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Sources: Foxconn's Tamil Nadu plant in India plans to deliver new iPhone 15s only weeks after Chinese factories; previously, output lagged China by 6-9 months — - Apple is diversifying iPhone supply chain away from China — India's push to become a manufacturing hub is bearing fruit| Financial Times: |
More: Apple Must, The Register, and The Economic Times
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Coinbase says the exchange received regulatory approval from the CFTC-backed National Futures Association to offer futures trading services to eligible US users — - Coinbase is now allowed to operate as a futures commission merchant and offer eligible U.S. customers access to crypto futures from its platforms, the company said.
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Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/ethtrader
| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Docs: Google DeepMind has been developing generative AI to perform 21+ different types of personal and professional tasks, including to give users life advice — The tech giant is evaluating tools that would use artificial intelligence to perform tasks that some of its researchers have said should be avoided.| Bloomberg: |
Intel ends its $5.4B deal to buy Israeli company Tower Semiconductor after failing to win Chinese regulatory approval; Intel announced the deal in February 2022 — - Deal for Tower Semiconductor needed Chinese antitrust approval — Intel Corp. walked away from its attempt …
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X: @sino_market, @_fabknowledge_, and @fosspatents
| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Crypto custody startup BitGo raised $100M at a $1.75B valuation from unnamed US and Asian investors; Galaxy Digital scrapped a $1.2B BitGo acquisition in 2022 — The crypto company raised $100 million from new investors, emphasizing its focus on following rules and regulations.
More: PRWeb, SiliconANGLE, Crunchbase News, FinSMEs, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Block, Crowdfund Insider, and CoinDesk
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple backtracks and moves the iPhone's “end call” button back to the middle of the screen, from the bottom-right corner, in the latest iOS 17 beta — - Apple has moved the end call button back to the middle of the screen in the the newest developer version of iOS 17 released on Tuesday.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
As San Francisco opens to 24/7 robotaxis, a look at Cruise and Waymo cars causing traffic jams and obstructing emergency vehicles, unraveling the public's trust — The day after California regulators handed driverless car companies a major victory, allowing them to expand …
More: The Register, Light Reading, Bloomberg, TechSpot, The Robot Report, PCMag, and Insider
| Chris Vallance / BBC: |
Sama CEO Wendy Gonzalez says the company no longer plans to take harmful content moderation work from Meta and she regrets the work, after some staff sued Sama — A firm which was contracted to moderate Facebook posts in East Africa has said with hindsight it should not have taken on the job.| Caitlin Harrington / Wired: |
OSHA investigations and 11 interviews: Amazon's first aid clinics put warehouse staff at risk by keeping them working instead of referring them to medical care — A WIRED investigation and federal citations show how first aid clinics in Amazon warehouses sometimes direct injured employees … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic Games expands its Epic Online Services crossplay tools from PC to PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch, helping developers more easily add crossplay multiplayer — The change could mean that developers will be able to more easily bring crossplay multiplayer to their games.| Alexandra Alter / New York Times: |
The Authors Guild, the American Booksellers Association, and the Open Markets Institute urge the DOJ and the FTC to investigate Amazon's book market “monopoly” — The online retailer's size and sway affects the free exchange of ideas, the groups argue.
More: The Verge, Axios, and Open Markets Institute
X: @openmarkets, @openmarkets, and @billineastala
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Leslie Kilgore and Andrea Wishom stepped down from Nextdoor's board on August 1 after the US DOJ raised concerns they were also on Pinterest's board — - DOJ is cracking down on directors serving on rival companies| Bloomberg: |
Documents: Amazon plans to impose a new 2% fee per sale on merchants who ship products themselves, on top of the ~15% fee they already pay, starting in October — - The new levy comes even with an FTC antitrust suit looming — Merchant fees generate revenue as online sales growth slows
X: @halsinger and @seyitaylor
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Some users of X Pro, formerly TweetDeck, see an X Blue paywall when trying to use the tool; on July 3, X said that X Pro would be subscriber-only “in 30 days” — X, the social network formally known as Twitter, appears to be finally following through on its promise to make TweetDeck a paid service.
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The UK plans to host an AI summit in November 2023 with “like-minded” countries, academics, and executives from DeepMind, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more — ‘Like-minded’ states to be asked to Bletchley Park along with tech executives and academics| Politico: |
By the end of August, the EU plans to use the DSA to force online platforms with 45M+ EU users to prove they are ensuring their products aren't harming children — Glazed eyes. One syllable responses. The steady tinkle of beeps and buzzes coming out of a smartphone's speakers.
Forums: r/europe
| Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: |
Southeast Asian giant Sea's stock fell 29%, its largest single-day drop, wiping out nearly $10B to hit a $23B market cap, down ~$180B from a November 2021 peak — - Singapore e-commerce stock drops to lowest ever as sales slow — Competition intensifies as Alibaba, TikTok gain shopping users
More: Reuters, Tech in Asia, Nikkei Asia, and Bloomberg
| Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: |
PayPal plans to “temporarily pause” letting UK users buy crypto from October 1, to work on complying with new regulations, and restart support in “early 2024” — Payments giant PayPal (PYPL.O) will stop allowing UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies through its platform …
More: CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Block, Cryptonews, Coinpedia Fintech News, Crypto Daily, Watcher Guru, crypto.news, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, CoinGape, and CoinJournal. X: @deitaone
| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Layer 1 blockchain startup ZetaChain raised $27M from Blockchain.com and others and plans to launch its mainnet soon; ZetaChain has 27K+ dApp contracts deployed — - Several crypto and trading heavyweights, including Blockchain.com and Jane Street Capital, participated in the fundraise.
More: ZetaChain Blog and Cointelegraph
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