Served with warrants, Meta gave a teen's Messenger chats to Nebraska authorities, who charged her and her mother with breaking laws related to an abortion
Motherboard has obtained court documents that show Facebook gave police a teenager's private chats about her abortion.
Samsung debuts Galaxy Z Fold 4 with 6.2" and 6.7" displays, Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, 12GB RAM, 256GB+ storage, and 50MP camera, available to pre-order for $1,799
Minor camera and software improvements, big $1,799 price tag — Samsung, purveyor of the only serious foldables available on a global scale …
Filings: Elon Musk sold around 7.9M Tesla shares, worth nearly $7B, between Friday and Tuesday, likely to preempt a judge forcing his Twitter acquisition
The billionaire suggested stock sales were aimed at avoiding a fire sale if forced to buy the social-media company
Meta says the warrants in the Nebraska case didn't mention abortion, only the burning and burial of a stillborn, came before Roe's reversal, and had a gag order
Much of the reporting about Meta's role in a criminal case against a mother and daughter in Nebraska is plain wrong.
Samsung announces the Galaxy Z Flip 4, featuring the same 1.9" and 6.7" displays alongside battery and camera upgrades and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, starting at $999
As expected, Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Z Flip 4 — but the phone's greatest improvements might come through upgrades to software, not specs.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 hands-on: improved, more durable displays, easier one-handed use, lighter than Fold 3, and cameras are better, but only 25W charging
that's a bit boring but not a bad thing!! Check out our team's coverage on Engadget! https://www.engadget.com/... @androidcentral : The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 has seen great improvements in all the r...
Cloudflare says some employees fell for an SMS phishing scam, but the company's hardware MFA keys stopped the hackers from accessing its internal network
Unusually resourced threat actor has targeted multiple companies in recent days. — At least two security-sensitive companies … Source: The Cloudflare Blog .
Google launches Get The Message, a campaign to pressure Apple to support RCS over SMS/MMS, highlighting low-resolution photos and videos, no e2ee, and more
For the past year, Google has been increasingly calling out Apple for not adopting RCS (Rich Communication Services) on the iPhone. Source: Android .
Coinbase misses with Q2 revenue down 64% YoY to $808.3M, vs. $832.2M est., a $1.1B net loss, trading volume down 53% YoY to $217B, and 9M MTUs
- Coinbase's revenue declined almost 64% in the quarter as cryptocurrency prices fell. — The exchange operator lowered its full-year forecast for transacting users. Source: Coinbase - Investor Relati...
Samsung debuts $280 Galaxy Watch 5 and $450 Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, both with a touch bezel and improved BioActive sensor; pre-orders open today
It's also aiming for the Garmin crowd with the Watch 5 Pro — After weeks of leaks and rumors, Samsung finally announced the $279.99 Galaxy Watch 5 …
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 hands-on: a fairly incremental but nice upgrade on the Flip 3, including improvements to durability and the 1.9-inch front display
Mat Smith / Engadget :
Sources: Walmart has held talks with Paramount, Disney, and Comcast, as the retailer explores bundling a streaming service into its Walmart+ membership program
The retail giant is exploring bundling a streaming service into its Walmart+ membership program.
A report from Iran's Tasnim agency says the country paid for its first import order using cryptocurrency this week, worth $10M, helping circumvent US sanctions
Iran made its first official import order using cryptocurrency this week, the semi-official Tasnim agency reported on Tuesday …
A jury finds former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia by turning over Saudi dissidents' account data in exchange for bribes
A former Twitter Inc. employee was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia by turning over personal information of platform users …
Spotify quietly begins selling event tickets to users in the US directly, instead of redirecting buyers to Ticketmaster and Eventbrite
Spotify has launched a new site to sell fans tickets to live gigs directly from its platform instead of redirecting users to partners like Ticketmaster and Eventbrite.
Samsung announces $230 Galaxy Buds 2 Pro with a smaller form factor, improved active noise cancellation, 24-bit Hi-Fi audio, and more; pre-orders start today
New buds alert! Samsung has announced the second-generation Galaxy Buds 2 Pro in tandem with its latest batch of foldables.
Foxconn reports Q2 revenue rose 12% YoY to ~$50B and net income reaches ~$1.1B, as its cloud unit helped weather supply chain issues and weak smartphone demand
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the maker of most of the world's iPhones, posted a profit that beat estimates as demand … Source: Foxconn .
An in-depth look at how teens use social media: YouTube is dominant, TikTok is ascendant, Facebook is falling, and Instagram and Snapchat remain important
TikTok has established itself as one of the top online platforms for U.S. teens, while the share of teens who use Facebook has fallen sharply
Many small businesses that use personalized online ads are cutting back on marketing, in part due to Apple's ATT, as they face rising customer acquisition costs
Online brands reliant on personalised ads ramp back marketing spending — Small businesses are cutting back marketing spending due … Tweets: @glenngabe , @soft_fox_lad , and @1br0wn See also Mediagaz...
An anonymous Tornado Cash user sent ETH to high-profile crypto users, such as Jimmy Fallon and Brian Armstrong, from a sanctioned address, likely to troll them
AWS, Splunk, IBM, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare, Okta, and 12 others announce the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework to help monitor hacking attempts
Amazon's AWS, Splunk, IBM and others cooperate on format for cyber alerts — This feature is powered by text-to-speech technology.
After suffering huge losses, SoftBank plans to reduce its Alibaba stake from 23.7% as of June 30 to 14.6%, raising around $34B in the current quarter
Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal :
A look at Invisv's Pretty Good Phone Privacy mobile data service, available in beta on Android, which is designed to separate users from specific identifiers
The new Pretty Good Phone Privacy service for Android hides the data linking you to your mobile device. Tweets: @lilyhnewman Tweets: Lily Hay Newman / @lilyhnewman : Rare example of people actually tu...
Deliveroo reports H1 revenue rose 12% YoY to £1B as its pretax loss widens to £147M, up from £95M in H1 2021, and plans to exit the Netherlands in November
Paul Sandle / Reuters : Source: Deliveroo plc .
Layer 1 blockchain Injective, which focuses on DeFi, raised $40M in a private token sale led by Jump Crypto
- Injective, a layer 1 blockchain focused on decentralized finance uses cases, has raised $40 million in a round led by Jump Crypto. — BH Digital, the crypto division …
AppLovin offers to buy Unity for $58.85 per share, an 18% premium to Unity's Monday closing price, in a $17.54B all-stock deal; AppLovin's stock drops 10.29%
Vancouver-based Hootsuite plans to lay off 30% of its workforce, an estimated 400 people; PitchBook says the social media marketing company has raised $300M+
Social media marketing firm Hootsuite says it has slashed its workforce by 30%. — “We need to refocus our strategies to drive efficiency …
Meta says it raised $10B in its first-ever bond offering, as it looks to fund share buybacks and investments to revamp its business
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) said on Tuesday it had raised $10 billion in its first-ever bond offering, as it looks to fund share buybacks and investments to revamp its business. Tweets...
Sources: Taiwan's national security officials want Foxconn to unwind its $800M stake in Chinese chip company Tsinghua Unigroup, which was announced in July 2022
Kathrin Hille / Financial Times :
Nvidia unveils its Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine, a suite of cloud-based AI models and services for developers building 3D models of lifelike chatbot avatars
Stephen Shankland / CNET :
Snap launches Snapchat+ in India for ~$0.62 per month, offering exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features; the service costs $3.99/month in the US
Vikas SN / Moneycontrol :
Cryptocurrency exchange Nuri, previously known as Bitwala, filed for insolvency in Berlin and says its customers still have access to their deposits
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk :
Spotify gives its Android app's home screen separate feeds for Music and Podcasts & Shows to better highlight recommendations, will bring the change to iOS soon
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
Amazon plans to expand its Amazon One palm-recognition payment service to 65+ Whole Foods locations in California in the coming weeks, its first broad rollout
Russell Redman / Supermarket News :
Forage, whose software helps grocers accept online SNAP food stamp payments, has raised a $22M Series A led by Nyca Partners, valuing the startup at ~$100M
Jeff Kauflin / Forbes :
Sources: the US DOJ is preparing to sue Google over its ad market business as soon as September, as the DOJ's antitrust division lawyers interview publishers
their dominance in digital advertising. We'd love to see it happen, and here's why. 🧵 https://www.bloomberg.com/... Kontra / @counternotions : From all that I read in trade pubs, I thought Apple is th...
President Biden's antitrust adviser Tim Wu denies reports he is leaving the White House, saying “I'm not leaving anytime soon — still have lots of work to do”
still a lot of work to do! Tweets: Patrick Lucas Austin / @patbits : silly season continues https://twitter.com/... Nathan Proctor / @nproctor : 👀 Not sure what to make of this, but I sure do like app...
Roblox misses with Q2 bookings down 4% YoY to $639.9M, vs. $657.2M est., and average DAUs up 21% YoY to 52.2M, vs. 54M est.; stock drops 15%+
Court and financial docs show a complex relationship between Voyager and Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda, including a possible $1.6B crypto asset loan from Voyager
Ireland's data regulator says it has received objections from several EU regulators to its plan to block Meta's EU-US data sharing, a reprieve for the company
sparking fears (or hopes) of a summer shutdown of the social media sites. https://www.politico.eu/... Robert Bateman / @robertjbateman : Looks like other DPAs have raised “relevant and reasoned object...
CreatorDAO, a DAO offering creators capital and operational support for a cut of their future earnings, raised a $20M seed led by a16z and Initialized Capital
Las Vegas-based Fortress Blockchain Technologies, which is building financial, regulatory, and tech B2B infrastructure for Web3 companies, raised a $22.5M seed
JD Alois / Crowdfund Insider :
Unity announces it has struck a deal to create Unity China, a joint venture valued at $1B, with partners including Alibaba, China Mobile, Oppo, and Douyin Group
NYC-based PreciTaste, which uses computer vision to monitor food quality and predict demand and supply in quick-service kitchens, has raised a $24M Series A
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
A profile of SMIC co-CEO Liang Mong Song, a Taiwanese chip wizard who previously led Samsung's chip development and was one of the key people behind TSMC's rise
Indonesian digital wallet maker Dana raised $250M from local conglomerate Sinar Mas and Alibaba's Lazada Group and says it processes 10M transactions/day
Bloomberg :
Source: BeReal had 7.9M DAUs in July, up from 2M in January and 10K in March 2021, and raised a Series B led by DST at a $600M pre-money valuation this spring
The Information : Tweets: @amir , @theinformation , and @kingdelrosario Tweets: Amir Efrati / @amir : New: we have BeReal's valuation per daily active user: more than Snap, less than Twitter*. @Kate...
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