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Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google announces an in-person Pixel hardware event for October 6 at 10am ET in Brooklyn, where the company will detail the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Watch — Google this morning announced that it will be hosting its Pixel hardware event on Thursday, October 6.

More: TechCrunch, Input, Thurrott, Engadget, CNET, XDA Developers, Android Police, ZDNet, The Verge, CNBC, BGR, Wccftech, and Bloomberg

Tweets: @madebygoogle, @majinbuofficial, @tomwarren, @journeydan, @andyboxall, @mishaalrahman, @vnchocotaco, @markgurman, and @skylleddev

Carly Page / TechCrunch:

The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the US with 600,000+ students, says a ransomware attack over the weekend disrupted its operations — The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack that is causing ongoing technical disruptions.

More: Los Angeles Unified …, Metacurity, Los Angeles Times, PCMag, The Hill, BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, Fox News, Variety, StateScoop, InfoRiskToday.com, CBS News, and Cybernews.com

Tweets: @laschools, @brettcallow, and @ncweaver

Peter Frontini / Reuters:

Brazil orders Apple to stop selling iPhones without a charger in the country and fines the company ~$2.38M, citing “deliberate” discrimination against consumers — Brazil's government on Tuesday ordered Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to stop selling iPhones without a battery charger in the country …

More: 9to5Mac, PCMag, Gizmodo, Android Authority, The Verge, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, Wccftech, MacDailyNews, and Patently Apple

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:

Signal appoints former Google manager Meredith Whittaker as its first president, to guide strategy, communications, and policy; she plans to focus on donations — Meredith Whittaker, the former Google manager, is Signal's first president. She is out to convince users to pay for the free app.

More: Signal Blog, The Verge, Cybernews.com, New York Times, Der Standard, and Silicon Republic

Tweets: @mer__edith, @signalapp, @drewharwell, @juliaangwin, @elipariser, @veenadubal, @juliaangwin, @orphir_, @robleathern, @henshaw, @bigmeaninternet, and @kennwhite

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

Google updates Chrome to address an actively exploited high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Mojo runtime libraries, its sixth Chrome zero-day patch in 2022 — Google has released Chrome 105.0.5195.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a single high-severity security flaw …

Ian Hamilton / UploadVR:

Meta announces its Connect conference will be held virtually on October 11, where it is expected to debut its next high-end VR headset — Meta Connect is on for October 11th, 2022 as a one-day virtual event with announcements outlining the company's next steps in VR and AR.

More: TechCrunch, Meta, Engadget, Road to VR, Reuters, Input, Tom's Guide, CNBC, VRScout, and Instagram

Tweets: @vr_oasis, @sadlyitsbradley, @metanewsroom, @this_justintech, @kylebrussell, @hrafntho, @ibrews, @studio_vron, @sadlyitsbradley, @casandchary, @casandchary, @sadlyitsbradley, @boztank, and @kylebrussell

New York Times:

The trial of former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan, over allegedly covering up a 2016 data breach and paying off the hackers, begins this week — Joe Sullivan, Uber's former chief of security, faces criminal charges for his handling of a 2016 security breach.

More: Protocol. Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @nicoleperlroth, and @kashhill

Cindy Cohn / Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Peter Eckersley, who worked at EFF for 12 years, including as its chief computer scientist, and founded the free Let's Encrypt certificate authority, dies at 43 — With deep sadness, EFF mourns the loss of our friend, the technologist, activist, and cybersecurity expert Peter Eckersley.

More: Naked Security, TechSpot, The Tech Outlook, Risky Business News, and Slashdot

Tweets: @evacide, @daphnehk, @linuxfoundation, @dcuthbert, @mcflyhh, @jasonporath, @isislovecruft, @jomc, @davidakaye, @1lexxi, @brianchristian, @letsencrypt, @tarensk, @jsrailton, and @alexstamos. Thanks:@themadhacker

Reuters:

Zurich-based 21.co, which runs the 21Shares crypto investment service, has raised $25M led by Marshall Wace at a $2B post-money valuation — Crypto investment product firm 21.co, the parent of 21Shares, said on Tuesday it had raised $25 million in a funding round led by Marshall Wace that valued the company at $2 billion.

More: Blockworks, The Block, Decrypt, CoinDesk, Watcher Guru, Cointelegraph, and Coinspeaker

Tweets: @21shares and @mdudas

Politico:

Russia is scrambling to buy semiconductors, transformers, transistors, and other tech parts for weapons, many of which are sanctioned, for its Ukraine war — It's the microchips that look set to get Vladimir Putin in the end. Six months into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is being throttled …

More: New York Times and Wall Street Journal

Tweets: @zoyashef, @ngrossman81, @politicoryan, @jonlemire, @juliadavisnews, @gloefflmann, @ilvestoomas, @ulrichspeck, @zoyashef, @carlquintanilla, and @nytimes

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters:

Chinese government tenders show research institutions, such as Tsinghua University, rely on Nvidia's and AMD's AI chips, whose export the US has now restricted — High-profile universities and state-run research institutes in China have been relying on a U.S. computing chip to power …

More: Trak.in. Tweets: @fabiochiusi

Bloomberg:

Sony says longtime PlayStation hardware architect Masayasu Ito plans to retire on October 1; Ito joined Sony in 1986 and moved to the console division in 2000 — Sony Group Corp.'s PlayStation unit is set to lose its longtime hardware architect Masayasu Ito, who will retire at the end of this month.

More: Gizmodo, PCMag, PC Gamer, Engadget, IGN, Destructoid, Gematsu, The Verge, Video Games Chronicle, GameSpot, Fortune, and GamesIndustry.biz

Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:

Tencent plans to invest €200M in Ubisoft to increase its stake from 4.5% to 9.99%, alongside a further investment €100M in the company — Tencent Holdings Ltd is set to more than double its stake in Ubisoft Entertainment SA, providing an injection of cash in the video game publisher known for its Assassin's Creed franchise.

More: Game Developer, GlobeNewswire News Room, VentureBeat, GamesIndustry.biz, Reuters, Android Central, Kotaku, Video Games Chronicle, and OnMSFT.com

Tweets: @stephentotilo, @stephentotilo, and @stephentotilo

Iris Deng / South China Morning Post:

Huawei launches the Mate 50 series, the first smartphones to link with China's BeiDou global satellite navigation system, on sale without 5G for ~$720 to ~$980 — Huawei Technologies Co on Tuesday launched its new flagship Mate 50-series smartphones that support satellite communications …

More: Nikkei Asia, Tech Advisor, Android Authority, BGR India, and Pandaily

Tweets: @megaconstellati, @trengriffin, @pstasiatech, and @patrickmcgee_

Ana Swanson / New York Times:

The US Department of Commerce releases its plan for dispensing the $50B CHIPS Act: ~$28B for grants and loans, $10B for expanded manufacturing, and $11B for R&D — The Commerce Department issued guidelines for companies angling to receive federal funding aimed at bolstering the domestic semiconductor industry.

More: Engadget, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, The Hill, and Reuters

Tweets: @jesselee46, @scottlincicome, and @secraimondo

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

CEOs at Nexstar, Sinclair, and Tegna, plus some analysts, say they expect deregulation and consolidation in the broadcast TV industry under Trump's FCC

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:

German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics

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Dan Primack / Axios:

Source: a holding company created by merging PrismHR and Vensure acquires HR startup Namely, which raised $200M+ from Sequoia and others

Katie Linsell / Bloomberg:

UK drugstore chain Boots says it will launch an online marketplace for third-party health and beauty brands in spring 2023

More: PYMNTS.com, The Grocer, and ChannelX

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Tel Aviv-based Cymulate, which helps cybersecurity teams stress test their networks, raised a $70M Series D led by One Peak, sources say at a ~$500M valuation

More: FinSMEs, Dark Reading, CTech, and Globes Online

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:

Bitwarden, an open-source password manager for individuals and enterprises, raised $100M led by PSG, its first substantial outside funding since 2015

More: SiliconANGLE, Business Wire, and FinSMEs

Joanna S Kao / Financial Times:

A look at the crypto real estate market, as a growing pool of investors seek safer assets, and its challenges, such as money laundering and gyrating valuations

Tweets: @law_leeds, @rch371, and @joannaskao

Lauren Hirsch / New York Times:

CVS Health plans to acquire Signify Health, which offers analytics and tech to help 10,000 doctors provide in-home health care to 2.5M US patients, for ~$8B

More: CVS Health Corporation, CNBC, CNBC, Reuters, hitconsultant.net, Finbold, PYMNTS.com, Forbes, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and Axios. Tweets: @stacyfmitchell

Mark Bergen / The Atlantic:

A look at YouTube's “coolhunters” who were tasked with finding and promoting talented YouTubers in the company's early years, before the algorithms took over

More: Bloomberg and Fast Company

Tweets: @kevinroose, @mhbergen, @dlberes, @theatlantic, @matteo_wong, @dlberes, and @mhbergen

Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal:

As Chinese consumers become thriftier amid an economic slowdown, Insider Intelligence forecasts a 9.1% increase in 2022 e-commerce sales, the lowest since 2008

More: TechCrunch. Tweets: @jchengwsj, @justin_mallen, @jchengwsj, @chinarealtime, and @jchengwsj

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Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:

Singapore-based Docquity, a collaboration and learning platform for health care professionals, raised a $44M Series C, bringing its total funding to $57.5M

More: PR Newswire, Tech in Asia, AsiaTechDaily, TechNode Global, Nikkei Asia, Tech in Asia, SiliconANGLE, MobiHealthNews, and DealStreetAsia

The Economic Times:

Venture Intelligence: Indian startups raised 18 $100M+ funding rounds totaling $3.6B in Q2 2022, down from 29 such rounds worth a total of $6.7B in Q1 2022

More: MediaNama and TechCrunch

NBC News:

US public school districts in seven states are piloting or have introduced Starlink internet access to rural students' homes, as some question the affordability

Tweets: @kailanikm and @dennisjromero

Vish Gain / Silicon Republic:

The EU opened its new San Francisco office on September 1 to liaise with US tech companies and promote EU standards and tech, digital policies, and regulations

More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and EEAS

Tweets: @euintheus, @vestager, @boegwendoline, @euambus, @vishgain, and @sub8u

Jaclyn Allen / TheDenverChannel.com:

Utility company Xcel locked 22,000 Colorado users in an energy saving program out of their smart thermostats for hours on August 30 citing an “energy emergency”

More: Protocol, SlashGear, The Verge, KUSA-TV, The Overspill, The Register, KSNV, KIRO 7 News Seattle, Denver Post, HuffPost, CBN News, and National Review

Tweets: @denverchannel, @gartenberg, @carnage4life, @rstephens, @pt, and @katrinapierson

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:

Binance plans to stop supporting the world's second biggest stablecoin USDC and convert users' USDC, USDP, and TUSD into its own stablecoin BUSD on September 29

Eliza Gkritsi / CoinDesk:

Poolin, one of the world's biggest bitcoin mining pools, suspends withdrawals from its wallet service, citing liquidity issues, but says users' assets are safe

Source: Poolin Help Center. More: PoolinWallet, SiliconANGLE, Bitcoinist.com, Coinspeaker, Blockworks, crypto.news, The Bitcoin Mining Block Post, Web3 Is Going Just Great, The Block, Cointelegraph, and CoinGape

Tweets: @nneuman and @wublockchain

Sai Krishna / 91mobiles:

Leaked Apple Watch Pro renders show a larger display, a protrusion for the digital crown and a side button on the right side, and an extra button on the left

More: MacRumors, MacRumors, Macworld, Input, Dexerto, The Verge, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, Sami Fathi's Newsletter, Fierce Wireless, The Mac Observer, MobileSyrup, NextPit, iClarified, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, New York Post, MacDailyNews, PhoneArena, Engadget, Tech Advisor, Pricebaba.com Daily, iMore, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, BGR, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR India, Android Authority, Wccftech, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, iMore, Digital gefesselt, Forbes, CNET, AppleInsider, CNET, Forbes, KnowTechie, fpt., Apple Must, MacRumors, Appleosophy, Mashable, TechRadar, Laptop Mag, Gizchina, WRAL TechWire, XDA Developers, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt

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