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Sources: Apple ads team lead Todd Teresi now reports directly to Eddy Cue and wants to increase the group's ad revenues from $4B per year to double digits — Apple is set to expand ads to new areas of your iPhone and iPad in search of its next big revenue driver.
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| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
Ahead of the US midterms, a look at TikTok's ongoing struggles to contain misinformation during elections, such as in Australia, France, and Kenya this year — The fast-growing platform's poor track record during recent voting abroad does not bode well for elections in the U.S., researchers said.
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| David McCabe / New York Times: |
A look at the growing bipartisan scrutiny of TikTok in the US; email: House officials told staff they did not recommend using the app, citing security concerns — National security concerns over the Chinese-owned viral video app remain unresolved. Lawmakers and regulators are increasingly pushing for action.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Uber plans to end its free loyalty program Uber Rewards on November 1, 2022, to focus on its new Uber One membership program for $10 per month or $100 per year — You have until October 31st to spend your leftover Uber Rewards points — Uber is ending its free loyalty program, Uber Rewards …
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Around two years ago, Apple updated its employee conduct policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of caste, making it a leader on the issue alongside IBM — America's tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India's ancient caste system, with Apple (AAPL.O) … | Lucy Harley-McKeown / The Block: |
Galaxy Digital terminates its $1.2B acquisition of crypto custodian BitGo, announced in May 2021, after the service failed to provide audited statements — - Galaxy Digital announced on Monday that it would terminate its deal with crypto custodian BitGo, which had been announced in May 2021.| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Google Maps in the US regularly misleads people looking for abortion providers, instead pointing them towards non-medical crisis pregnancy centers — Chey was a 19-year-old college sophomore living near Orlando, Florida, when she discovered she was pregnant and decided to have an abortion.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
New York City-based Kumospace, which offers video chat and remote work tools with a “virtual office” feel, has raised a $21M Series A led by Lightspeed — After more than two years of remote work, many employees have no interest in returning to the office — at least not without good reason.
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The US' $42.5B broadband budget for underserved areas is withheld until the FCC makes new service maps, which aren't expected by rural providers until late 2023 — The $42 billion broadband plan is slowed by lack of accurate maps showing gaps in service — WASHINGTON—The government's …
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| Bobby Kent / GameLuster: |
Court docs in Brazil show Microsoft sold approximately 58.5M Xbox One units in total, or half of the PS4's 117.2M sales; Microsoft has long hidden sales figures — A high-profile case is ongoing in Brazil, as Microsoft attempts to defend its Activision Blizzard acquisition from CADE, the Brazilian competition authority.
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The Verge, Gameranx, Eurogamer.net, Game Rant, Stevivor, Thurrott, Appuals.com, TheGamer, and GamingBolt
Tweets: @tomwarren, @nextgenplayer, and @gossithedog
| Andrew Hill / Financial Times: |
A look at the UK's beleaguered semiconductor industry, which has withered since the 1980s, and efforts to revive domestic production amid a global supply crunch — Richard Rogers' buildings are known for their inside-out architecture. The Inmos microprocessor factory in Newport, south Wales, completed in 1982, is no exception.
Tweets: @davidheniguk, @adam_tooze, @graemetr, @andrewtghill, and @zichenwanghere
| Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Tencent and Alibaba, whose stocks have dropped 60% and 65% respectively since February 2021, have lost more market value than any other stock globally — Just 18 months ago, Tencent Holdings Ltd. was on the cusp of becoming Asia's second trillion-dollar company … Sponsor Posts
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