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YouTube TV reaches a deal with Disney to bring back 17+ channels including ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic — After one day of being dark, YouTube TV and Disney have reached a deal which will see more than 17 Disney-owned channels, including local ABC affiliates, Disney Channel, and ESPN return to the service.
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YouTube Official Blog, Gizmodo, The Verge, USA Today, Engadget, TechRadar, iMore, Droid Life, The Economic Times, Benzinga, CNET, BetaNews, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Deadline, Thurrott, Forbes, Android Police, Hollywood Reporter, Ars Technica, MUO, Cord Cutters News, and Washington Post
Tweets: @youtubetv, @pkafka, @ralphdrussoap, @thestreamable, @mgsiegler, @reckless, @film_girl, and @epro
| Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
Report: chipmakers are on track to spend $152B on new fabs and production equipment in 2021, up 34% YoY, which is the strongest YoY growth since 2017 — Semiconductor makers have drastically increased their capital expenditures (CapEx) this year in response to unprecedented demand for chips that is going to last for years.
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Profile of Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive, which marked its 25th anniversary in May and stores 70PB+ of data, including 635B webpages and 34M books — Meet Brewster Kahle, the internet's chief librarian — Audio player loading... On the same day in 1996, Brewster Kahle founded … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cars 24, an India-based marketplace for used cars, raises a $400M Series G, including $100M debt and $300M equity, led by Alpha Wave Global at a $3.3B valuation — With supply chains in the automotive industry continuing to be disrupted due to Covid-19, demand has surged in the used-car market.
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The Economic Times, Benzinga, Livemint, Tech in Asia, Entrackr, and Bloomberg
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Chinese AI company SenseTime, which focuses on computer vision, relaunches its $767M Hong Kong IPO, a week after the US investor ban and pulling the IPO listing — Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group (0020.HK) relaunched its $767 million Hong Kong IPO on Monday … | Nick Statt / Protocol: |
Microsoft's Phil Spencer says the success and growth of games like Minecraft show the ingredients required for the metaverse to shed its dystopian roots — When Phil Spencer thinks about the tech and gaming industries' newfound obsession with the metaverse, the Xbox chief's mind goes to Minecraft.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
The case for Apple to offer a 15-inch iPad home hub is made clear by devices like the Portal and Echo Show 15, as well as Apple's ~5% smart speaker market share — I've been testing Amazon.com Inc.'s new Echo Show 15. My takeaway: It's time for Apple Inc. to get serious about the smart home and launch a giant iPad as a new hub.
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Benzinga, BGR India, Pocketnow, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @johnwilson, @mikeorren, @dan_ness, @mattbirchler, and @markgurman
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bangalore-based Razorpay, a top payment processor in India whose products resemble Stripe's, raises a $375M Series F at a $7.5B valuation, up from $3B in April — Razorpay has more than doubled its valuation to $7.5 billion from $3 billion in April as one of India's largest fintech giants …
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The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Livemint, DealStreetAsia, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, and Entrackr
Tweets: @kunksed, @anshublog, and @saxenasagar91
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Spotify, Meta, and Netflix find Gen Z elusive in a way TikTok never has; Spotify says its Blend playlist feature is mostly used by Gen Z — Good afternoon from Puerto Rico. Hope you all are staying safe out there. Hollywood is celebrating the good news of a record-breaking weekend for the new … | MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Sources estimate ~20% of the world's bitcoin miners remain in China, after moving operations underground following the country's crypto mining ban in May — - China cracked down on its domestic crypto mining industry in May, but many miners have figured out ways to continue operations and evade detection.| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Vay, which wants to launch a service in Hamburg in 2022 that uses remote operators to drive rental cars to and from users, raises a $95M Series B — Vay, a company that is trying to get self-driving car services to market faster by pursuing a teledriven approach … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Taptap Send, which provides cross-border remittances for underserved markets, raises a $65M Series B led by Spark Capital, following a $13.4M Series A in June — Cross-border remittances — when people living and working abroad send money back home to friends and family … Sponsor Posts
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