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Sources: Apple is exploring adding health-related features to AirPods, including for enhancing hearing, reading body temperature, and monitoring posture — Earbuds could be offered as hearing aids and include an in-ear thermometer and posture warnings — Apple Inc. is studying ways … | Reuters: |
Internal documents show Amazon's Indian arm ran a systematic campaign to create knockoff goods and boost them in search, starting in 2016 — A trove of internal Amazon documents reveals how the e-commerce giant ran a systematic campaign of creating knockoff goods and manipulating search results …
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The Verge, CNET, Engadget, Gizmodo, Insider, Protocol, BetaNews, CNBC, and KnowTechie
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| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Research: China's bitcoin hashrate share fell from 44% to 0% between May and July, as the US rose from 17% in April to 35% in August and Kazakhstan rose to 18% — Crackdown on digital currencies knocks country's share of crypto production to zero — The US overtook China as the world's biggest source …
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Tweets: @stimuluspkg822, @pkedrosky, @marathondh, @arbedout, @twobitidiot, @cambridgejbs, @samjoiner, @kenziesigalos, @mattsteinglass, and @sdbernard
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Facebook says it now counts activists and journalists as “involuntary” public figures to help protect them and will remove sexual content targeting celebrities — Facebook said it will remove “severe sexualizing content” targeting public figures — including celebrities …
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Reuters, About Facebook, The Hill, and CNET
Tweets: @exavierpope, @alexthomp, @noupside, @alexvoica, @zekuzelalem, @zekuzelalem, and @zekuzelalem
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Sources: TSMC and Sony are planning a semiconductor factory in Japan, opening in 2024 and costing ~$7B, half of which will come from the Japanese government — Toyota group parts maker Denso considers signing up — TOKYO — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Series 7 review: bigger display, dust resistance, and multiple timers, but only one day battery life and no third-party watch faces or Qi charging — A bigger screen and faster charging are nice, but not reasons to upgrade — The most important questions to ask …
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Tweets: @cherlynnlow, @nateingraham, @parkerortolani, @backlon, @tomwarren, @dcseifert, @nicnguyen, @jetscott, and @nicnguyen
| Cathy Gellis / Techdirt: |
An overview of possible Section 230 reforms and why each proposed change might as well be an outright repeal, given each one's practical effect — Some lawmakers are candid about their desire to repeal Section 230 entirely. Others, however, express more of an interest to try to split this baby …
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple will likely cut its projected iPhone 13 production targets for 2021 by 10M units, due to shortage of Broadcom and Texas Instruments parts — Apple Inc. is likely to slash its projected iPhone 13 production targets for 2021 by as many as 10 million units because of prolonged chip shortages …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Mindbody acquires ClassPass, a subscription-based fitness marketplace recently valued at $1B, in an all-stock deal and raises $500M led by Sixth Street — ClassPass, the subscription-based fitness marketplace most recently valued at $1 billion, is today announcing that it has been acquired by Mindbody.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung announces its Galaxy Unpacked Part 2 event will be held virtually on October 20 at 7am PT — Who's left? — Samsung has just sent out invitations for an event it is holding online on Wednesday, October 20th at 7AM PT / 10AM ET. It's called “Galaxy Unpacked Part 2,” …
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Analysis: competitors are gaining on Huawei and Apple in the 5G equipment and handset markets; US is catching up fast to China in 5G subscriptions per capita — The competition among equipment makers, countries and cellphone companies is heated. Here are the leaders in each of those races.
Tweets: @edourdooo, @meghanbobrowsky, @atbwebb, @andylangenkamp, @chinarealtime, and @jojjeols
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple says a virtual event, titled “Unleashed”, will be held on October 18 at 10am PT, where new MacBook Pros with M1X are expected — Apple today announced that it will be holding a special event on Monday, October 18 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
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MobileSyrup, ZDNet, CNET, Bloomberg, TechRepublic, AppleInsider, MSPoweruser, Wccftech, Forbes, iMore, 9to5Mac, Coinspeaker, Pocket-lint, XDA Developers, Tom's Guide, Engadget, MUO, The Overspill, and Appleosophy
Tweets: @gregjoz, @dylandkt, @dsccross, @dsccross, @markgurman, @dsccross, @iphonedo, @markgurman, @backlon, @markgurman, @bzamayo, @dohyun854, @supersaf, @vadimyuryev, @cherlynnlow, @markgurman, @christianselig, @ijustine, @migueldeicaza, @migueldeicaza, @rsgnl, @rsgnl, @darth, @laurengoode, @lukemiani, @lukemiani, @tailosivetech, @bzamayo, @lukemiani, @drbarnard, @film_girl, @reckless, @reckless, @bzamayo, @emkwan, @thisisnoahevans, @markgurman, @reneritchie, @reneritchie, and @hayatohuseman
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Reddit now lets subreddit moderators create Predictions Tournaments, where participating users get 1K tokens to bet on different questions — Reddit today is introducing a new way to post to its communities with the launch of the on-platform feature called “Predictions.”| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Weights & Biases, which builds tools for machine learning researchers, raises a $100M Series C at a ~$1B valuation from Felicis and others — Update: The round in question was $135 million, not $100 million as originally noted. I apologize for the mistake! — What do you call AI these days?| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft agrees to commission an independent human rights review of its law enforcement and government contracts, in response to a shareholder proposal — After shareholder proposal, Microsoft to commission independent report on company's contracts. — Microsoft Corp. … | Martin Matishak / The Record: |
US to host a two-day ransomware virtual event from Wed. with 30 countries, excluding Russia and China; source says Russia wasn't invited “for a host of reasons” — The Biden administration did not invite Russia to participate in the first meeting of a global effort to combat cybercrime …
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NBC News, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, The White House, Euractiv, CNET, CyberScoop, Washington Post, Axios, Associated Press, The Hill, CyberScoop, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @martinmatishak, @ericgeller, @kevincollier, @ericgeller, @ericgeller, @ericgeller, and @ericgeller
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Matik, which offers businesses data-driven and automated tools for making personalized PowerPoint presentations for customers, raises $20M Series A led by a16z — Matik, which has created automated data-driven software for customizing Google Slides or PowerPoint presentations …
Tweets: @kshenster, @menloventures, and @bayareawriter
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
In open letters, NHTSA calls Tesla's use of NDAs with its FSD customers “unacceptable” and questions its use of an OTA safety update instead of issuing a recall — The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent a pair of letters to Tesla targeting the company's use … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Seattle-based Karat, which helps companies conduct technical interviews, raises a $110M Series C at a $1.1B valuation led by Tiger Global — The news: Karat, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, raised a $110 million Series C round at a $1.1 billion valuation.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Acer announces ConceptD 7 SpatialLabs Edition laptop, which uses eye tracking for a glasses-free 15.6-inch 3D display, available in December starting at €3,599 — That kind of tech doesn't come cheap, though — Acer is finally bringing its glasses-free 3D SpatialLabs tech to a laptop you can buy …
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PCWorld, CNET, ZDNet, AndroidPolice, 9to5Google, Laptop Mag, Thurrott, XDA Developers, PCMag, MobileSyrup, Ars Technica, CNET, Laptop Mag, Engadget, PR Newswire, Windows Central, Engadget, TechRadar, Windows Blog, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, and Liliputing. Tweets: @mattk
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Stockholm-based Funnel, which makes a no-code tool to organize and create reports from marketing data, raises $66M, says it is planning for an IPO in Sweden — The world of marketing has become a world of marketing tech. But marketers are not necessarily engineers, so working with the terabytes … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Carl Pei's Nothing, which launched Ear (1) earlier this year, raises a $50M “Series A Extension”, bringing total funding to $74M — In the wake of the July 31 launch of its first product, the Ear (1), Nothing today announced a “Series A Extension” of $50 million, bringing its total funding to $74 million to date.
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Moneycontrol, Livemint, NDTV Gadgets 360, and Channel NewsAsia
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Hibob, which offers cloud-based HR tools, raises a $150M Series C, reportedly at a $1.65B valuation, led by General Atlantic — On the heels of Personio raising a big round yesterday, one of its competitors and another big startup in the area of HR has also picked up some fundning.Sponsor Posts
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