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Apple announces a “California Streaming” virtual event on September 14 at 10am PT, where new iPhones and Apple Watches are expected — Apple today announced that it will be holding a special event on Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. The event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater …
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| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
President of El Salvador says the country bought 550+ bitcoins on Monday, as the law making bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador goes into effect — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter his government bought 200 BTC on Monday, a day before the country's Bitcoin Law …
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Crypto adoption is accelerating in the developing world, especially in regions with a history of financial instability, like sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific — In Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, a software coder bills her client in London and is paid in bitcoin …
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
A look at Freedom Phone, a $500 device aimed at right-wing users and created by a 22-year-old bitcoin millionaire, who admitted it was made by China's Umidigi — A 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire wants Republicans to ditch their iPhones for a low-end handset that he hopes to turn into a political tool.| ProPublica: |
Investigation finds Facebook has 1K+ contractors moderating private WhatsApp messages and images that were reported by users — When Mark Zuckerburg unveiled a new “privacy-focused vision” for Facebook in March 2019, he cited the company's global messaging service, WhatsApp, as a model.
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden reveals he left due to burnout, and says the industry has a sustainability problem due to rising game development costs — This week: a game about ancient history and a massive video game company investment. But first: the former boss …
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Survey: 93.9% of US consumers with Apple Pay activated on their iPhones do not use it to buy items in stores, seven years after Apple launched the service — Remember this? — when Tim Cook took the stage at Apple's WWDC and introduced Apple Pay. — What the world saw …
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| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
A look at Microsoft's M12 venture arm: 107 investments in total, focused on financial returns rather than acquisitions, expansion into seed rounds, and more — From the outside, M12's mission likely seems simple to most: Invest money from the second-most valuable technology company in the world … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft is rebranding its MSN News and Microsoft News product as Microsoft Start across its websites, mobile apps, Edge browser, and Windows integrations — Microsoft today is introducing its own personalized news reading experience called Microsoft Start, available as both a website and mobile app …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
US and Senegal-based Wave, which offers mobile money services, raises $200M Series A at a $1.7B valuation, led by Sequoia Heritage, a subsidiary of Sequoia — The largest Series A in Africa by a long shot is geared towards taking on telecom-led mobile money
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Hulu is raising the prices of its two on-demand plans by $1/month October 8; Hulu with ads will now cost $6.99/month and Hulu without ads will cost $12.99 — On Tuesday, Hulu began notifying subscribers that as of Oct. 8, the price of Hulu's two on-demand plans — with ads and without commercials … | Jaewon Kang / Wall Street Journal: |
Instacart CEO Fidji Simo details plans to expand its online ad platform, focusing on consumer products, as its delivery business slows — CEO Fidji Simo is leading Instacart to expand in digital consumer-products advertising, going up against supermarkets and tech giantsSponsor Posts
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