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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is delaying return to office deadline by at least a month to October amid rising COVID cases, will give employees a month's notice before return — - The iPhone maker is now eyeing an October return for workers — Covid-19 variants continue to spread across many countries
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Tweets: @markgurman, @engineering_bae, @amydiehl, @gruber, @sesmith, @jeffnolan, and @seldo
| Dave Gershgorn / The Verge: |
DuckDuckGo launches a new Email Protection service that forwards emails from a free “@duck.com” address to users' regular inbox after scanning them for trackers — This is your chance to get an ‘@duck.com’ email address — DuckDuckGo is launching a new email privacy service meant …
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Spread Privacy, TNW, MacRumors, BetaNews, Engadget, TechRadar, TechSpot, Thurrott, iPhone in Canada Blog, and IT Management
Tweets: @duckduckgo, @martinsfp, and @fleming77
| Bloomberg: |
Biden nominates Jonathan Kanter, a long-time foe of Google, to become the DOJ's antitrust chief — - Kanter has represented Microsoft, Yelp in anti-Google push — Biden's appointments signal aggressive antitrust agenda — President Joe Biden plans to nominate Jonathan Kanter as head …
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The White House, Washington Post, Reuters, Financial Times, The Verge, The Hill, Protocol, CNBC, Android Central, and Tech Policy Press
Tweets: @matthewstoller, @bpolitics, and @willoremus
| Washington Post: |
Phone numbers belonging to ten prime ministers, three presidents, and a king were among the list of 50K potential NSO targets, leaked to Amnesty International — Spies for centuries have trained their sights on those who shape destinies of nations: presidents, prime ministers, kings.
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The Guardian, The Guardian, Gizmodo, Reuters, Schneier on Security, Macworld, KnowTechie, WRAL TechWire, and Axios
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| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Sources: a group of Facebook data scientists asked for resources to measure COVID misinfo on Facebook at the start of the pandemic, but execs denied the request — The company doesn't know some specifics about how falsehoods about Covid-19 and vaccines for the virus spread on its social network.
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Ars Technica, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, USA Today, TIME, The Hill, BBC, and Washington Post
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter begins rolling out a preview of a revamped TweetDeck in the US, Canada, and Australia, featuring an option for wider columns, an Explore column, more — Twitter is beginning to test a completely redesigned version of TweetDeck, the company announced today.
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The Verge, mobilesyrup.com, Engadget, and MacRumors
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Verizon joins AT&T and T-Mobile in switching Android Messages default to RCS, raising questions about when or if Apple will swap its SMS default with RCS — That's all three big US carriers, is Apple next? — Beginning next year, Verizon will join AT&T and T-Mobile in preloading Android Messages … | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Product Hunt's Josh Buckley and others launch Hyper, a $60M early-stage fund offering $300K fixed checks, a mentorship network, and Product Hunt distribution — Hyper is a $60M early-stage fund co-founded by Josh Buckley, Product Hunt's current CEO along with writer, founder and designer Dustin Curtis.
Tweets: @joshbuckley, @geoffreywoo, @maccaw, @alexisohanian, @_shahedk, @panzer, @sriramk, @andrewmedal, @turnernovak, @anitakirkovska, and @joshelman
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
US, EU, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and NATO blame China for cyberattacks, including the massive attack on Microsoft's Exchange Servers in March — The U.S., NATO and other allies are collectively calling out China for malicious cyberattacks, including a March attack that exploited a flaw in Microsoft's Exchange Server.| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
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The Record, The Hill, govtech.com, CyberScoop, SecurityWeek, and City A.M.
Tweets: @wsj and @campuscodi
| Forbes: |
BlockFi CEO confirms it received an order from the New Jersey Bureau of Securities to stop accepting new Interest Accounts; existing users won't be impacted — I write about how digital assets are going to change the world — According to a draft press release from the New Jersey Office …
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Reuters, The Block, CryptoSlate, Bitcoin News, Protos, Crypto Briefing, Coinspeaker, Forkast, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Cryptonews, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, and Decrypt
Tweets: @blockfizac, @blockfizac, @thecryptolark, @johnlilic, @brucefenton, @mattysino, @superscientific, and @ahcastor
| Keith Barry / Consumer Reports: |
Videos of Tesla customers using Full Self-Driving beta 9, rolled out to select users, show a system that seems dangerous for users to be testing on public roads — Consumer Reports' car safety experts worry that Tesla continues to use vehicle owners as beta testers for its new features, putting others on the road at risk
Tweets: @crtrud, @davidzipper, @giacaglia, @giacaglia, @giacaglia, @pomeranian99, @giacaglia, @giacaglia, @giacaglia, @pomeranian99, @giacaglia, @giacaglia, and @bwjones
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
YouTube acquires India-based social commerce startup Simsim, sources say for over $70M; Simsim raised $17M to date and was last valued at $50.1M — YouTube has acquired social commerce startup Simsim, the Google-owned firm said on Tuesday. Neither of the firms disclosed the terms of the deal … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Titan, an investing app with ~30,000 users and ~$500M in assets under management, raises $58M Series B led by a16z, valuing the startup at $450M — Titan, a startup that is building a retail investment management platform aimed at the new generation of “everyday investors,” …
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VentureBeat, Andreessen Horowitz, CoinDesk, and Crunchbase News
Tweets: @lukesbeard, @bayareawriter, @titanvest, and @ktmboyle
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Square launches Square Banking, which offers savings, checking, and loan services to Square merchants — Building on the success of the Square Debit Card and Square Capital, the company is launching Square Banking, a combination of savings, checking and loan services for Square merchants.
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CNET, PYMNTS.com, americanbanker.com, TechCrunch, Finextra, Lightico, TechRadar, Reuters, and Protocol. Tweets: @carnage4life
| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
OpenSea, one of the largest marketplaces for NFTs, raises $100M Series B led by a16z at a $1.5B valuation; OpenSea had $160M in digital asset sales in June — The NFT venue has crossed into the rarefied air of crypto unicorns. — OpenSea, one of the largest digital art marketplaces …
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TechCrunch, OpenSea Blog, SiliconANGLE, Blockworks, VentureBeat, FinSMEs, Fast Company, Crypto Briefing, The Block, Forbes, Coinspeaker, and Decrypt
Tweets: @katie_haun, @alexisohanian, @opensea, @dfinzer, and @katie_haun
| Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg: |
Venmo says it is ditching its global social feed, making it so users can no longer see payments between people they don't know — - App, owned by PayPal, is removing its global transactions feed — For years, Venmo has faced criticism for its privacy controls
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PayPal Newsroom, The Verge, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @sollenbergerrc, @bjoewolf, @kerrymflynn, @andybcampbell, and @taylorlorenz
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX raises $900M from SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, others, valuing it at $18B; CryptoCompare: FTX handles $10B+ in trades on an avg. day — Investors include SoftBank, Sequoia Capital and Daniel Loeb's Third Point hedge fund — Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has raised money …
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Forbes, Bloomberg, Blockworks, Reuters, CoinDesk, Decrypt, PR Newswire, Crypto Briefing, and Crowdfund Insider
Tweets: @sbf_alameda, @moneywithcarter, @wsjmarkets, and @masasoncap
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Substack is funding the launch of podcast network Booksmart, which will start with five podcasts; subscribers will get extra content for $7/month or $70/year — Substack is funding the launch of a new podcast network called Booksmart Studios, executives tell Axios.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Mural, which offers a whiteboard-like digital environment for users to collaborate, raises $50M Series C, valuing it at $2B+, says it's tripled ARR in last year — This morning Mural, a startup that builds digital collaboration software with a focus on visual presentation … | GOV.UK: |
UK proposes new pro-competition rules for digital economy, including allowing its Digital Markets Unit to suspend, block, and reverse decisions by tech giants — Digital firms with deep-rooted market power to be subject to mandatory code to drive up competition
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MacRumors, iThinkDifferent, iMore, 9to5Mac, phonearena.com, Cult of Mac, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @kwasikwarteng, @dcms, @oliverdowden, and @technation
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: AT&T is in discussions to sell Xandr to Indian ad tech company InMobi; the mismanaged ad unit has annual revenue of ~$300-$380M and losses of $50-$90M — AT&T is in discussions to sell its ad unit to Indian ad tech giant InMobi, sources tell Axios.
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SiliconANGLE and Ad Age
Tweets: @sarafischer, @reckless, @aripap, @loupas, @awolk, @loudmouthjulia, and @karlbode
| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
China calls out 145 apps, including those from Amazon and ByteDance, alleging that they illegally collected user info, and gives them until July 26 to stop — The 145 named apps have until July 26 to take corrective measures or face punishment, the Ministry of Information Technology (MIIT) … | Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
YouTube debuts Super Thanks, which lets users tip creators for individual uploaded videos rather than livestreams and have their message highlighted in comments — YouTube announced its latest feature, Super Thanks, on Tuesday. This is YouTube's fourth Paid Digital Good … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Untether AI, a startup developing custom-built chips for AI inferencing workloads, raises $125M co-led by Tracker Capital Management and Intel Capital — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Untether AI, a startup developing custom-built chips …
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SiliconANGLE, BetaKit, and Business Wire
| Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg: |
Fabric, which helps companies build their own e-commerce sites, raises $100M, source says at a valuation of $850M — - Funding gives the platform developer a value of $850 million — Fabric, a startup specializing in e-commerce platform development, raised $100 million in new funding …
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