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Nick Clegg shares Meta's plans to help secure the US midterms, building on Meta's 2020 policies, like restricting new political ads one week prior to the vote — After years of revising and updating its election strategy, Meta Platforms Inc. is pulling out a familiar playbook for the US midterms …
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| Sisi Jiang / Kotaku: |
Former Nintendo female contract testers in the US describe years of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and a lack of advancement opportunities for women — Female game testers at Nintendo had ‘frat house’ experiences within a gaming company known for its wholesome image
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Sources: Apple is in talks with its suppliers to mass produce Apple Watch and MacBooks in Vietnam for the first time — Country benefits as tech giant looks to build more products outside of China — TAIPEI — Apple is in talks to make Apple Watches and MacBooks in Vietnam for the first time …
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
Google says it is using its most powerful large language model PaLM to help robots from Alphabet X spinout Everyday Robots understand complex human commands — The machine learning technique that taught notorious text generator GPT-3 to write can also help robots make sense of spoken commands.
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| Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegraph: |
Report: Alphabet invested ~$1.5B in blockchain companies between September 2021 and June 2022, the most by any public company, followed by BlackRock with $1.17B — Other notable corporate investors include BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Samsung, and Goldman Sachs, according to a report from Blockdata.
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / Fast Company: |
Airbnb introduces “anti-party technology” in the US and Canada to automatically block reservations at a high risk of leading to unauthorized parties — Airbnb is piloting new anti-party technology in the U.S. and Canada in its ongoing efforts to fend off users who are looking …
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| Alex Barker / Financial Times: |
Ofcom: in the UK, those aged 15-24 spent 57 minutes/day on TikTok in 2021, compared to 53 minutes/day watching TV; those 65 or over spent six hours watching TV — Ofcom survey points to challenges for traditional broadcasters in keeping pace with digital and streaming trends
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
TrendForce: DRAM bit growth, a key barometer for chip market demand that measures memory produced, will rise 8.3% in 2023, the weakest on record — Mounting concern over semiconductor demand is sending shudders through North Asia's high-tech exporters, which historically serve as a bellwether for the international economy.
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| David Pan / Bloomberg: |
Publicly-traded US bitcoin miners Core Scientific, Marathon Digital, and Riot Blockchain lost $862M, $192M, and $366M, respectively, in Q2 after impairments — The three-largest US publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies lost over $1 billion in the second quarter after taking a series …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
WhatsApp launches a native app for Windows out of beta, usable without linking a phone; WhatsApp is currently working on a native macOS app — You no longer need to connect your phone — WhatsApp's new app on Windows no longer requires you to link your phone to send, receive, and sync messages.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Tencent misses with Q2 revenue down 3% YoY to ~$19.78B, its first-ever quarterly decline, due to China's COVID-19 lockdowns and strict gaming regulations — - Tencent posted its first ever quarterly year-on-year revenue decline as stricter regulations around gaming in China and a resurgence …
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| Nicole Wetsman / The Verge: |
Mozilla report flags 18 of the top 25 period and pregnancy tracking apps and wearables, including Clue and Eve, for poor privacy and data management practices — It's concerning in a post-Dobbs landscape — Period and pregnancy tracking apps collect data that could theoretically be used …
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| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Israeli startup DriveNets, which offers cloud-based tools to help build networks more cheaply, raised a $262M Series C, source says at a $2.5B valuation — The Israeli company offers communications service providers (CSPs) and cloud providers a new way to build networks …
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TechCrunch, FinSMEs, Geektime, Globes Online, SiliconANGLE, and DriveNets
| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz sue Triller, alleging the short-form video app owes them $28M+ after acquiring live-streaming music series Verzuz and missing payments — Triller bought music series Verzuz for an undisclosed sum in January 2021. Now its creators say they're still owed money.| Eric Jardine / Chainalysis: |
Analysis: in 2022 through July, crypto transaction volumes are lagging behind 2021; illicit volumes are down 15% YoY and legitimate volumes are down 36% YoY — 2022 has been a tumultuous year for cryptocurrency markets, with significant price declines across all currencies in May and June.
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Tweets: @wublockchain, @ron_miller, @chainalysis, @chainalysis, and @chainalysis
| Bloomberg: |
Singapore-based gaming and e-commerce firm Sea reports Q2 sales rose 29% YoY to $2.9B, its slowest growth in five years, and a $931M net loss; stock drops 14%+ — Sea Ltd. posted a bigger loss than expected and withdrew its 2022 e-commerce forecast, joining other online giants struggling …
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