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Global smartphone shipments fell 7% YoY to 291M units in Q2 2022; Samsung had a 21.5% market share, followed by Apple's 16.3%, its best Q2 in the past 10 years — BOSTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)— According to new research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell -7% YoY to 291 million units in Q2 2022.

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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:

Salesforce, whose logo appeared on Helium's website, also says it is not a Helium partner; Helium has removed both Lime and Salesforce logos from its website — Helium listed the two companies as users on its homepage — On Friday, Mashable reported that Helium, a crypto project praised …

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Matt Binder / Mashable:

Crypto network Helium claimed for years that Lime is a client, which Lime calls “a false claim”; source: Lime is preparing to send a cease and desist to Helium — Is this really Web3's golden goose? — Helium is often heralded as one of the largest success stories in the Web3 space …

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New York Times:

Some streamers on Twitch, a more intimate platform than others, endure threats and stalkers and say Twitch gives limited support when dangerous situations arise — Stars on Twitch, the video game streaming platform, invite viewers into their homes virtually. What happens when one shows up in person?

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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:

Uber unveils new features for US drivers, like showing what they will earn and the destination before accepting a trip, seeing multiple trip requests, and more — - Uber announced a series of new features Friday aimed at enhancing drivers' experiences on the ridesharing app.

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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:

How Modi's government is increasingly skirting India's own internet rules to crack down on free speech and dissent on social media, under a “fake news” pretext — Sandeep Ravindranath, an Indian filmmaker, posted his latest work to YouTube in May. The video …

Tweets: @david_msullivan and @mhbergen

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:

Elon Musk countersues Twitter over the merger agreement in a confidential filing in a Delaware court — - Elon Musk counter sued Twitter on Friday, intensifying the conflict between the social networking company and centi-billionaire but keeping details hidden from the public.

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Yogita Khatri / The Block:

A July 2022 proposal deck shows that Babel Finance lost 8K BTC and 56K ETH, worth $280M+, in proprietary trading of customer funds, as it seeks to raise money — - Babel Finance lost 8,000 BTC and 56,000 ETH in proprietary trading with customer funds, according to a restructuring proposal deck obtained by The Block.

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Sagar Naresh / SamMobile:

Samsung announces a feature that keeps users' data secure during a phone repair, starting with the Galaxy S21 series in South Korea — You'll obviously have some anxiety about the security of your data if you leave your smartphone at a repair center for a couple of days.

More: Android Central, Gizchina, Ars Technica, The Verge, Android Authority, Digital Trends, Phandroid, Android Police, Notebookcheck.net, TechRadar, and Pocket-lint

Bloomberg:

Sources: the Commerce Department has told all US chipmaking equipment manufacturers to not supply gear to China for fabs for making 14nm chips or below — The US is tightening restrictions on China's access to chipmaking gear, according to two major equipment suppliers …

The Economic Times:

PriceLabs, which uses AI to help owners and managers of vacation homes and short-term rentals automate dynamic pricing, has raised $30M from Summit Partners — Revenue management solutions provider PriceLabs has raised $30 million from Summit Partners. This is its first equity funding since inception.

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Anthony Boadle / Reuters:

Brazilian prosecutors ask WhatsApp to delay its Communities feature launch in Brazil until January to avoid spreading misinformation around the October election — Brazilian prosecutors on Friday called on messaging platform WhatsApp to delay the launch in Brazil of its new feature called …

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