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Automattic, owner of Tumblr, buys podcast app Pocket Casts from a public radio collective that includes NPR, which reportedly lost $800K on it last year — A new home for the popular podcast app — Pocket Casts has a new owner. Automattic, which runs WordPress.com and recently purchased Tumblr …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple tapped VP of technology Kevin Lynch to help lead its car project; Lynch had a major role in development of Watch and associated health features — As Apple continues its work on self-driving car technology, it is shifting one of its most well-known executives to the Project Titan team.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Apple removed Fakespot, which claims to detect bad sellers and fake reviews, from the App Store after Amazon complained that the app provided misleading info — Did Fakespot need permission to call out fake reviews as you shop? — Fakespot, known for its web browser extensions that try …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Biden says platforms like Facebook are “killing people” with the way they are handling COVID-19 vaccine misinfo, as White House calls on Facebook to do more — - President Joe Biden on Friday said platforms like Facebook are killing people by allowing Covid-19 vaccine misinformation on their services.
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| Kait Sanchez / The Verge: |
Unicode releases a draft list of new emoji to be finalized in September; contenders include multiracial handshake, melting smiley face, a pregnant man, and more — Looking forward to beans and more — The draft list for the next round of new emoji was announced today, two days ahead of World Emoji Day on July 17th.
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| Maureen Dowd / New York Times: |
Interview with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about Prop 22, capitalism, Travis Kalanick, getting nearly killed while delivering for UberEats on a bike in SF, more — The Uber CEO dreams of “pushing a button and getting a piano delivered to your home in an hour and a half.” Uh ... let's start with dinner?
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| 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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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google Cloud VP Amr Awadallah leaves the company, after staff complain about his manifesto called We Are One that he posted online about his past antisemitism — - Google Cloud has abruptly parted with developer relations vice president Amr Awadallah, according to an internal email seen by CNBC.
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| 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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| Liam J. Kelly / Decrypt: |
Binance halts operations for its stock tokens offering, which launched in April and let users buy and sell tokenized stocks of popular stocks like Facebook — Editor's note: This article has been updated to include an announcement from Hong Kong's financial regulator.
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| 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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| Brad Bergan / Interesting Engineering: |
Engineers in Japan say they achieved a data transmission rate of 319 Tb/s on a fiber line over 3,000 kilometers long, shattering the previous record of 178 Tb/s — This could change everything. — We're in for an information revolution. — Engineers in Japan just shattered the world record …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
A week after dozens of AGs sued over antitrust, Google says developers who request an extension won't have to use Play Billing for Android IAPs until April 2022 — Last September, Google announced that in one year's time all apps distributed through the Play Store would have to use Play Billing for in-app purchases.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Virginia governor announces plans to spend $700M in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan to provide universal broadband to all VA residents by 2024 — - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced a plan to expand broadband access to all residents by 2024. — Northam plans to use $700 million of federal funds for the project.
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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.
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CNBC, Mi Blog, Bloomberg, FrontPageTech.com, mobilesyrup.com, iThinkDifferent, HotHardware.com News, Reuters, Ars Technica, Redmond Pie, Wccftech, Tech in Asia, Coinspeaker, International Business Times, Phandroid, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizchina, Android Police, Pocketnow, Neowin, 9to5Google, CNET, Livemint, Android Headlines, caixinglobal.com, phonearena.com, TechRadar, Mashable, and Android Central. Tweets: @xiaomi
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI disbands its robotics team that researched machines that learn tasks like solving a Rubik's Cube, to focus on domains that are more data-rich — Join live for the final day of Transform 2021, including the AI Innovation & Women in AI Awards. Watch now.| Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times: |
How movie studios are using Cameo, Twitter Spaces, and TikTok to create personalized ads and experiences to attract audiences — Enrique García wasn't planning to see Universal Pictures' “F9: The Fast Saga” at a theater. After the COVID-19 pandemic put the kibosh on large gatherings …
Tweets: @latimes, @rfaughnder, @latimes, @siobhan, and @arthur_leopold
| 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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Tweets: @steam, @stephentotilo, @geoffkeighley, @amd, @tomwarren, @imesam, @glassbottommeg, @mattophobia, @kjovian, and @dmc_ryan
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Blend Labs, which provides tech to banks for facilitating loans and mortgages, closes up more than 15% in its market debut, valuing the company at nearly $4B — Blend Labs, the San Francisco fintech specializing in software to make the mortgage process more streamlined … | 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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