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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg touting an “open, interoperable metaverse” stands at odds with Meta using corporate partnerships and case-by-case permissions to build it — Mark Zuckerberg wants to own the future of computing — but not alone. That's the intended takeaway from this year's Meta …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Signal plans to phase out SMS and MMS support from its Android app; users have “several months to transition away from SMS” and export messages to another app — Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to sunset its Microsoft Office branding after more than 30 years, rebranding the apps to Microsoft 365; new logos will roll out in January 2023 — Microsoft is making a major change to its Microsoft Office branding. After more than 30 years, Microsoft Office is being renamed …
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| @bitech: |
[Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K in 2021 by ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists, as a side hustle for five hours per week — 👻 Ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists is the side hustle of the founder of a tech startup (who asked to remain anonymous). Last year he made about $200,000. Here's how he did it, as told to Insider's @Schwartzesque. 👇 https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple plans to let Apple Card users open a high-yield Goldman Sachs savings account in the coming months to automatically deposit their Daily Cash with no fees — Get weekly top MacRumors stories in your inbox.
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| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
Internal Pentagon doc: 80%+ of US soldiers who used Microsoft's HoloLens experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments”, including headaches and nausea — US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.'s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” … | Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
DeFi startup Uniswap Labs, which runs a decentralized exchange, raised a $165M Series B led by Polychain and plans to build an NFT aggregator — Uniswap Labs on Thursday announced a $165 million Series B funding round, led by Polychain Capital, that values the company at $1.66 billion.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: US chip equipment suppliers are pausing business activities and pulling out staff based at China's YMTC, following US curbs on China's chip sector — Tool makers are pulling out staff and pausing work as they assess the impact of Commerce Department restrictions on semiconductor exports to China
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| Axios: |
Sources: the FCC plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the US over national security concerns, pending a vote — The Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the U.S. …
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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Accel, Lightspeed, Sequoia, a16z, and other firms are increasingly buying public tech stocks, capitalizing on low prices, as the private startup market stalls — Startup investors, known for making risky bets on unproven companies, are taking advantage of lower share prices following a market rout
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| Washington Post: |
A look at efforts by Google, Signal, Tor, and others to help Iranian protestors evade censorship; the White House has signaled support and relaxed sanctions — Though Yasmin Green fled Iran with her parents at 3 years old, she has never been more involved in the struggles of its people.| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC cuts its 2022 capital spending target by ~10%, expecting to spend ~$36B on equipment, down from a prior $40B+ estimate, suggesting a deeper tech downturn — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. slashed its 2022 capital spending target by roughly 10%, a dramatic sign of trouble …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
A look at Google's Project Starline 3D video chat booths, as Google starts installing them for select partners, including Salesforce, WeWork, and T-Mobile — Project Starline is the real deal. It makes a virtual call feel like a one-on-one conversation. But it's unclear if it's something most people will ever get to experience.| Edward Graham / Nextgov: |
Trellix report: phishing emails targeting county election workers surged in battleground states Arizona and Pennsylvania ahead of their 2022 primary elections — Research conducted by cybersecurity firm Trellix found that county election workers in Arizona and Pennsylvania saw an increase … | Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: the EU could file antitrust charges against Google over its ad business in 2023 as regulators grow frustrated over slow settlement talks — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google could face antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, with EU regulators frustrated … | Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: |
Responding to outrage over Twitch's 30/70 fee split, an executive says Amazon expects the service to be “a sustainable, viable long-term business” — Typically the big, pandemic-delayed return of Twitch's annual TwitchCon gathering in San Diego would be cause for celebration.| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Samsung announces an expanded Google partnership to let Galaxy phone and tablet users onboard Matter-compatible devices to SmartThings and Google Home systems — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Samsung has revealed details about how Matter smart home devices will work on its Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Google approved Truth Social for the Play Store after the app updated its content moderation policies in response to being denied approval in August — Google has approved Donald Trump's Twitter-like social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store, Axios has learned.
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Tweets: @lawyerscomm, @sarafischer, and @marketwatch
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
BMW plans to use AWS tools to manage data from its Neue Klasse platform for connected vehicles; the company says it has roughly 20M connected vehicles in use — BMW will be the first automaker to use Amazon Web Services' cloud software to manage data from its connected vehicles, the companies announced Thursday.
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Numerator: during Amazon's second Prime Day, the average US order size was $46.44, down 23% from the July Prime Day, mostly comprising household essentials — Amazon.com Inc. shoppers are largely skipping pricey purchases during the company's Prime sale sequel — favoring pantry items …
Tweets: @_katya_long, @paul__armstrong, and @newsynick
| Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
DC-based policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the US Treasury Department, saying the treasury overstepped its authority by sanctioning Tornado Cash in August 2022 — - The D.C.-based policy nonprofit sued the Treasury Department, saying it overstepped its authority when it sanctioned transaction mixer Tornado Cash in August.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
After incremental smartphone updates, Apple's Watch Ultra, Google's Pixel Watch, and Samsung's Watch 5 Pro reinvigorate a wearables sector that was stagnating — Phones have become boring. Each year brings an incremental, iterative update, but the general idea of what a phone is hasn't changed in ages.| Reuters: |
Volkswagen's Cariad plans to invest $1B in Chinese AI company Horizon Robotics and a further $1.26B in a joint venture with Horizon, taking a 60% stake — Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will invest 2.4 billion euros ($2.33 billion) and take a 60% stake in a new joint venture with Chinese technology …
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