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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook warns publishers that Apple's upcoming privacy changes in iOS 14, which clamp down on ad tracking IDFA usage, will make Audience Network less effective — Facebook is warning advertisers that they can expect weaker ad performance from iPhone users once iOS 14 comes out next month …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic says Fortnite gamers on iOS and macOS will not be able to play the game's next season, arriving Thursday, and will lose cross-play with non-Apple platforms — Apple players are losing cross-play — Fortnite's next season arrives tomorrow, but if you're on iOS or macOS, you won't be able to play it, Epic announced today.
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| New York Times: |
How Microsoft's talks with TikTok ballooned from a small investment into a big, messy, closely watched political soap opera after Trump's intervention — Neither side wanted a big deal. But what began as talks about a small investment ballooned with interventions from President Trump.
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| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Most of Scots Wikipedia appears to be written by an American attempting a Scottish accent, not Scots, Scotland's official language; the user has 23K+ articles — Scots is an official language of Scotland. An administrator of the Scots Wikipedia page is an American who doesn't speak Scots …
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| New York Times: |
As Palantir files to go public, questions remain about whether to define the company as a software business, a less-profitable consulting firm, or both — A tech start-up named for objects in “The Lord of the Rings” has become a major government contractor. But what it does is not easy to understand.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to add AR content to Apple TV+ next year, as a form of bonus content akin to director commentaries, ahead of an AR headset in 2022 — - Company plans to add AR-based bonus content to original video — Apple seeks to make AR more mainstream ahead of headset launch
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Salesforce to cut ~1,000 jobs, 1.8% of its workforce, including some Tableau employees; will give those affected 60 days to find a new role within the company — - The cuts amount to about 2% of Salesforce's workforce, but employees affected will have 60 days to find a new position at the company.
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| Karl Bode / VICE: |
US says three members of international piracy ring Sparks Group have been arrested, in coordination with 18 countries, and charged with copyright infringement — Three members of the “Sparks Group,” which cracked movies and TV shows for torrent sites ahead of their release, were arrested in a global law enforcement raid.| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
Unsealed court docs: Google engineers admitted knowing and discussing that the company's location privacy app settings were confusing and could be misleading — Users could make change, but it was “difficult enough that people won't,” one employee wrote. — Newly unsealed and partially …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
White House announces $1B+ investment to create 12 research institutes focused on AI and quantum computing — The White House today detailed the establishment of 12 new research institutes focused on AI and quantum information science. Agencies including the National Science Foundation …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Sony opens registration for invite-only PlayStation 5 preorders, says supply will be limited and invitation program is aimed at existing PlayStation customers — There will be a “limited quantity of PS5 consoles available for pre-order” — Sony has announced the latest step in its dragged …
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| David Pierce / Protocol: |
A look at startups aiming to build better digital calendars, with faster ways to create meetings, optimizing schedules, analytics for corporate calendars, more — Digital calendars are a mess. They're a crucial part of modern life, especially as remote work becomes more prominent.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Ten VC firms say they're adding “diversity riders” in term sheets, pledging startups and lead investors will try to include underrepresented investors in deals — Ten venture capital firms on Wednesday will announce that they're now including “diversity riders” …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google announces updates for its Nest Hub aimed at hotels, including adding wake-up calls along with weather and local information — Given the number of rooms I've stayed in over the past couple of years that still sported a 30-pin iPod alarm clock, I think it's a safe bet that refreshing …
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| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Finix, a SaaS startup selling payments tools to businesses, adds $30M led by Lightspeed and AMEX to its $45M Series B from earlier this year — Finix continues to have a good year. Six months after announcing an initial $45 million Series B, the payments infrastructure company is coming … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook updates Messenger Rooms, its group video calling tool, with a simplified UI for creating and discovering rooms, new customization options, and more — Messenger Rooms, Facebook's social Zoom competitor, is today rolling out new features aimed at making Rooms easier to both create …
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| Tracy Withers / Bloomberg: |
New Zealand's stock exchange halted trading for more than three hours on Wednesday after experiencing its second cyber attack in two days, likely DDoS — New Zealand's stock exchange was halted for more than three hours on Wednesday as it came under cyber attack for a second day.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Habi, a Colombia-based residential real estate marketplace with automated pricing tech, raises $10M Series A to fuel Latin American expansion — When Brynne McNulty Rojas moved to Bogotá, Columbia four years ago, she encountered a fragmented real estate industry that lacked … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Joe Budden, one of Spotify's biggest exclusive podcasters, is leaving Spotify on Sept. 23, claims it “is pillaging” his audience and won't give him a bonus — “I cannot tell you where this podcast will be.” — Joe Budden, one of Spotify's biggest exclusive podcasters, is leaving the platform.
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Hands-on with the ~$950 ASUS ZenFone 7 Pro, which has a flippable camera, Snapdragon 865 Plus, 6.67" 90Hz AMOLED display, and a 5,000mAh battery — ASUS has been taking a cautious approach to its new phones, at a time when rivals continue to churn out a mix of flagship and midrange devices.
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Tweets: @mkbhd and @richardlai
| Reuters: |
Sources: Alibaba pauses investments in Indian companies for at least six months, but has no plans to lower stakes or exit investments, amid India-China tensions — NEW DELHI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group has put on hold plans to invest in Indian companies … | David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
David Cicilline says proposals from House antitrust inquiry could be delivered as soon as Sept. and that a Glass-Steagall-like law for tech could be an option — - Cicilline poised to deliver proposals as soon as September — Inquiry confirmed digital giants abuse power, chairman says| Zach Baron / GQ: |
Profile of VR pioneer Jaron Lanier, his early warnings about the dangers of social media, why Facebook is bad, and why BLM activism felt constructive — Tech oracle Jaron Lanier warned us all about the evils of social media. Too few of us listened. Now, in the most chaotic of moments …
Tweets: @andygreenwald, @teh_aimee, and @leimer
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