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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
In response to CSAM detection misuse concerns, Apple says protections will roll out in the US first, then on a country-by-country basis after legal evaluation — Apple this week announced that, starting later this year with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, the company will be able …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
In an internal memo, Apple acknowledges concerns and “misunderstandings” about its new photo scanning feature but says it is necessary to “protect children” — Apple yesterday officially announced a range of new features coming later this year, dubbed Expanded Protections for Children.
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| Will Cathcart / @wcathcart: |
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
SEC charges Blockchain Credit Partners for alleged illegal sales of $30M in unregistered securities, first SEC charges related to decentralized finance industry — The SEC says the company falsely raised $30 million — The Securities and Exchange Commission issued its first charges …
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U.S. Securities …, cryptodaily.co.uk, PYMNTS.com, Cointelegraph, and Forbes
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Court filings: Epic says Google called plans to distribute Fortnite via sideloading a threatening “contagion”, and contemplated buying some or all of Epic — It also apparently called sideloading ‘an awful experience’ — Google considered buying Epic Games as the companies sparred …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
FCC releases its first-ever mobile broadband coverage map, which compares the LTE and voice coverage areas of the four largest carriers in the US — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its — first-ever mobile broadband coverage map.
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Federal Communications …, Thurrott, Android Police, Droid Life, FierceWireless, and phonearena.com
Tweets: @jrosenworcel, @reckless, @fcc, @jrosenworcelfcc, @kevincollier, and @alexweprin
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Interviews with 50 current and former Blizzard employees detail a toxic workplace, where sexual harassment and discrimination against women were common — One summer day in 2018, employees of the video game maker Blizzard Entertainment opened their email to find a brusque message from the chief executive officer, Mike Morhaime.
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| Kareem Anderson / OnMSFT.com: |
Microsoft's Panos Panay teases Spotify integration with Windows 11 through a Focus Sessions feature “coming soon” — Microsoft's chief product officer, Panos Panay has been on a bit of leak streak as of late, teasing new Spotify integration coming to Windows 11 among other new application focuses.
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The Verge, PCMag, Thurrott, and mobilesyrup.com
Tweets: @panos_panay, @tomwarren, @livelovegeek, @techhighest, and @donasarkar
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks resigns just over three months after taking up the role, citing “differences over strategic direction” — - He cites ‘strategic differences’ in leaving crypto exchange — The former bank regulator joined trading platform in May
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The Block, Finextra, Nikkei Asia, Financial Times, Reuters, CoinDesk, Blockworks, Forbes, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @brianbrooksus, @ivanthek, @calvinayre, @carnage4life, @scottmelker, @quinnypig, and @mekkaokereke
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Valve Steam Deck hands-on: handles resource-intensive games better than other handheld PC gaming devices, great ergonomics, gyroscopic aiming feature works well — Reservations are already sold out through mid-2022 — I have held the Steam Deck, and I'm nearly a believer. — Not quite, but I like what I see.
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UploadVR, PC Gamer, Road to VR, Wccftech, Tom's Hardware, Game Rant, and GeekWire
Tweets: @starfire2258, @cixliv, @thrilluwu, @itsa_me_gameboy, @cowcatgames, @dj_link, @tomwarren, and @8bit_spazzy
| Jon Prosser / FrontPageTech.com: |
Sources: Google's Pixel 5A will debut by the end of Aug. for $450, with a 6.4" display with a hole-punch camera, Snapdragon 765G, 4650mAh battery, 6GB RAM, more — Just a few days after Google confirmed our Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro exclusives — today we have some exclusive information regarding the Pixel 5A and its release.
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Engadget, MSPoweruser, mobilesyrup.com, AndroidGuys, Thurrott, iPhone in Canada Blog, phonearena.com, and Redmond Pie
Tweets: @thisistechtoday and @joshuaswingle
| Bloomberg: |
Federal judge tosses out a $308.5M patent-infringement verdict against Apple, ruling that Personalized Media Communication's DRM patent is unenforceable — - Personalized Media's patent is unenforceable, judge rules — PMC had strategy to delay applications to get more money later
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MacDailyNews, Reuters, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and MacRumors
| James Rubin / CoinDesk: |
Senators Warner and Portman propose an amendment to infrastructure bill that only excludes crypto miners from broker definition; White House shows support — The bill excludes only proof-of-work mining, or the selling of hardware or software that gives individuals control of private keys to access digital assets.
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Washington Post, Techdirt, Decrypt, and The Hill
| Jack Kennedy / Silicon Republic: |
Polywork, a business-focused social network in private beta that emphasizes the work people do over job titles, raises $13M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz — Peter Johnston's Polywork has closed a Series A round that attracted investment from big names in Silicon Valley.| Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: |
Huawei reports Q2 revenue fell 38% YoY to ~$26B, greater than the 16.5% drop in Q1 and 11.2% drop in Q4, as US sanctions continue to hurt sales — Revenue declines deepen amid U.S. restrictions on chip supply, pressure on buyers — HONG KONG—China's Huawei Technologies Co. reported …
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CNBC, Reuters, BBC, Android Central, Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, and Light Reading
Tweets: @isaacstonefish and @jojjeols
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Refurbed, a European marketplace for refurbished electronics, raises $54M Series B led by Evli Growth Partners and Almaz Capital — Refurbed, a European marketplace for refurbished electronics which raised a $17 million Series A round of funding last year has now raised a $54 million Series B funding led … | Aaron Mak / Slate: |
Vaccine skeptics who have been demonetized on YouTube are now raising money on crowdfunding platforms, including the Christian-oriented GiveSendGo and GoFundMe — Part of the reason that misinformation about vaccines is so intractable is that it can be very lucrative.| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
In a letter to Zuckerberg, the FTC called Facebook's initial claim it cut off NYU researchers' access to comply with an FTC privacy agreement “inaccurate” — The Federal Trade Commission has dismissed as “inaccurate” Facebook's claim that it cut off a group of researchers' access …
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Reuters, Anti-Defamation League, Techdirt, Financial Times, Engadget, Bloomberg, The Daily Dot, PCMag, and The Hill
Tweets: @ftc, @viacristiano, @ethanz, @rmac18, @lauraedelson2, @crehage, @doctorow, @neil_chilson, @persily, @jason_kint, and @carolecadwalla
| Nathalie Maréchal / Tech Policy Press: |
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Tweets: @doctorow, @doctorow, @accountabletech, @jason_kint, @carolecadwalla, and @rankingrights
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