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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple plans to offer Apple Card users a “high-yield” Goldman Sachs savings account in the coming months and automatically deposit their Daily Cash with no fees — Apple today announced that Apple Card users will be able to open a new “high-yield” savings account from Goldman Sachs … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg touting an “open, interoperable metaverse” is at odds with Meta using corporate partnerships and case-by-case permissions to build its version — Mark Zuckerberg wants to own the future of computing — but not alone. That's the intended takeaway from this year's Meta …
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
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| Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge: |
Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99 per month in the US and debut on November 3 in 12 countries, offering most movies and shows but not the full catalog — Starting in November, Netflix will finally roll out its new ad-supported tier for just a few bucks a month …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Biden's crackdown on Chinese tech exports was driven by fears of China using supercomputers and AI to develop weapons and crack US encrypted messaging — U.S. officials pushed to choke off China's access to critical semiconductor technology after internal debates and tough negotiations with allies.| Wall Street Journal: |
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
DeFi startup Uniswap Labs, which runs a decentralized crypto exchange, raised a $165M Series B led by Polychain Capital, and plans to build an NFT aggregator — Uniswap Labs on Thursday announced a $165 million Series B funding round, led by Polychain Capital, that values the company at $1.66 billion.
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| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
Internal Pentagon docs: 80%+ of US soldiers using Microsoft HoloLens experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments”, like headaches, eyestrain, and nausea — US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.'s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Signal plans to phase out SMS and MMS support from its Android app; users have “several months to transition away from SMS” and export messages to another app — Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rebrands Office to Microsoft 365 after 30+ years; Office.com will get a new logo and design in November, followed by the Office apps in January 2023 — Microsoft is making a major change to its Microsoft Office branding. After more than 30 years, Microsoft Office is being renamed …
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| @bitech: |
[Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K in 2021 by ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists, as a side hustle for five hours per week — 👻 Ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists is the side hustle of the founder of a tech startup (who asked to remain anonymous). Last year he made about $200,000. Here's how he did it, as told to Insider's @Schwartzesque. 👇 https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
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| Axios: |
Sources: the FCC plans to ban selling new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the US over national security concerns; the order needs to be voted on — The Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the U.S. …
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| Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: |
Tether says it has reduced its commercial paper holdings to zero, replacing them with US Treasury bills — The company has been gradually replacing its commercial paper holdings with U.S. Treasury bills. — Stablecoin issuer Tether has reduced its commercial paper holdings to zero … | Washington Post: |
A look at efforts by Google, Signal, Tor, and others to help Iranian protestors evade censorship; the White House prodded tech companies and relaxed sanctions — Though Yasmin Green fled Iran with her parents at 3 years old, she has never been more involved in the struggles of its people.
Tweets: @drewharwell, @alirezanader, @jasonmbrodsky, @jaredcohen, @josephmenn, and @alirezanader
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
A look at Google's Project Starline 3D video chat booths, as Google plans to install them for some enterprise partners, such as Salesforce, WeWork, and T-Mobile — Project Starline is the real deal. It makes a virtual call feel like a one-on-one conversation.| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC cuts its 2022 capital spending target by ~10%, expecting to spend ~$36B on equipment, down from a prior $40B+ estimate, suggesting a deeper tech downturn — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. slashed its 2022 capital spending target by roughly 10%, a dramatic sign of trouble …
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Samsung announces an expanded Google partnership to let Galaxy phone and tablet users onboard Matter-compatible devices to SmartThings and Google Home systems — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Samsung has revealed details about how Matter smart home devices will work on its Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets.
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| Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: |
Responding to outrage over Twitch's 30/70 fee split, an executive says Amazon expects the service to be “a sustainable, viable long-term business” — Typically the big, pandemic-delayed return of Twitch's annual TwitchCon gathering in San Diego would be cause for celebration.| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Numerator: during Amazon's second Prime Day, the average US order size was $46.44, down 23% from the July Prime Day, mostly comprising household essentials — Amazon.com Inc. shoppers are largely skipping pricey purchases during the company's Prime sale sequel — favoring pantry items …
Tweets: @_katya_long, @newsynick, and @paul__armstrong
| Financial Times: |
Sources detail how Twitter staff feel about the Elon Musk buyout saga, as attrition rises dramatically and some are concerned about his libertarian politics — On the walls of Twitter's offices around the world — in San Francisco, London and New York — neon signs light up encouraging employees to #lovewhereyouwork.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: the EU could file antitrust charges against Google over its ad business in 2023 as regulators grow frustrated over slow settlement talks — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google could face antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, with EU regulators frustrated … | Reuters: |
Volkswagen's Cariad plans to invest $1B in Chinese AI company Horizon Robotics and a further $1.26B in a joint venture with Horizon, taking a 60% stake — Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will invest 2.4 billion euros ($2.33 billion) and take a 60% stake in a new joint venture with Chinese technology …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
After incremental smartphone updates, Apple's Watch Ultra, Google's Pixel Watch, and Samsung's Watch 5 Pro reinvigorate a wearables sector that was stagnating — Phones have become boring. Each year brings an incremental, iterative update, but the general idea of what a phone is hasn't changed in ages.| Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg: |
Pinterest's stock has risen 34% from a two-year low in mid-June, outpacing Meta, down 22% in the period, and Snap, down 12%, thanks to search-driven advertising — Pinterest Inc. is slowly digging itself out of the hole that social media stocks find themselves in, leaving the owners of Facebook …
Tweets: @subrat_patnaik
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