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Microsoft starts testing an Xbox Game Pass family plan in Colombia and Ireland, letting users add up to four people in the same country to their subscription — Game Pass sharing goes into preview in Ireland and Colombia — Microsoft is starting to test an Xbox Game Pass family plan …
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As Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, cyberattacks from China and Russia increased on the island; some 7-11 store TVs displayed “Warmonger Pelosi, get out of Taiwan!” — As U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a brief visit to Taiwan this week that enraged Beijing …
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Interviews with 15 current and former female Apple staff reveal apathy or retaliation in seven departments across six US states in the face of misconduct claims — Megan Mohr was five years into her Apple career when, in 2013, a male colleague took advantage of her after a platonic night out drinking together.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Filing: Twitter responds to Elon Musk's counterclaims, saying they are inaccurate, insufficient, and irrelevant and don't justify his plan to end the deal — We still don't have Elon Musk's response to Twitter's lawsuit over his efforts to back out of his $44 billion acquisition …
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Because Elon Musk was acquiring Twitter as an individual, experts say Twitter subpoenaing his friends and advisers could yield decisive information for its case — Social-media company's legal team seeks communications from Tesla CEO's financial backers, investors and friends
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| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
Meta begins rolling out NFT support on Instagram in 100 countries after launching Coinbase Wallet and Dapper integrations and support for the Flow blockchain — Following a series of testing phases, NFT integration is now live on Instagram across 100 countries.
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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash reports Q2 revenue up 30% YoY to $1.6B, vs. $1.5B est., orders up 23% YoY to 426M, vs. 419M est., gross order value up 25% YoY to $13.1B; stock up 10%+ — Food-delivery company lifts full-year guidance even as it expects softer spending environment
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Clubhouse starts beta testing private communities called Houses, which can be created by a person or group looking for a more intimate alternative to Clubs — Clubhouse, the social audio app that rose in popularity amid the pandemic, is looking to shake up its platform with the launch of private communities called “Houses.”
Tweets: @pdavison, @caseynewton, @ericnewcomer, and @om
| Phuong Nguyen / Reuters: |
Some Samsung workers at a major smartphone factory in Vietnam say business is not good and the company is cutting production, as global electronics demand slows — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has scaled back production at its massive smartphone plant in Vietnam, employees say …
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Meta is selling US corporate bonds for the first time; source: the bond sale may be between $8B and $10B, in as many as four parts — Meta Platforms Inc., one of the few S&P 500 companies without debt, is selling $10 billion in its first ever corporate bond sale as its cash flow and stock price fall.
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Tweets: @schuldensuehner, @priapusiq, @mikeisaac, and @rihardjarc
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Sources: TripActions, which offers corporate travel and expense reporting tools, is close to confidentially filing for an IPO — TripActions, a travel startup, is close to filing confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter … | Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent plans to raise its Ubisoft stake, aiming to become its single largest shareholder, after buying a 5% stake in 2018; Ubisoft's stock jumps 10%+ — Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) plans to raise its stake in French video game group Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBIP.PA) …
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Tweets: @tomi, @bigfrytv, and @automaticzen
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Sources: Intel and Italy aim to clinch a deal, by the end of August 2022, initially worth $5B, to build an advanced semiconductor packaging and assembly plant — Italy is close to clinching a deal initially worth $5 billion with Intel (INTC.O) to build an advanced semiconductor packaging … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter tests an update to Spaces with thematic audio stations and a personalized audio digest; the company said an announcement is coming but didn't say when — Twitter is developing an updated version of its audio chat rooms product known as Spaces, TechCrunch learned and Twitter confirmed.| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
The Solana Foundation says exploited addresses were “created, imported, or used” in Slope mobile wallets and there's “no evidence” the protocol was compromised — Private keys may have been inadvertently compromised as a Solana mobile wallet is fingered for the major network attack.
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Tweets: @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @phantom, @slope_finance, @0xfoobar, @osec_io, @0xfoobar, @fatmanterra, @fatmanterra, @slope_finance, @coinbureau, @lordx64, @0xfoobar, @slope_finance, @gregosuri, @rajgokal, @lordx64, @chrismaddern, @hudsonjameson, @slope_finance, @chrismaddern, @zachherbert, @cz_binance, @mdudas, @ncweaver, @cygaar_dev, @thecryptolark, @chipflare, and @earlyishadopter
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Tweets: @solanastatus, @peckshieldalert, @0xfoobar, @sandeepnailwal, @phantom, @aeyakovenko, @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @magiceden, @cz_binance, @solanastatus, @grady_booch, @aeyakovenko, @solporttom, @kevincollier, @milesdeutscher, @lizrummy, @chrisalbon, @magiceden, @milesdeutscher, @spencerdailey, @justinbarlow, @fatmanterra, @cobie, @caspiancey, @silvermanjacob, @lyu_johnny, @stevekovach, @matthew_d_green, @hosseeb, @mattdesl, @buccocapital, @liron, @naeper, @justin_bons, @solbigbrain, @thisisnuse, @officer_cia, @top7ico, @silvermanjacob, @coinbureau, @justinsuntron, @justinbarlow, and @web3isgreat
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