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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 …
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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 … | 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.| 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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9to5Google, Droid Life, iMore, Ubergizmo, ZDNet, Chrome Unboxed, phonearena.com, MacRumors, AppleInsider, and Gizmodo
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| Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg: |
Venmo says it is ditching its global social feed, making it so users can no longer see payments between people they don't know — - App, owned by PayPal, is removing its global transactions feed — For years, Venmo has faced criticism for its privacy controls
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PayPal Newsroom, HuffPost, MarketWatch, BuzzFeed News, Android Police, CNET, The Week, and Gizmodo
| 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, Variety, Pocket-lint, fossbytes.com, Engadget, Hollywood Reporter, and The Verge
Tweets: @seyitaylor, @tomemrich, and @insidehbomax
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Product Hunt's Josh Buckley and others launch Hyper, a $60M early-stage fund offering $300K fixed checks, a mentorship network, and Product Hunt distribution — Hyper is a $60M early-stage fund co-founded by Josh Buckley, Product Hunt's current CEO along with writer, founder and designer Dustin Curtis.
Tweets: @joshbuckley, @panzer, @geoffreywoo, @maccaw, @alexisohanian, @_shahedk, @joshelman, and @jasonmok
| 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, Livemint, PYMNTS.com, Social Media Today, SlashGear, Engadget, MUO, Android Central, and Android Police
Tweets: @fwiz, @lordravenscraft, and @nealmohan
| 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.| Dave Gershgorn / The Verge: |
DuckDuckGo launches a new Email Protection service that scans emails for trackers then forwards them from a free “@duck.com” address to a user's regular inbox — This is your chance to get an ‘@duck.com’ email address — DuckDuckGo is launching a new email privacy service meant …
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Spread Privacy, TNW, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, MUO, Neowin, fossbytes.com, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @duckduckgo, @martinsfp, and @fleming77
| Keith Barry / Consumer Reports: |
Videos of Tesla customers using Full Self-Driving beta 9, rolled out to select users, show a system that seems dangerous for users to be testing on public roads — Consumer Reports' car safety experts worry that Tesla continues to use vehicle owners as beta testers for its new features, putting others on the road at risk
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| Kanishka Singh / Reuters: |
Report: UK suspends grants to its largest fab, Newport Wafer Fab, which was bought by a Dutch firm owned by China's Wingtech, amid national security concerns — British ministers have cut off taxpayer-funded payments to Britain's biggest microchip factory after its sale to a Chinese-owned technology company …
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Telegraph
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Chrome 92 for iOS enables Face ID and Touch ID protection of Incognito tabs, “Full Page” screenshot support, and more — Google is rolling out Chrome 92 for iOS today with a number of new user-facing features and tweaks. — Chrome 92 rolling out: Android Toolbar shortcut … | Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Google unveils a public preview of Google Cloud Armor Adaptive Protection, a ML-powered service for Google Cloud apps and sites to protect against DDoS attacks — Google Cloud customers can now test out Google's answer to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at gallium nitride chips, which could replace silicon chips in a growing range of electronics and be produced in conventional fabs, unlike graphene chips — Gallium, once an industrial-waste product, is transforming our increasingly electrified world
Tweets: @wsj, @wsj, @gyude_moore, @amcafee, and @raju
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