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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $7.34B vs. $7.32B est., up 19% YoY, global paid net additions of 1.54M vs. 1.19M expected; US and Canada region lost 433K subs QoQ — - Netflix reported earnings that missed on the bottom line. — The company's revenue and global paid net subscriber additions beat estimates.
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Tweets: @zhugeex, @samro, @edmundlee, @lucas_shaw, @xpangler, @xpangler, @jboorstin, @zsharf, and @xpangler
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Netflix says its expansion into gaming will start with mobile games, which will be included with a subscription at no additional cost — Games will be included at no added cost with a Netflix subscription — Netflix revealed that its initial efforts in gaming will be focused on mobile games …
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GamesIndustry.biz, The Economic Times, SlashGear, MacRumors, Tom's Guide, Light Reading, MSPoweruser, MCV/DEVELOP, Polygon, Ubergizmo, Neowin, iThinkDifferent, Vox, PC Gamer, TechRadar, Pocket Gamer.biz, Dot Esports, TNW, Gamasutra, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Trusted Reviews, TechHive, Phandroid, Android Headlines, Android Authority, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @starfire2258, @labuzamovies, @travclark2, @markgurman, @zhugeex, @jaypeters, @nextgenplayer, @pkafka, @sophnar0747, and @zhugeex
| Washington Post: |
Phone numbers belonging to ten prime ministers, three presidents, and a king were among the list of 50K potential NSO targets, leaked to Amnesty International — Spies for centuries have trained their sights on those who shape destinies of nations: presidents, prime ministers, kings.| Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …: |
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The Guardian, Slate, 9to5Mac, Schneier on Security, Pixel Envy, globaltimes.cn, and TIME
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| Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times: |
Tweets: @shashj, @benabyad, @arashmassoudi, @rajrishisinghal, @tonytassell, @sub8u, @kabirtaneja, @karmel80, @johnreedwrites, and @aaschapiro
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| Washington Post: |
Top US Catholic Church official resigns after a Catholic media site obtained his alleged Grindr app and phone location data from an undisclosed data broker — The top administrator of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops resigned after a Catholic media site told the conference it had access …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail two new local privilege escalation vulnerabilities, one in recent builds of Windows 10 and the preview of Windows 11, and the other in Linux — Both OSes have flaws that allow attackers with a toehold to elevate access. — The world woke up on Tuesday to two new vulnerabilities …
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Tweets: @jonaslyk, @gossithedog, @qualys, @bad_packets, @jeffmcjunkin, @wdormann, and @sergeybratus
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Samsung announces its next Galaxy Unpacked event will be held virtually on August 11, where it is expected to unveil new foldables — Samsung just sent out invites for its next Unpacked event. There are those companies that like to sneak hints into their invites — and then there's Samsung.
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| The Information: |
Sources: Bolt, which offers a one-click checkout service, is raising a $333M Series D at a post-money valuation of $4B, nearly five times its December valuation — Bolt, a San Francisco-based startup that offers software for online shopping, is raising $333 million in Series D funding … | Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto derivatives exchange FTX raises $900M from SoftBank, Sequoia, and others, valuing it at $18B; CryptoCompare: FTX handles $10B+/day in trades on average — Investors include SoftBank, Sequoia Capital and Daniel Loeb's Third Point hedge fund — Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has raised money …
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| BBC: |
EU Commission proposes a new law that would force companies that transfer Bitcoin or other crypto-assets to collect details of recipients and senders — Proposed changes to EU law would force companies that transfer Bitcoin or other crypto-assets to collect details on the recipient and sender.
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CNET, Reuters, ZDNet, Forkast, European Commission, and Coinspeaker
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google is shutting down Google Bookmarks on September 30, 2021, and clarifies Starred locations in Google Maps will not be deleted after Bookmarks shuts down — After 16 years of service, Google is about to shut down a service that isn't very well known. On September 30, 2021 “Google Bookmarks” will be closed off for all users.
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ZDNet, Search Engine Land, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Android Police, SlashGear, and XDA Developers. Tweets: @killedbygoogle
| Bloomberg: |
Biden nominates Jonathan Kanter, a long-time foe of Google, to become the DOJ's antitrust chief — - Kanter has represented Microsoft, Yelp in anti-Google push — Biden's appointments signal aggressive antitrust agenda — President Joe Biden plans to nominate Jonathan Kanter as head … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter begins rolling out a preview of a revamped TweetDeck in the US, Canada, and Australia, featuring an option for wider columns, an Explore column, more — Twitter is beginning to test a completely redesigned version of TweetDeck, the company announced today.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Byju's acquires Epic, a reading service for kids with a presence across 90% of elementary schools in the US, for $500M — Byju's said on Wednesday it has acquired California-headquartered reading platform Epic for $500 million, the latest in a series of moves from India's most valuable startup … | Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Instagram is rolling out a new feature that lets users control “sensitive content” in the Explore tab, with settings to “Allow”, “Limit”, and “Limit Even More” — Instagram's Explore tab can feel like the Wild West at times.
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Instagram, PCMag, SlashGear, iMore, BGR India, fossbytes.com, TechCrunch, and Social Media Today
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Soldo, which develops an automated expense management system for businesses, raises $180M Series C led by Temasek, with Accel and others participating — Expense management has long been a pain point for employees and accounting departments: for many, tracking and parsing how money is spent …
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FinSMEs, Silicon Republic, Tech.eu, Finextra, Soldo, The Irish Times, and Crowdfund Insider
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
YouTube debuts Super Thanks, which lets users tip creators for individual uploaded videos rather than livestreams and have their message highlighted in comments — YouTube announced its latest feature, Super Thanks, on Tuesday. This is YouTube's fourth Paid Digital Good …
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YouTube Official Blog, The Verge, Livemint, PCMag, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, phonearena.com, Android Central, SlashGear, MUO, The Economic Times, and Android Police
Tweets: @fwiz, @lordravenscraft, and @nealmohan
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Zoom says Zoom Apps and its virtual events service Zoom Events are now generally available, with 50 apps available at launch, including Asana and Dropbox Spaces — The video communications giant said the updates are designed to offer users a greater degree of collaboration …
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| Vikas SN / The Economic Times: |
Instagram is testing a new feature called Collab in India and the UK that lets users invite a public account as a collaborator on a post or a Reel — Bengaluru: With collaborations being a major part of how people create content on Instagram, the Facebook-owned platform is now making it easier … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Verizon joins AT&T and T-Mobile in switching Android Messages default to RCS, raising questions about when or if Apple will swap its SMS default with RCS — That's all three big US carriers, is Apple next? — Beginning next year, Verizon will join AT&T and T-Mobile in preloading Android Messages …
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Droid Life, iMore, Ubergizmo, 9to5Google, and ZDNet
Tweets: @adrs, @caro_milanesi, @qbking77, @backlon, @android, @glkcreative, @backlon, and @verge
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
HBO Max partners with Snapchat to let users in the US co-watch pilots of select series with up to 63 other users for free via a Snap Mini — In a bid to boost sign-ups to its streaming service, HBO Max is partnering with Snap to bring free episodes from its original programing to Snapchat users …
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Pressroom, The Drum, Silicon Republic, Pocket-lint, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Engadget
Tweets: @seyitaylor, @insidehbomax, and @tomemrich
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
FloQast, which develops accounting collaboration, automation, and close-management software, raises $110M Series D at a valuation of $1.2B — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — FloQast, an accounting collaboration, automation and close-management platform … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google Maps expands its crowdedness predictions to 10K+ transit agencies in 100 countries, and will show how crowded individual carriages are in NYC and Sydney — Expanding to ‘over 10,000 transit agencies in 100 countries’ — Google is expanding the number of cities where Maps offers information about public transport crowding.
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