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​​Clubhouse is now open, Twitter’s testing upvote & downvotes, and Facebook’s slow fight with misinfo
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 355

🐦 #Twitter is testing upvote and downvote buttons on replies 🔗


👋 #Clubhouse is no longer invite-only as it exits beta and says the 10M people on its waitlist will be added to the app over time 🔗


👉 #Google rolls out Backup by Google One, a unified #Android cloud backup that syncs app data, messages, photos, and more; Backup replaces the Play Services tool 🔗


🚓 Police in #Spain have arrested #UK citizen Joseph O'Connor at the #US' request over his alleged involvement in last year's #hack of high-profile #Twitter accounts 🔗


👉 #Facebook hides the tag #VaccinesKill from searches, displaying a message that says it is “keeping our community safe”, two years after #Instagram hid the tag 🔗


📺 #YouTube says it will test a new feature that will allow viewers to shop for products directly from livestream videos, starting with a few creators and brands 🔗


😷 #LG adds mic and speakers to its air-purifying mask, launching next month 🔗


👉 #Instagram can now automatically translate text in stories 🔗


👉 #Tumblr debuts Post+, a subscription service for Gen Z creators 🔗


👉 #Zoom will now let you add third-party apps to your calls 🔗


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Section 230, more transparency from Google, and what happens when a porn company buys an old domain
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 356

👉 Two Democratic senators introduce a bill to strip away social media platforms' #Section230 liability shield if they amplify harmful public health misinformation 🔗


👉 #Google updates its “About This Result” panel with more context about the specific search result, including matching keywords, related terms, and local relevance 🔗


🤦‍♂️ Old stories on news sites including #WashingtonPost & #NYMag are displaying embedded porn videos after the domain for the defunct video service #Vidme was bought by a porn company 🔗


👉 #Arm details #PlasticARM, a 32-bit processor built on a flexible substrate, that it says can lead to embedding of low-cost, ultrathin chips into everyday objects 🔗


👉 #Google is rolling out a fix for a bug in #ChromeOS 91, apparently caused by a single typo, which locked #Chromebook owners out of devices upon restarting 🔗


🎧 #Spotify partners with #GIPHY to connect users with artists’ music via GIFs 🔗


🎧 #OnePlus announces $150 Pro noise cancelling earbuds, coming September 1st 🔗


🔋 #MercedesBenz to build eight battery factories in push to become electric-only automaker by 2030 🔗


🐦 #Twitter may be adding voice effects to #TwitterSpaces 🔗


👉 #EpicGames files new complaint in its #antitrust suit against #Google 🔗


👻 #Snapchat added 55 million daily users last quarter 🔗


👉 #GoogleDrive will let you block other users to stop potential harassment 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Twitter Q2: revenue of $1.19B, up 74% YoY, vs $1.07B est., ad revenue of $1.05B, up 87% YoY, and mDAUs of 206M, up 11% YoY 🔗

💲 #Snap Q2: revenue of $982M, up 116% YoY, DAUs up 23% YoY to 293M, and net loss shrunk 53% YoY to $152M 🔗

💲 #Intel Q2: revenue of $18.5B, up 2% YoY, vs. $17.8B est., Data Center Group revenue of $6.5B, down 9% YoY, while PC unit sales were up 33% YoY 🔗


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Apple Silicon in Apple Displays, Facebook in mixed reality, and Apple Music on Android
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 357

🖥 Sources: #Apple is testing a new external display with a dedicated #AppleSilicon that includes a Neural Engine 🔗


👉 #Facebook announces the #PassthroughAPI, which allows #Oculus Quest 2 developers to use real-world images collected via sensors to create mixed reality apps 🔗 #AR #VR


🎧 #AppleMusic brings its spatial audio and lossless streaming to #Android 🔗


🎮 #Facebook brings cloud gaming to #Apple devices with a web app 🔗


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​​China goes after big tech, Facebook goes after God, and Spotify’s new feed
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 358

🇨🇳 #China issues regulations for food delivery platforms, mandating minimum wage, respect for worker rights, and more, leading to #Meituan shares dropping by 14%+ 🔗


⛪️ As part of its expanded outreach to #US churches, #Facebook is offering subscription tools for exclusive content and donation tools during live streams 🔗


🎧 #Spotify adds an attention-grabbing ‘What’s New’ feed 🔗


👉 Leaked #Microsoft #SurfaceDuo 2 photos reveal new triple camera system 🔗


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​​Instagram’s latest features, Facebook’s steps to protect the youth, Clubhouse’s growth
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 359

👉 #Instagram announces changes for teen accounts, including making them private by default and restricting messages from “suspicious” adults 🔗


👉 #Instagram now supports 60-second videos on #Reels, its #TikTok clone 🔗


👉 #Facebook will restrict how advertisers can target users under 18 across Facebook, #Instagram, and #FacebookMessenger, only allowing age, gender, and location targeting 🔗


👋 #SensorTower: #Clubhouse had 484K global installs from July 21 to 25, up 17% from the previous five days, after moving from invite-only to general availability 🔗


👉 #WhatsApp reportedly developing #iOS to #Android transfer option for chat history 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ #eBay cyberstalking conspirator sentenced to 18 months in prison 🔗


🎧 #Spotify adds What’s New feed for all the artists and podcasts you follow 🔗


🐦 #Twitter is testing notices that tell you if your account is suspended or locked 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Apple Q3: revenue of $81.4B, up 36% YoY, net income of $21.7B, up from $11.2B YoY, Services sales of $17.4B, up from $13.2B YoY, iPhone sales of $39.6B 🔗


💲 #Microsoft Q4: revenue up 21% YoY to $46.2B, net income up 47% YoY to $16.5B, commercial cloud revenue up 36% YoY to $19.5B, LinkedIn revenue up 46% YoY 🔗


💲 #Alphabet Q2: revenue of $61.88B, up 62% YoY, operating income of $19.36B, up 31% YoY, #Google Cloud operating loss down to $591M 🔗


💲 #Spotify Q2: revenue of €2.3B, up 23% YoY, as ad revenue jumped 110% YoY to €275M; paying subscribers reached 165M, up 20% YoY, total MAUs reached 365M 🔗


💲 #Shopify Q2: revenue of $1.12B, up 57% YoY, surpassing $1B for the first time; gross merchandise volume was up 40% YoY to $42.2B 🔗


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Vaccine mandates, Robinhood’s IPO, and Google against “sugar dating”
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 360

💉 #Google says anyone coming to work at its campuses must be vaccinated, starting in the #US, and will delay the return to offices from September until mid-October 🔗
💉 #Facebook says it will require its #US staff be vaccinated before returning to offices this fall, and will work around medical or other #vaccine exemptions 🔗
💉 #Netflix will mandate #COVID19 vaccinations on productions in the #US 🔗


🐦 #Twitter closes its NY and SF offices, two weeks after reopening, and pauses further office reopenings, after “consideration of the CDC's updated guidelines” 🔗


🍎 In a memo, #Apple says it plans to restore a mask requirement for staff and customers at most of its #US retail stores on Thursday, due to rising COVID cases 🔗


🏹 #Robinhood raises $2.1B in its #IPO after selling 55M shares at the low end of its $38 to $42 range, giving it a valuation of $31.8B 🔗


🐦 #Twitter says it is testing Shop Module, a new shopping section that brands can add to the top of their profiles, launching in the #US on #iOS 🔗


📱 #Huawei’s P50 announced with #Snapdragon 888 and #HarmonyOS 🔗


🍬 #Google is kicking ‘sugar dating’ apps out of the #PlayStore 🔗


✳️ #Spotify’s #Clubhouse rival, #SpotifyGreenroom, tops 140K installs on #iOS, 100K on #Android 🔗


👻 #Snapchat adds My Places feature to #SnapMap, recommending spots to visit 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Facebook Q2: revenue of $29.08B, up 56% YoY, MAUs of 2.9B, up 7% YoY, headcount of 63,404, up 21% YoY 🔗


💲 #Samsung Q2: profit of $10.8B, up 54% YoY, on $55.2B revenue; its chips business accounted for nearly half the profit; mobile division revenue declined QoQ 🔗


💲 #Qualcomm Q3: revenue of $8B, up 63% YoY, net income of $2.2B, up 124% YoY, chip segment revenue of $6.47B, up 70% YoY, and a strong Q4 revenue forecast 🔗


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Binance is trying, Snapchat is crashing, and Amazon
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 361

💹 #Binance says it will wind down futures and derivatives trading in #Europe, amid regulatory pressure; users will have 90 days to close from a date specified later 🔗


👻 #Snap says it resolved an issue that prevented some #Snapchat users from logging in and advises users to manually update the app if the issue persists 🔗


🧠 #Neuralink, #ElonMusk's brain-computer interface company, raises $205M Series C led by Vy Capital, with GV and others participating 🔗


🇮🇷 #Hackers used never-before-seen wiper in recent attack on #Iran-ian train system 🔗


👉 #PayPal’s new ‘super app’ is ready to launch, will also include messaging 🔗


🕶 #Facebook’s next product will be its long-awaited #RayBan smart glasses 🔗


🇪🇺 #EU fines #Amazon a record $887 million over #privacy violations - #GDPR 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Amazon Q2: revenue of $113.08B vs. $115.2B est., net sales grew 27% YoY, net income of $7.8B, and AWS net sales of $14.8B, up 37% YoY 🔗


💲 #Pinterest Q2: misses on user growth with 454M MAUs vs. 482M est.; revenue beats the estimates with $613M, up 125%+ YoY, vs. $562.1M est. 🔗


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​​Square’s biggest acquisition, Zoom’s and Tesla’s settlements, and leaked Galaxy Watch photos
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 362

💰 #Square says it's buying #Australia-based buy now, pay later service #Afterpay for $29B in an all-stock deal, paying a 30% premium on Afterpay's last closing 🔗


👉 #Zoom agrees to pay $85M and bolster its security practices to settle a class action lawsuit over alleged user privacy violations and #Zoombombing 🔗


🇳🇬 #Nigeria is now second only to the #US in #bitcoin trading volume, hitting $2.4B in May from $684M in Dec. 2020, as the government tries and fails to curb its use 🔗


🇬🇧 Filings: #Starlink has secured a license to build a satellite ground station on the Isle of Man, aiming to provide “blanket coverage” across #GreatBritain 🔗


🐵 Profile of #BoredApeYachtClub, an #NFT collection that sold for $2M+ in April, spawned a collector community, and has since seen ~$100M in trading activity 🔗


💧 #Leaked #GalaxyWatch photos show #Samsung and #Google’s new smartwatch OS on an actual device 🔗


👉 #Telegram’s group video calls can now have up to 1,000 viewers 🔗


🚀 Watchdog dismisses #BlueOrigin’s challenge to #NASA’s lunar lander program in giving #SpaceX a contract 🔗


🔋 #Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle battery throttling lawsuit. Each affected owner will get $625 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Square Q2: revenue of $4.88B, up 143% YoY, while its #CashApp service's #bitcoin yearly revenue was $2.72B, up 200% 🔗


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Google’s new Pixels and SoC, cheaper Spotify, and Twitter’s evolution
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 363

👉 #Google unveils #Pixel 6, with 6.4" 90Hz display, and Pixel 6 Pro, with 6.7" 120Hz display and 4x optical zoom, with a Google-designed #Tensor SoC, coming in fall 🔗


🎧 #Spotify says it is testing a $0.99/month tier, called Spotify Plus, which includes ads but no limits on skipping tracks or picking songs 🔗


📺 #YouTube ‘Premium Lite’ subscription offers ad-free viewing for less - around €6.99, compared to €11.99 🔗


🐦 #Twitter partners with #Reuters and the #AP, who will provide context and highlight links from trusted sources for Trends, Moments, Search, and more 🔗


🐦 #Twitter adds third-party signup with #Apple or #Google 🔗


😷 #Facebook to require all #US on-campus staff to wear masks starting on Aug. 4, regardless of vaccination status, citing rising #COVID19 cases and local regulations 🔗


📱 #Xiaomi overtakes #Samsung to take top spot in European phone shipments in Q2 2021 🔗


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​​WhatsApp’s latest feature, Facebook’s API, and Apple’s redesign
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 364

👉 #WhatsApp is rolling out a View Once feature for photos and videos that disappear from the chat after the recipient opens it 🔗


👉 #Facebook says it has disabled the accounts, apps, Pages, and access to its APIs for researchers running #NYU's #AdObservatoryProject, citing TOS violations 🔗


🇨🇦 #Apple and #Affirm's PayBright will launch a “buy now, pay later” program for iPhone, Mac, and iPad purchases in #Canada on Aug. 11, according to a staff message 🔗


👉 #Microsoft pauses free #Windows365 cloud PC trials after ‘significant demand’ 🔗


🍎 #Apple launches big redesign of its online store 🔗


👻 #Snapchat knows when you were born if you used it to check your horoscope 🔗


👉 #GoogleMaps on #iOS adds live location sharing in iMessage, home screen widget, and dark mode 🔗


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Apple’s privacy intrusion, Twitter’s co-host in Spaces, and Netflix in the UK
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 365

🍎 Security experts voice #privacy concerns over #Apple's new plan to scan users' devices for child abuse images, saying governments will likely increase its scope 🔗
🕵️ In addition to scanning for known child abuse photos, #Apple will also begin using on-device #ML to warn parents and kids of sexually explicit photos in Messages 🔗


👉 In a letter to #MarkZuckerberg, the #FTC called #Facebook's initial claim it cut off #NYU researchers' access to comply with an FTC privacy agreement “inaccurate” 🔗


🐦 #TwitterSpaces launches a co-hosting feature, which will now allow rooms to have one host, up to two co-hosts, and ten additional speakers active at once 🔗


🍎🇮🇳 #Apple's first physical store in #India, announced for this year in Mumbai, is delayed because of the #COVID19 pandemic 🔗


✋ #Amazon delays its return to offices from September 3 to January 3, 2022 🔗


📺🇬🇧 #Ofcom study: #Netflix's #UK customer base is now bigger than the total of all UK pay-TV subs; UK has 31M subscribers to streaming services, up from 20M in 2019 🔗


🧑‍⚖️🇮🇳 #Twitter tells #India's High Court it has appointed permanent executives to comply with the new IT rules, after the court criticised its “total noncompliance” 🔗


💰 #Cent, the platform that #JackDorsey used to sell his first tweet as an #NFT, raises $3M 🔗


✍️ #SteveJobs’ biographer #WalterIsaacson is writing a book about #ElonMusk, says Elon Musk 🔗


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Apple explaining itself, Twitter complying more, and Instagram going after more ads
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 366

🍎 #Apple publishes a #CSAM FAQ to address misconceptions and concerns about photo scanning 🔗


🐦 #Twitter's photo cropping algorithm favours people with slimmer, younger-looking faces, and lighter skin; a researcher was awarded $3,500 for the discovery 🔗


🐦🇮🇳 #Twitter now in compliance with #India’s new IT rules, government says 🔗


🗝 #Google adds #NFC to its #TitanSecurityKey lineup, with a USB-C model available for $35 and a USB-A model for $30, and discontinues the Bluetooth-based model 🔗


📱 #Apple’s 2021 #iPhone will reportedly have a video portrait mode 🔗


🛍 #Instagram is now testing ads in the Shop tab 🔗


📅 #Facebook’s updated data transfer tool can port events to #GoogleCalendar 🔗


👉 #Samsung billionaire heir #JayYLee gets parole, will be released from prison Friday 🔗


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Hacker ready to surrender, Facebook’s latest misinfo network, a $100 million fine
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 367

🦹 Group behind #PolyNetwork, a cross-chain protocol used for #DeFi applications, says a hacker has stolen $611M 🔗
💰 The attacker who stole $611M from #PolyNetwork, used in DeFi apps, has returned over $2M in #USDC and #BTCB after posting that they were “ready to surrender” 🔗


⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #Instagram introduces anti-hate speech tools to let users limit comments and requests on popular posts, following abuse towards #England football players 🔗


🇬🇧🇷🇺 #Facebook says it has removed a network of accounts from #Russia linked to a #UK marketing firm that pushed anti #vaccine content using Planet of the Apes memes 🔗


🍎 Court docs: #Apple settles its 2019 lawsuit against #Corellium over Corellium's “virtualized” #iPhone business; Corellium says it still sells virtual #iOS devices 🔗


🇺🇸 Now #Microsoft is protesting after #Amazon won a $10 billion #NSA cloud contract 🔗


🪟 #Microsoft fixes 44 vulnerabilities, including seven flaws that are classified as critical and three zero-day flaws, with one actively exploited in the wild 🔗


🍎 Internal #iOS 15 code and animations show #Apple will let users link #AirPods to the #FindMy network; the headphones will use Bluetooth to show a location 🔗


👉 #BitMEX announces a $100M settlement with the #CFTC and #FinCEN over shortcomings in its anti-money laundering and know-your-customer (#KYC) oversight systems 🔗


👉 #NortonLifeLock says that it will merge with #Avast in a cash and stock deal worth between $8.1B and $8.6B 🔗


🙊 #FacebookDating is getting audio chats 🔗


😶‍🌫 #Signal now lets you choose disappearing messages by default for new chats 🔗


🎟 Memestock #AMC now plans to accept #Bitcoin 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Coinbase Q2: $2.23B revenue, vs $1.78B est., and net profit of $1.6B, up nearly 4,900% YoY, following volatile stretch of #cryptocurrency trading 🔗


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​​Twitter’s new look, Samsung’s new lineup, and the crypto in Lionel Messi’s PSG contract
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 368

📲 Three #US senators unveil the bipartisan #OpenAppMarketsAct, which would force app stores to allow #sideloading and let developers use their own #IAP systems 🔗 #AppStore #GooglePlay


🐦 #Twitter rolls out a web and app redesign, implementing its first proprietary font, Chirp, high-contrast black and white follow and unfollow buttons, and more 🔗


🦹 Over half of #crypto tokens stolen in $610m hack now returned, #PolyNetwork says 🔗


⚽️ #LionelMessi's new contract with #ParisStGermain includes a “large number” of crypto $PSG Fan Tokens from Socios(dot)com, which let holders vote on minor decisions 🔗


📱 #Samsung announces #GalaxyZFlip3 with an internal 6.7" 120Hz display, a 1.9" external screen, 8GB RAM, and Snapdragon 888, starting at $999, shipping August 27 🔗


🇬🇧 #UK's #CMA says it has provisionally found that #Facebook's #Giphy acquisition could negatively impact competition, such as by denying competitors access to GIFs 🔗


👻 #Snap creators say they are leaving #Snapchat's Spotlight feature as payments have dried up after June 1, with some moving to #YouTube, #Instagram, and #TikTok 🔗


👉 #Honor’s Magic 3 is its first post #Huawei flagship 🔗


👉 #Zoom’s new focus mode could keep students from distracting each other 🔗


👉 #Instagram will let you limit DMs and comments from people who don’t follow you 🔗


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Backlash on Apple’s CSAM changes continue, Head of Twitter India gets a new role — in the US, and Disney beats expectations — again!
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 369

🍎 Sources: #Apple employees have sent 800+ #Slack messages on an internal channel debating the company's plans to scan #US #iPhones, #iPads, and computers for #CSAM 🔗


👉 #DisneyPlus beats Q3 subscriber estimates, reaching 116M subscribers vs. 114.5M expected; ESPN+ subscribers rose 75% YoY to 14.9M, Hulu grew 21% YoY to 42.8M 🔗


🐦🇮🇳 Head of Twitter #India is moving to the #US as Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations amid continued tensions between #Twitter and the Indian government 🔗


🏢 #Facebook delays its office reopenings in the #US until January 2022; Facebook originally hoped for 50% office capacity by September and 100% by October 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Airbnb Q2: revenue of $1.34B, up nearly 300% YoY, with Gross Booking Value of $13.4B, up 320% YoY, and net loss of $68M, down 88% YoY 🔗


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​​T-Mobile hack, Huawei’s alleged pressure, and Twitter walking back on stuff
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 370

👉 #TMobile investigates claims that hackers stole data from its servers, including phone numbers, names, SSNs, and driver's license info, related to 100M+ people 🔗


🇨🇳🇵🇰 In a new lawsuit, a #US-based contractor claims #China’s #Huawei stole its tech and pressured it to build a “back door” into a sensitive surveillance project in #Pakistan 🔗


👉 #Google and #Facebook say they will participate in a new subsea cable system for 2024 linking #Japan, #Singapore, #Taiwan, #Guam, the #Philippines, and #Indonesia 🔗


🐦 #Twitter says it is changing the contrast of its new buttons, as users complain about headaches after its redesign that some experts say isn't very accessible 🔗


🐦🇮🇳 #Twitter unblocks #India-n politicians’ accounts after suspending them for violating disclosure law 🔗


🇨🇳 The government of #China says integrated circuit output rose 47.3% YoY to 203.6B units in the year to July, as new capacity is added to meet semiconductor demand 🔗


🔐 #Facebook is bringing end-to-end encryption (#E2EE) to #FacebookMessenger calls and #Instagram DMs 🔗


💧 #Fitbit Charge 5 #leaked images show color display and new rounded look 🔗


🤖 Beta #Android #accessibility feature uses facial expressions to control your phone 🔗


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Tech companies’ policies against Taliban, Google’s getting rid of Pixel chargers, and no more magnetic stripes
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 371

👉 #WhatsApp shuts down #Taliban helpline in Kabul that was allegedly for reporting violence and looting, as #Facebook blocks other “official Taliban channels” 🔗
👉 Taliban Spokesman Accuses Facebook of Stifling #FreeSpeech by Banning Group 🔗
👉 #Twitter says it only takes action against accounts breaking its rules and #YouTube says it will terminate Taliban-linked accounts 🔗


🐦 #Twitter tests adding an option for users to report misinformation in the #US, #Australia, #SouthKorea, and will use the reports to study and identify trends 🔗 #misinfo


👉 #Google says the #Pixel 5a is the last Pixel phone that will come with a charging brick, claiming most people already have a USB-C charger 🔗


👉 #BlackBerry discloses a critical flaw in #QNX OS, impacting 200M+ cars, hospital equipment, more; sources say it resisted public disclosure until talks with #CISA 🔗


📈 #Amazon has surpassed #Walmart as the world's top retail seller outside #China; FactSet says people spent $610B+ on Amazon in the 12 months ending in June 🔗


📺 #YouTube introduces new search features, including viewing video chapters directly on the search page and better recommendations for translated videos 🔗


📱 #iOS15 beta 6 adds an option to show #Safari's address bar at the top, while displaying some buttons like back, forward, and share in a bottom toolbar 🔗
🍎 #Apple says SharePlay won’t be part of initial #iOS15 release 🔗
📷 #iOS15 lets you disable Night Mode on an #iPhone camera 🔗


💸 #Binance says former #US government cybercrime investigator #GregMonahan will lead global #moneyLaundering reporting 🔗


👉 #Google’s #FuchsiaOS is rolling out to every first-gen #NestHub 🔗


💉 #CES 2022 to require proof of #vaccination for attendees, exhibitors 🔗


💳 #Mastercard is phasing out magnetic stripes on its cards starting in 2024 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Tencent Q2: revenue rose 20% YoY to $21.3B, beating estimates, as profit reached $6.6B, up 29% YoY from $5.1B 🔗


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