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August 8, 2022, 9:55 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: many Apple store employees continue to discuss unionizing; Apple has started to record its September event; opinion: iPadOS delay was probably worth it  —  Apple made the right call to push back iPadOS 16, but the move could create new issues for users and developers.
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
A look at potential Ethereum forks, led by some miners, after the shift to a proof-of-stake model, called the Merge, expected as early as September  —  A monkey wrench is about to be thrown into the already complicated transition that the Ethereum blockchain is slated to go through soon.
Sam Nussey / Reuters:
SoftBank reports a ~$17.23B loss for Vision Fund in Q1, as the value of its tech portfolio fell, including SenseTime and Uber, following a record Q4 loss  —  SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) on Monday posted a 2.33 trillion yen ($17.23 billion) loss at its Vision Fund unit in the April-June quarter as the value of its tech portfolio slid.
Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Sources: India plans to ban Chinese smartphone markers from selling devices for under $150, impacting Xiaomi and others, seeking to boost its domestic industry  —  India seeks to restrict Chinese smartphone makers from selling devices cheaper than 12,000 rupees ($150) to kickstart …
Reuters:
Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries sign a multi-billion dollar revenue agreement to double long-term production, including expanding GlobalFoundries' New York plant  —  Qualcomm (QCOM.O) and GlobalFoundries (GFS.O) signed an agreement on Monday to more than double their existing long-term manufacturing agreement …
Mark Harris / IEEE Spectrum:
A look at the data Tesla collects from its 3M vehicles: breadcrumb GPS trails and gateway log files, using the data to develop Autopilot, and who owns the data  —  Logs and records of its customers' journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets  —  You won't see a single Tesla cruising …

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