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Sources: Apple is aiming to hold an online event on September 7 to unveil the iPhone 14 line; the phones are expected to be released on September 16 — Apple Inc. is aiming to hold a launch event on Sept. 7 to unveil the iPhone 14 line, according to people with knowledge of the matter …
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iOS, iPadOS, and macOS receive updates to fix kernel and WebKit security flaws that allowed arbitrary code execution and were reportedly being exploited — Kernel and WebKit bugs can allow arbitrary code execution on Apple's devices. — Apple has released a trio of operating system updates …
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Code inside the Netflix iPhone app suggests that the ad-supported tier arriving in early 2023 won't let users download shows for offline viewing — Netflix Inc. isn't planning to let users of its new ad-supported tier download shows and movies to their devices for offline viewing … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is rolling out widget notifications on the Windows 11 taskbar, with live updates from widgets such as weather, finance, sports, and breaking news — The notifications include weather and stock alerts — Microsoft is rolling out a taskbar notification system to its Windows 11 widgets this week.
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| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Amazon is testing a feature, reportedly called Inspire, in its app that would show users a TikTok-style feed of product photos and videos — Beta feature is being assessed internally by employees, could eventually be launched more broadly — Even Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -2.60%▼ wants to be a little like TikTok.
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| Adam Morgan McCarthy / The Block: |
Genesis Trading CEO Michael Moro steps down after six years and the company will cut 20% of its staff, following huge losses from a loan to Three Arrows Capital — - Genesis Trading CEO Michael Moro is set to leave the firm after seven years; just over six were spent as CEO.
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| Justina Lee / Bloomberg: |
Study: ahead of 10%-25% of Coinbase listings since 2018, some traders on decentralized exchanges bought more of those tokens, hinting at insider trading — The US charge against a former Coinbase Global Inc. employee may not be the only instance of insider trading at the cryptocurrency exchange, according to a new study.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is rolling out a new sharing feature to let users publish their TikTok Stories to Reddit, Facebook, and Instagram — Facebook and Instagram may be busy trying to clone TikTok within their own apps as Reels, but a new feature rolling out now from TikTok will see the short-form video …
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Bengaluru-based fintech unicorn Razorpay acquires Ezetap, which offers POS terminals and payments software to merchants, sources say for $150M in cash and stock — Fintech unicorn Razorpay has acquired Ezetap in a cash-and-equity deal, marking its entry into the offline payments space.
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HyperTrack, a logistics startup that offers APIs for freight order planning, assignment, and tracking, announces a $25M Series A led by WestBridge Capital — In a sign that the market for logistics and transportation tech isn't cooling (economic downturn be damned), HyperTrack …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Reddit announces a developer portal, offering tools and other resources to build third-party extensions and bots, currently in beta — Any Redditor knows that the best thing about Reddit is bearing witness to the strange and occasionally brilliant stuff that the community itself comes up with …
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| Bloomberg: |
Tencent says a Reuters report that claimed the company plans to sell all or much of its $24B stake in Chinese food delivery company Meituan “is not accurate” — Food delivery giant Meituan rose in US trading after Tencent Holdings Ltd. Chief Strategy Officer James Mitchell … | TechCrunch: |
TikTok makes its Elections Center available in the US, offering state-by-state info ahead of the midterms, and details its misinformation policies — TikTok announced its midterms Elections Center will go live in the app in the U.S. starting today, August 17, 2022, where it will be available …
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| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
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| David Jeans / Forbes: |
Adam Neumann's real estate startup Flow plans to launch a digital wallet for crypto and fiat currencies and may offer a tokenized rewards program — Updated: When Adam Neumann revealed his new venture to WeWork-ify the residential real estate sector Tuesday, backed by a $350 million investment … | Kari McMahon / The Block: |
Collective NFT ownership service Fractional raised a $20M Series A led by Paradigm and is rebranding to Tessera — - Collective NFT ownership platform Fractional is rebranding to Tessera. — Alongside the rebrand, Tessera has closed a $20 million Series A round led by Paradigm.| Bloomberg: |
Nick Clegg shares Meta's plans to help secure the US midterms, building on Meta's 2020 policies, like restricting new political ads one week prior to the vote — After years of revising and updating its election strategy, Meta Platforms Inc. is pulling out a familiar playbook for the US midterms …
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
HiBob, which offers cloud-based HR tools, has raised a $150M Series D led by General Atlantic at a $2.45B valuation, up from $1.65B in October 2021 — Cloud-based human resource (HR) platform HiBob today announced that it has raised $150 million in a Series D round of funding at a $2.45 billion valuation.
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FinSMEs, PR Newswire, Insider, CTech, Silicon Canals, Geektime, Tech in Asia, UNLEASH, SiliconANGLE, and HiBob. Tweets: @techcrunch
| Samson Amore / dot.LA: |
LA-based GrayMatter Robotics, which makes AI-powered robots for automating tedious or ergonomically challenging factory tasks for humans, raised a $20M Series A — Samson Amore is a reporter for dot.LA. He previously covered technology and entertainment for TheWrap and reported …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
ThreatX, which offers API protection, bot and DDoS mitigation, and web application firewalls for first- and third-party web apps, has raised a $30M Series B — ThreatX, a vendor selling API protection services to mainly enterprise clients, today announced that it raised $30 million …
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