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European Commission proposes legislation mandating USB-C charging for mobile devices, citing electronic waste; Apple is the main USB-C holdout — LONDON (AP) — The European Union unveiled plans Thursday that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single charging method for mobile devices.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google details several accessibility features coming to Android 12, including facial gesture controls, handwriting recognition, and an app for low-vision users — Alongside new Assistant and Gboard additions — Google's raft of new features coming to Android this fall includes some interesting new accessibility features.
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Tweets: @googleaccess and @googleaccess
| Florence Ion / Gizmodo: |
Google announces a range of features for Android, Google TV, Assistant, and Gboard, including some that were previously Pixel exclusives — The company just pushed out over a dozen new Android features, including some we thought would be limited to Android 12. — Alerts
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9to5Google, 9to5Google, The Keyword, XDA Developers, Android Police, The Verge, Engadget, MSPoweruser, Android Central, and SlashGear. Tweets: @google
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google expands its Google TV app beyond the US to 14 countries, including the UK and Germany, and adds an in-app Android TV remote — After leaving its original Android TV remote app to waste for years, Google is finally remedying the situation. Following a false start yesterday …
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The Verge, XDA Developers, and The Streamable
| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
Sen. Marsha Blackburn says WSJ's Facebook Files whistleblower has turned over documents and plans to reveal their identity “at some point down the line” — Happy Thursday and welcome to The Technology 202! Below: Meet “Help Desk,” a new initiative our colleagues are launching …
Tweets: @donie, @nicoleperlroth, @talkopan, @viacristiano, @viacristiano, and @kantrowitz. Thanks:@viacristiano
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
WSJ's Facebook Files, which uses Facebook's own data and research to highlight its impact on users, is Facebook's biggest crisis since Cambridge Analytica — How the company found itself in its biggest crisis since Cambridge Analytica — A week ago, the Wall Street Journal began to publish …
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MarketWatch, Bloomberg, CNBC, Search Engine Land, Protocol, CNN, The Overspill, and BIG by Matt Stoller
Tweets: @nicoleperlroth, @jeffreygoldberg, @riederb, @caseynewton, @jeffhorwitz, and @platformer
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter integrates Strike's wallet to let users receive tips in bitcoin, rolls out Tips globally on iOS, and will explore support for NFT authentication — Twitter's slate of new product announcements is not slowing down. The company today introduced a number of new initiatives aimed …
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The Verge, The Block, CoinDesk, Engadget, Twitter, Mashable, 9to5Mac, Decrypt, CNET, Livemint, and CNBC
Tweets: @twittersupport, @panzer, @esthercrawford, @martinsfp, and @carnage4life
| Washington Post: |
Researchers: despite Apple's ATT changes, at least three popular iOS apps are sending identifying info to third-parties even when users opt-out of tracking — On your iPhone, you can now tap a button that says, “Ask app not to track.” But behind the scenes, some apps keep snooping anyway.
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Lockdown Privacy, 9to5Mac, and Input
| The Verge: |
Tim Sweeney says Apple told Epic that it will not consider reinstating Epic's developer account until all legal appeals have concluded, likely years from now — Epic CEO Tim Sweeney revealed the conversation in a series of tweets — Fortnite will not be returning to the iOS App Store any time soon …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer says he will step down next year and shift into a part-time adviser role; Andrew Bosworth will become CTO — - Veteran executive ‘Schrep’ will shift to senior fellow role — Hardware boss Andrew Bosworth will be promoted to CTO role
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| Ben Bajarin / Creative Strategies: |
Analysis: Apple Silicon averaged 19% GPU gains YoY for the past five years, and A15 grew 52%; since iPhone 5s, performance has grown 133% every four years — For years now, Apple's tight integration of its products and Apple Silicon have evolved in lockstep.
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MacRumors, phonearena.com, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @benbajarin, @benbajarin, and @dhh
| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Industry groups representing Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter sue Texas over a law that lets residents sue social networks that ban them for their political views — Technology trade groups that represent Facebook, Google's YouTube and Twitter are suing Texas to stop a new state law that cracks …
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The Verge, The Texas Tribune, Insider, and Politico
Tweets: @adamkovac, @pamesjollard, @viacristiano, @chucklindell, @jrhuddles, @aricohn, and @jgwithrow
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
New York-based Ocrolus, which offers automated tools for businesses to process documents, raises $80M Series C at a $500M+ valuation led by Fin VC — If you've ever had to take out a loan, you know just how many documents are involved in the approval process. — It's a lot.
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Ocrolus, FinSMEs, FinLedger, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @caseynewton, @ocrolus, and @bayareawriter
| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill requiring Amazon and other employers to disclose the use of productivity quotas and more, starting January 1 — Gov. Gavin Newsom says the new law, which targeted Amazon, will protect workers and give them “the dignity, respect and safety they deserve.”
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Twitter plans to stop tweets from disappearing when the timeline auto-refreshes, in a series of updates over the next two months — address a longstanding complaint people have had with its mobile app. If you use the software frequently, you may have noticed tweets will sometimes disappear …
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Tweets: @mathewi, @twittersupport, @quinnypig, @hshaban, @tommorris, and @sub8u
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Syng, founded by an ex-Apple designer to build “triphonic” audio hardware with spatial audio, raises $48.75M Series A led by Eclipse Ventures — Audio startup Syng has been building on quite a bit more hype than the average fresh hardware startup, largely because of the team behind it.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord is testing Watch Together, a feature that lets members broadcast YouTube videos, after Google forced the shutdown of two popular music bots on Discord — Discord music returns, kind of — Discord is starting to test YouTube integration, just weeks after Google-owned YouTube forced two popular Discord music bots offline.
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| Nandita Bose / Reuters: |
Draft memo shows the US and EU plan to work more closely in regulating Big Tech companies, including in areas such as hate speech and algorithmic amplification — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and European Union plan to take a more unified approach to limit the growing market power …
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CNET and AppleInsider
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researchers say an Exchange Autodiscover bug can be used to obtain Windows users' domain and app credentials; Microsoft is investigating — Security researchers have discovered a design flaw in a feature of the Microsoft Exchange email server that can be abused to harvest Windows domain and app credentials from users across the world.
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Guardicore, Windows Central, Malwarebytes Labs, Thurrott, International Business Times, TechRadar, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @xrepcces, @cudatox, @rootsecdev, @nathanmcnulty, @gossithedog, @jeffmcjunkin, @gossithedog, @zackwhittaker, and @0xamit
| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Apple releases StoreKit 2 alongside iOS 15, letting developers quickly access a user's purchase history, letting users request a refund in-app, and more — Refunds and subscription management — As part of this week's launch of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and watchOS 8, Apple also introduced StoreKit 2 … | Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal: |
US federal judge orders Facebook to hand over records on posts removed for promoting violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar — Federal judge rules social-media company must hand over information about posts removed for promoting violence against Rohingya Muslims
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Reuters, The Verge, and Beyond Search
Tweets: @wsj, @poppymcp, @anthony, @craigsilverman, @lvandenassum, and @lincolnsbible
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Chinese AR glasses maker Nreal raises $100M, source says at a $700M valuation, to develop its Nreal Light glasses that connect with smartphones — - Chinese augmented reality (AR) glasses maker Nreal has raised $100 million to fund international expansion, valuing the company at $700 million.| Jack Kennedy / Silicon Republic: |
Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta raises $300M from GM, following $500M Series C in March; Momenta has a license for detailed geographic data in China — US car giant General Motors (GM) is to invest $300m in Chinese self-driving start-up Momenta, Reuters has reported.
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SiliconANGLE, Reuters, TechCrunch, and Reuters
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
In a memo, Lina Khan encourages FTC staff to prioritize addressing “dominant intermediaries”, unfair contracts, and mergers that are “illegal on their face” — - Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan encouraged her staff to prioritize addressing “dominant intermediaries” … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Seattle-based Remitly, which lets users send and receive money across borders, raises $300M+ in its IPO at a valuation of nearly $7B — Remitly will be valued at nearly $7 billion when it goes public on Thursday. — The Seattle company priced shares at $43 on Wednesday evening …
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Business Wire, Reuters, and Crunchbase News
| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Despite passing a tough online abuse law, researchers say social networks in Germany are full of hate speech and harassment ahead of a September 26 election — Scrolling through her social media feed, Laura Dornheim is regularly stopped cold by a new blast of abuse aimed at her … | James Spiro / CTech: |
Blue White Robotics, which “retrofits” existing farming infrastructure with autonomous systems, raises $37M Series B, bringing its total raised to $60M — The company ‘retrofits’ existing infrastructure in farming operations with autonomous algorithms
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FinSMEs, Globes Online, and Blue White Robotics
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
IPC, which represents Foxconn, Intel, and others, says a survey found ~80% of manufacturers are struggling to find workers, compounding chip shortage issues — Nearly four in five electronics manufacturers say that it has become harder to find qualified workers, compounding problems …
Tweets: @brianroemmele
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