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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 14 Pro review: excellent performance and 48MP camera is incredible, but the Dynamic Island isn't fully utilized yet and camera sharpening is too much — The dynamic island is a potentially good idea that's waiting for the next step … Apple pulled off some unexpected surprises …
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Tweets: @ksmolka, @tomwarren, @universeice, @basicappleguy, @shiraovide, @julianchokkattu, @trakinenglish, @r3dash, @reckless, @joannastern, and @viticci
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Apple iPhone 14 review: improved selfie camera and good battery life, but feels like an iPhone 13S with no ProMotion, and the eSIM transition could be painful — A slight camera upgrade, new emergency features, and... not a whole lot else … The iPhone 14 is good. You probably shouldn't buy an iPhone 14.
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Washington Post, Tech Advisor, Engadget, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, XDA Developers, CNET, and iClarified
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
An EU court backs the European Commission's decision to fine Google over Android antitrust breaches but trims the fine from €4.3B to €4.1B; Google can appeal — Google lost most of the first round of its battle to topple a record 4.3 billion-euro ($4.3 billion) …
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Tweets: @spignal, @markscott82, @beuc, @jeremiahlee, @georgvh, @ecosia, and @samuelstolton
| Hooyeon Kim / Bloomberg: |
A South Korean court issues an arrest warrant for Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon and five others located in Singapore, following the collapse of LUNA and UST — A court in South Korea issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, the founder of the Terraform Labs cryptocurrency ecosystem …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft releases 63 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day flaws, one of which is being actively exploited, and five critical RCE vulnerabilities — Today is Microsoft's September 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for an actively exploited Windows vulnerability and a total of 63 flaws.| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Patreon cuts ~17% of its staff, or 80 positions, and closes offices in Dublin and Berlin; the company raised $155M in April 2021 at a $4B valuation — The creator subscription company Patreon is the latest company to be affected by a long line of tech layoffs.| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's N3E 3nm chipmaking process, expected in H2 2023, for its A17 chips in some 2023 iPhones and its M3 chips for Macs — Move will mark industry's first adoption of updated production technology — TAIPEI — Apple aims to be the first company to use …
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| Reuters: |
South Korea's privacy regulator fines Google ~$50M and Meta ~$22M for failing to obtain users' consent when collecting behavioral data to show tailored ads — South Korea levied fines running into millions of dollars on Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and Meta Platforms (META.O) … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the 2022 holiday season — - Apple is planning to release new ad “placements” as soon as the holiday season of this year. — The new ad units represent a significant expansion in Apple's advertising inventory …
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Tweets: @eric_seufert, @reedalbergotti, @carnage4life, @quinnypig, @malwaretechblog, and @lapcatsoftware. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Brady Dale / Axios: |
The US Treasury clarifies its Tornado Cash guidance and tells users who used the service for lawful transactions can apply for a license to withdraw their funds — New guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control provides a roadmap for people who used Tornado Cash … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: after its funds performed poorly, SoftBank considers launching a third Vision Fund; Vision Fund 2 is now worth 19% less than the $49B invested — Despite massive losses, Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son has tried to chart a new path for the tech investment giant
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Tweets: @eliotwb, @mattzeitlin, @bigblackjacobin, @danprimack, and @sfiegerman
| The Verge: |
PlayStation VR2 hands-on: easy to set up, a joy to use, the OLED display looks great, refreshed Sense controllers are an improvement, gameplay is fun, and more — And it's pretty good … Sony's PlayStation VR2 may not be coming out until next year, but after months of drip-feeding news …
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IGN, Road to VR, UploadVR, Washington Post, Eurogamer.net, TheGamer, GameSpot, Polygon, Press Start, IGN, Wired, and YouTube
Tweets: @leadergrev and @firstadopter
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
EA unveils EA AntiCheat, a kernel-level anti-cheat system for some PC games, launching September 23 to take on cheat developers building kernel-level exploits — Electronic Arts is determined to keep cheaters at bay. The company has developed a kernel-level anti-cheat system for PC …
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Electronic Arts Inc., OnMSFT.com, Gizmodo, Neowin, Slashdot, Gearrice, Eurogamer.net, and Dexerto
Tweets: @bcarr, @cibernicola_es, @doctorow, @quinnypig, @jasonct, @gossithedog, and @laffer1
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
A NY federal judge dismisses the state AGs' claim that Meta and Google colluded via Jedi Blue but rules the ad tech antitrust lawsuit against Google can proceed — An antitrust suit by state attorneys general accusing Alphabet Inc.'s Google of monopolizing the technology underlying online advertising …
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| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Dig Security, which helps companies protect and manage cloud data, raised a $34M Series A led by SignalFire, bringing its total funding to $45M — Data security startup Dig Security Solutions Inc. said today it has raised $34 million in new funding to accelerate go-to-market efforts and deliver new enhancements to secure cloud data.
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Geektime, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and Dig Security
| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
As Meta spends billions on VR, some developers worry over strict app store rules, using acquisitions to dominate the market and throttle competition, and more — Virtual reality creators say Meta now has the power to determine which apps will be successful and which will be left in obscurity
Tweets: @naominixwrites, @naominixwrites, @iansherr, @gamos, and @mattnavarra
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Twilio plans to layoff 11% of its workforce, or around 850 staff, in a bid to become profitable by 2023; CEO Jeff Lawson says Twilio grew “too fast” — - Twilio will lay off 11% of its workforce as part of a major restructuring plan, according to a filing.| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the 2022 US midterms; in Kansas, voters got texts falsely saying a “yes” vote would protect abortion access — The biggest election disinformation event of the 2022 midterm primaries was not an elaborate Russian troll scheme that played out on Twitter or Facebook.
Tweets: @kevincollier, @andymstone, @kevincollier, @wexler, @kevincollier, and @kevincollier
| CNN: |
After a package exploded at Northeastern University's VR center, sources say it included a rambling note criticizing Mark Zuckerberg and VR — Authorities in Boston have launched an investigation after a package sent to Northeastern University exploded and injured a staff member Tuesday evening, officials said.
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The Verge, VICE, Daily Mail, Gizmodo, Newsweek, YouTube, and CBS News
Tweets: @northeasternpd, @ywnreporter, @bcjordan, and @meredithobrien
| CNBC: |
After surprising CPI data, the Nasdaq closes down 5.16%, Nvidia down 9.47%, Meta down 9.37%, Coinbase down 8.84%, Amazon down 7.06%; BTC fell 9%+ in 24 hours — Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after a key August inflation report came in hotter than expected, hurting investor optimism …
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Insider, Financial Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Coinspeaker, Bloomberg, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @thestalwart, @mike_pence, and @iohk_charles
| Adobe Blog: |
A survey of 5,000 emoji users in the US finds 91% think emoji makes communication easier, 68% like emoji at work, 😂 is the most popular, and more — With Unicode's upcoming 15. release and a slew of new emoji on the way, we think it's the perfect time to share the results of Adobe's Future …
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Input, Mediaweek, iTWire, Gizmodo, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @adobe, @mattnavarra, and @mattnavarra
| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Ownera, which wants to connect tokenized asset networks of the traditional finance, raised a $20M Series A from JP Morgan and others — Ownera aims to connect the tokenized securities of institutional investors. — Ownera, a startup building infrastructure to connect the tokenized asset networks … | CNBC: |
A look at enterprise networking infrastructure startup Nile, led by two former Cisco executives, which has quietly raised $125M in the past four years — - Nile is being led by Cisco's former development chief Pankaj Patel and was co-founded by John Chambers, who spent two decades as Cisco's CEO.Sponsor Posts
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