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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple AirPods Pro (second-gen) review: improved ANC, sound quality, and clarity, but an unchanged design, Lightning connector, and no major software update — Redesigned inside but not out, the new AirPods Pro are destined to be another hit — even if the magic is waning
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| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
A look at the quiet success of AirPods, which sold an estimated 120M units in 2021, and how Apple's upcoming VR headset could be the next product to do so — Sometime next year, Tim Cook will appear before the Apple Inc. faithful and unveil the company's next major computing platform …
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| New York Times: |
An investigation, based on ~160K documents from Roskomnadzor, details Russia's vast surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain his regime — Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work.| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Instagram is working on a feature to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs; Meta says the tech won't let the company view the photos — Instagram is working on a way to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs.
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PCMag, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, Variety, Engadget, KnowTechie, TechSpot, Mashable, BGR India, Digit, Digital Information World, and CNET
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Instagram, and increasingly TikTok, have fallen afoul of the Bootleg Ratio, offering mostly reposted, clout-chasing content that slowly turns viewers off — TikTok is changing. … That stuff is still on the platform, but it's largely fallen off my For You page, replaced by Tim Robinson sketches and funny animal videos.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Take-Two Interactive's 2K, the publisher of Bioshock, Xcom, and popular sports games, says a hacker accessed its help desk and sent customers links to malware — American video game publisher 2K has confirmed that its help desk platform was hacked and used to target customers …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
UK media regulator Ofcom plans to investigate the cloud computing, personal messaging, and smart device markets over competition concerns — - Ofcom, the U.K. media watchdog, is set to launch a study examining the role of Amazon, Microsoft and Google in the cloud services market.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Google refreshes Chromecast with Google TV, dropping the price to $35, adding a remote control, and supporting only 1080p content, down from 4K — Confirming rumors, Google has unveiled the Chromecast with Google TV (HD) device that offers features from the $50 4K model at a significantly cheaper $30 price.| Gina Chon / Semafor Media: |
Nick Clegg says Meta could lift its ban on Donald Trump's accounts in January 2023, when the current suspension expires, after it consults with experts — Semafor launches this fall, but we wanted to get this news right out to you. Sign up for Semafor Technology for regular coverage …
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| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
Swiss company Proton VPN becomes the latest to leave India over invasive new rules requiring customer data collection, following Surfshark, Nord, and others — Swiss service is latest to pull servers over requirement that companies must save user data and disclose to authorities on demand| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
The FTC says Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy cannot avoid testifying in an ongoing investigation into Prime membership, after Amazon pushed back against the probe — Commissioners deny company's request to quash subpoenas and pare back investigation — Amazon vs. Walmart: How the Giants Look to Each Other to Best Each Other
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Immunefi, which helps crypto services create bug bounty programs, raised a $24M Series A led by Framework Ventures — - Immunefi has raised $24 million in Series A funding led by Framework Ventures. — The startup hosts bug bounty programs by crypto projects and earns a 10% commission on bounty payouts.
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| Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company can't “use what others might consider censorship as a tactic” regarding labeling content that seems to be false — Microsoft Corp. won't label social media posts that appear to be false in order to avoid the appearance that the company …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
ByteDance unveils Pico 4 VR headset with dual 2,160x2,160 displays, Snapdragon XR2, and up to 256GB, shipping in Europe and Asia for €429 or €499 on October 18 — Pico, the Chinese startup acquired last year by TikTok parent company ByteDance, has a new virtual reality headset on the way.
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| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
A Python directory traversal vulnerability disclosed in August 2007, but never patched, likely affects 350K+ open-source projects and can lead to code execution — A vulnerability in the Python programming language that has been overlooked for 15 years is now back in the spotlight …
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Meta-commissioned report from BSR details censorship and allegations of “unintentional bias” against Palestinians during violence by Israeli forces in May 2021 — Facebook and Instagram's speech policies harmed fundamental human rights of Palestinian users during a conflagration … | Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Disney, P&G, LVMH, and other large companies have hired chief metaverse officers, seeking to capitalize on Web3, but questions remain about their usefulness — Advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA introduced the newest member of its C-suite at a technology conference in Paris this year.
Tweets: @bizboyle, @bizboyle, @alexweprin, @carlquintanilla, @jonathanex, @martinsfp, and @oliviasolon
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell plans to step down and Chief Operating Officer Dave Ripley will succeed him in the coming months; Powell will stay on as chairman — Jesse Powell, the CEO of Kraken, is stepping down from the top job at the cryptocurrency exchange he founded in 2011.
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Kraken, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Protocol, Forbes, Protos, Coinspeaker, Cryptonews, Cryptopolitan, The Information, New York Times, CryptoPotato, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @jespow, @cz_binance, @cobie, @kmsmithdc, @krakenfx, @erikvoorhees, @jgarzik, @brian_armstrong, @jwverret, @johnalanwoods, and @yoda. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| Gregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: seeking to increase profits, Coinbase hired Wall Street traders and explored using its own cash to trade crypto in 2021, including a $100M transaction — The company completed a $100 million transaction before ending the effort. It says that it hasn't engaged in proprietary trading.
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The Block, CoinDesk, and Crypto Briefing
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
OpenStore, an e-commerce roll-up company for Shopify merchants, raised $32M led by Lux at a $970M valuation, up 25% from November 2021 when it raised $75M — Many of the e-commerce roll-up companies, also known as aggregators, slowed down this year after a record 2021.| Moneycontrol: |
WhatsApp confirms Manesh Mahatme, who led its Indian payments business, has stepped down after 18 months; a source says Mahatme plans to rejoin Amazon — Mahatme's resignation comes at a time when WhatsApp's mobile payments business has failed to take off in a significant fashion in India| Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: |
Dubai's crypto regulator grants Binance a license to offer domestic bank accounts, an asset exchange, payments and custody services, and more — The exchange had previously secured a license to offer limited crypto exchange products and services to qualified investors in Dubai.| Reuters: |
Spain fines food delivery app Glovo €79M for allegedly denying 10,600+ riders a labor contract since the country's “riders' law” came into effect in August 2021 — Spain has fined Delivery Hero's (DHER.DE) local business Glovo 79 million euros ($78 million) … | NetBlocks: |
Amid protests, Iran restricts access to WhatsApp and Instagram across major ISPs; Instagram had been one of the few remaining social networks in Iran — Network data from NetBlocks confirm a near-total disruption disruption to internet service in parts of Kurdistan province in west Iran from the evening of Monday 19 September 2022.
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Tweets: @mosseri, @netblocks, @amnestyiran, @thedarlingbeast, @kiansharifi, @masudgh, @kiansharifi, @iyad_elbaghdadi, @kavehmadani, @youranonone, @hichkasofficial, @hosseinronaghi, @district12kitty, @emilykschrader, @nima, @gesfandiari, @jk_rowling, @yashar, @netblocks, @israel, @ershadalijani, @hdagres, @shayan86, @iranintl_en, @khosrokalbasi, @muzyar, @adammilstein, @idodaniel, @deitaone, @netblocks, and @kiansharifi
| Keerthi Vedantam / Crunchbase News: |
Washington, DC-based GiveCampus, which offers fundraising tools to education-related nonprofits, raised $50M led by Silversmith Capital Partners — GiveCampus, a fundraising platform for education-related nonprofits, announced on Monday it raised $50 million led by Silversmith Capital Partners.
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
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