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| Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal: |
Filings: Elon Musk sold ~7.9M Tesla shares, worth ~$7B, between August 5 and 9, Musk says to avoid “an emergency sale” if a judge forces his Twitter acquisition — The billionaire suggested stock sales were aimed at avoiding a fire sale if forced to buy the social-media company
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts the $1,800 Galaxy Z Fold 4 with 6.2" and 7.6" displays, Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, 12GB of RAM, 256GB+ storage, and a 50MP camera; preorders now open — Minor camera and software improvements, big $1,799 price tag — Samsung, purveyor of the only serious foldables available on a global scale …
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| Nirave Gondhia / XDA Developers: |
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Tweets: @cherlynnlow, @androidcentral, @patrick_orourke, @backlon, @andrewmartonik, @backlon, and @backlon
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Spotify quietly tests Spotify Tickets, directly selling live music tickets to users in the US, instead of redirecting buyers to Ticketmaster or Eventbrite — Spotify has launched a new site to sell fans tickets to live gigs directly from its platform instead of redirecting users to partners like Ticketmaster and Eventbrite.
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The Verge, Gizmodo, Music Ally, Tubefilter, KnowTechie, Neowin, Fossbytes, and Engadget
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Cloudflare says three employees fell for an SMS phishing scam, but the company's hardware MFA keys stopped the hackers from accessing its internal network — Unusually resourced threat actor has targeted multiple companies in recent days. — At least two security-sensitive companies …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn reports Q2 revenue up 12% YoY to ~$50B and ~$1.1B net income, as cloud product sales helped weather supply chain issues and sluggish smartphone demand — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the maker of most of the world's iPhones, posted a profit that beat estimates as demand …
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| Meta: |
Meta says the warrants in the Nebraska case didn't mention abortion, only the burning and burial of a stillborn, came before Roe's reversal, and had a gag order — Much of the reporting about Meta's role in a criminal case against a mother and daughter in Nebraska is plain wrong.
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| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
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| Pew Research Center: |
An in-depth look at US teenagers and social media in 2022: 95% say they use YouTube, 67% use TikTok, 62% use Instagram, 59% use Snapchat, and 32% use Facebook — TikTok has established itself as one of the top online platforms for U.S. teens, while the share of teens who use Facebook has fallen sharply
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| Reuters: |
Iran's Tasnim agency says the country made its first official import order paying with cryptocurrency this week, worth $10M, helping circumvent US sanctions — Iran made its first official import order using cryptocurrency this week, the semi-official Tasnim agency reported on Tuesday …
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Crypto Briefing, crypto.news, CoinDesk, Blockworks, The Register, and CoinGape
Tweets: @peymanpak_ir and @mayazi
| Kim S. Nash / Wall Street Journal: |
AWS, Splunk, IBM, CrowdStrike, Rapid7, Cloudflare, Salesforce, Okta, and 10 others launch the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework to monitor hacking attempts — Amazon's AWS, Splunk, IBM and others cooperate on format for cyber alerts — This feature is powered by text-to-speech technology.
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Splunk, SiliconANGLE, CNN, Cybersecurity Dive, and Silicon Republic
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft makes its 1,538 3D emoji library available in open source on GitHub and Figma, allowing creators to remix and customize them for free — Get ready for lots of custom 3D emoji — Microsoft is open sourcing more than 1,500 of its 3D emoji, making them free for creators to remix and build upon.
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GitHub, XDA Developers, Softpedia News, Windows Central, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Microsoft Design, OnMSFT.com, BigTechWire, Digital Trends, and Slashdot. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Get The Message, a campaign to pressure Apple to support RCS over SMS/MMS, highlighting low-resolution photos and videos, no e2ee, and more — For the past year, Google has been increasingly calling out Apple for not adopting RCS (Rich Communication Services) on the iPhone.
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Android. More:
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Tweets: @android, @google, @cristianoamon, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @ronamadeo, @getpeid, @joannastern, @2shar, @mikko, @yasmineevjen, and @samsungmobile
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Many small businesses that use personalized online ads are cutting back on marketing, in part due to Apple's ATT, as they face rising customer acquisition costs — Online brands reliant on personalised ads ramp back marketing spending — Small businesses are cutting back marketing spending due … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Samsung announces the Galaxy Z Flip 4, featuring the same 1.9" and 6.7" displays alongside battery and camera upgrades and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, starting at $999 — As expected, Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Z Flip 4 — but the phone's greatest improvements might come through upgrades to software, not specs.
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
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Tweets: @arawagco and @cherlynnlow
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at Invisv's Pretty Good Phone Privacy mobile data service, available in beta on Android, which is designed to separate users from specific identifiers — The new Pretty Good Phone Privacy service for Android hides the data linking you to your mobile device.
Tweets: @lilyhnewman
| Florence Ion / Gizmodo: |
Samsung announces $230 Galaxy Buds 2 Pro with a smaller form factor, improved active noise cancellation, 24-bit Hi-Fi audio, and more; pre-orders start today — New buds alert! Samsung has announced the second-generation Galaxy Buds 2 Pro in tandem with its latest batch of foldables.
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ZDNet, The Verge, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Android Central, Tech Advisor, Engadget, ZDNet, iMore, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Engadget, PhoneArena, Digital Trends, and Droid Life
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts the $280 Galaxy Watch 5 and $450 Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, with a touch bezel and better BioActive sensor, mapping features for Pro; preorders now open — It's also aiming for the Garmin crowd with the Watch 5 Pro — After weeks of leaks and rumors, Samsung finally announced …
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9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Samsung Newsroom, Livemint, ZDNet, Tech Advisor, SamMobile, Gadgets & Wearables, Input, 9to5Google, KnowTechie, Sammy Fans, Android Authority, Gizmodo, CNET, Engadget, XDA Developers, SamMobile, Wareable, BGR India, and Phandroid
Tweets: @jetscott, @jetscott, @lanceulanoff, and @lanceulanoff
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
NFT startup Dapper Labs hires Nick Grudin, formerly Meta's Head of Content Partnerships for 12 years, as chief business officer — After nearly 12 years at Meta and Facebook, Nick Grudin is leaving the social-media giant. Grudin next month will join NFT digital-collectibles company Dapper Labs as chief business officer.| Tiyashi Datta / Reuters: |
Meta says it raised $10B in its first-ever bond offering, as it looks to fund share buybacks and investments to revamp its business — Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) said on Tuesday it had raised $10 billion in its first-ever bond offering, as it looks to fund share buybacks and investments to revamp its business.| Harri Weber / TechCrunch: |
Vancouver-based Hootsuite plans to lay off 30% of its workforce, an estimated 400 people; PitchBook says the social media marketing company has raised $300M+ — Social media marketing firm Hootsuite says it has slashed its workforce by 30%. — “We need to refocus our strategies to drive efficiency … | Tom Matsuda / The Block: |
Layer 1 blockchain Injective, which focuses on DeFi, raised $40M in a private token sale led by Jump Crypto — - Injective, a layer 1 blockchain focused on decentralized finance uses cases, has raised $40 million in a round led by Jump Crypto. — BH Digital, the crypto division …
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CoinDesk, Blockworks, Crypto Daily, and TechCrunch
| Vikas SN / Moneycontrol: |
Snap launches Snapchat+ in India for ~$0.62 per month, offering exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features; the service costs $3.99/month in the US — Snapchat+, which unlocks a collection of exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features, will be available for a monthly fee of Rs 49
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TechCrunch, International Business Times, Republic World, and Livemint
| Bloomberg: |
A jury finds former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia by turning over Saudi dissidents' account data in exchange for bribes — A former Twitter Inc. employee was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia by turning over personal information of platform users …
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New York Times, PCMag, Insider, Washington Post, Axios, Engadget, The Hacker News, TechCrunch, Courthouse News Service, Bob's Newsletter, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @kalleyhuang, @silvermanjacob, @lindseyboylan, @evacide, @kenroth, @glcarlstrom, and @ian_fraser
| Vincent Manancourt / Politico: |
Ireland's data regulator says it has received objections from several EU regulators to its plan to block Meta's EU-US data sharing, a reprieve for the company — Europeans have been saved from a summer shutdown of social media sites Facebook and Instagram by ... European Union bureaucracy.
Tweets: @vmanancourt, @vmanancourt, @robertjbateman, @vmanancourt, @politicoeurope, and @vmanancourt
| Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal: |
After suffering huge losses, SoftBank plans to reduce its Alibaba stake from 23.7% as of June 30 to 14.6%, raising around $34B in the current quarter — Japanese tech investor has been reducing its ties to the Chinese e-commerce company and using holdings to raise cash
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TechCrunch, PingWest, The Economic Times, Nikkei Asia, Barron's Online, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, China Superpowers, and Financial Times
Tweets: @landerswsj and @muradahmed
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