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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @starfire2258, @itsa_me_gameboy, @cixliv, @cowcatgames, @thrilluwu, @dj_link, @tomwarren, and @8bit_spazzy
| 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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| 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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Tweets: @thisistechtoday and @joshuaswingle
| 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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Tweets: @panos_panay, @livelovegeek, @techhighest, @donasarkar, and @tomwarren
| Nikkei Asia: |
Vietnam, which has a relatively low number of bank branches per capita, has become a battleground for e-wallets as market leader MoMo looks to maintain its lead — E-wallet app MoMo looks to maintain its lead against deep-pocketed rivals — TOKYO/HO CHI MINH CITY — For Vietnamese fintech startup MoMo … Sponsor Posts
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