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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Clubhouse is no longer invite-only as it exits beta and says the 10M people on its waitlist will be added to the app over time — The app goes wide — Clubhouse is going wide. Co-founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth announced today that the app is no longer invite-only.
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Clubhouse Blog, TechCrunch, PCMag, TNW, 9to5Mac, Livemint, Engadget, MUO, Phandroid, The Wrap, and Adweek
Tweets: @caseynewton, @wongmjane, @djnailz, @producthunt, and @sarthakgh
| CTech: |
NSO CEO claims leaked list of 50K+ phone numbers potentially targeted with NSO spyware has “nothing to do with us” and had first heard about the list last month — “I'll give you a simple statement: Journalists, human rights activists, and civil organizations are all off-limits,” said Shalev Hulio
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VICE, Amnesty International, The Guardian, Reuters, and The Times of Israel
| Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …: |
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Forbes, The Guardian, Morning Brew, BGR, Threatpost, Tech Monitor, 9to5Mac, Tech Xplore, Slate, and Schneier on Security
| Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times: |
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, which operates a repository with 4M+ 3D assets, for an undisclosed sum; Sketchfab reduces its store commission from 30% to 12% — New York-based startup Sketchfab has been acquired by Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine.
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Sketchfab Community Blog, Epic Games, The Information, VentureBeat, Engadget, VRFocus, UploadVR, thegamer.com, and Road to VR
Tweets: @albn, @sketchfab, @epicnewsroom, @tinyruin, @diregoldfish, @techstars, @hmltn, @jessedamiani, @nehon_42, @jackbohmart, @iveytron, @samuelbass, @jpwiseuk, @pplux, @liasae, and @balderton
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Spanish police have arrested UK citizen Joseph O'Connor at the US' request over his alleged involvement in last year's hack of high-profile Twitter accounts — Authorities are still cracking down on participants in the July 2020 — Twitter celebrity hacks. Spanish National Police have
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U.S. Department of Justice, BBC, AppleInsider, USA Today, The Verge, New York Times, MacRumors, NBC News, CyberScoop, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Agence France-Presse, The West Australian, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @campuscodi, @briankrebs, and @shanvav
| Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal: |
Tumblr starts testing Post+, which allows users to charge their followers a monthly fee in exchange for access to exclusive content, with Tumblr taking a 5% cut — Social platform is the latest to let users earn money from posting — Microblogging stalwart Tumblr on Wednesday began …
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Adweek, MUO, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, and Mashable
Tweets: @dollydeighton, @thestefansmith, @arilevine, @film_girl, @mikeelgan, @nicolasmagand, @isntdaveone, @jack_trumbull, @meaghano, @iansherr, @hushes, @wongmjane, @jake_k, @sub8u, and @martinsfp
| 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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US-CERT, Qualys Security Blog, and Qualys Security Blog. More:
Windows Central, HotHardware.com News, BleepingComputer, Forbes, Dark Reading, BetaNews, and SlashGear
Tweets: @jonaslyk, @qualys, @syst_and_deploy, @sergeybratus, @bad_packets, @jeffmcjunkin, @wdormann, and @gossithedog
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter is testing a way to downvote Tweet replies on iOS to understand the types of replies users find relevant to a conversation; downvotes won't be public — Last year, Twitter's chief product officer Kayvon Beykpour confirmed that the social network was “exploring” the idea of adding a dislike button to the app.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, CNET, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @twittersupport, @iglehart97, @reddit, @dwtpup, @alexisohanian, @dozingallium, and @sadcrib
| 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.
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The Keyword, Search Engine Roundtable, Android Police, 9to5Google, and CNBC
Tweets: @googlemaps and @awholelottanner
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube says it will test a new feature that will allow viewers to shop for products directly from livestream videos, starting with a few creators and brands — YouTube will begin pilot testing a new feature that will allow viewers to shop for products directly from livestream videos.| 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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Ars Technica, The Pillar, VICE, BBC, New York Times, Graham Cluley, CNET, and New York Post
Tweets: @gerritd, @ashk4n, @geoffreyfowler, @emeraldrobinson, @marymargolohan, @niubi, @jimwaterson, @nandoodles, @ariezrawaldman, @privacymatters, @vickerysec, @eisingerj, @byrontau, @shiraovide, @profcarroll, @antoniogm, @karaswisher, @heatherkelly, @stevebellovin, @conorjrogers, @josefoshea, and @caseynewton
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
The FTC formally pledges to fight unlawful right-to-repair restrictions, says it will use its power to lower repair costs and support independent repair shops — It comes days after the White House endorsed similar rules — The Federal Trade Commission formally pledged to take on unlawful …
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Federal Trade Commission, PCMag, 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, Forbes, Reuters, and VICE
Tweets: @b_fung, @jdscholten, @nfudc, @chopraftc, @chopraftc, @jason_koebler, @jioriku, @lukemiani, and @mjgault
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Argo AI says it plans launch up to 1,000 autonomous vehicles on Lyft's network in some US cities over the next five years, starting with Miami later this year — Autonomous vehicle technology startup Argo AI and its backer and customer Ford plan to launch up to 1,000 self-driving vehicles … | 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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TNW, Android Police, ZDNet, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Search Engine Land, Android Headlines, and SlashGear
Tweets: @killedbygoogle, @ra, and @pinboard
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler: stock tokens and stablecoins backed by securities “are implicated by the securities laws and must work within our securities regime” — Stock tokens and stablecoins backed by securities might be treated as securities under U.S. law, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said.
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U.S. Securities …, CoinDesk, Paxos, Reuters, Cointelegraph, Bloomberg, and LAW.com
Tweets: @mayazi, @degenomix, @nathandeandc, @jseyff, @nikhileshde, and @coindesk
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Amazon unveils over 50 new features for Alexa devices to drive growth for skills developers, like featured skill cards, which are recommended on the home screen — Widgets, featured skill cards, and more — Amazon's Alexa devices are ambient computers, not the kind you use all day.
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TechCrunch, CNET, TechHive, ZDNet, Protocol, and Trusted Reviews
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Core Scientific, which says it is the biggest bitcoin mining company in the US, says it will go public via SPAC at a valuation of around $4.3B — - Cryptocurrency mining operator Core Scientific is listing on the Nasdaq through a merger with Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp.
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PR Newswire, Forbes, GeekWire, The Block, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @core_scientific, @djohnson_cpa, @michael_saylor, and @wublockchain
| BBC: |
EU Commission proposes a new law that would force companies that transfer Bitcoin or other crypto-assets to collect details of recipients and senders — Proposed changes to EU law would force companies that transfer Bitcoin or other crypto-assets to collect details on the recipient and sender.
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CoinDesk, CNET, Reuters, ZDNet, Tom's Hardware, and The Daily Hodl
Tweets: @davidcasamep, @eu_commission, and @exiledsurfer
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Byju's acquires Epic, a reading service for kids with a presence across 90% of elementary schools in the US, for $500M — Byju's said on Wednesday it has acquired California-headquartered reading platform Epic for $500 million, the latest in a series of moves from India's most valuable startup …
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Bloomberg, DealStreetAsia, VentureBeat, The Economic Times, Entrackr, and Tech in Asia
| New York Times: |
Robinhood plans to sell as much as a third of its initial public offering, or $770M of shares, directly to customers through its app — The stock trading app is opening its initial public offering and investor presentations to everyday investors. The risks are significant.
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Silicon Valley Business … and TechCrunch
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Facial-recognition company Clearview AI raises $30M Series B amid legal and ethical concerns, with new investors requesting they not be publicly identified — Clearview AI is currently the target of multiple class-action lawsuits and a joint investigation by Britain and Australia.Thanks:@thekenyeung
| Marc Vartabedian / Wall Street Journal: |
Virtually Human Studio, the startup behind Zed Run, which lets users breed and race virtual horses bought and sold as NFTs, raises $20M Series A led by TCG — Zed Run's parent company nets $20 million as media startups, NFTs surge — Virtually Human Studio, the startup behind digital … | Vish Gain / Silicon Republic: |
Woebot Health, a startup offering a mental health chatbot, raises $90M Series B after its digital therapeutic solution was approved by the US FDA in May — Irish-founded Woebot built a chatbot that can bond with users and help them reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.| Geoff Mayfield / Variety: |
TikTok touts two studies that show around 75% of its users discover artists on the service and around 67% seek out songs from TikTok on music streaming services — Unless you've been sleeping as long as Rip Van Winkle, you know TikTok has become the new big man on music's campus and a catalyst for pop culture.| 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.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Proposed bipartisan bill would require companies to notify the US government when they are hacked, and provides limited immunity to companies after reporting — - A new bill unveiled Wednesday would make some companies tell the government when they've been hacked.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Safe Security, which offers a cybersecurity risk assessment service, raises $33M from UK telecom BT, which gets exclusive rights to sell its products in the UK — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Safe Security, which provides a platform …
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TechCrunch, Dark Reading, Livemint, SiliconANGLE, and Reuters
| 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.
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