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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
In response to CSAM detection misuse concerns, Apple says protections will roll out in the US first, then on a country-by-country basis after legal evaluation — Apple this week announced that, starting later this year with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, the company will be able …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iDownloadBlog.com
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
In an internal memo, Apple acknowledges concerns and “misunderstandings” about its new photo scanning feature but says it is necessary to “protect children” — Apple yesterday officially announced a range of new features coming later this year, dubbed Expanded Protections for Children.
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In addition to scanning for known child abuse photos, Apple will also begin using on-device ML to warn parents and kids of sexually explicit photos in Messages — Apple later this year will roll out new tools that will warn children and parents if the child sends or receives sexually explicit photos through the Messages app.
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Apple, MacRumors, Platformer, and TechSpot
Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @missingkids, @josephfcox, @captn3m0, @tomgara, @timmarchman, @carnage4life, @mom_mykayla, and @zollotech
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| Will Cathcart / @wcathcart: |
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
SEC charges Blockchain Credit Partners for alleged illegal sales of $30M in unregistered securities, first SEC charges related to decentralized finance industry — The SEC says the company falsely raised $30 million — The Securities and Exchange Commission issued its first charges …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Court filings: Epic says Google called plans to distribute Fortnite via sideloading a threatening “contagion”, and contemplated buying some or all of Epic — It also apparently called sideloading ‘an awful experience’ — Google considered buying Epic Games as the companies sparred …
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| Kareem Anderson / OnMSFT.com: |
Microsoft's Panos Panay teases Spotify integration with Windows 11 through a Focus Sessions feature “coming soon” — Microsoft's chief product officer, Panos Panay has been on a bit of leak streak as of late, teasing new Spotify integration coming to Windows 11 among other new application focuses.
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Interviews with 50 current and former Blizzard employees detail a toxic workplace, where sexual harassment and discrimination against women were common — One summer day in 2018, employees of the video game maker Blizzard Entertainment opened their email to find a brusque message from the chief executive officer, Mike Morhaime.
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GamesIndustry.biz, Washington Post, PC Gamer, Gamasutra, thegamer.com, Game Rant, and VICE
| Nathalie Maréchal / Tech Policy Press: |
Facebook's decision to disable researcher's ability to run the NYU's Ad Observatory Project should be a call to regulate the ad tech industry as a whole — Another day, another Facebook accountability scandal. — On Wednesday, Facebook shut down the accounts of NYU researchers Laura Edelson …
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| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
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| James Rubin / CoinDesk: |
Senators Warner and Portman propose an amendment to infrastructure bill that only excludes crypto miners from broker definition; White House shows support — The bill excludes only proof-of-work mining, or the selling of hardware or software that gives individuals control of private keys to access digital assets.
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Decrypt, TechCrunch, The Block, and The Hill
| Jon Prosser / FrontPageTech.com: |
Sources: Google's Pixel 5A will debut by the end of Aug. for $450, with a 6.4" display with a hole-punch camera, Snapdragon 765G, 4650mAh battery, 6GB RAM, more — Just a few days after Google confirmed our Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro exclusives — today we have some exclusive information regarding the Pixel 5A and its release.| Bloomberg: |
Federal judge tosses out a $308.5M patent-infringement verdict against Apple, ruling that Personalized Media Communication's DRM patent is unenforceable — - Personalized Media's patent is unenforceable, judge rules — PMC had strategy to delay applications to get more money later
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Reuters, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and MacDailyNews
| Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: |
Huawei reports Q2 revenue fell 38% YoY to ~$26B, greater than the 16.5% drop in Q1 and 11.2% drop in Q4, as US sanctions continue to hurt sales — Revenue declines deepen amid U.S. restrictions on chip supply, pressure on buyers — HONG KONG—China's Huawei Technologies Co. reported …
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CNBC, Huawei, Reuters, BBC, Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, Light Reading, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocketnow, Android Central, Patently Apple, and TechSpot
Tweets: @isaacstonefish and @jojjeols
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Valve Steam Deck hands-on: handles resource-intensive games better than other handheld PC gaming devices, great ergonomics, gyroscopic aiming feature works well — Reservations are already sold out through mid-2022 — I have held the Steam Deck, and I'm nearly a believer. — Not quite, but I like what I see.
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Road to VR, PC Gamer, Wccftech, Tom's Hardware, Game Rant, and GeekWire
Tweets: @itsa_me_gameboy, @cowcatgames, @dj_link, @tomwarren, and @8bit_spazzy
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
FCC releases its first-ever mobile broadband coverage map, which compares the LTE and voice coverage areas of the four largest carriers in the US — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its — first-ever mobile broadband coverage map.| Jane Zhang / South China Morning Post: |
Apple suppliers Foxconn, Lens Technology, and Luxshare Precision roll out hiring incentives as they scramble for workers ahead of iPhone 13 launch — Foxconn is not the only Apple supplier scrambling for new workers - Lens Technology and Luxshare Precision have rolled out similar hiring incentives Apple …
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Softpedia News, iThinkDifferent, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, phonearena.com, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iMore, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @stockmktnewz
| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter Spaces launches a co-hosting feature, which will now allow rooms to have one host, up to two co-hosts, and ten additional speakers active at once — Twitter Spaces is launching a long-awaited feature for its users: co-hosting a Space. The Clubhouse competitor has been improving …
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TechRadar, Pocketnow, Android Headlines, Voicebot.ai, mobilesyrup.com, PCMag, and iThinkDifferent. Tweets: @twitterspaces
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Users of Doximity, which has long described itself as a LinkedIn for doctors, find their news feed inundated with anti-vaccine comments from fellow physicians — - Doctors on the industry networking site Doximity are finding their news feed inundated with anti-vaccine comments from fellow physicians.
Tweets: @thehowie, @levynews, @yoda, @mrbrownsir, @yoda, @mattrosoff, and @mattrosoff
| Rebecca Szkutak / Forbes: |
Knowde, an online marketplace for the chemicals industry, raises a $72M Series B led by Coatue, with Sequoia, Sound Ventures, and Mantis participating — The chemicals industry converts raw ingredients to the basic products essential to every other industry — from cosmetics to cars to pharmaceuticals … Sponsor Posts
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