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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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| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Foxconn's plant in Tamil Nadu, India plans to deliver iPhone 15 units weeks after Chinese factories; output previously lagged by six to nine months — - Apple is diversifying iPhone supply chain away from China — India's push to become a manufacturing hub is bearing fruit
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| 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.
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
NYC bans TikTok on city-owned devices and asks agencies to remove the app within 30 days; a NYC Cyber Command review found that TikTok “posed a security threat” — New York City is banning TikTok from city-owned devices and requiring agencies to remove the app within the next 30 days.
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| Bloomberg: |
Intel ends its $5.4B bid to acquire Israeli company Tower Semiconductor, announced in February 2022, after failing to win Chinese regulatory approval in time — - Deal for Tower Semiconductor needed Chinese antitrust approval — Intel Corp. walked away from its attempt …
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Docs: Amazon plans to impose a new 2% fee per sale on merchants who ship products themselves, on top of the ~15% commission they already pay, from October 2023 — - The new levy comes even with an FTC antitrust suit looming — Merchant fees generate revenue as online sales growth slows
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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.| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Sources: Eric Schmidt is building an organization, modeled on OpenAI, to tackle scientific challenges using AI's help; most of the funding comes from his wealth — Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is building an ambitious new organization to tackle scientific challenges with the help … | 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 … | 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: Ars Technica, Open Markets Institute, Axios, New York Post, and The Verge
| 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.| 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: Gizmodo, Bloomberg, The Register, Light Reading, TechSpot, and The Robot Report
| 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 … | Financial Times: |
The UK plans to host an AI Safety Summit in November 2023 with countries, academics, and AI executives from DeepMind, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more — ‘Like-minded’ states to be asked to Bletchley Park along with tech executives and academics — The UK government will host … | Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: |
Cisco reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to $15.2B, vs. $15.05B est., net income up 41% YoY to $4B, and forecasts FY 2024 revenue of $57B to $58.2B, vs. $58.4B est. — Cisco Systems Inc. reported strong quarterly results, but a mixed full-year forecast for fiscal 2024 turned shares south in after-hours trading Wednesday.
More: Reuters, Bloomberg, Dow Jones Newswires, and Cisco
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: as part of the US DOJ's two-year Visa investigation, officials are looking at the company charging merchants more for not using its “tokenization” tool — - Merchants get charged more if they shun Visa's tokens — Long-running probe is now scrutinizing those price differences
More: PYMNTS.com, Finextra, San Francisco Business Journal, and Reuters
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