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WSJ publishes six internal Facebook documents it used for its report about Instagram's negative impact on teen girls, after Facebook published two of the docs — The Senate holds a hearing Thursday about the social network's impact, prompted by The Wall Street Journal's coverage
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| The Verge: |
Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs — The company shared the PDFs Wednesday night — Facebook has shared the internal research about the impact of Instagram …
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| BBC: |
Researchers: a flaw in Apple Pay lets attackers make a Visa payment with a locked iPhone in Express Transit mode; Apple calls it “a concern with a Visa system” — Large unauthorised contactless payments can be made on locked iPhones by exploiting how an Apple Pay feature designed … | Bloomberg: |
Employees at 11 video game companies say their teams have a 4K Switch developer kit, but sources say a 4K Nintendo console won't go on sale until late 2022 — At least 11 companies, including Zynga, have tools from Nintendo to make 4K Switch games. — Many people were surprised to learn …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Visually impaired users say that iOS 15 appears to have removed call, email, and voicemail Siri features they relied on — With the recent release of iOS 15, Apple appears to have made some changes to Siri functionality that have removed features relied on by low vision and blind iPhone users.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Chinese AR company Nreal unveils Nreal Air, consumer glasses with micro OLED displays and iOS compatibility, shipping in Dec. in Japan, China, and South Korea — They'll ship later this year in Asia — Augmented reality company Nreal is launching a cheaper, iOS-compatible, more compact version of its smart glasses.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google Maps adds a wildfire info layer, rolling out to Android this week and iOS and desktop in October, expands its Tree Canopy tool to 100 cities worldwide — “Fire” will be a top-level layer just like traffic, satellite, and transit maps. — Google Maps is getting a few new features …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has quietly begun allowing users to rate and review its built-in iPhone and iPad apps in the App Store with iOS 15 — For the longest time, the App Store did not allow users to rate or review Apple's built-in iPhone and iPad apps, like Mail, Music, News, Stocks and Calculator.
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| Ana Diaz / Polygon: |
Twitch rolls out the option for streamers to require phone and email-verified accounts in chat, as part of the company's effort to reduce targeted harassment — Curbing harassment continues to be a “top priority” for Twitch — After an upswell in targeted harassment on the streaming platform Twitch …
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| Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: |
Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pleads guilty to violating US sanctions law following a crypto and blockchain presentation at a 2019 North Korean conference — Griffith was charged with violating sanctions law by giving a cryptocurrency and blockchain presentation at a North Korean conference in 2019.
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces updates to Messenger, including group chats between Instagram and Messenger contacts — Facebook Messenger is releasing a bundle of products this morning — most notably, including cross-app group chats. Last year, the company introduced cross-app messaging between Messenger … | Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: |
US and EU will cooperate across various tech areas, including AI, semiconductors, and supply chain security, to ensure sensitive technologies are not misused — The new US-EU Trade and Technology Council aims to keep an eye on how sensitive technologies are used.
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| Sam Bourgi / Cointelegraph: |
Chainalysis: crypto transaction volume for Central, Northern, and Western Europe reached $1T+ from July 2020-June 2021, comprising 25% of global crypto activity — DeFi has become a major catalyst for Europe's crypto economy. Large institutions have also upped their share of transactions significantly.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Massachusetts-based Catalog, which claims to be developing a DNA-based computing platform, raises $35M Series B, bringing total funding to $45M+ — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian social commerce startup Meesho raises $570M Series F co-led by Fidelity and B Capital Group, more than doubling its valuation in under 6 months to $4.9B — Meesho has more than doubled its valuation in less than six months, to $4.9 billion, as a growing number of high-profile investors …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Modular phone maker Fairphone, which uses ethically sourced materials, announces Fairphone 4 with a 6.3-inch display, 5G, and up to 256GB, starting at €579 — The Fairphone 4's software support should stretch until 2025 — Fairphone, the manufacturer focused on making easy … | The Economic Times: |
Delhi-based EV ride-hailing and charging startup BluSmart raises $25M Series A led by BP to expand its network to five new Indian cities — New Delhi: BP Ventures has made its first direct investment in India by pumping in $13 million in integrated EV ride-hailing and charging company BluSmart.
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Entrackr, FinSMEs, Tech in Asia, DealStreetAsia, and Inc42 Media
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Empathy, an AI-based digital assistant that helps families organize their affairs after a death, raises $30M Series A led by Entrée Capital — Death is one of the hardest things to cope with in life, both from an emotional and organizational standpoint.
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FinSMEs, CTech, PR Newswire, and Silicon Canals
| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Google announces online shopping tools, including a Lens upgrade coming first to iOS and Chrome desktop that helps users find products seen in images and videos — New search tools designed for shopping from home — Shopping online isn't always a convenience.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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| Financial Times: |
Shares of London-listed Alphawave, which develops chips with fast data flows, dropped up to 50% after FT report highlighted close links to key contract partners — Toronto-based chip designer loses more than £1bn of market value — Alphawave's London-listed shares crashed … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Reachdesk, which offers tools for sending and managing B2B gifts, raises $45M Series B led by Highland Europe — Gifting has become a major lever in the world of building business relationships in the last 20 months. With in-person meetings reduced to a trickle … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's corporate treasurer, Gary Wipfler, has retired after about 35 years at the company — - Gary Wipfler steps down as vice president and treasurer — Executive served under several CEOs, predating Jobs's return — Apple Inc.'s corporate treasurer and keeper … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify says podcast creators using its Anchor service can add interactive polls and Q&As to their programs — But you have to be on Anchor — Spotify is making podcasts on its platform more interactive. The company announced today that podcasters who create their shows in Anchor …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Alloy, which offers an identity verification service for the financial services industry, raises $100M Series C at a $1.35B valuation led by Lightspeed — Alloy, which has built an identity operating system for banks and fintechs, announced Thursday that it has raised $100 million at a $1.35 billion valuation.
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