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Counterpoint: iPhone active installed base overtook Android to gain 50%+ share of the US smartphone market in Q2, up from 35% in 2019 and the highest since 2007 — Milestone was passed in quarter ending in June, says Counterpoint Research — Apple has overtaken Android devices to account … | TechCrunch: |
Samsung says hackers stole some customer data, including names, contact and product registration information, in a breach of its US systems in late July 2022 — U.S. electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a data breach affecting customers' personal information.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Sources: Netflix's ad-supported tier may debut on Nov. 1 in markets including Canada, France, Germany, UK, and US; the date was moved to beat Disney+'s Dec. 8 — Netflix is moving up the timeline for the debut of its cheaper, ad-supported plan to November — in order to get out before the Dec. 8 launch … | Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Google and YouTube outline plans to curtail political misinformation during the 2022 US midterms, including highlighting journalism from authoritative sources — Google and its video sharing app YouTube outlined plans for handling the 2022 U.S. midterm elections this week …
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Meta agrees a deal with Qualcomm to produce custom Snapdragon chips optimized for its Quest VR devices; the chips will not be exclusive to Meta — Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) signed an agreement to have chip-maker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) produce custom chipsets for its Quest virtual reality devices …
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Sources detail how Twitter's health team, tasked with fostering civil conversations, went from 15 full-time staffers down to two amid the Musk acquisition chaos — It had been a long pandemic for Twitter's research team. Tasked with solving some of the platform's toughest problems around harassment …
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Global PC shipments are expected to drop 12.8% to 305.3M in 2022 while tablet shipments will fall 6.8% to 156.8M; combined PC/tablet market to fall 2.6% in 2023 — Tumultuous times are ahead for the PC and tablet markets according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation …
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The US Army starts accepting some of the 5,000 sets of HoloLens goggles, citing encouraging results from field testing, after putting the order on hold in 2021 — The US Army is taking delivery of a first batch of high-tech combat goggles made by Microsoft Corp., citing encouraging results from testing in the field.
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Sources: SoftBank is planning to cut at least 20% of staff, or around 100 positions, at its money-losing Vision Fund operation, mostly in the UK, US, and China — SoftBank Group Corp. is planning to cut at least 20% of staff at its loss-churning Vision Fund operation, following public pledges … | Vikas SN / Moneycontrol: |
Google extends third-party in-app billing to India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and the European Economic Area; non-gaming developers globally can participate — All non-gaming developers can offer an additional billing option to their mobile and tablet users on Google Play in India …
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Google Support, PYMNTS.com, The Economic Times, Appuals.com, 9to5Google, The Verge, Livemint, TechCrunch, Business Standard, BGR India, and The Economic Times. Tweets: @tsuvik. Thanks:@tsuvik
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google reinstates Parler to the Play Store after removing it following the January 6 Capitol attack, citing measures Parler has taken to moderate content — A year and a half after it was removed from Google's Play Store, Parler, a Twitter alternative that attracts conservatives, has returned to the showcase for Android apps.| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK's CMA says Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition will require an in-depth review and gives Microsoft a September 8 deadline to offer remedies — Microsoft Corp.'s planned $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc. will be sent for an in-depth review unless … | Financial Times: |
Sources: the SEC's probe into JPMorgan letting staff use WhatsApp and other unapproved channels for business spreads to other banks, which may pay $1B+ in fines — SEC investigation sparks questions about how banks monitor communications in an era of disappearing messages| Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
Industry group: India plans to pilot parallel testing of new electronic devices to speed up safety approvals and reduce the 16-to-21-week certification time — India will try out a strategy of parallel testing to speed up safety approvals for new electronic devices, an industry group told Reuters on Friday …
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CEO Changpeng Zhao says Binance is not a Chinese company and that a competitor ran a campaign to imply it is secretly run by a Chinese national, Guangying Chen — One of the many strengths that our employees at Binance must possess is thick skin. After all, this industry is the subject …
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Protocol, Tech in Asia, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, TheStreet, Forkast, Blockworks, CryptoPotato, The Block, PYMNTS.com, and Coinspeaker
Tweets: @cz_binance, @justinsuntron, @bigmagicdao, @wublockchain, @jeffjohnroberts, @marvin_tong, @reuters, @snarwani, @treehcapital, and @aaberwick
| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Sources: CFO Julie Gao told staff ByteDance has no plans to go public; report: CEO Liang Rubo said the company plans to reduce input into noncore businesses — TikTok 's parent company ByteDance , the world's most valuable unicorn, has no plans to go public, its chief financial officer told employees …
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