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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook warns publishers that Apple's upcoming privacy changes in iOS 14, which clamp down on ad tracking IDFA usage, will make Audience Network less effective — Facebook is warning advertisers that they can expect weaker ad performance from iPhone users once iOS 14 comes out next month …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic says Fortnite gamers on iOS and macOS will not be able to play the game's next season, arriving Thursday, and will lose cross-play with non-Apple platforms — Apple players are losing cross-play — Fortnite's next season arrives tomorrow, but if you're on iOS or macOS, you won't be able to play it, Epic announced today.
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Epic Games, The Verge, Macworld, Pocketnow, MacRumors, SlashGear, Daring Fireball, SamMobile, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, TechSpot, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Michael Tsai, MacDailyNews, Input, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, dexerto.com, Ars Technica, Polygon, WRAL TechWire, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @markgurman, @ericstromberg, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @benedictevans, @jaypeters, @gruber, @eringriffith, and @benbajarin
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Salesforce to cut ~1,000 jobs, 1.8% of its workforce, including some Tableau employees, and will give those affected 60 days to find a new role in the company — - The cuts amount to about 2% of Salesforce's workforce, but employees affected will have 60 days to find a new position at the company.
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| Karl Bode / VICE: |
US says three members of international piracy ring Sparks Group have been arrested, in coordination with 18 countries, and charged with copyright infringement — Three members of the “Sparks Group,” which cracked movies and TV shows for torrent sites ahead of their release, were arrested in a global law enforcement raid.| New York Times: |
How Microsoft's talks with TikTok ballooned from a small investment into a big, messy, closely watched political soap opera after Trump's intervention — Neither side wanted a big deal. But what began as talks about a small investment ballooned with interventions from President Trump.
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Windows Central, Android Headlines, OnMSFT.com, CNBC, Thurrott, and The Verge
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to add AR content to Apple TV+ next year, as a form of bonus content akin to director commentaries, ahead of an AR headset in 2022 — - Company plans to add AR-based bonus content to original video — Apple seeks to make AR more mainstream ahead of headset launch
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AppleInsider, iMore, The Verge, Input, MacRumors, Trusted Reviews, PYMNTS.com, Patently Apple, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, The Streamable, Neowin, Apple Must, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, CNET, The Mac Observer, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, Cord Cutters News, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and GSMArena.com
| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
Unsealed court docs: Google engineers admitted knowing and discussing that the company's location privacy app settings were confusing and could be misleading — Users could make change, but it was “difficult enough that people won't,” one employee wrote. — Newly unsealed and partially …
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CNET, Associated Press, Arizona Mirror, The Verge, Business Insider, Android Authority, news.com.au, Android Headlines, NewsBytes, and Gizmodo
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| Tracy Withers / Bloomberg: |
New Zealand's stock exchange halted trading for more than three hours on Wednesday after experiencing its second cyber attack in two days, likely DDoS — New Zealand's stock exchange was halted for more than three hours on Wednesday as it came under cyber attack for a second day.
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Reuters, New Zealand Herald, New Zealand Herald, news.com.au, Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, The Guardian, 9News, NZX, BleepingComputer, Infosecurity Magazine, BBC, and Fortune
Tweets: @rossdawson and @campuscodi
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Sony opens registration for invite-only PlayStation 5 preorders, says supply will be limited and invitation program is aimed at existing PlayStation customers — There will be a “limited quantity of PS5 consoles available for pre-order” — Sony has announced the latest step in its dragged …
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Ars Technica, CNET, GamingBolt, Ubergizmo, Game Rant, Comic Book, IGN, PlayStation LifeStyle, CBR, MobileSyrup, ScreenRant, GameSpot, Gematsu, Engadget, BGR, Tom's Guide, SlashGear, Twinfinite, Android Central, TweakTown News, Wccftech, USgamer.net, Android Headlines, and Cord Cutters News. Tweets: @tomwarren
| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
David Cicilline says recommendations from House antitrust inquiry could come as soon as Sept. and that a Glass-Steagall-like law for tech could be an option — - Cicilline poised to deliver proposals as soon as September — Inquiry confirmed digital giants abuse power, chairman says
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| New York Times: |
As Palantir files to go public, questions remain about whether to define the company as a software business, a less-profitable consulting firm, or both — A tech start-up named for objects in “The Lord of the Rings” has become a major government contractor. But what it does is not easy to understand.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google announces updates for its Nest Hub aimed at hotels, including adding wake-up calls along with weather and local information — Given the number of rooms I've stayed in over the past couple of years that still sported a 30-pin iPod alarm clock, I think it's a safe bet that refreshing …
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The Keyword, Android Police, SlashGear, Skift, BetaNews, Digital Trends, CNET, VentureBeat, SONIFI, Engadget, 9to5Google, Droid Life, Voicebot.ai, and TechHive. Tweets: @quinnypig
| David Pierce / Protocol: |
A look at startups aiming to build better digital calendars, with faster ways to create meetings, optimizing schedules, analytics for corporate calendars, more — Digital calendars are a mess. They're a crucial part of modern life, especially as remote work becomes more prominent.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
White House announces $1B+ investment to create 12 research institutes focused on AI and quantum computing — The White House today detailed the establishment of 12 new research institutes focused on AI and quantum information science. Agencies including the National Science Foundation …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Ten VC firms say they're adding “diversity riders” in term sheets, pledging startups and lead investors will try to include underrepresented investors in deals — Ten venture capital firms on Wednesday will announce that they're now including “diversity riders” …
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dot.LA, Crunchbase News, and GeekWire
Tweets: @themollette, @aape, @firstround, @maveron, @plexocapital, and @jorgemtorres
| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Most of Scots Wikipedia appears to be written by an American attempting a Scottish accent, not Scots, Scotland's official language; the user has 23K+ articles — Scots is an official language of Scotland. An administrator of the Scots Wikipedia page is an American who doesn't speak Scots …
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Meta, The Guardian, The Times, The Mary Sue, HeraldScotland, inews.co.uk, Gizmodo, and Verdict
Tweets: @r_speer, @bigblackjacobin, @evan_greer, @thebrometheus, @mat, @neerajka, @deardara, @xythar, @_elizabethmay, @campuscodi, @mmasnick, @xor, @zck, @hashtaggriswold, @simonw, @mrjasonchoi, @babelstone, and @chickenpaprika
| Substack Blog: |
Substack to support paid subscriptions for writers based in India; the feature is in beta and Substack will waive its 10% fee during the beta period — If you're a writer based in India who'd like to offer paid subscriptions, we've got good news for you: Substack now supports paid subscriptions in India.| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Habi, a Colombia-based residential real estate marketplace with automated pricing tech, raises $10M Series A to fuel Latin American expansion — When Brynne McNulty Rojas moved to Bogotá, Columbia four years ago, she encountered a fragmented real estate industry that lacked … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Joe Budden, one of Spotify's biggest exclusive podcasters, is leaving Spotify on Sept. 23, claims it “is pillaging” his audience and won't give him a bonus — “I cannot tell you where this podcast will be.” — Joe Budden, one of Spotify's biggest exclusive podcasters, is leaving the platform.| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Finix, a SaaS startup selling payments tools to businesses, adds $30M led by Lightspeed and AMEX to its $45M Series B from earlier this year — Finix continues to have a good year. Six months after announcing an initial $45 million Series B, the payments infrastructure company is coming … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook updates Messenger Rooms, its group video calling tool, with a simplified UI for creating and discovering rooms, new customization options, and more — Messenger Rooms, Facebook's social Zoom competitor, is today rolling out new features aimed at making Rooms easier to both create …
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Mashable, Messenger News, MediaPost, iMore, Social Media Today, Engadget, Cult of Mac, Neowin, Adweek, Android Police, and CNET
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Smartsheet to buy Brandfolder, a Denver-based startup that sells digital asset management software, for approximately $155M in cash and stock — Smartsheet will pay approximately $155 million in cash and stock to acquire Brandfolder, a Denver, Colo.-based startup that sells digital asset management software.Sponsor Posts
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