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Coinbase says SEC threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched Lend program, following discussions with the regulator that have lasted almost six months — Crypto exchange Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong responded Tuesday evening to planned enforcement by the U.S. Securities …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon says it is bringing its cashierless “Just Walk Out” tech to two Whole Foods stores, set to open in 2022 in DC and California — - Amazon is launching its cashierless technology at two Whole Foods stores that are scheduled to open next year.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google announces Workspace updates, including spaces for collaboration, Meet calling within Gmail, and 27" and 65" video calling devices by Logitech and Avocor — A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next. — Google today announced a series …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it has acquired in-browser video editing software startup Clipchamp, which had 17M registered users across 390K+ companies as of July — - Microsoft is buying Clipchamp, whose video-editing app has over 17 million registered users. — The deal comes weeks after Adobe …
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| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
Researchers: a network of China-linked social media accounts unsuccessfully tried to draw Americans to protest anti-Asian racism, similar to Russia's efforts — Campaign is first known instance of China-linked actors fomenting real-world U.S. protest; 'They're copying the Kremlin's playbook'
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| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Twitter says it is testing edge-to-edge pictures and videos in tweets on iOS to better support visual and text-based conversations — An Instagram-like focus on visuals — Twitter has announced that it's testing edge-to-edge media in tweets on iOS, creating a more full-screen …
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| Nikkei Asia: |
PayPal to acquire Japan-based Paidy, a buy now, pay later service, for $2.7B in cash; PayPal expects the deal to be completed by December — Aims to boost Japan business with new cross-border e-commerce payment services — NEW YORK — U.S. payment company PayPal Holdings on Wednesday announced …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it's testing Communities, invite-only topic-based public feeds curated by moderators, initially limited to a few topics including dogs and skincare — Twitter is a useful place for following breaking news and keeping up with what the people you're already interested in are doing … | Phillip Tracy / Laptop Mag: |
Lenovo unveils the 14-inch IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon and 16-inch Slim 7 Pro laptops, powered by AMD, both expected by October and priced from $1,290 — The IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon and Slim 7 Pro are two premium ultra-portable laptops — IdeaPad laptops have long been overshadowed by ThinkPads and Yogas … | Fast Company: |
Excerpt from a book by Microsoft President Brad Smith and his chief of staff, Carol Ann Browne, on Microsoft's response to the SolarWinds attack — While the KGB may have collapsed with the Soviet Union in 1991, its long shadow still quietly serves its homeland through new 21st-century digital forms … | Sophie Elmhirst / The Guardian: |
How three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship in October 2020 to start a libertarian crypto utopia, only to have their plans collapse months later — Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship. They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a floating libertarian utopia.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Shutterstock acquires Seattle-based online photo editing service PicMonkey for $110M in cash — Publicly-traded photography giant Shutterstock has acquired PicMonkey, a Seattle startup founded nine years ago that provides online photo editing and graphic design tools.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces a “California Streaming” virtual event on September 14 at 10am PT, where new iPhones and Apple Watches are expected — Apple today announced that it will be holding a special event on Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. The event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater … | Elizabeth Byrne / ABC: |
Australia's High Court affirms earlier rulings that media companies can be held responsible for Facebook comments posted under stories on their Facebook Pages — The High Court has dismissed an appeal by some of Australia's biggest media outlets including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian …
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Tweets: @davidmackau, @brooklynmarie, @flipprior, @film_girl, @mefrombefore, @dellcam, @jason_a_w, @mwhitbourn, @mikerugnetta, @realcarrickryan, @jenniferbeckett, @geofffield, @pandemic_times, @matt_nurse, @michaelwestbiz, @scotty_mcdonald, @jason_kint, @elisethoma5, @leonardjcohen, @elisethoma5, and @chrismessina
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Eden Network, which helps protect transactions on the Ethereum network, raises $17.4M seed led by Multicoin Capital — Quick Take — Eden Network has raised $17.4 million in a seed funding round. — The network plans to strengthen its infrastructure and grow its adoption further.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Mobile game publisher Jam City raises $350M in equity and debt, after a $1.2B SPAC merger fell apart, and buys rival Ludia for $165M — A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next. — Jam City has raised $350 million in funding and it has closed …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
SingleStore, which offers an SQL-based service to help enterprises use data from disparate silos, raises $80M Series F, sources say at a $940M valuation — Organizations are swimming in data these days, and so solutions to help manage and use that data in more efficient ways will continue to see a lot of attention and business.
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ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, Database Trends …, and Business Wire
| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Elliott Management has taken a 10%+ stake in Citrix Systems, worth around $1.3B, and will push to boost Citrix's lagging stock price — Activist hedge fund wants the software company to take steps to boost its valuation — Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp …
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Benzinga and Barron's Online
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK-based car insurance startup Marshmallow, which uses a wide array of algorithms to measure insurance risk, raises $85M Series B at a $1.25B valuation — Marshmallow — a U.K.-based car insurance provider that has made a name for itself in the market by providing a new approach …
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Marshmallow Stories, PYMNTS.com, Insider, Reuters, and altfi.com
| DW.COM: |
Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office confirms it bought NSO's Pegasus spyware in 2019 and used it in operations on terrorism and organized crime since March — Sources have confirmed media reports that federal criminal police purchased and used the controversial Israeli surveillance spyware despite lawyers' objections.
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and iThinkDifferent
Tweets: @thegrugq, @zackwhittaker, @lipstickkranti, @jsrailton, @akbarth3great, and @lipstickkranti
| Saikat Chatterjee / Reuters: |
Bitcoin fell 17%+ to ~$43K before rising to $47K as El Salvador adopts it as legal tender, where high demand led to the Chivo wallet being temporarily unplugged — The price of cryptocurrencies plunged and crypto trading was delayed on Tuesday, a day in which El Salvador ran into snags …
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Reuters, New York Times, TNW, and Bloomberg
| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
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@nayibbukele and @nayibbukele. More:
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