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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 14 Pro review: excellent performance and an incredible 48MP camera, but Dynamic Island's potential isn't fully realized and the camera sharpens too much — The dynamic island is a potentially good idea that's waiting for the next step … Apple pulled off some unexpected surprises …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Apple iPhone 14 review: an improved selfie camera and good battery life, but feels like an iPhone 13S with no ProMotion and the eSIM transition could be painful — A slight camera upgrade, new emergency features, and... not a whole lot else … The iPhone 14 is good. You probably shouldn't buy an iPhone 14.
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
An EU court backs the European Commission's decision to fine Google over Android antitrust breaches but trims the record €4.3B fine to €4.1B; Google can appeal — Google lost most of the first round of its battle to topple a record 4.3 billion-euro ($4.3 billion) …
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| Hooyeon Kim / Bloomberg: |
A South Korean court issues an arrest warrant for Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon and five others located in Singapore, after LUNA and UST's collapse in May 2022 — A court in South Korea issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, the founder of the Terraform Labs cryptocurrency ecosystem …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft releases 63 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day flaws, one of which is being actively exploited, and five critical RCE vulnerabilities — Today is Microsoft's September 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for an actively exploited Windows vulnerability and a total of 63 flaws.| Reuters: |
South Korea fines Google ~$50M and Meta ~$22M for failing to obtain user consent before collecting behavioral data to infer interests and tailor ads — South Korea levied fines running into millions of dollars on Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and Meta Platforms (META.O) following accusations … | Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's N3E 3nm chipmaking process, expected in H2 2023, for its A17 chips in some 2023 iPhones and its M3 chips for Macs — Move will mark industry's first adoption of updated production technology — TAIPEI — Apple aims to be the first company to use …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Patreon lays off 80 employees, or about 17% of its staff, and closes its offices in Dublin and Berlin; the company raised $155M in April 2021 at a $4B valuation — The creator subscription company Patreon is the latest company to be affected by a long line of tech layoffs.
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| Brady Dale / Axios: |
The US Treasury clarifies its Tornado Cash guidance and tells users who used the service for lawful transactions can apply for a license to withdraw their funds — New guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control provides a roadmap for people who used Tornado Cash …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: after its funds performed poorly, SoftBank considers launching a third Vision Fund; Vision Fund 2 is now worth 19% less than the $49B invested — Despite massive losses, Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son has tried to chart a new path for the tech investment giant
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PYMNTS.com, The Block, Tech in Asia, and Bloomberg
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| The Verge: |
PlayStation VR2 hands-on: easy to set up, a joy to use, the OLED display looks great, the Sense controllers are a marked improvement, gameplay is fun, and more — And it's pretty good … Sony's PlayStation VR2 may not be coming out until next year, but after months of drip-feeding news …
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IGN, Road to VR, PlayStation.Blog, UploadVR, Washington Post, GameSpot, TheGamer, Eurogamer.net, Press Start, Polygon, IGN, Wired, and YouTube
Tweets: @vicmsong, @gavinsbaker, @leadergrev, and @firstadopter
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Twilio plans to layoff 11% of its workforce, or around 850 staff, in a bid to become profitable by 2023; CEO Jeff Lawson says Twilio grew “too fast” — - Twilio will lay off 11% of its workforce as part of a major restructuring plan, according to a filing.
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Tweets: @gergelyorosz, @gergelyorosz, and @brodyford_
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the 2022 holiday season — - Apple is planning to release new ad “placements” as soon as the holiday season of this year. — The new ad units represent a significant expansion in Apple's advertising inventory …
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Search Engine Land, John Battelle's Search Blog, fpt., iMore, XDA Developers, Apptopia Blog, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Tweets: @eric_seufert, @reedalbergotti, @carnage4life, @quinnypig, @malwaretechblog, and @lapcatsoftware. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Mark Bergen on his book “Like, Comment, Subscribe”, chronicling YouTube's evolution from a scrappy startup to a pivotal part of Google and social media — Mark Bergen takes us inside the black box … YouTube has always been fascinating to me because it's such a black box … | Kris Holt / Engadget: |
EA unveils EA AntiCheat, a kernel-level anti-cheat system for some PC games, launching September 23 to take on cheat developers building kernel-level exploits — Electronic Arts is determined to keep cheaters at bay. The company has developed a kernel-level anti-cheat system for PC …
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Electronic Arts Inc., HotHardware, OnMSFT.com, Gizmodo, Neowin, and Slashdot
Tweets: @bcarr, @cibernicola_es, @doctorow, @quinnypig, @jasonct, @gossithedog, and @laffer1
| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
As Meta spends billions on VR, some developers worry over strict app store rules, using acquisitions to dominate the market and throttle competition, and more — Virtual reality creators say Meta now has the power to determine which apps will be successful and which will be left in obscurity
Tweets: @naominixwrites, @naominixwrites, @iansherr, @mattnavarra, and @gamos
| CNN: |
After a package exploded at Northeastern University's VR center, sources say it included a rambling note criticizing Mark Zuckerberg and VR — Authorities in Boston have launched an investigation after a package sent to Northeastern University exploded and injured a staff member Tuesday evening, officials said.
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Tweets: @northeasternpd, @ywnreporter, @bcjordan, and @meredithobrien
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
A NY federal judge dismisses the state AGs' claim that Meta and Google colluded via Jedi Blue but rules the ad tech antitrust lawsuit against Google can proceed — An antitrust suit by state attorneys general accusing Alphabet Inc.'s Google of monopolizing the technology underlying online advertising …
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| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the 2022 US midterms; in Kansas, voters got texts falsely saying a “yes” vote would protect abortion access — The biggest election disinformation event of the 2022 midterm primaries was not an elaborate Russian troll scheme that played out on Twitter or Facebook.
Tweets: @kevincollier, @andymstone, @kevincollier, @wexler, @kevincollier, and @kevincollier
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Dig Security, which helps companies protect and manage cloud data, raised a $34M Series A led by SignalFire, bringing its total funding to $45M — Data security startup Dig Security Solutions Inc. said today it has raised $34 million in new funding to accelerate go-to-market efforts and deliver new enhancements to secure cloud data.
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Globes Online, Geektime, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and Dig Security
| The Verge: |
In response to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in June, period tracking app Flo releases an Anonymous Mode for iOS, improving privacy but removing some features — Period tracking app Flo released an “Anonymous Mode” on Wednesday, which lets people use the app without linking their data to their name, email address, or IP address.
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TechCrunch, Flo.health, Engadget, and Flo.health
Tweets: @marcyrw, @elithrar, @corintxt, @flotracker, and @corintxt
| Adobe Blog: |
A survey of 5,000 emoji users in the US finds 91% think emoji makes communication easier, 68% like emoji at work, 😂 is the most popular, and more — With Unicode's upcoming 15. release and a slew of new emoji on the way, we think it's the perfect time to share the results of Adobe's Future … | Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia: |
Chinese regulators approve paid games from Tencent and NetEase for the first time since July 2021, as part of granting 73 games licenses — Beijing gives nod to licenses as it gradually loosens crackdown on tech sector — HONG KONG — Tencent Holdings and NetEase, two of China's biggest …
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Neowin, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Caixin Global, and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, a low-profile, calm, and professional operator, as Elon Musk's acquisition unsettles the company — At a technology conference in June, Bret Taylor, the mild-mannered co-CEO of tech behemoth Salesforce Inc., was losing his patience.| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Meta plans to test Discord-like “Community Chats” in Messenger and Facebook Groups, offering categories, audio and video channels, admin-only chats, and more — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this morning that “Community Chats” are coming to Messenger and Facebook Groups.
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Meta, Meta, KnowTechie, BigTechWire, Android Headlines, Fossbytes, PhoneArena, and Digit
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @varunmayya, @sulamatraore, @venkatananth, @evanhamilton, @ldignan, @messenger, @sulamatraore, @vader7x, and @farokhshahabi
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based Fazz, whose business accounts offer payment, savings, and credit features, raised a $100M Series C, including $75M in equity and $25M in debt — Fazz, the Southeast Asian digital financial services group created by the merger of PayFazz and Xfers, announced today that it has raised …
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Tech in Asia, Fazz, and DealStreetAsia
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