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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Citizen Lab says it found evidence of ForcedEntry on an activist's iPhone and the exploit worked on iPads, Macs, and Watches as well, prior to today's updates — Citizen Lab says the ForcedEntry flaw affects all iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches — Apple has released security updates …
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The Citizen Lab, Washington Post, USA Today, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Australian Financial Review, MobileSyrup, Axios, NBC News, VICE, ZDNet, Threatpost, The Irish Times, Voice of America, MSPoweruser, Tom's Guide, BleepingComputer, Financial Times, Mashable, Dark Reading, GSMArena.com, TechSpot, New York Post, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @drewharwell, @bidar411, @theclemreport, @kaepora, @ericgeller, @racheltobac, @ericgarland, and @zackwhittaker
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, iPadOS 14.8, and macOS 11.6, which fix some CoreGraphics and WebKit flaws that defeated iOS “Blastdoor” protections — Apple has published a full support document detailing what's new in iOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, iPadOS 14.8, and macOS Big Sur 11.6.
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Apple Support, Apple Support, Bloomberg, The Register, The Verge, Insider, CRN, iTnews, CNN, PCMag, Appleosophy, Ars Technica, CyberScoop, The Record, Gizmodo, The Hill, iThinkDifferent, and TidBITS
| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Internal Facebook documents detail XCheck, a program that shields VIP users from normal content enforcement policies, which included over 5.8M users in 2020 — A program known as XCheck has given millions of celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users special treatment, a privilege many abuse
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The Verge, Insider, Platformer, Gizmodo, Medium, The Independent, The Guardian, Benzinga, Pixel Envy, The Daily Beast, Slashdot, Engadget, CNBC, The Week, Neowin, Wall Street Journal, and CNET
Tweets: @jeffhorwitz, @andymstone, @oversightboard, @jeffhorwitz, @jeffhorwitz, @samidh, @guyro, @katestarbird, @jeffhorwitz, @lpolgreen, @rmac18, @andymstone, @karenkornbluh, @samidh, @evelyndouek, @oversightboard, @realcandaceo, @andymstone, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @deblebrown, @alex_malouf, @blackamazon, @andymstone, @issielapowsky, @szhang_ds, @andymstone, @cat_zakrzewski, @shabanianaram, @jeffhorwitz, @digiphile, @andymstone, @ryan_knutson, @kurtwagner8, @justinhendrix, @nicoleperlroth, @georgia_wells, @andymstone, @sheeraf, @emilyglazer, @caseynewton, @shiraovide, @hypervisible, @jeffhorwitz, @mikesalazar777, @sheeraf, @issielapowsky, @andymstone, @libertieseu, @szhang_ds, @marietjeschaake, @profcarroll, @rottenindenmark, @bcappelbaum, @kurtwagner8, @tonyromm, @jeffhorwitz, @sheeraf, @dangillmor, @jeffhorwitz, @jeffhorwitz, @botvolution, @mims, @samhouston, and @dseetharaman
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Litecoin spiked ~20% after several news outlets, including Reuters and CNBC, reported that Walmart would begin accepting it based on a fake press release — GlobeNewswire, the site where the hoax release was posted, said it came from a fraudulent user account.
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CNBC, GlobeNewswire News Room, Walmart Inc., Reuters, The Independent, Fast Company, Mashable, Newser, Bankless Times, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, TechSpot, and Wall Street Journal
| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
A look at the harsh reality of working for on-demand delivery apps in NYC, including fluctuating pay and relentless time pressure, and labor organizing efforts — Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. The city's 65,000 bikers have only themselves to count on.
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Curbed and New York Magazine
Tweets: @joshdzieza, @alexnpress, @scottbix, @jjvincent, @dongwon, @linearao3, @joshdzieza, @joshdzieza, @emmaspecter, @benwessel, @ohip13, @sowmyak, @xaiax, @nymag, @reckless, @jayasax, @ethanbrown72, and @verge
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Intuit says it has agreed to acquire Mailchimp for $12B in cash and stock — - Intuit will buy email marketing company Mailchimp for $12 billion, the companies announced Monday. — Intuit said it will use the acquisition to accelerate growth among small business clients.
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Axios, Intuit Inc., ZDNet, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, Wall Street Journal, Barron's Online, San Francisco Business Journal, New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Thurrott, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Beijing wants to break up Ant Group's Alipay, which has over 1B users, and create a separate app for the company's highly profitable loans business — Chinese fintech will turn over user data to new joint venture partly owned by state — Beijing wants to break up Alipay …
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BBC, The Guardian, TheStreet, Financial Times, CNN, MarketWatch, Fortune, CNBC, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, MediaNama, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @ruima, @carnage4life, @chigrl, @arturo_p_a, @sarahkocianski, @sariarhohavren, and @ruima
| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Zoom is adding live translation services and will bring video meetings and Zoom Whiteboard to Facebook's VR meeting space, Horizon Workrooms, in Q1 2022 — Zoom's whiteboard feature is also getting an upgrade — Zoom plans to expand its support for automatic live transcriptions …
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Zoom Blog. More:
Oculus Blog, MarketWatch, Gizmodo, GlobeNewswire News Room, CNET, Barron's Online, Engadget, Forbes, VRScout, ZDNet, PCWorld, and Fast Company
Tweets: @davidspringate, @xrandrew, @skaragiannis, @zoom, @zoom, @rengle820, @mrabkin, and @5tu
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle misses in Q1 with revenue of $9.73B, up 4% YoY, vs. $9.77B expected, cloud services and license support revenue of $7.37B, up 6% YoY, vs $7.41B expected — - Oracle's top business segment missed expectations, as did hardware. — The software maker announced a program …
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PR Newswire, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Bloomberg, TheStreet, Reuters, and Barron's Online
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Biden to nominate Georgetown law professor Alvaro Bedoya, who focuses on privacy issues, to be a commissioner at the FTC — Alvaro Bedoya has spearheaded pivotal research into how the government's use of facial recognition software hurts America's most marginalized
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The White House, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, Axios, The Verge, Ars Technica, Deadline, CNBC, New York Times, Politico, Bloomberg, and The Hill
| Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
Dutch judge rules Uber drivers are employees, not self-employed, so Uber will have to pay drivers by the rules of the taxi industry's collective labor agreement — Dutch Uber drivers should be classified as employees rather than self-employed, a Dutch judge ruled on Monday.
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Reuters and TechCrunch
| Shane Goldmacher / New York Times: |
FEC documents show that it has dismissed accusations by Republicans that Twitter violated election laws by blocking a NY Post article about Hunter Biden — The Federal Election Commission has dismissed Republican accusations that Twitter violated election laws in October by blocking people …
Tweets: @richardgrenell, @nytimes, @shanegoldmacher, @wexler, @aaronjmate, @shanegoldmacher, @annalecta, @mzhemingway, and @shanegoldmacher
| Eva Mathews / Reuters: |
Coinbase says it plans to raise around $1.5B through a debt offering, to invest in product development and M&A, after saying it will raise $1.25B in May — Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) is planning to raise about $1.5 billion through a debt offering to invest in product development …
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Business Wire, Cointelegraph, Benzinga, MarketWatch, Barron's Online, Bloomberg, CryptoPotato, AMBCrypto, Financial Times, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @sentosumosaba and @priapusiq
| Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News: |
Instagram says Saint Hoax, an influencer with 2.8M+ followers, will livestream from this year's Met Gala red carpet as its first-ever Meme Correspondent — The Met Gala red carpet has a new addition this year: A meme correspondent. — Saint Hoax, an influencer with more than 2.8 million followers … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
What to expect from Apple's September 14 event: narrower iPhone 13 notch, LTPO displays on Pro models, redesigned Watch Series 7, no M1X MacBook Pros, and more — This week: The long-awaited ruling in Apple Inc.'s suit with Epic Games Inc. arrives just before the iPhone 13 …
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MacRumors, The Verge, Reuters, MobileSyrup, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, CNET, iThinkDifferent, Pocketnow, Tom's Guide, iMore, t3.com, Financial Times, and Trusted Reviews
Tweets: @markgurman, @majinbuofficial, and @spigenworld
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Mozilla says it has bypassed Microsoft's cumbersome method for switching browsers in Windows 11, letting users set Firefox as default with one click — It's easier to switch to Firefox as default now — Mozilla has quietly made it easier to switch to Firefox on Windows recently.
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BleepingComputer, OnMSFT.com, Softpedia News, WinBuzzer, gHacks Technology News, HotHardware.com News, XDA Developers, and TechSpot
Tweets: @marypcbuk, @tomwarren, and @steipete
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
SpotOn, a payments company focused on SMBs, raises $300M Series E led by a16z at a $3.15B valuation and acquires live events payments startup Appetize for $400M — Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation.| Dan Rys / Billboard: |
RIAA: music streaming revenue grew 26% YoY in H1 to $5.9B, comprising 84% of all revenue; paid sub revenue grew 26% to $4.6B, ad-supported grew 54% to $741M — Recorded music revenues in the United States in the first half of 2021 returned to double-digit growth a year after the pandemic slowed …
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RIAA, Forbes, MediaPost, Thurrott, Music Business Worldwide, Medium, and Variety. Tweets: @billboard
| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's booming iPhone 12 sales have been driven in part by attractive offers from carriers to boost 5G, raising questions about how long such deals will last — Apple is expected to show off its latest iPhone Tuesday as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon fight to attract customers to their networks| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Antitrust lawyers say the judge's recent ruling in Apple v. Epic presents challenges for DOJ's investigation, as Apple was not found to violate the Sherman Act — - Judge rejected Epic's federal antitrust claims against Apple — Decision doesn't foreclose DOJ antitrust suit, lawyers said
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Digital Commerce 360, iPhone Hacks, Michael Tsai, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @gavinsbaker and @business
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
BitSight, which assesses the likelihood that orgs will be breached, raises $250M from Moody's at a $2.4B valuation and acquires cyber risk startup VisibleRisk — BitSight, a startup that assesses the likelihood that an organization will be breached, has received a $250 million investment … | Financial Times: |
Analysis: Irish DPC has failed to apply EU's privacy laws to US Big Tech companies, with 98% of 164 significant complaints about privacy abuses still unresolved — Irish regulator has not resolved 98% of 164 significant data protection complaints — Ireland is failing to apply …
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Irish Council …. More:
Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, and Patently Apple
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