A survey estimates that Apple Pay users reached 507M worldwide in September 2020, about 50% of the total iPhone userbase, adding ~66M users from September 2019 (Horace Dediu/Asymco)
Horace Dediu / Asymco:A survey estimates that Apple Pay users reached 507M worldwide in September 2020, about 50% of the total iPhone userbase, adding ~66M users from September 2019IN a…
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UK Court of Appeal rules that UK prosecutors can use messages uncovered when French and Dutch police hacked EncroChat as evidence against criminal defendants (Gareth Corfield/The Register)
Gareth Corfield / The Register:UK Court of Appeal rules that UK prosecutors can use messages uncovered when French and Dutch police hacked EncroChat as evidence against criminal defendantsThat’s the Snoopers’…
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China-based Inceptio, which is developing autonomous trucks, raises $270M Series B led by JD Logistics, Meituan, and PE firm PAG, bringing total raised to $490M (Jill Shen/TechNode)
Jill Shen / TechNode:China-based Inceptio, which is developing autonomous trucks, raises $270M Series B led by JD Logistics, Meituan, and PE firm PAG, bringing total raised to $490MInceptio, a China-based…
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Intel brings back Shlomit Weiss, one of its famed chip architects, to lead all of its consumer chip development and design; Weiss returns to Intel from Nvidia (Paul Alcorn/Tom’s Hardware)
Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware:Intel brings back Shlomit Weiss, one of its famed chip architects, to lead all of its consumer chip development and design; Weiss returns to Intel from…
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Zuck Celebrates $1 Trillion Valuation, Dismissed Antitrust Suits With Bizarre Flag-Waving Instagram Post
“Make America weird again,” quipped CNBC, describing Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram post today commemorating America’s national Independence Day holidayMarketWatch explains:Yes, that’s the Facebook Inc. chief executive wakeboarding while holding an American…
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Chrono24, an online marketplace for new and pre-owned luxury watches, raises ~$118M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to ~$236M (PYMNTS.com)
PYMNTS.com:Chrono24, an online marketplace for new and pre-owned luxury watches, raises ~$118M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to ~$236MDigital luxury watch marketplace Chrono24 announced on…
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Some popular YouTubers are building their own video sites, like Floatplane and Nebula, to help other creators publish and monetize niche video content (David Molloy/BBC)
David Molloy / BBC:Some popular YouTubers are building their own video sites, like Floatplane and Nebula, to help other creators publish and monetize niche video contentWhether he’s showing off astronomically…
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Interview with Chase CIO Rohan Amin on managing Chase’s $4B tech budget, API integrations, and this year’s rise in digital mortgage applications and banking (Mary Ann Azevedo/FinLedger)
Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger:Interview with Chase CIO Rohan Amin on managing Chase’s $4B tech budget, API integrations, and this year’s rise in digital mortgage applications and bankingChase CIO shares…
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SensorTower data shows Clubhouse has been downloaded 1.1M times in the Middle East, where its users see it as an open forum to discuss politics and taboo issues (New York Times)
New York Times:SensorTower data shows Clubhouse has been downloaded 1.1M times in the Middle East, where its users see it as an open forum to discuss politics and taboo issuesThe…
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Megvii files for an IPO in Shanghai, which may raise at least $922M; Megvii’s HK IPO application had lapsed after it was blacklisted by the Trump administration (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:Megvii files for an IPO in Shanghai, which may raise at least $922M; Megvii’s HK IPO application had lapsed after it was blacklisted by the Trump administration- Chinese AI firm…
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Australian cloud data analytics company Phocas Software raises AU$45M led by Ellerston Capital to accelerate its growth in the US and UK (Jeremy Horwitz/VentureBeat
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat:Australian cloud data analytics company Phocas Software raises AU$45M led by Ellerston Capital to accelerate its growth in the US and UKPhocas Software’s cloud data analytics tools…
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Q&A with Lambda School’s Austen Allred on how the company helps bridge the class divide for students, like setting up bank accounts for those who don’t have one (Antonio Garcia-Martinez/The Pull Request)
Antonio Garcia-Martinez / The Pull Request:Q&A with Lambda School’s Austen Allred on how the company helps bridge the class divide for students, like setting up bank accounts for those who…
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