Netflix tests charging users in five Latin American countries an extra fee if they use their account for more than two weeks outside of their primary residence
Netflix Inc. will ask customers in five Latin America countries to pay a fee if they want to use their account in an additional home …
A proposed class-action complaint by Affinity Credit Union filed in California accuses Apple of illegally profiting from payment card issuers through Apple Pay
Apple Inc. was hit with an antitrust lawsuit over Apple Pay, accused of using its market power in the mobile device industry …
Through some “cryptic” puzzles posted on Twitter, Samsung appears to confirm the date of its next Unpacked event as August 10, 2022
Sure looks like the leaks were accurate — In a trio of images posted to its official Twitter account, Samsung Mobile appears to have confirmed …
Amazon starts rolling out a Prime Video redesign for Android and connected TV devices, with a Netflix-like look, a top 10 list, a vertical navigation, and more
New navigation, a top 10 list, and a very familiar look and feel — Compared to Netflix, Disney Plus, and other major streaming services …
Google will let non-gaming Android apps provide alternative payments for IAP, with a 3% reduction in Google's Play Store cut, in the European Economic Area
Google said today it will allow developers of non-gaming apps on the Play Store to provide alternative billing systems for in-app transactions …
YouTube rolls out new shopping features, including a partnership with Shopify to let eligible US creators link their Shopify store and YouTube channel
YouTube already soaks up billions of hours of the world's attention. Now the video giant also wants to hoover up a bigger piece of consumers' online purchases.
Amazon files a lawsuit against the admins of 10K+ Facebook groups that offer cash or goods to people willing to post bogus product reviews on Amazon
If the reviews of the last completely necessary and not at all superfluous thing you bought on Amazon looked like so much copypasta …
On September 1, Slack plans to update its free plan to show the last 90 days of messages and raise its Pro pricing to $87/user per year or $8.75/user per month
Slack, the chat platform that serves as an online watercooler for oh-so-many teams, is bumping up its monthly price and changing the way its free plan works.
The US should grant more green cards to retain tech leaders; Turkish MIT and Caltech grad Erdal Arikan, whose work led to Huawei's 5G lead, had to leave the US
What is the single most significant step the United States can take to sustain the technological predominance it has enjoyed since World War II? Tweets: @dkaushik96 , @siddarthpaim , @dotben , @zachar...
Apple agrees to pay $50M to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed Apple knew and concealed that the butterfly keyboards on MacBooks were prone to failure
& I'm not sure that even so I'd feel fully compensated. https://finance.yahoo.com/...
Crunchyroll drops prices in nearly 100 countries and territories, cutting the Mega Fan plan by 25% in the UK, nearly 50% in the UAE, and nearly 90% in India
Crunchyroll is changing prices for users in nearly 100 countries and territories, but not in the way you'd probably expect.
The CISA announces its first international Attaché Office, which it plans to open in London later in July 2022, for collaboration between CISA and UK officials
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Capital Group cuts Instacart's valuation to $14.7B, below the company's $24B March valuation, becoming the second investor to cut the valuation in recent weeks
Instacart Inc. investor Capital Group Cos. cut its valuation to $14.7 billion, far below the online grocery-delivery firm's own calculation of $24 billion.
BitSight: a popular GPS vehicle tracker made by Shenzhen-based Micodus can be easily exploited to track and remotely cut the engines of at least 1M vehicles
Security vulnerabilities in a popular Chinese-built GPS vehicle tracker can be easily exploited to track and remotely cut the engines …
Microsoft reverses its decision to ban the sale of open source software in the Microsoft Store, due to mounting criticism
Having previously upset software developers by implementing a ban on the sale of open source software in its app store, Microsoft has reversed its decision.
Sources: China will impose a $1B+ fine on Didi over its cybersecurity practices and ease restrictions, letting Didi restore its apps and pursue a Hong Kong IPO
The move ends a yearlong investigation and will free up the company to pursue a second listing in Hong Kong
Source: UK mobile banking startup Starling told staff it ended a four-year process to get an Irish banking license, signalling a shift in its expansion strategy
Mark Kleinman / Sky News :
Albania shuts down access to online public services and government websites due to a cyberattack, just a few months after launching an online services portal
Jonathan Greig / The Record :
Sources: Apple plans to slow hiring and spending growth in 2023 in some divisions to cope with a potential economic downturn; the changes won't affect all teams
IBM reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $15.54B, vs $15.18B est., with its infrastructure unit, which includes mainframe computers, up almost 19% YoY to $4.24B
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Instagram launches a new “payments in chat” feature in the US that lets users buy products with Meta Pay and track orders from small businesses via DMs
Right in Chat Finextra : Instagram adds payments in chat Curioso Mercado : Cripto volta a valer US$ 1 trilhão The Economic Times : Instagram to let shoppers pay for products via DM Andrew Hutchinson /...
Meta's 2022 diversity report: remote work options helped Meta recruit PoC and from underrepresented groups, as ~75% of its teams work across multiple locations
Naomi Nix / Washington Post :
Russia fines Google $358M for not censoring topics, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, after Google's Russian subsidiary filed for bankruptcy earlier in 2022
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer :
Uber settles a DOJ lawsuit over “wait-time” fees it charged disabled people for taking too long to board vehicles, to pay 65K+ passengers a total of $2,238,500
Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg :
A look at using Chrome OS Flex to revive three old computers, including a 2011 iMac with 4GB of RAM, and how Chrome OS is the most consumer-friendly Linux
Jason Perlow / ZDNet :
Several historic sites in Nepal, where TikTok creators have reportedly trampled crops and even caused traffic jams while filming, have erected “No TikTok” signs
Abhaya Raj Joshi / Rest of World : Tweets: @arj272 Tweets: Abhaya / @arj272 : Prominent tourist and religious sites in Nepal are putting up “No TikTok” signs to keep creators from shooting at the pre...
Sources: several US chip makers have deliberated over whether to oppose the Chips Act if its final language disproportionately benefits manufacturers like Intel
A look at Netflix's franchise-building efforts, as it plans to build brands that traverse film, TV, games, and consumer products, to counter slowing growth
Reuters : Tweets: @jamesoliphant and @isaacmcintyre Tweets: James Oliphant / @jamesoliphant : Netfilix, hear me out....He's a middle aged reporter but he also has a secret destiny on a far off world....
Cybersecurity startups raised $3.37B in Q2 2022, down nearly 40% QoQ from $5.93B and $5.43B YoY, exceeding the drop in overall global VC funding
Cynthia Brumfield / Metacurity :
New York-based Meow, which offers corporate investors a compliant-first approach to cryptocurrency investing, raised a $22M Series A led by Tiger Global
PYMNTS.com :
Flip, which lets shoppers monetize their purchases by posting video reviews, has raised a $60M Series B at a ~$500M valuation, bringing its total raised to $95M
Kimberly Chin / Axios :
Sources: SoftBank paused discussions about a London listing of Arm next year due to political turmoil in UK and could pursue a more straightforward US listing
Financial Times :
ByteDance says it is exploring designing its own chips for video platforms and entertainment apps because it can't find suppliers that can meet its requirements
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :
Analysis: the cumulative market cap of recently listed fintechs in the US fell $156B from January 1 through July 15, 2022, as shares fell an average of over 50%
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