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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Flip3 with a 120Hz, 6.7-inch internal display, plus a 1.9-inch panel, and Snapdragon 888, starting at $999, shipping August 27 — One of the first thoughts around foldable smartphones is a high price tag, but that tune is changing.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Fold3 with a 120Hz, 7.6-inch primary screen, S Pen support, and IPX8 water resistance, shipping August 27 for $1,799 — The flagship foldable now has a 120Hz cover screen — It's August, and today is Samsung's latest big Unpacked event.
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| Wolfie Zhao / The Block: |
The attacker who stole $611M from Poly Network has now returned over $256M in USDC, BTCB, SHIBA, and others, after saying they were “ready to surrender” — Quick Take — Poly Network attacker has started returning the funds that were stolen in the largest DeFi hack to date.
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Group behind Poly Network, a cross-chain protocol used for DeFi applications, says a hacker has stolen $611M; one researcher blames the attack on a crypto flaw — Quick Take — Cross-chain protocol Poly Network has been hacked for $611 million. — The team behind the protocol …
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Instagram introduces anti-hate speech tools to let users limit comments and requests on popular posts, following abuse towards England soccer players — Instagram has introduced new features called Limits and Hidden Words designed to reduce hate and abuse on trending posts, the company — announced.| New York Times: |
A look at the multi-year effort by English soccer organizations to push Facebook to crack down on hate speech against players, intensifying during Euro 2020 — For more than two years, soccer officials pushed the social network to limit the invective. As a new season begins, the hate continues.
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
Facebook says it has removed a network of accounts from Russia linked to a UK marketing firm that pushed anti-vaccine content using Planet of the Apes memes — Facebook (FB.O) said on Tuesday it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm which aimed …
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| David Carnoy / CNET: |
Samsung announces $150 Galaxy Buds 2 with active noise cancellation and a similar design to the Galaxy Buds Pro, available August 27 — The latest Samsung true-wireless earbuds are essentially mini versions of the more expensive Galaxy Buds Pro. … Samsung's Galaxy Buds 2 earbuds … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
WhatsApp will let users move their chat history, including photos and voice notes, between iOS and Android devices, starting with new Galaxy models — WhatsApp is finally addressing one of the biggest problems with its — chat histories: the inability to carry them over when you switch platforms.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Facebook says it is undertaking a “very meaningful pivot”, still in its infancy, to change how its ad tools work with a focus on privacy — A ‘very meaningful pivot’ is underway inside the world's largest social network — Facebook's massive business was built on its ability to track users across the internet.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Watch4, starting at $249, and Galaxy Watch4 Classic, starting at $349, both with “Wear OS Powered by Samsung”, shipping August 27 — Samsung and Google's smartwatch collaboration is here — Today we're getting our first look at the fruits …
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Internal iOS 15 code and animations show Apple will let users link AirPods to the Find My network; the headphones will use Bluetooth to show a location — Apple has announced multiple new features for AirPods users with iOS 15, which includes Conversation Boost for AirPods Pro and true Find My support for the first time.| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Court docs: Apple settles its 2019 lawsuit against Corellium over Corellium's “virtualized” iPhone business; Corellium says it still sells virtual iOS devices — Apple accused Corellium of violating its copyrights with virtual iPhones used for security research
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TechCrunch, world.hey.com, Forbes, 9to5Mac, iMore, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, phonearena.com, MacDailyNews, and AppleInsider
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| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
NFTs blur the line between social and financial capital and dismissing them is akin to missing the importance of status while analyzing social networks — Analyzing NFTs as Social Networks Using the Status-as-a-Service Framework — The DEAD followed me across Twitter all weekend.
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| Frank Konkel / Nextgov: |
Source: the NSA awarded a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10B to AWS; Microsoft has filed a bid protest with the GAO in response — Much of the NSA's most prized intelligence data may be moving to the cloud. — The National Security Agency has awarded a secret cloud computing contract worth …
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| Bloomberg: |
In a statement, China signals sweeping regulation of its tech industry will last until at least 2025 to ensure the “healthy development” of new business models — China signaled its push to regulate sweeping parts of the economy, which has jolted markets, will be deep and sustained over the next five years.| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Facebook open sources Time Card, its PCIe-based timekeeping tool that uses atomic clocks and navigation satellites to keep devices and data centers in sync — The social network giant gives away its hardware and software designs that can keep data centers humming efficiently.
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase reports $2.23B in Q2 revenue, vs $1.78B est., and net profit of $1.6B, up nearly 4,900% YoY, following volatile stretch of cryptocurrency trading — - In Q2, Coinbase brought in $2.23 billion of revenue vs. $1.78 billion expected by Refinitiv. — It also reported a profit per share of $6.42.
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| CNBC: |
Amazon opens its $1.5B, 600-acre air hub in northern Kentucky, capable of handling 100 planes and 200 flights per day, as it ramps up delivery speeds — - Amazon on Wednesday debuted its $1.5 billion air hub in Northern Kentucky. — The hub will serve as the central nerve … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
BitMEX announces a $100M settlement with the CFTC and FinCEN over shortcomings in its anti-money laundering and know-your-customer oversight systems — Crypto derivatives trading platform BitMEX announced Tuesday it had reached a settlement on civil charges with U.S. authorities.
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Tweets: @cftc, @ahcastor, @bitmex, and @cointelegraph
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft fixes 44 vulnerabilities, including seven flaws that are classified as critical and three zero-day flaws, with one actively exploited in the wild — Today is Microsoft's August 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for three zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 44 flaws … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Research shows semiconductor chip lead times slipped to 20.2 weeks in July, up by eight days over June, which was already the longest wait time since 2017 — The amount of time it's taking for chip-starved companies to get orders filled has stretched to more than 20 weeks … | Joe Light / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase amends claims on its website that USDC is backed 1:1 by USD, after Circle disclosed in July that commercial paper and other assets back USDC — - Some assets of second-largest stablecoin carry default risk — Coinbase as late as this month claimed coin is backed by cashSponsor Posts
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