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| Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg: |
France fines Google $593M for failing to comply with a 2020 order to negotiate in good faith with publishers for displaying article snippets in Google News — - Tech giant penalized for not agreeing deal with publishers — Fine is the second biggest French antitrust penalty so far
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces a $99 MagSafe Battery Pack for the iPhone 12 lineup, with a total capacity of 1460mAh, arriving July 19 — Apple today released the MagSafe Battery Pack accessory for iPhone 12 models. Many months after the iPhone 12 series was unveiled, Apple has quietly released …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
The current version of Apple's Weather app won't show 69 degrees, rounding up or down a degree; the behavior is present in some other versions but not iOS 15 — It's not so nice — If you're an iPhone user, the weather is always a particularly nice 70 degrees. Or 68 degrees.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Ring says opt-in end-to-end encryption for video streams is available to all US users and is rolling out globally — It's available now in the US — Ring's end-to-end encryption for video streams is leaving technical preview, is now available to US users, and is currently rolling out globally …
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| Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot: |
Twitter confirms it inadvertently verified six “inauthentic” accounts, now suspended, after a user highlighted them — Six users with fake profile pics were seemingly verified less than one month after being created. — Questions have been raised over Twitter's verification process …
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The Verge, Gizmodo, mobilesyrup.com, Wired, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, PCMag, and The Register
| Telegraph: |
Excerpt from An Ugly Truth: from Jan. 2014 to Aug. 2015, Facebook fired 52 staffers for exploiting access to user data, prompting an overhaul of data governance — In an exclusive extract, Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang reveal how an ethos of openness meant private information could be misused| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Some YouTubers are making a living by creating videos about Microsoft software, and have a larger subscriber base than Microsoft's own YouTube channels — - Some people make a living off of making YouTube videos about software from Microsoft and other companies.| TechCrunch: |
Business intelligence service ZoomInfo says it will acquire Chorus.AI, which makes AI-based software to analyze sales calls, for $575M — ZoomInfo announced this morning it intends to acquire conversational sales intelligence tool Chorus.AI for $575 million.
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ZoomInfo Blog, Business Wire, GeekWire, ZDNet, TechRadar, and Silicon Florist
| The Guardian: |
London Met Police says it seized ~£180M in bitcoin while investigating international money laundering, after seizing £114M of cryptocurrencies last month — Seizure in London follows confiscation of £114m of the cryptocurrency in June — Metropolitan police detectives …
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Mynewsdesk, BBC, Reuters, IT PRO, CSO, Finbold, CoinJournal, Coinspeaker, CoinDesk, The Block, Crypto Briefing, City A.M., and Decrypt. Tweets: @danneidle
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Meet starts enforcing a 60-minute time limit on group calls for free Gmail users — In light of COVID-19 driving all communication online, free Google Meet users with personal Gmail accounts could take advantage of group calls without a duration limit over the past year.
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Ars Technica, The Verge, Android Police, mobilesyrup.com, Phandroid, MUO, Ubergizmo, TNW, and phonearena.com
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Google adds support for BIMI security standard for brands to Gmail, showing logos for verified users, as part of an effort to improve email-sender authenticity — Google has rolled out today support for the new Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) standard to all Gmail users …
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Tweets: @jamescham and @natecochrane
| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Remote, which develops HR tools for global workforces, raises $150M Series B at a $1B+ valuation led by Accel — New York-based Remote raised a $150 million Series B at a valuation of more than $1 billion as it looks to make hiring anywhere easier for companies. — Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Sourcegraph, which offers a universal code search tool, raises $125M Series D led by a16z at a $2.6B valuation, up 3x from its December valuation — Sourcegraph, a late stage startup that wants to bring the power of search to code, announced a $125 million Series D investment today … | Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast: |
Bitdefender says hackers behind TrickBot botnet, which was disrupted by US Cyber Command and Microsoft last year, have quietly rebuilt much of their operations — U.S. Cyber Command and Microsoft, among others, launched operations on the eve of the election meant to hobble a Russian-speaking hacking group.
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Bitdefender, Digital Trends, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, PC Gamer, The Hacker News, fossbytes.com, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @bitdefender, @virusbtn, and @bitdefenderlabs
| Lesley Goldberg / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Sources: Netflix is turning to live events, like the Bridgerton Ball in London, video games, and merchandising to complement subscriber revenue and engage fans — Sources say the streaming giant wants to work directly with creators on live events that will, in success, provide new revenue streams as subscriber growth slows.| Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News: |
Some Black and LGBTQ passengers say Uber and Lyft drivers refuse rides by falsely claiming they're maskless, a claim also used against drivers to get free rides — Black and LGBTQ passengers told BuzzFeed News they're being refused rides due to false claims they're not wearing masks.
Tweets: @allisonpdavis, @allisonpdavis, @annetgriffin, @nmessina, @davidmackau, and @juliareinstein
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
YouTube says Shorts, which launched in India before expanding to 26 countries, will now be available in over 100 countries — The short-form video experience arrives in more than 100 countries — YouTube's TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, is now rolling out globally.
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YouTube Official Blog, TechRadar, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, Variety, Engadget, Social Media Today, Phandroid, iPhone in Canada Blog, KnowTechie, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, TechCabal, Mashable, and Tubefilter. Tweets: @iansherr
| NetBlocks: |
In response to protests, NetBlocks says Cuba's state-run ISP has restricted social media and messaging apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — Network data from NetBlocks confirm partial disruption to social media and messaging platforms in Cuba from 12 July 2021.
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Coda Story, Reuters, The Record, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Washington Post, Axios, and Sky News
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
A look at some issues with the latest antitrust lawsuit targeting Google over the Play Store, including the fact Google allows sideloading, unlike Apple — Another day, another antitrust lawsuit against Google. This one, filed by 36 states and Washington DC, says that the company's practices regarding …
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GamesIndustry.biz, Daring Fireball, and Pocket Gamer.biz
Tweets: @firstadopter, @mmasnick, and @mmasnick
| Mark Landler / New York Times: |
After England's defeat in Euro 2020, Boris Johnson and others condemn racist abuse of players on social media, with some calling for tougher action by platforms — The social media bigotry, directed at three players who missed penalty kicks in the Euro 2020 final, was condemned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and most everyone else.
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BBC, Sky News, Financial Times, The Guardian, CNBC, Politico, and Yahoo Sports
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
REvil's infrastructure and websites are offline, including its data leak sites, less than two weeks after attacking 1,500+ businesses with ransomware via Kaseya — The infrastructure and websites for the REvil ransomware operation have mysteriously gone offline as of last night.
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New York Times, MIT Technology Review, Forbes, Bloomberg, AttackIQ, and VICE
Tweets: @campuscodi, @kevincollier, @pwnallthethings, and @campuscodi
| Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: |
Verizon and Huawei agree to settle two US patent infringement lawsuits, avoiding a public fight over Huawei's role in the supply chain — Agreement reached amid broader geopolitical fight involving the U.S. and the Chinese company — Huawei Technologies Co. agreed to settle … | Biz Carson / Protocol: |
A look at the divergent investment strategies of SoftBank and Tiger Global, the largest funders of startups in 2021, amid growing competition between the firms — Nylas CEO Gleb Polyakov had been following the Silicon Valley playbook for raising money: meet with firms; deal with associates …
Tweets: @sarthakgh, @bizcarson, @apompliano, @bizcarson, @kateclarktweets, @carnage4life, @owenthomas, @bizcarson, and @bizcarson
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amperity, which offers AI-based customer data management tools, raises $100M Series D at a $1B+ valuation led by HighSage Ventures — Amperity is the latest company to join the Seattle region's elusive club of unicorns, or privately held tech startups valued at more than $1 billion.
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AdExchanger, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Seattle Business Journal, Yahoo Finance, and Insider. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Arctic Wolf, which provides security experts to act as an extension of a company's internal cybersecurity team, raises $150M Series F at a $4.3B valuation — Arctic Wolf, a managed cybersecurity company that offers “security operations-as-a-concierge” service, has raised $150 million at Series F.
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VentureBeat, FinSMEs, Mpls./St. Paul Business …, SiliconANGLE, CRN, and Reuters
| Gartner: |
Q2 2021: global PC shipments totaled 71.6M, up 4.6% YoY, following Q1's record 35.7% YoY growth; Lenovo holds 24.1% marketshare, followed by HP, Dell, and Apple — Growth Rate Slowed, Tempered by Impact of Ongoing Semiconductor Shortages — Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.6 million units …
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IDC, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Thurrott, The Verge, Apple Must, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, iMore, SlashGear, AppleInsider, TechRadar, VentureBeat, Canalys.com, and TechSpot
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