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FTC sues app analytics and data broker company Kochava, saying it sells data revealing “people's visits to reproductive health clinics, places of worship”, more — Data could identify people seeking abortions — The Federal Trade Commission has sued app analytics firm Kochava …
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Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January 2023; Tan will step away from his role at his firm Initialized Capital — Y Combinator has tapped an outsider as its next president — sort of. — The storied Bay Area-based accelerator …
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Tweets: @garrytan, @kul, @om, @bizcarson, @jesslivingston, @chadloder, @paulg, @rsg, @harjtaggar, @patrickc, @sama, @immad, @eladgil, @casey, @alexrkonrad, @joshconstine, @danprimack, @alexrkonrad, @sriramk, @jenny8lee, @davemcclure, @toddg777, @initialized, @samsheffer, @sama, @apartovi, @robgo, @dflieb, @lindsayaamos, and @semil. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
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Meta partners with JioMart, an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms, to launch a grocery shopping service on WhatsApp in India — Meta and an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms are bringing JioMart grocery shopping to WhatsApp … | Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: |
Crypto coin AVAX fell 10%+ after a self-described whistleblower said Avalanche weaponized litigation against rivals; CEO calls it “conspiracy theory nonsense” — Ava Labs CEO rejected the accusation as “conspiracy theory nonsense.” — Ava Labs CEO rejected the accusation as “conspiracy theory nonsense.”
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Reliance Jio, which has 421M+ subscribers, plans to spend $25B to launch a 5G network in October 2022 and expand to “every town” in India by the end of 2023 — Reliance Jio Infocomm, India's top telecom mobile operator, has earmarked a spending of $25 billion on the rollout …
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| New York Times: |
China opened corruption probes in July 2022 into some top executives in its semiconductor industry, as it rethinks its gold rush approach to chip self-reliance — Wearing a laboratory coat, China's top leader, Xi Jinping, inspected a subsidiary of Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, a national semiconductor company based in Wuhan.
Tweets: @liyuan6, @brianmannadk, @yangxifan, @neysunm, @andreasharsono, @pstasiatech, and @nytimes
| Daniel Van Boom / CNET: |
Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed at MTV's Video Music Awards in Yuga Labs' game Otherside, morphing into the Bored Yacht Ape NFT avatars that they own — Just like the video clip for the song, Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed “From The D 2 The LBC” as their Bored Apes during Sunday's Video Music Awards.
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Snap adds a Dual Camera feature to Snapchat for iOS, letting users capture photos and videos using their phone's front-facing and rear cameras simultaneously — Snapchat is the latest app to add dual camera functionality. The app is launching the “Dual Camera” recording feature …
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TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, AppAdvice, iPhone in Canada Blog, Input, PhoneArena, Tom's Guide, Android Central, BGR India, and KnowTechie. Tweets: @noahlisk
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Gabe Leydon, a co-founder of free-to-play game studio Machine Zone that sold to AppLovin for $600M, raised $200M in 2021 for blockchain game startup Limit Break — Gabe Leydon was a pioneer of free-to-play mobile games at Machine Zone, which was sold for $600 million in 2020 to AppLovin.| New York Times: |
How Taiwan's centrality in the global chip supply chain may help keep the peace by providing the island with a “silicon shield” against a Chinese invasion — TAIPEI, Taiwan — As Chinese warships rehearsed a blockade of Taiwan this month, they simulated a scenario global leaders …
Tweets: @ldrogen, @nytimestech, @amfchina, @epro, @paulmozur, @jchengwsj, and @martijnrasser
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India says it won't restrict Chinese companies from selling smartphones cheaper than $150, after a report said it planned to do so to boost its local firms — India is not proposing to restrict Chinese smartphone manufacturers from operating in the sub-$150 price range, a key minister said Monday …
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Sources: EU regulators will not appeal a court ruling scrapping a €997M fine against Qualcomm for allegedly paying Apple billions to use only Qualcomm chips — EU antitrust regulators will not appeal a court ruling scrapping its 997-million-euro ($991 million) fine against U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm …
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