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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Flip3 with an internal 6.7" 120Hz display, a 1.9" external screen, 8GB RAM, and Snapdragon 888, starting at $999, shipping August 27 — One of the first thoughts around foldable smartphones is a high price tag, but that tune is changing.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Fold3 with a 7.6" 120Hz primary screen, S Pen support, 12GB RAM, and IPX8 water resistance, shipping August 27 for $1,799 — The flagship foldable now has a 120Hz cover screen — It's August, and today is Samsung's latest big Unpacked event.
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Three US senators unveil the bipartisan Open App Markets Act, which would force app stores to allow sideloading and let developers use their own IAP systems — Legislation would place new limits on how Apple and Google app stores can operate — WASHINGTON—Senators introduced legislation Wednesday …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Facebook claims it is undertaking a “very meaningful pivot”, still in its infancy, to change how its ad tools work with a focus on privacy — A ‘very meaningful pivot’ is underway inside the world's largest social network — Facebook's massive business was built on its ability to track users across the internet.
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| Wolfie Zhao / The Block: |
The attacker who stole $611M from Poly Network has now returned over $256M in USDC, BTCB, SHIBA, and others, after saying they were “ready to surrender” — Quick Take — Poly Network attacker has started returning the funds that were stolen in the largest DeFi hack to date.
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Group behind Poly Network, a cross-chain protocol used for DeFi applications, says a hacker has stolen $611M; one researcher blames the attack on a crypto flaw — Quick Take — Cross-chain protocol Poly Network has been hacked for $611 million. — The team behind the protocol …
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Instagram introduces anti-hate speech tools to let users limit comments and DM requests on popular posts, following abuse toward England soccer players — Instagram has introduced new features called Limits and Hidden Words designed to reduce hate and abuse on trending posts, the company
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| New York Times: |
A look at the multi-year effort by English soccer organizations to push Facebook to crack down on hate speech against players, intensifying during Euro 2020 — For more than two years, soccer officials pushed the social network to limit the invective. As a new season begins, the hate continues.
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| Gael Fashingbauer Cooper / CNET: |
Twitter rolls out a web and mobile app redesign, implementing its first proprietary font, Chirp, high-contrast black and white follow and unfollow buttons, more — It's inevitable: Twitter changes Twitter, and Twitter users complain on Twitter. But does Chirp make you feel like a woodpecker is pounding on your skull?
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Internal iOS 15 code and animations show Apple will let users link AirPods to the Find My network; the headphones will use Bluetooth to show a location — Apple has announced multiple new features for AirPods users with iOS 15, which includes Conversation Boost for AirPods Pro and true Find My support for the first time.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
WhatsApp will let users move their chat history, including photos and voice notes, between iOS and Android devices, starting with new Galaxy models — WhatsApp is finally addressing one of the biggest problems with its — chat histories: the inability to carry them over when you switch platforms.
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iThinkDifferent, The Verge, TNW, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Mashable, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, Android Central, MSPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, Fast Company, SamMobile, and Wccftech. Tweets: @tsuvik
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Watch4, starting at $249, and Galaxy Watch4 Classic, starting at $349, both with “Wear OS Powered by Samsung”, shipping August 27 — Samsung and Google's smartwatch collaboration is here — Today we're getting our first look at the fruits …
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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| Reuters: |
How Sweden's policy of putting a computer in every home and early concurrent investment in internet connectivity helped birth Spotify, Skype, Klarna, and others — As Klarna's billionaire founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski prepares to stage one of the biggest-ever European fintech company listings …
Tweets: @ljungman and @klarnaseb
| CNBC: |
Amazon opens its $1.5B, 600-acre air hub in northern Kentucky, capable of handling 100 planes and 200 flights per day, as it ramps up delivery speeds — - Amazon on Wednesday debuted its $1.5 billion air hub in Northern Kentucky. — The hub will serve as the central nerve …
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| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
NFTs blur the line between social and financial capital and dismissing them is akin to missing the importance of status while analyzing social networks — Analyzing NFTs as Social Networks Using the Status-as-a-Service Framework — The DEAD followed me across Twitter all weekend.| Radhamely De Leon / VICE: |
Researchers create nine computer-generated faces that can serve as “master keys” to impersonate almost half of the faces in three top facial recognition systems — According to the paper, their findings imply that facial recognition systems are “extremely vulnerable.”
Tweets: @onaircoop, @anylaurie16, @vice, @vice, @ashblankenship, @motherboard, and @jwgoerlich
| David Carnoy / CNET: |
Samsung announces $150 Galaxy Buds 2 with active noise cancellation and a similar design to the Galaxy Buds Pro, available August 27 — The latest Samsung true-wireless earbuds are essentially mini versions of the more expensive Galaxy Buds Pro. … Samsung's Galaxy Buds 2 earbuds … | Bloomberg: |
In a statement, China signals sweeping regulation of its tech industry will last until at least 2025 to ensure the “healthy development” of new business models — China signaled its push to regulate sweeping parts of the economy, which has jolted markets, will be deep and sustained over the next five years.
Tweets: @gerryconway and @mukund
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Facebook open sources Time Card, its PCIe-based timekeeping tool that uses atomic clocks and navigation satellites to keep devices and data centers in sync — The social network giant gives away its hardware and software designs that can keep data centers humming efficiently.
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Tweets: @ahmetb, @alexvoica, @alexvoica, and @alexvoica
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Workflow automation company ServiceNow is acquiring MapWize, a France-based indoor mapping and visualization software company — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — ServiceNow is extending its footprint into indoor mapping with the acquisition of French startup Mapwize.
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| Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: |
AppLovin beats with Q2 revenue of $668.8M, up 123% YoY, Apps revenue of $523M, up 102% YoY, and Business Software Platform revenue of $146M, up 256% YoY — Company sees ‘muted’ impact from Apple's ad crackdown — AppLovin Inc. shares drifted lower in the extended session Wednesday …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: China-based autonomous driving startup Pony.ai suspends plans for a US public listing following Chinese government's crackdown on domestic tech firms — Autonomous driving startup Pony.ai has put on hold plans to go public in New York through a merger with a blank-check firm …
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| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Court docs: Apple settles its 2019 lawsuit against Corellium over Corellium's “virtualized” iPhone business; Corellium says it still sells virtual iOS devices — Apple accused Corellium of violating its copyrights with virtual iPhones used for security research
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Tweets: @malwarejake, @kbe123tweet, @migueldeicaza, @malwarejake, @dcuthbert, and @tonyajoriley
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Research shows semiconductor chip lead times slipped to 20.2 weeks in July, up by eight days over June, which was already the longest wait time since 2017 — The amount of time it's taking for chip-starved companies to get orders filled has stretched to more than 20 weeks … Sponsor Posts
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