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Apple will let developers of “reader” apps worldwide link to a website to set up or manage accounts early next year, closing an antitrust investigation by Japan — Apple will let developers of “reader” apps around the world link to an external website to set up or manage an account beginning early next year
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Sources: Apple is facing an antitrust investigation in India over forcing developers to use its in-app payment system — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market by forcing developers to use its proprietary …
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The Economic Times, Forbes, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, Inc42 Media, Telecoms.com, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iMore, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @eric_seufert, @adityakalra, @sub8u, and @adityakalra
| The Verge: |
Apple's updated rules allowing web signup links appear to apply only to apps that don't make much money for Apple, like Netflix and Spotify — It's for apps that don't make Apple any money anyways — While vocal app developers accused Apple last week of spinning a lawsuit settlement …
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New York Times, Cult of Mac, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @backlon, @zsk, @backlon, @stephennellis, @backlon, @backlon, and @martinsfp
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, on behalf of the EU, fines WhatsApp €225M for privacy violations, the second-largest under GDPR; WhatsApp will appeal — Regulators say chat-service unit failed to disclose fully how it collected and shared data about its users
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| Kait Sanchez / The Verge: |
Twitter launches Super Follows for iOS, letting a select group of US test users charge either $2.99, $4.99, or $9.99 per month for their tweets — Select users in the US can now charge for tweets — Twitter is starting to roll out Super Follows, its new feature that lets users charge for subscriber-only content.
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Tweets: @superfollows, @wongmjane, @jtwdesign, @edwinwee, @wongmjane, @harrymccracken, @backlon, @liamodelluk, @bozitatarevic, @lamonicabuzz, @makeupforwoc, @tomwarren, @twittermedia, @maddestmao, @russbengtson, @fesothe, @44, @dabitch, @morganblocky, @chriswelch, @hsajwanization, @matteayce, @iamtimbaker, @casey_lau, @alexeheath, @paymentsdive, @ow, and @carnage4life
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple says Arizona and Georgia will be first to support adding IDs to Wallet in iOS 15, with six states, including Utah, Maryland, and Iowa, expected to follow — Apple's plan to digitize your wallet is slowly taking shape. What started with boarding passes and venue tickets later became credit cards …
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VICE, The Verge, Threatpost, Daring Fireball, The Loop, iMore, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
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| Ben Bowman / The Streamable: |
Locast, which retransmits live TV, halts operations after lawsuit by ABC and others led a judge to revoke its nonprofit status, which offers copyright exemption — In a terse email to users this morning, Locast announced it was suspending operations entirely.
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Ars Technica, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Broadcasting Cable, The Verge, Engadget, and Deadline. Tweets: @eff
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Filing: SEC sues Satish Kumbhani, the founder of now-defunct BitConnect, and a promoter over alleged $2B crypto fraud scheme; Kumbhani's location is unknown — The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday sued the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform BitConnect …
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U.S. Securities …. More:
cryptodaily.co.uk, The Block, CoinJournal, Wall Street Journal, Cryptonews, Cointelegraph, PYMNTS.com, iTnews, Forkast, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @secgov, @collins_belton, @denverbitcoin, @steve_hanke, @zmanian, and @finplankaluaja1
| Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: |
YouTube Music reached 50M paying subscribers in August, up from 30M paid music and premium subscribers that YouTube had reported in October 2020 — Google-owned platforms have grown rapidly to become serious streaming competitor — YouTube's paid music streaming services have amassed 50m subscribers …
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Bloomberg, Billboard, Variety, YouTube Official Blog, Android Headlines, phonearena.com, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @mattnavarra and @dailymaverick
| Erhan Kahraman / Cointelegraph: |
Simba Chain, which provides a blockchain-based smart contract service to several US defense organizations, raises $25M Series A led by Valley Capital — The $25 million funding round, led by Valley Capital Partners, would enable Simba Chain to dedicate resources to new trends in the blockchain space.
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GlobeNewswire News Room and CoinDesk
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook says it helped airlift 175 Afghan citizens out of Afghanistan to Mexico, including journalists and some of its own employees — Facebook on Wednesday confirmed that it was part of an effort to fly 175 Afghan citizens out of Afghanistan to Mexico, including some of its own employees, according to a statement provided to Axios.
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Government of Mexico, People.com, Daily Mail, BBC, and ANI News
Tweets: @cameronwilson and @sree
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitter is testing new privacy-focused tools, including archiving and hiding old tweets and editing follower lists, as part of a “social privacy” push — - Features give users more control over who sees which posts — ‘Social privacy’ push targets reputation, identity management
Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @tomgara, @caseynewton, @kurtwagner8, @db, and @martinsfp
| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Source: the DOJ is preparing to file a second antitrust lawsuit against Google by the end of this year, targeting Google's digital ads business — U.S. antitrust officials are preparing a second monopoly lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google over the company's digital advertising business …
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New York Times, South China Morning Post, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @rustybrick, @willis_cap, @aripap, @volatilitywiz, and @jason_kint
| Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
Following Tencent, Alibaba pledges ~$15.5B over five years towards China's “common prosperity” vision, spreading the money across 10 initiatives — - E-commerce giant to devote 100 billion yuan to societal good — Alibaba joins tech giants in backing Xi Jinping's key priority
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Wall Street Journal and South China Morning Post
| Hannah Miller / The Information: |
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao says Binance.US is set to close a large private fundraising round in the next two months, and could go public in the next three years — Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has run into a stream of regulatory and legal problems.
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Forkast, Decrypt, Insider, Cointelegraph, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Tech in Asia, Coinspeaker, Reuters, and CoinDesk. Tweets: @sonalibasak
| New York Times: |
Despite promoting an inclusive image, former Alibaba staff say casual sexism is common; sources say Alibaba fired 10 staff for leaking info on a rape allegation — A rape accusation at the Chinese e-commerce giant has shed light on a work culture that some former employees say is humiliating and toxic.
Tweets: @letahong, @nytimes, and @nytimesbusiness
| Amy Lewin / Sifted: |
French grocery delivery startup Cajoo raises $40M Series A from Carrefour and others and plans an expansion into Europe early next year — Landing a supermarket as a strategic investor gives Cajoo an edge, argues Capoul. — “Some competitors have much more money than us, but we have an advantage in Carrefour,” he says.
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TechCrunch and Bestgamingpro
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
A look at Alfi, which plans to use facial detection to target ads in public places based on age, gender, and ethnicity; activists say the tech invites abuse — The artificial intelligence software company uses metrics like age and gender to target highly specific ads to people in public places
Tweets: @brodyford_
| Tom Krisher / Associated Press: |
NHTSA sends Tesla a letter asking for detailed information on how Autopilot detects and responds to parked emergency vehicles as part of a wider investigation — DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's highway safety agency wants detailed information on how Tesla's Autopilot system detects …
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New York Times, Ars Technica, Reuters, Engadget, CNBC, and The Business of Business
Tweets: @lorakolodny, @faizsays, and @plainsite
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Swedish startup Stravito, which offers cloud-based market research tools, raises €12.4M Series A led by Endeit Capital — Market research and insights are often underutilized assets for enterprises but it's usually too hard to find content and there's a lot of duplication, or information isn't used well.
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FinSMEs, Tech.eu, EU-Startups, and PR Newswire
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple begins prompting iOS 15 users for consent to enable Personalized Ads for their Apple ID, which was previously on by default and led to antitrust scrutiny — For iOS 15 users, Apple has begun prompting for their consent to enable Personalized Ads for their Apple ID … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces an online-only Surface hardware event for September 22, where an updated Surface Duo and Laptop are expected — New Surface hardware is on the way — Microsoft is holding a special Surface hardware event on September 22nd. The software maker has started sending media invites …
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Microsoft. More:
PCWorld, Phandroid, Android Headlines, Pureinfotech, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, t3.com, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @microsoft, @phillip_tracy, @backlon, @tomwarren, and @tomwarren
| Stephen Harrison / Slate: |
A look at Wikimedia's Wikifunctions, expected to launch in 2022, which could help partially unify information across the 323 individual-language Wikipedias — Wikipedia has 323 language editions, and at times, there are huge differences between them. — For instance, Jasenovac …
Tweets: @harrisonstephen, @bhecht, @slate, and @vrandezo
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Berlin Brands Group, which buys and scales e-commerce businesses, raises $700M in equity and debt at a $1B+ valuation led by Bain Capital — Berlin Brands Group — one of the new wave of e-commerce startups hoping to build lucrative economies of scale around buying up smaller brands that sell …
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Reuters, Silicon Canals, Bain Capital, and Bloomberg
| Bloomberg: |
China's Weibo shuts down at least 52 stock-tipping accounts, including one with 3.25M followers, to comply with new rules on finance-related information — - Move is part of campaign to cleanse ‘harmful’ online content — Pundits have touted advice on indexes, stocks, macro policies
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South China Morning Post
| Bloomberg: |
HomeLight, which offers AI-powered tools for home buyers, sellers, and real estate agents, raises $100M led by Zeev Ventures at a $1.6B valuation — Real estate technology company HomeLight has more than tripled its valuation to $1.6 billion, vaulting it to so-called unicorn status.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UK's ICO now mandates websites and apps comply with its children's privacy design code, or face fines of up to £17.5M or 4% of annual worldwide turnover — In the UK, a 12-month grace period for compliance with a design code aimed at protecting children online expires today …
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Information Commissioner's Office. More:
9to5Mac, Wired UK, MSN, The Guardian, Fortune, and BBC
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