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Instagram announces changes for teen accounts, including making them private by default, restricting messages from “suspicious” adults, and limiting ads — Instagram has introduced protections for its teenage users to default young people into private accounts and make it harder for …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
1Password raises $100M led by Accel at a $2B valuation, after raising $200M in 2019, and says it now has 90,000 business customers — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Password management platform 1Password has raised $100 million …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Nothing, launched by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, announces $99 Ear (1) wireless earbuds, available August 17 with gesture controls, ANC, and more — Nothing, the consumer tech startup led by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, has officially announced its Ear (1) true wireless earbuds.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Element, a messaging app built on top of decentralized protocol Matrix, raises $30M Series B from Protocol Labs and others, bringing total raised to $48M — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey!
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
DataRobot, which helps companies train and deploy ML models, raises $300M Series G at a $6.3B post-money valuation, up from $2.7B in November 2020 — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — DataRobot, a startup creating an enterprise AI development platform …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Fireblocks, which lets users store, transfer, and issue digital assets, raises $310M Series D led by Sequoia, Stripes, and Spark at a $2.2B valuation — Fireblocks, an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung confirms it won't launch a new Galaxy Note at its Unpacked event on Aug. 11, instead focusing on new Galaxy Z phones and an S Pen designed for foldables — The company also promises ‘enhanced durability’ — Samsung isn't looking to have many surprises at its August 11th Unpacked event.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Pinterest announces monetization tools for creators, including tagging products in Idea Pins to earn commissions, available to US and UK business accounts — Expect more encouragement to start shopping — Pinterest is going after the influencer market. The platform announced its first set …
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| Lauren Sommer / NPR: |
A look at the risks posed by rising sea water levels at Facebook, Google, and other Silicon Valley campuses and questions over who pays to protect them — In the heart of Silicon Valley, the world's biggest tech companies are expanding their headquarters on the edges of San Francisco Bay.
Tweets: @michaelwilsonds and @rickoshea
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Facebook announces a new Metaverse product group, with plans to hire hundreds of staff, led by Instagram VP Vishal Shah, reporting to VR/AR VP Andrew Bosworth — The company plans to hire hundreds of new staffers for the group. — Facebook is all in on the Metaverse …
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| Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
FCC challenges a bid won by SpaceX for $886M in rural broadband subsidies, concerned some of the spending may be wasteful, duplicative, or headed for other uses — - Company is among 197 winning bidders to get letters from FCC — Agency says it's cleaning up results from auction last year
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Intel says its Foundry Services will build chips for Qualcomm and AWS and lays out a roadmap to catch up with TSMC and Samsung by 2025 — Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Monday its factories will start building Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) chips and laid out a roadmap to expand its new foundry business …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Apple updates iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to address a zero-day flaw that was reportedly actively exploited, making it the 13th zero-day Apple has patched this year — Apple has released patches today for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to address a zero-day vulnerability that the company says has been exploited in the wild.
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Tencent says it is temporarily suspending WeChat user registrations in China as it upgrades its systems to comply with new security regulations — Tencent's (0700.HK) WeChat has temporarily suspended registration of new users in mainland China as it undergoes a technical upgrade …
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| Sara Castellanos / Wall Street Journal: |
PsiQuantum, which aims to build a commercial quantum computing machine with 1M qubits, raises $450M Series D at $3.15B valuation, bringing total raised to $665M — Palo Alto, Calif., startup says its approach of using photons as quantum bits will lead to reliable calculations without errors| Jane Lee / Reuters: |
New York-based Bubble, which offers no-code tools to build web apps, raises $100M led by Insight Partners and says it has over 1M users globally — Bubble, a New York based startup that allows non-coders to design and create web applications, said on Tuesday it raised $100 million …
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| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
Google issues a new Enterprise APIs policy, promising that APIs will remain available far into the future, aiming to move past a reputation for killing services — Google Cloud issued a promise Monday to current and potential customers that it's safe to build a business around its core technologies …
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Cloud Blog, Finextra, The Register, TechRadar, 9to5Google, CRN, ZDNet, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @caseynewton, @googlecloud, @stevesi, @notameadow, @benpopper, @protocol, @rseroter, @quinnypig, @forrestbrazeal, @killedbygoogle, and @killedbygoogle
| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Cryptocurrency exchanges Huobi and OKCoin are closing their subsidiaries in Beijing, as China expands its crack down; shares of Huobi's parent drop ~22% — The latest moves by Huobi and OKCoin follow the central government's actions against businesses related to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies BTCChina …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
In its Q2 earnings report, Tesla says it suffered $23M in bitcoin-related impairments, after bitcoin dropped from $63K in April to under $40K now — - Tesla reported bitcoin-related impairments of $23 million in the second quarter as crypto prices plunged.
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| Dawn Lim / Wall Street Journal: |
iCapital Network, which makes tools to help financial advisers invest client money in PE, raises $400M at a ~$4B valuation — Firm helps channel investor funds into private-equity investments — iCapital Network Inc. raised $440 million in a funding round that values the upstart investing platform at around $4 billion.
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| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Cyber insurance startup At-Bay raises $185M Series D led by Icon Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners at a $1.35B valuation, amid the global ransomware boom — The startup, which raised $276 million to date, provides insurance for organizations and helps them counter cyber threats
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Blaize, which custom-designs AI edge chips with a new graph streaming architecture, raises $71M Series D, bringing its total raised to $155M — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Blaize, a company developing AI edge computing platforms for automotive …
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
About 1,000 current and former Activision Blizzard employees say the company's response to its recent lawsuit is “insulting”, in a letter to leadership — Nearly 1,000 current and former Activision Blizzard Inc. employees have signed a letter calling the company's responses …
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Kotaku, Polygon, BBC, CNN, GamesIndustry.biz, Micky, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Pocket Gamer.biz, fossbytes.com, thegamer.com, VICE, Blue's News, Washington Post, Ars Technica, Destructoid, Engadget, The Verge, Gamasutra, GameSpot, Wccftech, dexerto.com, Windows Central, IGN, and Dot Esports
Tweets: @jasonschreier, @linuswilson, @outstarwalker, and @playeressence
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
According to code found in the Oculus iPhone app, Facebook is exploring letting users synchronize Oculus workout data with Apple Health — - Oculus could let users store workout data in iPhone Health app — Oculus Move lets users see calories burned in virtual reality
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Tweets: @stevemoser, @james_dombro, @this_justintech, @jimmylittle, @bigbarry200, @wongmjane, @dylanmcd8, @byedolly, and @markgurman
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Indonesia-based grocery delivery app HappyFresh raises $65M Series D led by Naver Financial Corporation and Gafina B.V. — HappyFresh, the on-demand grocery app based in Indonesia, announced today it has raised a $65 million Series D. The round was led by Naver Financial Corporation and Gafina B.V. …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
South Africa-based Yoco, which offers offline and online payment solutions for SMEs, raises $83M Series C led by Dragoneer, bringing total raised to $107M — Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute heavily to the economic success of many countries, particularly those in the developing world.
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