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Apple to let developers of “reader” apps worldwide link to a website to set up or manage accounts early next year, closing Japan's antitrust investigation — Apple will let developers of “reader” apps around the world link to an external website to set up or manage an account beginning early next year
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Twitter launches Super Follows for iOS users, allowing a select group of US test users to charge either $2.99, $4.99, or $9.99 per month for their tweets — Select users in the US can now charge for tweets — Twitter is starting to roll out Super Follows, its new feature that lets users charge for subscriber-only content.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple says Arizona and Georgia will be first to support adding IDs to Wallet in iOS 15, with six states, including Utah, Maryland, and Iowa, expected to follow — Apple's plan to digitize your wallet is slowly taking shape. What started with boarding passes and venue tickets later became credit cards …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces an online-only Surface hardware event for September 22, where an updated Surface Duo and Laptop are expected — New Surface hardware is on the way — Microsoft is holding a special Surface hardware event on September 22nd. The software maker has started sending media invites …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
FTC bans “stalkerware” company Support King, whose Android app allegedly secretly harvested users' location and other data, from the surveillance business — - The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to ban what it called a “stalkerware app company” and its CEO …
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| Jarrod Doherty / Twitter: |
Twitter introduces Safety Mode, which blocks harassing accounts for seven days, in beta for some English-language accounts — Feeling safe on Twitter looks different for everyone. We've rolled out features and settings that may help you to feel more comfortable and in control of your experience …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Texas Senate passes bill banning social media companies with 50M+ users from censoring users' political views; Gov. Abbott is expected to sign it into law — But experts argue it's unconstitutional — Texas is one step closer to enacting a law that would make it more difficult …
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| Joe Williams / Protocol: |
Sources: Andy Jassy overruled an internal recommendation to fire a top AWS executive after a probe of claims the executive made discriminatory comments in 2019 — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy intervened to prevent the firing of a top executive after an internal HR report recommended … | Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Filing: SEC sues Satish Kumbhani, the founder of now-defunct BitConnect, and a promoter over alleged $2B crypto fraud scheme; Kumbhani's location is unknown — The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday sued the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform BitConnect …
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| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Source: the DOJ is preparing to file a second antitrust lawsuit against Google by the end of this year, targeting Google's digital ads business — U.S. antitrust officials are preparing a second monopoly lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google over the company's digital advertising business …
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| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Google is developing Arm-based chips for laptops and tablets that run on Chrome OS, set to launch around 2023 — US software giant ramps up hiring blitz for semiconductor and hardware ambitions — TAIPEI — Google is developing its own central processors for its notebook and tablet computers …
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Softpedia News, The Register, The Verge, Android Headlines, PCWorld, Pocketnow, SlashGear, Droid Life, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Google, and Ars Technica. Tweets: @natisho
| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Profile of Li Jin, an aggressively pro-worker VC who founded Atelier Ventures, which manages $13M, to invest in influencer-related startups — Li Jin, 31, began backing creators years ago. She has raised her own fund to invest in influencer-related start-ups.
Tweets: @ljin18, @dealbook, @patrickxrivera, @mr312, @wwshaef, @micsolana, @backseatvc, @nytimesbusiness, @jessewldn, @lanceulanoff, @ljin18, @dealbook, @brooke, @mg, @hunterwalk, @bwertz, @zebulgar, @cindygallop, and @skupor
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple says it has asked all of its US employees to report their vaccination status voluntarily by mid-September, but stops short of mandating COVID-19 vaccines — - Company is still stopping short of mandating Covid-19 shots — It previously ramped up an optional virus testing program
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CRN, iThinkDifferent, Cult of Mac, iMore, MacDailyNews, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Silicon Valley Business …. Tweets: @hpvsideeffects
| Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: |
Sources: YouTube Music reached 50M paying subscribers in August, up from 30M paid music and premium subscribers that YouTube had reported in October 2020 — Google-owned platforms have grown rapidly to become serious streaming competitor — YouTube's paid music streaming services … | Oscar Gonzalez / CNET: |
Reddit bans r/NoNewNormal, its largest anti-vax subreddit, for harassing other communities, following weeks of user moderators asking Reddit admins to ban it — It's also putting 54 other subreddits in quarantine. … Last week, more than a thousand subreddit's posted the same message calling …
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| Amy Lewin / Sifted: |
French grocery delivery startup Cajoo raises $40M Series A from investors including Carrefour, and plans expansion into Europe early next year — Landing a supermarket as a strategic investor gives Cajoo an edge, argues Capoul. — “Some competitors have much more money than us, but we have an advantage in Carrefour,” he says.
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Docker restricts use of its free desktop tool to individuals and small businesses, says companies with 250+ staff or $10M+ annual revenue must use paid version — Search for sustainable business model continues, but most usage will still be free — Docker will restrict use of the free version … | Hannah Miller / The Information: |
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao says Binance.US is set to close a large private fundraising round in the next two months, and could go public in the next three years — Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has run into a stream of regulatory and legal problems.| Vildana Hajric / Bloomberg: |
How Ethereum's increase in value, up 350% this year, and the rise of NFTs and DeFi have dampened enthusiasm for Bitcoin as the most essential crypto — - Ether has gained 350% this year versus Bitcoin's 60% advance — August marked Ether's second monthly rise and best since AprilSponsor Posts
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