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August 30, 2022, 1:10 AM

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Ryan Smith / AnandTech:
AMD unveils its Ryzen 7000 CPU lineup, from the six-core 7600X for $299 to the 16-core 7950X for $699, launching on September 27 alongside AM5 motherboards  —  AMD's “together we advance_PCs"l ivestream presentation just wrapped up moments ago, where AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su set the stage …
CNBC:
YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl is leaving after more than 12 years, replaced by Google President of global customer solutions Mary Ellen Coe  —  - YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl is leaving the company after more than 12 years.  — Kyncl will be replaced …
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Apple says the number of Apple Podcast subscribers grew by 300%+ since June 2021 and 25%+ of the top 100 shows in its Top Shows chart now offer a subscription  —  Dateline, NBC's true crime newsmagazine show, is offering a paid podcast subscription through Apple's in-app product starting today.
Alex Konrad / Forbes:
Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January 2023; Tan will step away from his role at his firm Initialized Capital  —  Y Combinator has tapped an outsider as its next president — sort of.  —  The storied Bay Area-based accelerator …
Paul Thurrott / Thurrott:
Microsoft plans to amend its licensing terms in the EU on October 1 to make it cheaper to run its software on rival cloud platforms, after EU antitrust scrutiny  —  Responding to a three-year-old complaint, Microsoft today said that it would fix its unfair licensing terms in the EU.
Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk will likely focus on Peiter Zatko's claims about Twitter's security practices instead of bots, a potentially better argument against the acquisition  —  Musk v. Twitter  —  A month ago, Elon Musk's fight with Twitter Inc. was a merger dispute.  Musk signed a merger agreement …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The FTC sues app analytics and data broker Kochava for selling data revealing “people's visits to reproductive health clinics, places of worship”, and more  —  Data could identify people seeking abortions  —  The Federal Trade Commission has sued app analytics firm Kochava …
Reuters:
As Ericsson and Nokia announce plans to exit Russia, the country's mobile operators will become more dependent on Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE  —  Western technology companies, including Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and Nokia (NOKIA.HE), announced plans for complete exits from Russia on Monday …
TechCrunch:
Meta partners with JioMart, an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms, to launch a grocery shopping service on WhatsApp in India  —  Meta and an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms are bringing JioMart grocery shopping to WhatsApp …
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