiliconANGLE, Database Trends …, Going Long, and FinSMEs

Tweets: @baincapvc and @crv

Sara Guaglione / Digiday:

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

More: MacRumors, Variety, NBC News, Patently Apple, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, and Podnews

Tweets: @joshmankiewicz, @datelinenbc, and @digiday

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Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk:

Crypto coin AVAX fell 10%+ after a self-described whistleblower said Avalanche weaponized litigation against rivals; CEO calls it “conspiracy theory nonsense”

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Gabe Leydon, a co-founder of free-to-play game studio Machine Zone that sold to AppLovin for $600M, raised $200M in 2021 for blockchain game startup Limit Break

More: FinSMEs and The Block

Tweets: @brycent_ and @gabrielleydon

New York Times:

A look at China's vision for semiconductor self-reliance, which has faced a series of issues after heavy investment, resulting in several investigations

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New York Times:

How Taiwan's centrality in the global chip supply chain may help keep the peace by providing the island with a “silicon shield” against a Chinese invasion

Tweets: @epro, @ldrogen, @jchengwsj, @amfchina, @martijnrasser, @paulmozur, and @nytimestech

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

More: Snapchat on YouTube, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Mashable, Input, MSPoweruser, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, BGR India, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, and Android Central

Tweets: @fbbagholder, @fredd, @corinne_podger, @mattnavarra, and @noahlisk

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

More: Y Combinator Blog, Initialized, Bloomberg, Tech in Asia, TechCrunch, Insider, Crunchbase News, and Protocol

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TechCrunch:

Meta partners with JioMart, an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms, to launch a grocery shopping service on WhatsApp in India

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