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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 …
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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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TechRadar, MobileSyrup, Input, iMore, Digital Trends, Social Media Today, PetaPixel, and TechCrunch
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| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Twitter has begun testing a “remove this follower” tool on the web which will allow users to remove followers without blocking them and without their knowledge — Remove a follower without unfollowing them — Twitter has begun testing the first of its proposed suite of new privacy tools …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Microsoft Start, a personalized news product via MicrosoftStart.com, Windows integrations, new mobile apps, and its Edge browser new tab page — Microsoft today is introducing its own personalized news reading experience called Microsoft Start, available as both a website and mobile app …
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Tweets: @carnage4life, @lanceulanoff, @ricmac, and @windows
| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
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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| 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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| Jamie Feltham / UploadVR: |
Ray-Ban and Facebook's VP of AR and VR Andrew Bosworth appear to be teasing smartglasses with a point-of-view recording feature that could be announced Thursday — It looks like we'll be getting the first details about Facebook's collaboration with Ray-Ban on a pair of smartglasses later this week.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Hulu is raising the prices of its two on-demand plans by $1/month October 8; Hulu with ads will now cost $6.99/month and Hulu without ads will cost $12.99 — On Tuesday, Hulu began notifying subscribers that as of Oct. 8, the price of Hulu's two on-demand plans — with ads and without commercials … | 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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| Michael Wayland / CNBC: |
Ford announces it has hired former Tesla and Apple executive Doug Field as its chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer — DETROIT - Ford Motor has hired former Tesla and Apple executive Doug Field to lead its emerging technology efforts, a key focus for the automaker under its new Ford+ turnaround plan.
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Tweets: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @munster_gene, @markgurman, @jyarow, @thestalwart, @wholemarsblog, @film_girl, @siracusa, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @reckless, @gruber, @paulobrien, @rjrcapital, @film_girl, @benedictevans, @brain_trader, @munster_gene, @apollozac, and @benedictevans
| 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 … | 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.
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Decrypt, PR Newswire, MarketWatch, TheStreet, cryptodaily.co.uk, Mercury News, Bitcoinist.com, Blockworks, and Bitcoin Magazine
Tweets: @stephencurry30 and @tombrady
| 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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Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company plans to spend up to $95B on two new chip-making facilities in Europe — Semiconductor maker pledges to dedicate production capacity in Ireland to car chips to help mitigate shortages — Intel Corp. plans to build new chip-making facilities …
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Tweets: @chadbown, @wsj, and @aparanjape
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