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Coinbase says SEC threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched Lend program, following discussions with them for almost six months — Crypto exchange Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong responded Tuesday evening to planned enforcement by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining …
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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.| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 …
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techadvisor.com, The Verge, Lenovo StoryHub, HotHardware.com News, Thurrott, Lenovo StoryHub, PCMag, Windows Central, PCWorld, Engadget, Liliputing, CNET, Tom's Hardware, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, Trusted Reviews, Windows Central, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, and Digital Trends
| 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 … | 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.| Bloomberg: |
CrowdStrike says REvil's infrastructure and website is accessible on the dark web after it went offline in July — - Group's ‘Happy Blog’ shames companies with stolen data — Site and REvil infrastructure is accessible on dark web — The infamous criminal ransomware group behind …
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The Record, BleepingComputer, TechRepublic, TechRadar, ZDNet, and infosecurity-magazine.com. Tweets: @campuscodi
| 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 … | 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
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| 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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| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance plans to borrow up to $5B in a syndicated loan to refinance debt and pay for overseas expansion, as an IPO appears unlikely this year — TikTok owner ByteDance is in talks with banks to borrow up to $5 billion in a syndicated loan to refinance debt and pay for overseas expansion … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
UnitQ, which helps companies improve product quality by using AI to analyze user reports, raises $30M Series B led by Accel — Product quality is hugely important when it comes to the success of a product. Even if your product seems really cool, if it's buggy or doesn't work well …
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| 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, altfi.com, Crowdfund Insider, Insider, and Reuters
| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Crypto exchange FTX lands an endorsement deal with NBA star Stephen Curry, who has 15M+ Twitter followers, joining football stars Tom Brady and Trevor Lawrence — The operator crypto exchange FTX has struck its latest endorsement deal, this time with NBA star Steph Curry.| 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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| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
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