Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Pixel Pro 8 appeared online on Google’s 360-degree device simulator, showing the phone in three colors and a new temperature sensor beside the back cameras — If you had any remaining questions about what the Pixel 8 Pro looks like, Google is here to answer them.
Read MoreThe ESP32, while first thought to be little more than a way of adding wireless capabilities to other microcontrollers, has quickly replaced many of them with its ability to be programmed as its own platform rather than simply an accessory. This also paved the way for accessories of its own, such as various sensors and
Read MoreKate Park / TechCrunch: Tokyo-based Josys, a SaaS startup that helps companies automate corporate IT operations, raised a $93M Series B led by Global Brain and Globis Capital Partners — Josys, a startup offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to automate corporate IT software application management …
Read MoreAndré Beganski / Decrypt: Story Protocol, a blockchain-based IP ownership network that aims to address creatives’ concerns over AI, raised over $54M led by Andreessen Horowitz — Andreessen Horowitz invested in a startup that uses blockchain tech to address problems heightened by artificial intelligence.
Read MoreWhatsApp and Signal have threatened to shut down services in Britain if the Online Safety Bill includes restrictions that undermine encryption. The government is pushing it through anyway.
Read MoreCredit: Twitter/Dylan Roussel An official Pixel 8 Pro simulator has been discovered on Google’s website. The simulator gives users a 360-degree look at the new smartphone. The render indeed shows a thermometer and physical SIM slot. Google is no stranger to prematurely posting Pixel phones on its website, having recently posted a Pixel 8 Pro
Read MoreVikas SN / Moneycontrol: Google plans to allow real-money games on the Play Store in India that will be approved by self-regulatory bodies once a new regulatory framework is implemented — Google plans to allow all types of real-money games on Play Store that will be approved by self-regulatory bodies once …
Read MoreAnna Nicolaou / Financial Times: UMG and Deezer strike a deal to give more weight to professional artists, who generate at least 1,000 listens a month, when calculating streaming royalties — Agreement with Deezer aims to boost royalties for artists and labels and reduce payouts for ‘noise’
Read MoreYou’ve got to hand it to [Les Wright]; he really knows how to dig into optical arcana and present topics in an interesting way. Case in point: an electro-optical control cell that’s powered by ouzo. OK, the bit about the Greek aperitif may be stretching things a bit, but the Kerr Cell that [Les] builds
Read MoreA composite of images from Google’s Pixel 8 Pro simulator. | Images: Google If you had any remaining questions about what the Pixel 8 Pro looks like, Google is here to answer them. The company has put online a 360-degree simulator that lets you turn the device over back to front and top to bottom,
Read MoreAmanda Hoover / Wired: NYC’s Local Law 18, which imposes registration and other requirements on short-term rentals, goes into force, potentially wiping out thousands of Airbnbs — Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.
Read MoreThe Italian supercar maker’s 1,340-horsepower electric car won’t go on sale for five years—but that didn’t stop WIRED from taking the prototype for an exclusive early spin.
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Paytm, whose “soundbox” is used by 7M+ merchants, launches a $12 model that can accept tap and pay card payments, as rival Pine Labs unveils a similar POS unit — Some of India’s biggest fintech startups are making deeper inroads into soundboxes, unveiling a new push …
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: Harmonya, which offers software to help retail and consumer packaged goods companies decipher their product data, raised a $20M Series A led by Bright Pixel — Like other companies, retailers and consumer packaged goods companies have a lot of data accumulated about their products and consumers.
Read MoreNick Baker / CoinDesk: SEC filing: Coinbase has created a new crypto lending service in the US for institutional clients and has raised $57M for the program — Coinbase (COIN) raised $57 million for the platform as of Sept. 1, according to an SEC filing. — Coinbase (COIN) has created a new crypto lending service
Read MoreThere’s a lot to like about resin 3D printing. The detail, the smooth surface finish, the mechanical simplicity of the printer itself compared to an FDM printer. But there are downsides, too, not least of which is the toxic waste that resin printing generates. What’s one to do with all that resin-tainted alcohol left over
Read MoreSundar Pichai / The Keyword: Sundar Pichai reflects on Google turning 25, says search is “still our biggest moonshot” and that AI will be the biggest tech shift “we see in our lifetimes” — Editor’s note: Google will officially celebrate our 25th birthday later this month.
Read MoreRT Watson / The Block: MetaMask says its customers in the US, UK, and parts of Europe can now convert ether for traditional fiat currency with a new sell function — – Company announces customers can now convert crypto for traditional fiat currency with a new sell function. — MetaMask customers that choose …
Read MoreStephen Nellis / Reuters: Filing: Apple signed a new deal with Arm for chip technology that “extends beyond 2040” — Apple (AAPL.O) has signed a new deal with Arm for chip technology that “extends beyond 2040,” according to Arm’s initial public offering documents filed on Tuesday.
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google usually celebrates its birthday on September 27th for no particularly obvious reason, but for its 25th anniversary, the company’s getting out ahead — with CEO Sundar Pichai “kicking off celebrations” with a 2,400-word public memo reflecting on where the company’s been. There’s very little in here that
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Apple has struck a deal with the chip design company Arm that goes past 2040, as reported by Reuters. A disclosure noting the arrangement appeared in new documents Arm filed as part of its planned IPO. The statement about the deal doesn’t have much additional detail. “We have entered into a new
Read MoreSundar Pichai / The Keyword: Sundar Pichai reflects on Google turning 25, says search is “still our biggest moonshot” and that AI will be the biggest tech shift “we see in our lifetimes” — Editor’s note: Google will officially celebrate our 25th birthday later this month.
Read MoreDana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: Source: the FTC plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon later this month, after Amazon offered no concessions in an August meeting with FTC officials — E-commerce giant’s lawyers offered no concessions in talks with agency officials last month — officials haven’t offered concessions …
Read MoreIllustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The attorneys general from all 50 US states want lawmakers to establish a commission dedicated to investigating the impact of AI on child exploitation, as reported earlier by The Associated Press. In a letter to Congress, the attorneys general say that the proposed commission should come up
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Hot on the heels of the EU forcing Microsoft to stop bundling Teams into Office in Europe, Zoom’s CEO is suggesting that the US Federal Trade Commission might want to look into doing the same stateside. Bloomberg reports that Zoom CEO Eric Yuan made the remark at the
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