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Reddit: Technology
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Techcrunch
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- Pittsburgh Google contractors ratify deal with HCL
- Daily Crunch: European privacy regulators fine Amazon $887M over targeted advertising practices
- Argo AI can now offer the public rides in its autonomous vehicles in California
- Deliveroo could leave Spanish market ahead of on-demand labor reclassification
Engadget
- Over 100 warship locations have been faked in one year
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ZDNet
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Wired Magazine
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VentureBeat
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Gizmodo
- There’s Another ‘+’ on the Market: Pearson+, the Wannabe Netflix for College Textbooks
- Apple Yanks Anti-Vax Version of Tinder From the App Store
- Knights of Sidonia Animated Feature Film Headed to Theaters
- Tomb Raider's Alicia Vikander Has an Update About the Movie Sequel
- Jaws Musical Bruce Set to Hit the Seattle Stage Next Year
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- Google Fi Purportedly Isn’t Letting Subscribers Call Poison Control for Some Weird Reason
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Techmeme
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- How Apple became an “antifragile” company, by building a diverse portfolio of product…
- Apple removes Unjected, a social app for “unvaxxed friendly”, citing COVID-19 misinfo…
- FRISS, which provides automated fraud and risk detection technology for property and casualty ins…
- Cyolo, which is developing zero trust security tech to enable users to securely access their orga…
- Replicated, which sells tools that help software makers create and deploy on-premises versions of…
The Verge
- Latest IDC numbers reiterate Apple’s dominance of tablet market
- Google pairs Stadia Controller and Chromecast as $100 ‘play and watch’ bundle
- Thanks to the Rickroll, ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ hits 1 billion YouTube plays
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- Telegram’s group video calls can now have up to 1,000 viewers
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- PSA: You might want to avoid the gobs of Halo Infinite spoilers Microsoft just leaked
- Here are the latest accusations Activision Blizzard employees have leveled at the company
- After accusations, Twitter will pay hackers to find biases in its automatic image crops
- Mastodon now has an official iPhone app
TNW
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- Founder of EV startup Nikola charged with misleading investors
- Google’s ‘time crystals’ could be the greatest scientific achievement of our lifetimes
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- EU slaps Amazon with record $887M fine over ad targeting practices
- The age of the metaverse is upon us
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Slashdot
- It's the Hottest Job Market in 20 Years for Tech Workers
- In Hawaii, Robot Dogs Join the Police Force
- Chinese Hackers Used Mesh of Home Routers To Disguise Attacks
- Free Software Foundation Will Fund Papers on Issues Around Microsoft's 'GitHub Copilot'
- US Justice Department Says Russians Hacked Its Federal Prosecutors
- Nobel Winner Steven Weinberg, Who Unified Two of Physics' Fundamental Forces, Has Died
- Tech Companies Praised for 'Pandemic Leadership', Vaccine Mandates
- Texas Instruments' New Calculator Will Run Programs Written in Python
- Rocket Lab Successfully Carries a US Military Satellite Into Orbit
- Early Virus Sequences 'Mysteriously' Deleted Have Been Not-So-Mysteriously Undeleted
ArsTechnica
- Review: The Green Knight weaves a compelling coming-of-age fantasy quest
- With help from Google, impersonated Brave.com website pushes malware
- The privacy battle Apple isn’t fighting
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- Electric cars have much lower life cycle emissions, new study confirms
- 3G-only Kindles begin their long, slow death this year
- Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
- Evolutionary chaos as butterflies, wasps, and viruses have a three-way war
- Scarlett Johansson sues Disney, says Disney+ release of Black Widow broke contract
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CNET
- → The Tesla and SpaceX CEO called Apple's App Store fees a "de facto global tax on the Interne…
- → EU data protection laws look to be incompatible with the way the online retailer processes c…
- → In today's top stories, Sony has an update for PlayStation 5 users that will let them expand…
- → Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix and Uber are also updating their COVID-19 protocols.
- → Despite having its first June Prime Day, Amazon saw its sales slow down in the second quarte…
- → The social network doesn't want to become the "absolute truth police" even as it faces more …
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The Register
- Tech spec experts seek allies to tear down ISO standards paywall
- Sysadmins: Why not simply verify there's no backdoor in every program you install, and thus avoid…
- Euro watchdog will try to extract $900m from Amazon for breaking data privacy laws
- Russia says software malfunction caused Nauka module to unexpectedly fire thrusters, tilt space station
- HP Inc slurps Teradici to get better at delivering remote PCs
- '$6 in every $10' spent on cloud infrastructure is with AWS, Microsoft, or Google
- Here's 30 servers Russian intelligence uses to fling malware at the West, beams RiskIQ
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- UK regulator waves through SK Hynix's $9bn acquisition of Intel's NAND and SSD biz
- Happy 60th, Sinclair Radionics: We'll remember you for your revolutionary calculators and crap watches
Medium: Technology
- Smart contact lenses — will this be next future High-tech wearable?
- Self-Driving “Prime” — Tesla Edition
- Is the Internet a Rotting Library
- Turning the Ender 3 into my perfect 3D printer
- Make the Internet Great Again
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- The new 32-inch iMac
- The Birth of Modern Computing
Vox: Recode
- Here’s how police can get your data — even if you aren’t suspected of a crime
- Feds are seizing cryptocurrency from criminals. Now they have to figure out what to do with it.
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- Google and Facebook lead the way with Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Will corporate America follow?
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- A new bill would hold Facebook responsible for Covid-19 vaccine misinformation
- This outed priest’s story is a warning for everyone about the need for data privacy laws
- Companies that make people return to the office will lose employees
ReadWrite
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Quartz: Tech
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- Google will vet India’s personal loan apps more harshly
- Why central Africa is lagging behind in e-commerce
- Why the cost of getting hacked is higher than ever
- Burnout, mental fatigue and talent drain are a threat to Nigerian startups
- The biggest job-creating opportunity in South Africa, according to the World Bank
- A new Austin community will come standard with Tesla solar panels and batteries
- Gamers are going to great lengths to find graphics cards in a chip shortage
- China is extending its regulatory storm from tech to education
MIT Technology Review
- Boeing’s second Starliner mission to the ISS is a make-or-break moment
- Covid clusters among the vaccinated are killing our back-to-normal dreams
- An endlessly changing playground teaches AIs how to multitask
- Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped.
- The best vaccine incentive might be paid time off
- She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.
- Israel begins investigation into NSO Group spyware abuse
- Astronomers have spotted x-rays from behind a supermassive black hole
- What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidelines
- The pandemic slashed the West Coast’s emissions. Wildfires already reversed it.
BleepingComputer
- DarkSide ransomware gang returns as new BlackMatter operation
- Remote print server gives anyone Windows admin privileges on a PC
- BlackMatter ransomware gang rises from the ashes of DarkSide, REvil
- FBI warns investors of fraudsters posing as brokers and advisers
- DOJ: SolarWinds hackers breached emails from 27 US Attorneys’ offices
- The Week in Ransomware - July 30th 2021 - €1 billion saved
- Node.js fixes severe HTTP bug that could let attackers crash apps
- CISA launches vulnerability disclosure platform for federal agencies
- Windows 10 now lets you install WSL with a single command
- Amazon gets $888 million GDPR fine for behavioral advertising
BGR
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- Marvel’s new Black Panther actor might have been revealed
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- Netflix quietly removed one of the most popular shows ever, and subscribers are freaking out
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- Netflix’s new Jean-Claude Van Damme movie finally starts streaming today
- iPhone 13 delay worries fueled by incident at supplier’s factory
Flipboard: Tech
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- Make 21 Times Your Money With Leaked Investment Idea Photos at PBase.com
- Big tech’s big week raises fears of ‘Blade Runner future’ of mega-company rule
- Olympics going high-tech: Artificial intelligence to prevent Tokyo heatstroke
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Mainstream media
NYTimes: Tech
- Can Paramount+ Succeed? One Producer Hopes to Make It So.
- Banned Chinese Facial Recognition Technology Was Used to Search for Minneapolis Protesters
- Can Fake Accounts Save the Internet?
- Bezos' Blue Origin Loses Challenge to NASA SpaceX Lunar Lander Contract
- These Clubhouse Hosts Are Keeping the Party Alive
- Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over ‘Black Widow’ Release
- Amazon’s quarterly profit jumps to $7.8 billion.
- Big Tech Has Outgrown This Planet
- Robinhood I.P.O.: Shares Fall 8.4%
- Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Charged With Securities Fraud
WSJ: Tech
- Let It Go: Disney Princess Culture Isn't Toxic, Study Finds
- Bezos' Blue Origin Rebuffed in Contract Protest
- Elon Musk's 'Delivery Hell'
- Tesla Battery Catches Fire at Utility Storage Project in Australia
- Amazon Hit With Record EU Privacy Fine
- Looking for Love Post-Lockdown? Niche Dating Apps Are the Next Big Thing
- Boeing Space Flight Postponed After Mishap at Space Station
- Pinterest Shares Fall as U.S. Monthly Average Users Decline
- Didi Weighs Going Private to Placate China, Investors
- 4 Back-to-School Smartphone Alternatives to Keep In Touch With Your Kids
Washington Post: Technology
- You’re going to be asked to prove your vaccination status. Here’s how to do it.
- GAO denies Jeff Bezos’s attempt to overturn NASA’s lunar lander award to SpaceX
- Is TikTok winning the Olympics?
- Russian thruster misfire led to a ‘tug of war’ at the International Space Station as crew so …
- Elon Musk just sided against Apple in one of the biggest tech showdowns of the year
- These athletes are offering an inside look into the Olympic Village — no training required!
- China built the world’s largest facial recognition system. Now, it’s getting camera-shy.
- New bill would update decades-old law governing children’s privacy online, add protection for teens
- Boeing’s engineering prowess faces a test: Its Starliner do-over launch
- White House has spoken to Israeli officials about spyware concerns following Pegasus Project revelations
Guardian: Tech UK
- In search of the crypto-criminals
- Listen up: why indie podcasts are in peril
- Big tech’s big week raises fears of ‘Blade Runner future’ of mega-company rule
- Sydney man told he was fully vaccinated – despite not receiving a single Covid jab
- SolarWinds: Russian hackers broke into email accounts at US attorney offices
- Out of control and rising: why bitcoin has Nigeria’s government in a panic
- Ynglet review – small but perfectly formed
- From Oslo pram guy to the teenage vacuum expert: inside the obsessive world of niche online reviewers
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- How Games Workshop grew to become more profitable than Google
BBC: Tech UK
- The perfect storm striking World of Warcraft
- Home car charger owners urged to install updates
- Elon Musk: 'I don't want to be CEO of anything'
- Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over streaming of Black Widow
- Facebook, Google expect jabs for office return
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- A US company has turned a former coal plant into a gas-fired Bitcoin mine
- Amazon predicts slower sales growth as Covid boost eases
- Google to ban sugar-daddy apps from Play Store
Computing UK
- Amazon faces £635 million fine for GDPR violations
- Facebook to launch Ray-Ban AR smart glasses as profits surpass Wall Street expectations
- Privacy-preserving search engine Startpage launches translation feature
- Employees must be vaccinated before they return to the office, says Google in policy reversal
- Dozens of active Cozy Bear C2 servers for data-stealing malware identified
- Jason Man, ECS: DevOps is responsible for technology ubiquity
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- New major database releases from Couchbase and Cassandra
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- Israeli authorities inspect offices of NSO Group
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