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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $7.34B vs. $7.32B est., up 19% YoY, global paid net additions of 1.54M vs. 1.19M expected; US and Canada region lost 433K subs QoQ — - Netflix reported earnings that missed on the bottom line. — The company's revenue and global paid net subscriber additions beat estimates.
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Tweets: @zhugeex, @samro, @edmundlee, @lucas_shaw, @xpangler, @xpangler, @jboorstin, @zsharf, and @xpangler
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Netflix says its expansion into gaming will start with mobile games, which will be included with a subscription at no additional cost — Games will be included at no added cost with a Netflix subscription — Netflix revealed that its initial efforts in gaming will be focused on mobile games …
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The Economic Times, GamesIndustry.biz, SlashGear, Polygon, Pocket Gamer.biz, Gamasutra, Ubergizmo, Vox, Neowin, PC Gamer, iThinkDifferent, Dot Esports, TNW, XDA Developers, Windows Central, Trusted Reviews, Thurrott, TechHive, Phandroid, TechRadar, Android Headlines, Android Authority, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @starfire2258, @labuzamovies, @travclark2, @markgurman, @zhugeex, @jaypeters, @nextgenplayer, @pkafka, @sophnar0747, and @zhugeex
| Washington Post: |
Phone numbers belonging to ten prime ministers, three presidents, and a king were among the list of 50K potential NSO targets, leaked to Amnesty International — Spies for centuries have trained their sights on those who shape destinies of nations: presidents, prime ministers, kings.| Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …: |
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Schneier on Security, Pixel Envy, globaltimes.cn, and TIME
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| Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times: |
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| Washington Post: |
Top US Catholic Church official resigns after a Catholic media site obtained his alleged Grindr app and phone location data from an undisclosed data broker — The top administrator of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops resigned after a Catholic media site told the conference it had access …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail two new local privilege escalation vulnerabilities, one in recent builds of Windows 10 and the preview of Windows 11, and the other in Linux — Both OSes have flaws that allow attackers with a toehold to elevate access. — The world woke up on Tuesday to two new vulnerabilities …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Samsung announces its next Galaxy Unpacked event will be held virtually on August 11, where it is expected to unveil new foldables — Samsung just sent out invites for its next Unpacked event. There are those companies that like to sneak hints into their invites — and then there's Samsung.
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| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto derivatives exchange FTX raises $900M from SoftBank, Sequoia, and others, valuing it at $18B; CryptoCompare: FTX handles $10B+/day in trades on average — Investors include SoftBank, Sequoia Capital and Daniel Loeb's Third Point hedge fund — Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has raised money …
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| The Information: |
Sources: Bolt, which offers a one-click checkout service, is raising a $333M Series D at a post-money valuation of $4B, nearly five times its December valuation — Bolt, a San Francisco-based startup that offers software for online shopping, is raising $333 million in Series D funding … | Bloomberg: |
Biden nominates Jonathan Kanter, a long-time foe of Google, to become the DOJ's antitrust chief — - Kanter has represented Microsoft, Yelp in anti-Google push — Biden's appointments signal aggressive antitrust agenda — President Joe Biden plans to nominate Jonathan Kanter as head … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter begins rolling out a preview of a revamped TweetDeck in the US, Canada, and Australia, featuring an option for wider columns, an Explore column, more — Twitter is beginning to test a completely redesigned version of TweetDeck, the company announced today.| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Instagram is rolling out a new feature that lets users control “sensitive content” in the Explore tab, with settings to “Allow”, “Limit”, and “Limit Even More” — Instagram's Explore tab can feel like the Wild West at times.
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Instagram, iMore, fossbytes.com, BGR India, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, and Social Media Today
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google is shutting down Google Bookmarks on September 30, 2021, and clarifies Starred locations in Google Maps will not be deleted after Bookmarks shuts down — After 16 years of service, Google is about to shut down a service that isn't very well known. On September 30, 2021 “Google Bookmarks” will be closed off for all users.
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MacRumors, SlashGear, Android Police, Android Police, and XDA Developers. Tweets: @killedbygoogle
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
HBO Max partners with Snapchat to let users in the US co-watch pilots of select series with up to 63 other users for free via a Snap Mini — In a bid to boost sign-ups to its streaming service, HBO Max is partnering with Snap to bring free episodes from its original programing to Snapchat users …
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Pressroom, Silicon Republic, Variety, Pocket-lint, Hollywood Reporter, and Engadget
Tweets: @seyitaylor, @insidehbomax, and @tomemrich
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Verizon joins AT&T and T-Mobile in switching Android Messages default to RCS, raising questions about when or if Apple will swap its SMS default with RCS — That's all three big US carriers, is Apple next? — Beginning next year, Verizon will join AT&T and T-Mobile in preloading Android Messages …
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Droid Life, iMore, Ubergizmo, 9to5Google, and ZDNet
Tweets: @caro_milanesi, @adrs, @qbking77, @backlon, @android, and @glkcreative
| Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg: |
Venmo says it is ditching its global social feed, making it so users can no longer see payments between people they don't know — - App, owned by PayPal, is removing its global transactions feed — For years, Venmo has faced criticism for its privacy controls
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PayPal Newsroom, HuffPost, MarketWatch, CNET, Android Police, and BuzzFeed News
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Product Hunt's Josh Buckley and others launch Hyper, a $60M early-stage fund offering $300K fixed checks, a mentorship network, and Product Hunt distribution — Hyper is a $60M early-stage fund co-founded by Josh Buckley, Product Hunt's current CEO along with writer, founder and designer Dustin Curtis.
Tweets: @joshbuckley, @panzer, @geoffreywoo, @maccaw, @alexisohanian, @_shahedk, @jasonmok, and @joshelman
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
YouTube debuts Super Thanks, which lets users tip creators for individual uploaded videos rather than livestreams and have their message highlighted in comments — YouTube announced its latest feature, Super Thanks, on Tuesday. This is YouTube's fourth Paid Digital Good …
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YouTube Official Blog, Livemint, The Economic Times, SlashGear, MUO, Android Central, PYMNTS.com, Social Media Today, Android Police, and Engadget
Tweets: @fwiz, @lordravenscraft, and @nealmohan
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Soldo, which develops an automated expense management system for businesses, raises $180M Series C led by Temasek, with Accel and others participating — Expense management has long been a pain point for employees and accounting departments: for many, tracking and parsing how money is spent …
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Tech.eu, Finextra, The Irish Times, and Crowdfund Insider
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google Maps expands its crowdedness predictions to 10K+ transit agencies in 100 countries, and will show how crowded individual carriages are in NYC and Sydney — Expanding to ‘over 10,000 transit agencies in 100 countries’ — Google is expanding the number of cities where Maps offers information about public transport crowding.| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Paris-based Spendesk, which develops spend management software for SMBs, raises €100M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to €160M — Paris-based all-in-one expense claim management service Spendesk has raised €100 million in a Series C round, its largest to date.
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FinSMEs, EU-Startups, and Silicon Canals
| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
A look at Axie Infinity, a Pokémon-like blockchain-based game in which people buy digital pets as NFTs; the game generated $12.2M revenue in June, $79M+ in July — Welcome to the 1,267 newly Not Boring people who have joined us since last Monday! Join 61,505 smart, curious folks by subscribing here:| Keith Barry / Consumer Reports: |
Videos of Tesla customers using Full Self-Driving beta 9, rolled out to select users, show a system that seems dangerous for users to be testing on public roads — Consumer Reports' car safety experts worry that Tesla continues to use vehicle owners as beta testers for its new features, putting others on the road at risk
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