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Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's next generation N3E 3-nm chipmaking technology for the A17 chips in some of its 2023 iPhones and M3 chips for Macs (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's next generation N3E 3-nm chipmaking technology for the A17 chips in some of its 2023 iPhones and M3 chips…
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Microsoft releases 63 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day flaws, one of which is under active exploit, and five critical RCE vulnerabilities (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Microsoft releases 63 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day flaws, one of which is under active exploit, and five critical RCE vulnerabilities — Today is…
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GM's Cruise says it has developed four in-house chips for self-driving cars to be deployed by 2025, including an ARM-based computing chip called Horta (Reuters)
Reuters: GM's Cruise says it has developed four in-house chips for self-driving cars to be deployed by 2025, including an ARM-based computing chip called Horta — General Motors' (GM.N) autonomous…
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UK-based Unlikely AI, founded by William Tunstall-Pedoe who helped develop several key technologies used by Amazon's Alexa, raised a $20M seed (Giles Turner/Bloomberg)
Giles Turner / Bloomberg: UK-based Unlikely AI, founded by William Tunstall-Pedoe who helped develop several key technologies used by Amazon's Alexa, raised a $20M seed — The inventor of several…
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SWIFT is testing a blockchain project with crypto startup Symbiont to drive "efficiencies in communicating significant corporate events", like mergers (Katherine Doherty/Bloomberg)
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg: SWIFT is testing a blockchain project with crypto startup Symbiont to drive “efficiencies in communicating significant corporate events”, like mergers — SWIFT, the messaging system used…
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EA says it plans to debut EA AntiCheat, a kernel-level anti-cheat system for some PC games, due to cheat developers increasingly building kernel-level exploits (Kris Holt/Engadget)
Kris Holt / Engadget: EA says it plans to debut EA AntiCheat, a kernel-level anti-cheat system for some PC games, due to cheat developers increasingly building kernel-level exploits — Electronic…
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The US Treasury clarifies its guidance on Tornado Cash and provides a way for users to lawfully withdraw their funds by applying for a license (Brady Dale/Axios)
Brady Dale / Axios: The US Treasury clarifies its guidance on Tornado Cash and provides a way for users to lawfully withdraw their funds by applying for a license — …
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A NY federal judge rules most of the state AGs' ad tech antitrust suit against Google can proceed, dismissing their claim Meta and Google colluded via Jedi Blue (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: A NY federal judge rules most of the state AGs' ad tech antitrust suit against Google can proceed, dismissing their claim Meta and Google colluded via…
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In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the 2022 holiday season (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
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…
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Sources: Newport Wafer Fab's prior owner is orchestrating a bid to buy back the company, as the UK plans to tell Chinese-owned Nexperia to reduce its stake (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Sources: Newport Wafer Fab's prior owner is orchestrating a bid to buy back the company, as the UK plans to tell Chinese-owned Nexperia to reduce its stake — …
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Google signs a cooperative research and development agreement with the US NIST to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices with open-source designs (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNet)
Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet: Google signs a cooperative research and development agreement with the US NIST to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices with open-source designs — Chips used to…
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Meta plans to test Discord-like "Community Chats" in Messenger and Facebook Groups, offering categories, audio and video channels, admin-only chats, and more (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Meta plans to test Discord-like “Community Chats” in Messenger and Facebook Groups, offering categories, audio and video channels, admin-only chats, and more — Meta CEO Mark…
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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 (CNBC)
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…
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In July, the average in-app purchase price rose 40% YoY on iOS and 9% YoY on Google Play; Adjust data: iOS IAP prices correlate with the rising cost per install (Adam Blacker/Apptopia Blog)
Adam Blacker / Apptopia Blog: In July, the average in-app purchase price rose 40% YoY on iOS and 9% YoY on Google Play; Adjust data: iOS IAP prices correlate with…
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Tel Aviv-based Zesty, which helps cut cloud costs by automatically scaling resources to demand, raised a $75M Series B led by B Capital and Sapphire Ventures (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Zesty, which helps cut cloud costs by automatically scaling resources to demand, raised a $75M Series B led by B Capital and Sapphire Ventures …
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Twitter says that a preliminary count shows that shareholders have voted to approve Elon Musk's proposed $44B buyout (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
Adi Robertson / The Verge: Twitter says that a preliminary count shows that shareholders have voted to approve Elon Musk's proposed $44B buyout — I'm convinced Tears of the Kingdom…
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Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, hackers' ongoing and ignored efforts to access its systems, that it could "grade its own homework" to appease FTC, more (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, hackers' ongoing and ignored efforts to access its systems, that it could “grade its own homework” to appease FTC, more …
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As typical crypto lending rates fall below US Treasury yields, DeFiLlama data shows DeFi platforms' total value locked is $60B, down from $182B in Dec. 2021 (Eva Szalay/Bloomberg)
Eva Szalay / Bloomberg: As typical crypto lending rates fall below US Treasury yields, DeFiLlama data shows DeFi platforms' total value locked is $60B, down from $182B in Dec. 2021 …
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YouTube says it paid over $6B to the music industry between July 2021 and June 2022, up $2B YoY, and that user generated content drove more than 30% of payouts (Jem Aswad/Variety)
Jem Aswad / Variety: YouTube says it paid over $6B to the music industry between July 2021 and June 2022, up $2B YoY, and that user generated content drove more…
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Bob Iger, CEO of Walt Disney from 2005 to 2020, joins VC firm Thrive Capital, founded by Joshua Kushner, as a venture partner (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Bob Iger, CEO of Walt Disney from 2005 to 2020, joins VC firm Thrive Capital, founded by Joshua Kushner, as a venture partner — As a venture…
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In his Senate testimony, ex-head of Twitter security and whistleblower Peiter Zatko says the company was told of "at least one [Chinese] agent" on its payroll (David McCabe/New York Times)
David McCabe / New York Times: In his Senate testimony, ex-head of Twitter security and whistleblower Peiter Zatko says the company was told of “at least one [Chinese] agent” on…
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A look at the efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including offers to pay his former colleagues for info (Ronan Farrow/New Yorker)
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker: A look at the efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including offers to pay his former…
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Live stream of the "Data Security at Risk: Testimony from a Twitter Whistleblower" hearing at the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Senate.gov)
Senate.gov: Live stream of the “Data Security at Risk: Testimony from a Twitter Whistleblower” hearing at the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary — LOCATION: Hart Senate Office Building Room…
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A rundown of Twitter whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko's testimony before US Senate Judiciary Committee lawmakers (Washington Post)
Washington Post: A rundown of Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko's testimony before US Senate Judiciary Committee lawmakers — Twitter shareholders voted Tuesday to approve Elon Musk's $44 billion offer to…
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Amazon updates its entry-level Kindle with USB-C, 16GB of storage as standard, a blue color option, and an improved 300ppi display, available for $100 with ads (Andrew Liszewski/Gizmodo)
Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: Amazon updates its entry-level Kindle with USB-C, 16GB of storage as standard, a blue color option, and an improved 300ppi display, available for $100 with ads …
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Grindr appoints George Arison as CEO, starting October 19, ahead of its planned SPAC merger; Arison was previously CEO at auto e-commerce marketplace Shift (Michael Tobin/Bloomberg)
Michael Tobin / Bloomberg: Grindr appoints George Arison as CEO, starting October 19, ahead of its planned SPAC merger; Arison was previously CEO at auto e-commerce marketplace Shift — Grindr…
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Memo: Meta plans to merge its business integrity unit, which moderates ads, and central integrity team, which moderates posts; the team will have ~3,000 people (Sara Fischer/Axios)
Sara Fischer / Axios: Memo: Meta plans to merge its business integrity unit, which moderates ads, and central integrity team, which moderates posts; the team will have ~3,000 people — …
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Doodles, an NFT profile picture maker, raised $54M at a $704M valuation from Alexis Ohanian's 776, FTX, and others, and plans to expand to music and gaming NFTs (Maria Gracia Santillana Linares/Forbes)
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares / Forbes: Doodles, an NFT profile picture maker, raised $54M at a $704M valuation from Alexis Ohanian's 776, FTX, and others, and plans to expand to…