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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPhone 13 review: excellent cameras and battery life and more base storage but front camera is unchanged, has a standard refresh rate, and 12 cases don't fit — So are bigger cameras — What, really, do you want out of a new phone? — Assuming you're starting with a good foundation …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple iPhone 13 Pro review: incredible cameras, improved battery, and high refresh display but front camera is average, no USB-C, and Cinematic Mode is limited — The iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max are phones designed for people who care about the details. The improvements over last year's iPhones …
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| Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal: |
Google says it will buy St. John's Terminal, a 1.3M square foot office building it is leasing on Manhattan's West Side, for $2.1B in Q1 2022 — Manhattan deal is priciest sale of a U.S. office building since pandemic began — Google said it is buying a Manhattan office building for $2.1 billion …
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple is working with UCLA and Biogen to identify depression, cognitive decline, and other issues using sensor data, such as typing behavior and sleep — Company is working with UCLA, Biogen to see if sensitive data like facial expressions, typing metrics could signal mental-health concerns
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| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Paris-based Sorare, a soccer-focused NFT trading platform, raises $680M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $4.3B valuation — Quick Take — The fundraise values the Paris-based NFT startup at $4.3 billion. — It comes off a period of rapid growth for Sorare, which now boasts 600,000 registered users.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Treasury Department sanctions cryptocurrency exchange Suex for helping facilitate and launder transactions from at least eight ransomware variants — - The U.S. Treasury Department announced Tuesday it will sanction a cryptocurrency exchange for its alleged role in laundering ransoms for cyberattacks.
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| Florence Ion / Gizmodo: |
What to expect from Microsoft's Surface event tomorrow: Surface Duo 2, Surface Book 4 with a tethered display, Surface Pro 8, refreshed Surface Pro X, and more — Get ready for all the new Surface hardware to help usher in the launch of Windows 11. — Alerts| Pew Research Center: |
Survey: 47% of US Facebook users regularly get news on the platform, down from 54% in 2020; 29% of US TikTok users regularly get news from the app, up from 22% — More than half of Twitter user get news on the site regularly — To better examine the ways Americans get news in a digital age … | Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Amazon introduces three Kindle Paperwhite updates: $140 Paperwhite with 6.8" display and USB-C, $190 Signature Edition with 32GB storage, and $160 Kids Edition — - Amazon on Tuesday announced three new versions of its Kindle Paperwhite e-reader, including the Paperwhite, Paperwhite Kids Edition and Paperwhite Signature Edition.
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| Freedom House: |
Report finds global internet freedom has declined for the 11th consecutive year including in the US, tech giants clashed with governments over data, and more — In the high-stakes battle between states and technology companies, the rights of internet users have become the main casualties.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Review of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, which are now available: focus modes are great, Safari update is an acquired taste, and iOS' Dark Sky-style Weather is excellent — Apple's latest updates lay good groundwork, but don't add many big new features — iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are strange updates.
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Slack announces Clips, short video voicemail messages for channels, rolling out today for paid accounts, changes to Connect, GovSlack, and more — Slack is getting video voicemails — Slack is launching its new clips feature today, allowing coworkers to record video messages that exist in Slack channels.
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| Corin Faife / The Markup: |
Analysis: Facebook appears to be adding code to interfere with automated data collection of News Feed posts by researchers, such as NYU's Ad Observatory — The tweak, which targets the code in accessibility features for visually impaired users, drew ire from researchers and those who monitor the platform| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
BitClout creator raises $200M for “Decentralized Social”, a blockchain project with social tools such as profiles, from a16z, Sequoia, Coinbase, and others — Quick Take — BitClout's creator has revealed his identity today. He is Nader Al-Naji, the founder of the stablecoin startup Basis that shut down in 2018.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Following WSJ's investigation series, Facebook says it has spent over $13B on safety and security since the 2016 election and 40K employees work on these issues — - Company now has more than 40,000 safety and security employees — Facebook responds after critical series of newspaper stories| Pádraig Belton / The Guardian: |
As TSMC pledges to reach net zero emissions by 2050, a look at how the semiconductor industry is tackling its huge carbon footprint and resource consumption — As demand for chips surges, the semicondutor industry is trying to grapple with its huge carbon foot print — he semiconductor industry has a problem.
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Reuters
Tweets: @digieconomist, @lnbdublin, @roolockwood, @opsprof, @alexhern, and @alexhern
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
HP announces refreshed consumer devices, including Spectre x360 16" 2-in-1 for $1,639+, Envy 34" 5K all-in-one desktop for $2,000+, and $599 11-inch Tablet PC — The consumer PC refresh accounts for Windows 11 and a heavy dose of hybrid work features. — HP is revamping its consumer lineup …
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| Harry Baker / UploadVR: |
Netflix releases Eden Unearthed, a free VR game for Oculus Quest that appears to be related to a Netflix anime series — Netflix has released a VR game called Eden Unearthed on App Lab for Oculus Quest, available now for free. — The release has come as a surprise, with very little … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
PayPal updates its app to include more services, such as direct deposits, crypto tools, peer-to-peer payments, and a digital wallet — PayPal has been talking about its “super app” plans for some time, having recently told investors its upcoming digital wallet and payments app had been given a go for launch.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Fitbit Charge 5 review: lightweight design, bright color screen, and long battery life, but no physical buttons, screen feels too small, and UI can be confusing — The hardware is nice, but no physical button is a big step back — Fitbit's newest fitness tracker, the Charge 5, might be the biggest change to the Charge line yet.| Paul Bischoff / Comparitech: |
Researcher finds data on 106M international visitors to Thailand, including passport numbers and travel records dating back a decade, were exposed on a database — An unsecured database containing international travel records dating back 10 years was left exposed on the web.
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South China Morning Post, Candid.Technology, and Security Affairs
Tweets: @travelfish and @vaitor
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the SEC has launched an investigation into Activision Blizzard, including how it handled employees' allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination — Agency has issued subpoena to videogame company and several executives including CEO Bobby Kotick
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Tweets: @a_zedig_diboine and @kompreya
| Lisa Richwine / Reuters: |
Netflix launches a free plan in Kenya with a quarter of the content from its paid plans, available only on Android phones — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc on Monday began offering a free mobile plan with about one-quarter of its TV shows and movies in Kenya, a strategy aimed …
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