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An overview of disparate federal and state data privacy laws in the US, where no singular GDPR-like federal law covers the privacy of all types of data (Thorin Klosowski/New York Times)

Thorin Klosowski / New York Times: An overview of disparate federal and state data privacy laws in the US, where no singular GDPR-like federal law covers the privacy of all types of data — With more of the things people buy being internet-connected, more of our reviews and recommendations at Wirecutter are including lengthy …

HBO Max is coming to parts of Europe on October 26th

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge HBO Max will launch in Europe next month on October 26th, the streaming service announced today. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra are the first six countries it’ll be available in, before it expands to the following 14 territories next year: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech

Watch: Motorola’s over-the-air charging solution can charge 4 devices at once

Credit: Motorola/Weibo Motorola has demonstrated its improved take on over-the-air charging. The company’s Space Charging solution offers the ability to charge four devices at once. The improved tech also allows users to charge devices at up to three meters away. Xiaomi was the first major brand to demonstrate air charging technology, showing off its Mi

Nigeria’s Prospa gets $3.8M pre-seed to offer small businesses banking and software services

In Nigeria, there are more than 40 million micro-businesses underserved in some form or another regarding banking services. Although some of these businesses have registered bank accounts, gaps exist in how banks use the data available to serve the needs of each business. With banks, presenting a series of transactions as statements is all these businesses

Investigation raises fresh concerns over WhatsApp privacy and encryption

A new report highlights the inner workings of WhatsApp’s content reviewal system. The report suggests that despite WhatsApp’s claims that employees cannot read messages, it nonetheless employs contractors to review content. WhatsApp maintains that its employees can only read messages reported to the firm. According to a lengthy new report, WhatsApp‘s privacy-focused claims may not

Samsung could bring 576MP image sensors to market by 2025

Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Samsung is reportedly working on a 576MP camera sensor. The sensor could make its debut as early as 2025. This comes after Samsung spilled plans in 2020 of its 600MP sensor goal. Samsung has been leading the megapixel wars of late, introducing a new 200MP camera just a few

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 buyer’s guide: Everything you need to know

Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority When it comes to foldable phones, Samsung is tough to top. We’ve seen other OEMs dabble in the horizontal folding game, but only Motorola has dared to enter the clamshell arena. Despite Motorola Razr’s best efforts, the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 is firmly atop the throne with

Chinese investors and VCs, who helped fuel India’s tech ecosystem, lose out in India’s tech IPO boom after having to cash out early amid geopolitical tensions (Nilesh Christopher/Rest of World)

Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: Chinese investors and VCs, who helped fuel India’s tech ecosystem, lose out in India’s tech IPO boom after having to cash out early amid geopolitical tensions — Money and knowledge from China helped build India’s tech giants, before geopolitics intervened. — • BENGALURU, INDIA

New IBM Power E1080 server promises dramatic increases in energy efficiency, power

We know that large data centers running powerful servers use vast amounts of electricity. Anything that can reduce consumption would be a welcome change, especially in a time of climate upheaval. That’s where the new IBM Power E1080 server, which is powered by the latest Power10 processors, comes into play. IBM claims it can consolidate

iPhone 13: What to expect from Apple’s next smartphone and what we want to see

Credit: David Imel / Android Authority The iPhone 12 launch was one of Apple’s largest smartphone introductions to date, with four distinct models, 5G, and a significant redesign that even included a novel approach to wireless charging. How, then, does the company possibly follow up on that success with the iPhone 13? From early indications,

Indian fintech Slice launches $27 credit limit cards to tap 200 million users

Even as there are hundreds of millions of Indians who have bank accounts, only about 30 million of them have credit cards. The adoption rate of the plastic card has largely remained stagnant in the South Asian nation for the last few years. The relatively young credit-rating system in India covers only a tiny fraction

An Inexpensive FM Receiver for the Raspberry Pi

At this point, there are no shortage of impressive hacks for the Raspberry Pi. [Dilshan Jayakody] recently documented his experience in designing and building an inexpensive FM Stereo Receiver for the Pi platform, and the results are impressive. Quite a few FM receiver projects center around the RDA5807 or TEA5767 ICs, however [Dilshan] has used

Coinbase says SEC threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched Lend program, following discussions with them for almost six months (Frank Chaparro/The Block)

Frank Chaparro / The Block: Coinbase says SEC threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched Lend program, following discussions with them for almost six months — Crypto exchange Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong responded Tuesday evening to planned enforcement by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining …

Leap Finance raises $55 million to help Indian students study abroad, plans international expansion

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers and young adults get on flights each year from India to a foreign land to pursue higher education. Upon landing, they face myriad challenges. One big one: They don’t have a local credit history, so they can’t avail a range of financial services, including a loan or a credit card

Lenovo unveils the 14-inch IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon and 16-inch Slim 7 Pro laptops, powered by AMD, both expected by October and priced from $1,290 (Phillip Tracy/Laptop Mag)

Phillip Tracy / Laptop Mag: Lenovo unveils the 14-inch IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon and 16-inch Slim 7 Pro laptops, powered by AMD, both expected by October and priced from $1,290 — The IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon and Slim 7 Pro are two premium ultra-portable laptops — IdeaPad laptops have long been overshadowed by ThinkPads and

Nearly eight months into his term, Biden has yet to pick new leaders at the FCC and NTIA, delaying action on key agenda items, like reinstating net neutrality (Cristiano Lima/Washington Post)

Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: Nearly eight months into his term, Biden has yet to pick new leaders at the FCC and NTIA, delaying action on key agenda items, like reinstating net neutrality — President Biden has been historically slow to appoint officials to the federal government’s top telecommunications agencies …

PayPal to acquire Japan-based Paidy, a buy now, pay later service, for $2.7B in cash; PayPal expects the deal to be completed by December (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia: PayPal to acquire Japan-based Paidy, a buy now, pay later service, for $2.7B in cash; PayPal expects the deal to be completed by December — Aims to boost Japan business with new cross-border e-commerce payment services — NEW YORK — U.S. payment company PayPal Holdings on Wednesday announced …

Lenovo’s new IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon is the lightest 14-inch laptop with an OLED screen

Typing away on the IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon. | Image: Lenovo Joining an army of OLED laptops that have launched this month is Lenovo’s new IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon (branded as the Yoga Slim 7 Carbon outside of North America). Lenovo claims it’s the lightest 14-inch OLED laptop on the market at 2.37 pounds. (I’m

Lenovo is rebooting its Chromebook Duet with a 13.3-inch OLED screen

Here’s the Chromebook Duet 5 in “storm grey.” | Image: Lenovo Over a year after it was unveiled, Lenovo’s category-defining Chromebook Duet is getting a sequel. The Chromebook Duet 5 (branded as the IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook outside of North America) is a head-to-toe reimagining of the detachable budget-oriented Duet, with a higher price, a

Don’t Bristle; Teethbrush Won’t Hurt You

Good dental hygiene is the first line of defense when it comes to your health, and– you’re already bored, aren’t you? It’s totally true, though. Take care of your teeth, and the rest of you has a better chance of staying fairly healthy. This is like, the one thing we have control over after diet

Australia’s High Court affirms earlier rulings that media companies can be held responsible for Facebook comments posted under stories on their Facebook Pages (Elizabeth Byrne/ABC)

Elizabeth Byrne / ABC: Australia’s High Court affirms earlier rulings that media companies can be held responsible for Facebook comments posted under stories on their Facebook Pages — The High Court has dismissed an appeal by some of Australia’s biggest media outlets including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian …

E-commerce aggregator Rainforest raises $20M just months after its last funding

Four months after its last funding announcement, Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator Rainforest has closed a $20 million pre-Series A round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Other participants included January Capital, Crossbeam Venture Partners, Amasia and Lo & Behold Group, along with returning investors Nordstar and Insignia Venture Partners. Rainforest announced in May that it had raised

Indonesia-focused Intudo Ventures closes $115M third fund

Intudo Ventures, the “Indonesia-only” investment firm, announced today it has closed its third fund, totaling $115 million. Called Intudo Ventures Fund III, it was raised in less than three months and oversubscribed. Fund III’s limited partners include Black Kite Investments, the family office of Singaporean businessman Koh Bon Hwee; Wasson Enterprises, the family office of

Lenovo reveals new slim laptops, a new Chromebook, and new tablets

Credit: Lenovo Lenovo announced many new products as part of its virtual Lenovo Tech World 2021 event. That includes two new laptops, the IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon and the IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro, along with the IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook. Two Android tablets, the Tab P11 5G and the Tab P12 Pro, were also revealed.

Twitter has begun testing a “remove this follower” tool on the web which will allow users to remove followers without blocking them and without their knowledge (Ian Carlos Campbell/The Verge)

Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: Twitter has begun testing a “remove this follower” tool on the web which will allow users to remove followers without blocking them and without their knowledge — Remove a follower without unfollowing them — Twitter has begun testing the first of its proposed suite of new privacy tools …

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