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Sources: Apple is building ~75M 5G iPhones for later this year, along with two new Apple Watch versions, iPad Air with edge-to-edge screen, and smaller HomePod — - Headphones, new Watch models, iPad Air, smaller HomePod coming — Supply chain, consumer interest hold up in pandemic, recession
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Facebook warns it will block Australian users and news organizations from sharing news stories on Facebook and Instagram if the ACCC's proposal passes — The move, a response to pressure to pay publishers when their stories are posted on the social network, could add to internet silos springing up around the world.
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail attempts by Amazon delivery drivers in Chicago to beat peers to new orders by hanging smartphones in trees near Amazon's delivery stations — - Scammers seem to have rigged Amazon system to get orders first — Operation reflects ferocious rivalry for gigs in a bad economy
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| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Amazon had job listings, now removed, for “intelligence analysts” who would assess “labor organizing threats” and contribute to filings like restraining orders — New York (CNN Business)People associated with the infamous St. Petersburg troll group that was part …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Apple and Google unveil a framework to help states easily generate and deploy interoperable contact tracing apps, coming in iOS 13.7 now and Android 6.0+ later — States can now deploy exposure notifications without building their own apps — Apple and Google are launching …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart unveils its new membership service Walmart+, launching Sept. 15 for $98 per year, offering free, unlimited same-day delivery, fuel discounts, and more — Walmart today officially unveiled its new membership service and Amazon Prime rival, which it's calling “Walmart+.”
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia announces new RTX 3080 GPU, priced at $699 and launching Sept. 17, boasting up to two times the performance of the RTX 2080, as well as a $499 RTX 3070 — Nvidia promises a PC gaming breakthrough — Nvidia is unveiling its new GeForce RTX 3000 series graphics cards today.| Gizmodo: |
Amazon has two job listings for “intelligence analysts” who will give assessments of “labor organizing threats” for use in filings, including restraining orders — Jeff Bezos obviously doesn't want a union in his company. Amazon's increasingly flippant statements …
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| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold2 will cost $2,000, have a 4,500 mAh battery, 5G, 12GB RAM, 256GB storage, 7.6" 120Hz primary display, and start shipping on Sept. 18 — After endless leaks and the company's own teasing, Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold2 at its “Unpacked Part 2” event today.
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| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Twitter says it plans to add context to trending topics, including picking a “representative tweet” for trends, amid criticism that the feature amplifies hoaxes — Twitter announced Tuesday that it plans to make a series of small changes to its trending topics feature to try … | Can Duruk / Margins: |
Facebook acts more like a PR firm than a tech company, being good at deflecting bad press while avoiding any real accountability — What happens when PR eats the world? — 1 hr … A couple weeks ago, I talked about the dual reality I seemed to be living in.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says Alexa can now handle paying for gas at over 11,500 Exxon and Mobil stations in the US, via Echo Auto and other Alexa-enabled mobility devices — In January, Amazon announced a new feature would allow Alexa users to pay for their gas at the pump using voice commands via Echo Auto and other Alexa-enabled mobility devices.
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| Alison Weissbrot / AdExchanger: |
UK-based ad tech startup InfoSum, which lets organizations match customer data in a privacy-compliant way, raises $15M led by Upfront Ventures and IA Ventures — InfoSum, a UK-based data platform that allows companies to match data in a privacy compliant-way, has raised $15 million … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
German startup factory Rocket Internet will delist six years after going public; its market value fell from as much as €6.7B at IPO to €2.6B, down 15% YTD — - Rocket Internet said it was offering investors 18.57 euros ($22.23) for each of their shares, lower than Monday's closing price of 18.95 euros.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Data compliance startup InCountry, which helps SaaS companies store data locally, raises $18M in an extension to its Series A at a valuation of over $150M — We're seeing a gradual expansion of national regulations that require data from SaaS applications to be stored locally, in the country where it's sourced and used.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom reports Q2 revenue of $663.5M, up 355% YoY, ~370K customers with 10+ employees, up 458% YoY, and net income of $186M, up from $5.5M YoY; stock up 10%+ — - Zoom raised its fiscal-year guidance, easily exceeding analysts' estimates. — The company made executive and board appointments in the quarter as usage soared.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter now shows quote tweet counts directly under tweets, rebranding “Retweets with comments” as “Quote Tweets” — Twitter has been testing a new way to let users easily find quote tweets by separating them from regular retweets. The company confirmed today …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Stockholm-headquartered Bambuser, which has pivoted to making tools for live video shopping, raises $45M — Bambuser is a name that you may not have heard in a while, but the Stockholm-headquartered company is announcing today that it's raised $45 million in new funding this year …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Facebook announces a research project into its impact on the 2020 election, with two dozen staffers working alongside 17 independent researchers — Facebook is teaming up with academics across the country to determine once and for all whether Facebook is in fact influencing the 2020 election.
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| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A leading antitrust scholar says Google's ad marketplace should be regulated as it both runs the market and competes as its biggest buyer and seller — A leading antitrust scholar says yes. Congress may be listening. — The days of suit-clad men shouting out orders on the bustling floors … | Aamir Siddiqui / XDA Developers: |
ZTE announces 6.92" Axon 20 5G, with a camera under the display and Snapdragon 765G and 4,220 mAh battery, starting at ~$322 only in China — ZTE has been teasing the Axon 20 5G for a few weeks now. It's understandable for the company to heavily push this new device because it's …
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Amazon Music partners with Twitch to let artists livestream to the Amazon Music app on iOS and Android — Amazon is leveraging its investment in live-streaming site Twitch to expand its Amazon Music service. The company announced this morning Twitch's livestreams will now be available … Sponsor Posts
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