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Sources: Intel is exploring a deal to buy GlobalFoundries, valuing the company at about $30B; GlobalFoundries itself says it isn't aware of any talks — GlobalFoundries, owned by an investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government, has been planning an IPO — Intel Corp. is exploring a deal …
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Reuters, HotHardware.com News, Protocol, PCMag, Nikkei Asia, Light Reading, TechSpot, TechRadar, The Register, Neowin, SiliconANGLE, Phoronix, CRN, The Verge, and Wccftech
Tweets: @anshelsag, @danielnewmanuv, @dylan522p, @birdyword, @patrickmoorhead, and @eastdakota
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Dorsey says Square is creating a new business line with the aim of helping devs build decentralized financial services products, primarily focused on Bitcoin — Square Inc. is creating a new business line to help developers build financial services products focused on Bitcoin …
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The Verge, Finextra, Insider, CoinJournal, Crypto Briefing, CoinDesk, blockchain.news, Coinspeaker, Forkast, PYMNTS.com, and Financial Times
Tweets: @jack, @petermccormack, @danheld, @autismcapital, @jeffbooth, @mrjasonchoi, @ldrogen, @mattbinder, and @smtuffy
| Canalys: |
Global smartphone shipments grew 12% YoY in Q2, with Xiaomi up 83% to take a 17% share and pushing past Apple to reach the second place for the first time ever — In Q2 2021, global smartphone shipments increased 12%, as vaccines rolled out around the world, and the new normal for economies and citizens started to take shape.| Dave Gershgorn / The Verge: |
The maker of a new documentary about Anthony Bourdain says he used AI to re-create Bourdain's voice and synthesized the audio of three quotes from the TV host — ‘We can have a documentary-ethics panel about it later’ — In a new documentary, Roadrunner, about the life and tragic death …
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New Yorker, GameSpot, The Wrap, BGR, The Overspill, /Film, The A.V. Club, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Vulture, and The Week
Tweets: @daveweigel, @seanmburns, @johnbiggs, @craigsilverman, @dfriend, @daveweigel, @harrymccracken, @adrs, @austin_walker, @jbenton, @scottwamplerbmd, @reckless, @prairielaura, @imjasondiamond, @samgregory, @dashingcripple, @0xhexhex, @richardlnewby, @iwriteallday_, @sonnybunch, @greg_jenner, @xor, @ayeshaasiddiqi, @rinireg, @jamespoulos, @poniewozik, @ashleylynch, @jennyyangtv, @lucyeverleigh, and @travelfish
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Valve announces Steam Deck, its long-rumored Switch-like handheld gaming device with a 7" touchscreen display, available in December from $399 — It starts at $399 — Valve just announced the Steam Deck, its long-rumored Switch-like handheld gaming device. It will begin shipping in December.
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IGN, IGN, The Verge, Android Police, techadvisor.com, Bloomberg, International Business Times, Laptop Mag, Windows Central, YouTube, Wccftech, and Axios
Tweets: @steam, @geoffkeighley, @stephentotilo, @amd, @tomwarren, @alcoholikaust, @vrdesktop, @kjovian, @imesam, @kentbye, @tomrmarks, @dmc_ryan, @glassbottommeg, @tomwarren, @franmirabella, @film_girl, @dmc_ryan, @tinaamini, @mattophobia, @usebomswisely, @ign, @andershillestad, @peerign, @zhugeex, @sohrabosati, @tomwarren, @mgsiegler, @andrearene, @backlon, @benbajarin, @tomwarren, @josephfcox, @jake_k, @austinnotduncan, @beatemupswood, @evilprimate, @acetrainerliam, @rgt_85, @satchelprice, @freezydorito, and @satchelprice
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Microsoft and Citizen Lab say government hackers from several countries have used spyware from Israeli vendor Candiru that uses two 0-day exploits in Windows — Microsoft and Citizen Lab found a new kind of spyware made by the mysterious Israeli vendor Candiru, and targeting someone in Europe based on their political beliefs.
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The Citizen Lab, Microsoft On the Issues, Microsoft Security Blog, The Guardian, The Register, ZDNet, Neowin, Financial Times, CNBC, The Hacker News, and TechRadar
Tweets: @jsrailton, @shanehuntley, @rondeibert, @runasand, @benjaminbland, @scottmstedman, @tvietor08, @thedeshbhakt, @robertmlee, @samtlevin, @jsrailton, @ericgarland, @johnlatwc, @jsrailton, @carlwoog, @rondeibert, @cristingoodwin, @jsrailton, @ericgarland, @selenalarson, @raffiwriter, @w7voa, and @maddiestone
| David Priest / CNET: |
Facebook Messenger adds Soundmojis, which add audible expressions to emoji, accessible through a loudspeaker icon — Messenger chats are about to get louder. … Facebook on Thursday launched “Soundmojis” for its Messenger app. The new feature adds the audible expressions to emoji …
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Emojipedia, About Facebook, Messenger News, Firstpost Tech, Cult of Mac, Pocket-lint, and Livemint
Tweets: @alexvoica, @alexvoica, @ianvisits, @jonah_manzano, @dollydeighton, @charlesarthur, and @scottmgreer
| Ted Johnson / Deadline: |
White House says it is alerting Facebook about posts that spread COVID-19 misinfo; US surgeon general calls on social media companies to tackle health misinfo — As the rate of Covid-19 vaccination slows and cases rise again, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on tech platforms …
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HHS.gov, ABC News, HHS News releases, New York Times, Engadget, Mediaite, The Hill, Newsweek, and Fox News
Tweets: @acyn, @cbsnews, @surgeon_general, @ggreenwald, @tomcottonar, @surgeon_general, @willoremus, @benedictevans, @greg_price11, @abcpolitics, @columbiabugle, @doctorow, @jj_rochester, @kjp46, @hawleymo, @arneduncan, @amy_siskind, @meganfoxwriter, @bgmasters, @ggreenwald, @louisianagov, @wutangkids, @mtgreenee, @benedictevans, @evelyndouek, @jordanschachtel, @ryanafournier, @doctorow, @kmunoz46, @thechrisbuskirk, @drleanawen, @arkloster, @ggreenwald, @pturnermd, @gopleader, @doctorow, @dylanbyers, @knightfdn, @aslavitt, @ggreenwald, @sabrevaya, @surgeon_general, @jackposobiec, @maziehirono, @senronjohnson, @danpriceseattle, @surgeon_general, @brandyzadrozny, @liz_wheeler, @deadline, @brandyzadrozny, @kirstinestewart, @jackposobiec, @fboversight, @dineshdsouza, @ggreenwald, @mtaibbi, @iansherr, @drdenagrayson, @sacca, and @kevinroose
| Liam J. Kelly / Decrypt: |
Binance is halting operations for its stock tokens offering, which launched in April and let users buy and sell tokenized stocks of popular stocks like Tesla — Editor's note: This article has been updated to include an announcement from Hong Kong's financial regulator.| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook says it is running a test to assess the impact of letting users know when their post was removed as a result of automation — Facebook is testing a change that will let users know when their post was removed as a result of automation. The new experiment comes in response to the Oversight Board … | Jennifer Broxmeyer / About Facebook: |
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out a shortcut to delete last 15 minutes of Search history on its iOS app, coming later to its Android app — In addition to auto-delete controls for Search history, Google at I/O 2021 announced a way to quickly delete your last 15 minutes of queries on the Android and iOS apps.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Paytm files for an IPO in India, looking to raise $2.2B — Digital payments giant Paytm, one of India's most valuable startups, plans to raise up to $2.2 billion in an initial public offering, it said in draft papers submitted to the country's market regulator on Friday.
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The Economic Times, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, CNN, Nikkei Asia, and Tech in Asia
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter rolls out auto-captions for voice tweets in 11 languages including English, Japanese, and Hindi, more than a year after launching voice tweets on iOS — Twitter was criticized for launching voice tweets without captions — Twitter is now rolling out captions for voice tweets, the company announced Thursday.
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Engadget, 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, and phonearena.com
Tweets: @twittersupport, @dreamwisp, and @liamodelluk
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Facebook says it stopped a campaign by Iranian hackers, targeting about 200 defense and aerospace personnel, primarily from the US, using fake online personas — Social media group says fake online personas were created to trick victims into clicking malicious links
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About Facebook, The Daily Beast, The Hacker News, iTnews, Reuters, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @mdvily, @jseldin, @jseldin, @johnhultquist, @ildannymoore, @shanvav, @ericgarland, @davidagranovich, @mdvily, @ngleicher, and @mshannahmurphy
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
PayPal increases weekly cryptocurrency purchase limit fivefold to $100,000 and scraps its annual purchase limit of $50,000 — - PayPal users can now buy $100,000 of bitcoin and other digital assets per week, up from a previous limit of $20,000. — PayPal is also scrapping its annual purchase limit of $50,000.| Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
US announces anti-ransomware measures, including rewards of up to $10M for information about foreign state-sanctioned hackers targeting critical infrastructure — BOSTON (AP) — The State Department will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Scribd is in talks to go public as soon as this year, via an IPO in Q4 or through a merger with a SPAC, and could be valued at about $1B — Scribd Inc., an online platform for e-books, podcasts and audio books, is in discussions to go public as soon as this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Sponsor Posts
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