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Apple announces a September 15 virtual event, where it's expected to unveil an Apple Watch Series 6; new iPhones are reportedly set to be unveiled in October — - Company plans to announce 5G iPhones in October, not September — Event to be held virtually from Cupertino due to Covid-19
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils a feature for its Google Phone app called Verified Calls that lets businesses display a reason for their call, shown under their logo and name — Google today is introducing a new feature for Android phones that will help legitimate businesses reach their customers by phone …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google announces the launch of Android 11, says it will begin rolling out today on select Pixel, OnePlus, Xiaomi, OPPO, and realme phones — Google today launched Android 11, the latest version of its mobile OS, and pushed the source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
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| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple sues Epic Games for breach of contract and seeks damages, says Epic poses “as a modern corporate Robin Hood” but just wants App Store's benefits for free — - Apple on Tuesday filed counterclaims and responses in its legal battle with Fortnite creator Epic Games …
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo is increasing production of its Switch gaming console by another 20%, raising its goal to as much as 30M units for this fiscal year — - Supply chain has recovered, but demand maintains higher pace — Company's new goal for fiscal year close to 30 million units| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Report: Samsung and SK Hynix plan to stop component sales to Huawei on September 15, the day US Commerce Department limits take effect — SK Hynix is also reportedly dropping Huawei — Samsung and SK Hynix will reportedly stop selling components to Huawei as the Trump administration tightens sanctions on the Chinese phone maker.
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| Sascha Segan / PCMag: |
Testing carrier networks in 26 US cities shows that while 4G speeds are up overall, 5G does not live up to the hype, with AT&T's 5G largely slower than its 4G — After a decade of testing 3G and 4G wireless networks, this year we drove around 26 US cities amidst a pandemic to determine whether 5G is ready for prime time.
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Source: digital advertising platforms Taboola and Outbrain have ended merger talks after failing to agree on revised deal terms, a year after announcing merger — - Nearly a year after announcing a deal to unite, merger talks between digital advertising platforms Taboola and Outbrain have ended.
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Epic unveils a three week concert series on Fortnite, starting Sept. 12, which will broadcast from a new LA studio specially outfitted for live performances — It starts with Dominic Fike performing on Saturday — Music is about to become a much bigger part of Fortnite.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Yubico launches YubiKey 5C with USB-C and NFC, and support for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux, available today for $55 — It's available today for $55 — Yubico is announcing a new version of its USB-C equipped YubiKey 5 security key with NFC built in, which should theoretically …
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| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Microsoft confirms a budget version of its next-gen console, the $299 Xbox Series S, says it is the “smallest Xbox ever” — After a flurry of leaks, Microsoft has been forced to prematurely confirm the existence of a second-generation console: the Xbox Series S. The company …
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| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
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Tweets: @_h0x0d_, @devindra, and @johnnylockson
| Camila Russo / The Defiant: |
A primer on SushiSwap, which in less than two days will attempt to drain liquidity from DeFi's largest exchange Uniswap with untested code and $1.3B at stake — Read this to get caught up on the latest in one of DeFi's most dramatic moments. — 8 hr — Hello Defiers!
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Decrypt. Tweets: @defiantnews, @mdudas, @defi_dad, @decryptmedia, @lalleclausen, @arrington, and @jpurd17
| Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal: |
How some services, like Donut and Hallway, are attempting to revive serendipitous encounters between employees during remote work, many built atop Slack — Innovators in the remote-work space are rushing to build and modify digital services that help people feel like they are working together when they are miles apart
Tweets: @amishjani
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google's Area 120 launches Orion WiFi, a service that allows carriers in need of better service to rent public venue WiFi networks on an as needed basis — Area 120 is Google's internal incubator for experimental projects that later get merged with existing teams if proven successful.
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| Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop: |
Behind the US cybersecurity defense led by DoD's Defense Digital Service of Operation Warp Speed, meant to protect vaccine research from nation-state attacks — Six months ago, as professional sports were postponed indefinitely, schools were shuttering, Tom Hanks was the poster boy for COVID-19 … Sponsor Posts
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