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European Commission proposes legislation mandating USB-C charging for mobile devices, citing electronic waste; Apple is the main USB-C holdout — LONDON (AP) — The European Union unveiled plans Thursday that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single charging method for mobile devices.
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| Florence Ion / Gizmodo: |
Google announces a range of features for Android, Google TV, Assistant, and Gboard, including some that were previously Pixel exclusives — The company just pushed out over a dozen new Android features, including some we thought would be limited to Android 12. — Alerts
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google details several accessibility features coming to Android 12, including facial gesture controls, handwriting recognition, and an app for low-vision users — Alongside new Assistant and Gboard additions — Google's raft of new features coming to Android this fall includes some interesting new accessibility features.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google expands its Google TV app beyond the US to 14 countries, including the UK and Germany, and adds an in-app Android TV remote — After leaving its original Android TV remote app to waste for years, Google is finally remedying the situation. Following a false start yesterday …
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The Verge, Cord Cutters News, The Streamable, and XDA Developers
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter integrates Strike's wallet to let users receive tips in bitcoin, rolls out Tips globally on iOS, and will explore support for NFT authentication — Twitter's slate of new product announcements is not slowing down. The company today introduced a number of new initiatives aimed …
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| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
Sen. Marsha Blackburn says WSJ's Facebook Files whistleblower has turned over documents and plans to reveal their identity “at some point down the line” — Happy Thursday and welcome to The Technology 202! Below: Meet “Help Desk,” a new initiative our colleagues are launching …
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Gizmodo, Fox Business, and The Hill
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
WSJ's Facebook Files, which uses Facebook's own data and research to highlight its impact on users, is Facebook's biggest crisis since Cambridge Analytica — How the company found itself in its biggest crisis since Cambridge Analytica — A week ago, the Wall Street Journal began to publish …
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Ars Technica, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, CNN, CampaignUK, and Search Engine Land
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Facebook says its global head of safety, Antigone Davis, will testify before the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection on September 30 — - Facebook agreed to send Antigone Davis, global head of safety, to testify before the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection on Sept. 30.
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Ad Age. Tweets: @rmac18, @lauren_feiner, @markruffalo, @donie, @rmac18, @bigblackjacobin, @derekeb, @rmac18, @rmac18, and @philippmarkolin
| Washington Post: |
Researchers: despite Apple's ATT changes, at least three popular iOS apps are sending identifying info to third-parties even when users opt-out of tracking — On your iPhone, you can now tap a button that says, “Ask app not to track.” But behind the scenes, some apps keep snooping anyway.
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Lockdown Privacy, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, and Input
Tweets: @eric_seufert, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @gregbensinger, @rachaelmyrow, @jvitak, and @giladedelman
| Bloomberg: |
New York City passes bills establishing minimum pay and worker protections for app-based couriers, including those working for Grubhub, Uber, and DoorDash — - Legislation includes setting a minimum per-trip payment — Couriers and customers will be granted more tip transparency
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| The Verge: |
Tim Sweeney says Apple told Epic that it will not consider reinstating Epic's developer account until all legal appeals have concluded, likely years from now — Epic CEO Tim Sweeney revealed the conversation in a series of tweets — Fortnite will not be returning to the iOS App Store any time soon …
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| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill requiring Amazon and other employers to disclose the use of productivity quotas and more, starting January 1 — Gov. Gavin Newsom says the new law, which targeted Amazon, will protect workers and give them “the dignity, respect and safety they deserve.”
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a80.asmdc.org, Engadget, and The Register
Tweets: @gavinnewsom, @unionista27, @bidar411, @joanschulze, and @lorenasgonzalez
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Facebook details the types of posts that get demoted in News Feed, such as clickbait and spam, but stops short of saying exactly how a demotion works — A high-level look at what gets suppressed by Facebook's algorithm — The way that Facebook controls its News Feed is often controversial and largely opaque to the outside world.
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Transparency Center and Forbes
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
IPC, which represents Foxconn, Intel, and others, says a survey found ~80% of manufacturers are struggling to find workers, compounding chip shortage issues — Nearly four in five electronics manufacturers say that it has become harder to find qualified workers, compounding problems … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
New York-based Ocrolus, which offers automated tools for businesses to process documents, raises $80M Series C at a $500M+ valuation led by Fin VC — If you've ever had to take out a loan, you know just how many documents are involved in the approval process. — It's a lot.
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Ocrolus, FinLedger, and FinSMEs
Tweets: @bayareawriter, @ocrolus, @caseynewton, and @finventurecap
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Apple releases iOS 12.5.5 and a macOS Catalina security update to fix zero-day vulnerabilities in CoreGraphics, WebKit, and XNU — Apple has released security updates to fix three zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild by attackers to hack into iPhones and Macs running older iOS and macOS versions.
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| The Information: |
Sources: German grocery delivery startup Gorillas raised $950M Series C led by delivery company Delivery Hero, at a valuation of $3B — Gorillas, one of the biggest of a crop of European startups in the convenience delivery market, has finalized a $950 million series C fundraising round … | Nandita Bose / Reuters: |
Draft memo shows the US and EU plan to work more closely in regulating Big Tech companies, including in areas such as hate speech and algorithmic amplification — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and European Union plan to take a more unified approach to limit the growing market power … | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
In a memo, Lina Khan encourages FTC staff to prioritize addressing “dominant intermediaries”, unfair contracts, and mergers that are “illegal on their face” — - Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan encouraged her staff to prioritize addressing “dominant intermediaries” …
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CNET, The Verge, and ProMarket
Tweets: @leah_nylen, @ugambini, @leah_nylen, @leah_nylen, @leah_nylen, and @matthewstoller
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Syng, founded by an ex-Apple designer to build “triphonic” audio hardware with spatial audio, raises $48.75M Series A led by Eclipse Ventures — Audio startup Syng has been building on quite a bit more hype than the average fresh hardware startup, largely because of the team behind it.
Tweets: @riozilla
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the opposition by South African indigenous groups to Amazon's planned $350M Cape Town HQ, which some say is being built on sacred land — Retail giant's plans for regional base in Cape Town is part of project igniting protest from local groups who say site is sacred
Tweets: @quinnypig
| Keith Naughton / Bloomberg: |
Research: automakers globally will produce 7.7M fewer cars this year due to the chip shortage, costing them $210B in sales, as chip lead times slip to 21 weeks — - Asian factory shutdowns make duration of crisis more uncertain — Parts maker Faurecia cuts guidance; Traton to miss sales goals
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AlixPartners, Android Headlines, and Insider
Tweets: @crtrud, @sarahhalzack, and @lisaabramowicz1
| Ben Bajarin / Creative Strategies: |
Analysis: Apple Silicon averaged 19% GPU gains YoY for the past five years, and A15 grew 52%; since iPhone 5s, performance has grown 133% every four years — For years now, Apple's tight integration of its products and Apple Silicon have evolved in lockstep.
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iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, phonearena.com, MacRumors, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @scobleizer and @benbajarin
| Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal: |
US federal judge orders Facebook to hand over records on posts removed for promoting violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar — Federal judge rules social-media company must hand over information about posts removed for promoting violence against Rohingya Muslims
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Reuters, Benzinga, and The Verge
Tweets: @poppymcp, @craigsilverman, @wsj, @anthony, @lvandenassum, and @lincolnsbible
| Yong Jun Yuan / The Business Times: |
Advance Intelligence, the Singapore-based owner of buy now, pay later service Atome, raises $400M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $2B valuation — ADVANCE Intelligence Group, a Singapore-headquartered artificial intelligence (AI) tech startup announced on Wednesday that it had closed …
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