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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg's belief in an “open, interoperable metaverse” stands at odds with his vision being built on corporate partnerships and case-by-case permissions — Mark Zuckerberg wants to own the future of computing — but not alone. That's the intended takeaway from this year's Meta …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Signal plans to phase out SMS and MMS support from its Android app; users have “several months to transition away from SMS” and export messages to another app — Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy.
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Signal Blog, 9to5Google, Android Police, XDA Developers, Pocket-lint, Liliputing, The Verge, and Android Central
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: US chip equipment suppliers are pausing business activities and pulling out staff based at China's YMTC, following US curbs on China's chip sector — Tool makers are pulling out staff and pausing work as they assess the impact of Commerce Department restrictions on semiconductor exports to China
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to sunset its Microsoft Office branding after more than 30 years, rebranding the apps to Microsoft 365; new logos will roll out in January 2023 — Microsoft is making a major change to its Microsoft Office branding. After more than 30 years, Microsoft Office is being renamed …
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| @bitech: |
[Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K in 2021 by ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists, as a side hustle for five hours per week — 👻 Ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists is the side hustle of the founder of a tech startup (who asked to remain anonymous). Last year he made about $200,000. Here's how he did it, as told to Insider's @Schwartzesque. 👇 https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
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Insider. Tweets: @schwartzesque, @matt_levine, @adamsinger, @pitdesi, @taylorlorenz, @joshelman, @bitech, @dunkhippo33, @robaeprice, @mims, @nikmilanovic, @bitech, @bitech, @mccarthyryanj, @alexisohanian, @bitech, @adamsinger, @taylorlorenz, @bitech, @bitech, @bitech, @bitech, @slava_pestov, @turnernovak, @bitech, @tylertringas, @venkatananth, @mattnavarra, @bitech, @matt_levine, @carnage4life, @iamsteph, and @ellenhuet
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
DeFi startup Uniswap Labs, which runs a decentralized exchange, raised a $165M Series B led by Polychain and plans to build an NFT aggregator — Uniswap Labs on Thursday announced a $165 million Series B funding round, led by Polychain Capital, that values the company at $1.66 billion.
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| Axios: |
Sources: the FCC plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the US over national security concerns, pending a vote — The Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the U.S. … | Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
An internal Pentagon document says more than 80% of the US soldiers who used Microsoft's HoloLens experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments” — US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.'s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Google approved Truth Social in the Google Play Store after the app updated its content moderation policies in response to being denied in August 2022 — Google has approved Donald Trump's Twitter-like social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store, Axios has learned.
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Tweets: @sarafischer, @lawyerscomm, and @marketwatch
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that they won't get its new benefits and would need to negotiate via the collective bargaining arrangement — Apple Inc. is withholding its latest employee benefits from staff who work at its sole unionized retail store …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC cuts its 2022 capital spending target by ~10%, expecting to spend ~$36B on equipment, down from a prior $40B+ estimate, suggesting a deeper tech downturn — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. slashed its 2022 capital spending target by roughly 10%, a dramatic sign of trouble …
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| Edward Graham / Nextgov: |
Trellix report: phishing emails targeting county election workers surged in battleground states Arizona and Pennsylvania ahead of their 2022 primary elections — Research conducted by cybersecurity firm Trellix found that county election workers in Arizona and Pennsylvania saw an increase … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming service globally, starting with over a dozen markets excluding the US, and integrate it into TikTok — Company is negotiating with labels as it seeks more than a dozen new global markets — BeReal vs. TikTok: Can ‘Authentic’ Social Media Compete Without Ads?
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Tweets: @brianroemmele, @newley, @benfritz, and @anthony
| Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
DC-based policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the US Treasury Department, saying the treasury overstepped its authority by sanctioning Tornado Cash in August 2022 — - The D.C.-based policy nonprofit sued the Treasury Department, saying it overstepped its authority when it sanctioned transaction mixer Tornado Cash in August.
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Bloomberg, Daily Digest, Coinspeaker, CoinGape, Micky, Forkast, Crypto Adventure, Decrypt, Bitcoin News, Ethereum World News, Bitcoinist.com, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @jerrybrito, @tonyajoriley, @melt_dem, @iampaulgrewal, @hdevalence, @jerrybrito, and @neerajka
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Samsung announces an expanded Google partnership to let Galaxy phone and tablet users onboard Matter-compatible devices to SmartThings and Google Home systems — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Samsung has revealed details about how Matter smart home devices will work on its Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
After incremental smartphone updates, Apple's Watch Ultra, Google's Pixel Watch, and Samsung's Watch 5 Pro reinvigorate a wearables sector that was stagnating — Phones have become boring. Each year brings an incremental, iterative update, but the general idea of what a phone is hasn't changed in ages.| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
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Tech Advisor, XDA Developers, Android Headlines, Tom's Guide, The Irish Times, Android Police, Ars Technica, The Verge, The Verge, The Shortcut, Android Central, Mashable, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @dcseifert, @hackteck, @snazzyq, and @julianchokkattu
| Matthew Townsend / Bloomberg: |
Amazon, Shopify, Wayfair, and other big e-commerce sites scale back operations after erroneously betting that pandemic online shopping trends would be permanent — Did the pandemic forever change how we shop? — The answer seemed obvious in the first half of 2020, when retailers closed … | Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
Dream Security, a cybersecurity startup co-founded by former NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio with a focus on protecting critical infrastructure, has raised $20M — The former chief executive officer of Israeli spyware company NSO Group, Shalev Hulio, has joined with ex-Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz …
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| Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: |
Responding to outrage over Twitch's 30/70 fee split, an executive says Amazon expects the service to be “a sustainable, viable long-term business” — Typically the big, pandemic-delayed return of Twitch's annual TwitchCon gathering in San Diego would be cause for celebration.| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Numerator: during Amazon's second Prime Day, the average US order size was $46.44, down 23% from the July Prime Day, mostly comprising household essentials — Amazon.com Inc. shoppers are largely skipping pricey purchases during the company's Prime sale sequel — favoring pantry items …
Tweets: @_katya_long and @newsynick
| Washington Post: |
A look at efforts by Google, Signal, Tor, and others to help Iranian protestors evade censorship; the White House has signaled support and relaxed sanctions — Though Yasmin Green fled Iran with her parents at 3 years old, she has never been more involved in the struggles of its people.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
BMW plans to use AWS tools to manage data from its Neue Klasse platform for connected vehicles; the company says it has roughly 20M connected vehicles in use — BMW will be the first automaker to use Amazon Web Services' cloud software to manage data from its connected vehicles, the companies announced Thursday.
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Sources: Ukrainian officials say some Starlink devices that suffered outages have come back online; officials rule out technical malfunctions or Russian jamming — Kyiv officials rule out technical malfunction or Russian jamming — Some Starlink internet devices that had suffered outages …
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