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Sources: Apple is aiming to hold an online event on September 7 to unveil the iPhone 14 lineup; 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: |
Apple releases iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 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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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Netflix iOS app code suggests the ad-supported tier, arriving in early 2023, won't let users download shows for offline viewing or skip ads — Netflix Inc. isn't planning to let users of its new ad-supported tier download shows and movies to their devices for offline viewing …
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| 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 in its app, called Inspire, which 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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| The Economic Times: |
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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| 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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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
VideoLan, which develops VLC, says Indian telecom operators have been blocking its website since February 2022; India has 10% of VLC users worldwide — VideoLan, the developer of popular media player VLC, says Indian telecom operators have been blocking its website since February of this year …
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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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| Washington Post: |
A coalition of 70 TikTok stars, with a combined 51M+ followers, pledges to cease work with Amazon until the company meets the demands of the Amazon Labor Union — The ‘People Over Prime’ campaign is a public setback for the company, which has courted influencers
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
A look at Netflix's gaming initiative: experimenting with ways to surface games to subscribers, hiring for a cloud gaming service, acquiring studios, and more — Netflix's foray into gaming is dead on arrival — at least according to the latest headlines about the company's first few mobile games.
Tweets: @jank0, @nickstatt, @jank0, and @jank0
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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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VentureBeat, GlobeNewswire News Room, ZDNet, Your guide to business …, FreightWaves, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, FinSMEs, and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @oneabhishek
| Bloomberg: |
China criticizes the $52B CHIPS Act, saying the legislation violates fair market principles and targets Beijing's efforts to boost its domestic chip industry — China lashed out at a $52 billion program to expand American chipmaking, saying the landmark blueprint contains elements … | Bloomberg: |
Grab, Foodpanda, and Deliveroo form the Digital Platforms Industry Association in Singapore, seeking to influence gig economy guidelines — Singapore's biggest mobile apps have set aside their rivalry to form an unlikely partnership, hoping to strengthen their influence with the local government … | Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: |
Dutch payments group Adyen misses as H1 net revenue rose 37% YoY to €608.5M and transaction volume rose 60% YoY to €345.8B; shares drop 11%+ — Shares shed a 10th in value after Dutch company fails to meet first-half forecasts — Dutch payments group Adyen failed to meet … | 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.| 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 …
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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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PR Newswire, FinSMEs, UNLEASH, CTech, Silicon Canals, Geektime, Tech in Asia, Insider, SiliconANGLE, and HiBob. Tweets: @techcrunch
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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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TikTok, The Verge, Understanding TikTok, Engadget, iTech Post, Fortune, Forbes, The Wrap, Mashable, Digital Trends, Input, Social Media Today, The Register, Gizmodo, and BBC
Tweets: @tiktokcomms, @russellbrandom, @kellymakena, @katieharbath, and @kellymakena
| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
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| 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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