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Signal plans to phase out SMS and MMS support from its Android app; users have “several months to transition away from SMS” and export messages to another app — Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy.
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Signal Blog, XDA Developers, The Verge, and Android Central
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[Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K in 2021 by ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists, as a side hustle for five hours per week — 👻 Ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists is the side hustle of the founder of a tech startup (who asked to remain anonymous). Last year he made about $200,000. Here's how he did it, as told to Insider's @Schwartzesque. 👇 https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts the Surface Pro 9, combining the Pro X and Pro lines, available on October 25 for $1,000+ with Intel's 12th Gen CPUs or $1,300+ with an ARM SQ3 — Microsoft is combining its Surface Pro X and Surface Pro lines into a single product this year, the Surface Pro 9.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
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Sources: US chip equipment suppliers are pausing business activities and pulling out staff based at China's YMTC, following US curbs on China's chip sector — Tool makers are pulling out staff and pausing work as they assess the impact of Commerce Department restrictions on semiconductor exports to China
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Tom's Hardware and Ars Technica
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft previews Places, a new app meant to help companies address hybrid workplace challenges, coming to Microsoft 365 business subscriptions in 2023 — Microsoft previewed a new app that will attempt to help companies, workers, and real estate facilities managers address … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that they won't get its new benefits and would need to negotiate via the collective bargaining arrangement — Apple Inc. is withholding its latest employee benefits from staff who work at its sole unionized retail store …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Google approved Truth Social in the Google Play Store after the app updated its content moderation policies in response to being denied in August 2022 — Google has approved Donald Trump's Twitter-like social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store, Axios has learned.
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Tweets: @sarafischer, @lawyerscomm, and @marketwatch
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Samsung announces an expanded Google partnership to let Galaxy phone and tablet users onboard Matter-compatible devices to SmartThings and Google Home systems — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Samsung has revealed details about how Matter smart home devices will work on its Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets.| Matthew Townsend / Bloomberg: |
Amazon, Shopify, Wayfair, and other big e-commerce sites scale back operations after erroneously betting that pandemic online shopping trends would be permanent — Did the pandemic forever change how we shop? — The answer seemed obvious in the first half of 2020, when retailers closed … | Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
Dream Security, a cybersecurity startup co-founded by former NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio with a focus on protecting critical infrastructure, has raised $20M — The former chief executive officer of Israeli spyware company NSO Group, Shalev Hulio, has joined with ex-Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz …
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| Edward Graham / Nextgov: |
Trellix report: phishing emails targeting county election workers surged in battleground states Arizona and Pennsylvania ahead of their 2022 primary elections — Research conducted by cybersecurity firm Trellix found that county election workers in Arizona and Pennsylvania saw an increase … | Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse keynote didn't address the enormous skepticism around his vision and shows why VR should have been an R&D project, not Meta's future — As Mark Zuckerberg spoke to the camera in a pre-recorded presentation on Tuesday to kick off Meta Platforms Inc.'s annual …
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Tweets: @mwseibel, @chrisfralic, @suhail, @levie, @markoff, @caseytheva, @stephentotilo, @dw_innovation, @willoremus, @chetfaliszek, @quinnae_moon, @aniiyengar, @ahcastor, @johnkoetsier, @samfbiddle, @tfadell, @benz145, @samfbiddle, @jason, @amy_siskind, @amy_siskind, @plswatchgundam, @ncweaver, @amir, @carlquintanilla, @hunterdk, @chresko, @samfbiddle, @ballmatthew, @mia_out, @ballmatthew, @ballmatthew, @ballmatthew, @keithdsouza, @quinnypig, @firstadopter, and @parmy
| Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
DC-based policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the US Treasury Department, saying the treasury overstepped its authority by sanctioning Tornado Cash in August 2022 — - The D.C.-based policy nonprofit sued the Treasury Department, saying it overstepped its authority when it sanctioned transaction mixer Tornado Cash in August.| Taylor Locke / Fortune: |
Mango Markets, a Solana DeFi platform, says a hacker stole ~$100M by manipulating its coin's price; the hacker made a DAO proposal to waive any investigations — Mango Markets, a decentralized trading platform on the Solana blockchain, looks to be the latest victim of a massive hack within the crypto realm.| VentureBeat: |
Vectara, founded by former Google employees, emerges from stealth with $20M in seed funding and launches its neural search-as-a-service technology — Is there a better way to build a search tool that produces more highly relevant results than just using keyword-based techniques?| Rebecca Klar / The Hill: |
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocks the Texas social media law from taking effect, as industry groups seek to bring the case to the Supreme Court — The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a controversial Texas social media law from going into effect Wednesday as industry groups seek …
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Politico, NetChoice, Onhike, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @netchoice, @carnage4life, @progresschamber, and @aricohn
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Google Pixel Watch review: beautiful, comfortable, bright but cramped screen, lackluster battery life, slow charging, few apps, and no auto workout tracking — I'm late. I'm late. For a very important date. That's effectively the Google Pixel Watch's mantra.
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New York Times, Tom's Guide, Ars Technica, The Irish Times, Android Police, The Verge, Engadget, The Shortcut, Android Central, Mashable, Pocket-lint, Press Start, and Android Authority
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