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TikTok agrees to "pause" its European privacy policy update after consulting with the Irish Data Protection Commission, Twitter begins rolling out its "unmentioning" feature, and BMW launches a marke…

The Guardian published details from documents from Uber's rapid growth period under CEO Travis Kalanick, Elon Musk looks to get out from his proposed Twitter acquisition, and Ericsson wins an injunct…

Netflix launches spatial audio on its original content, Elon Musk's team reportedly cannot verify Twitter's spam account figures even after receiving fire hose data access, and Sony remove some previ…

Twitter begins testing CoTweets, Reddit launches an NFT avatar marketplace, and code references show Meta's Project Cambria will come to market as the Meta Quest Pro.

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NIST nominates quantum-resistant cryptography algorithms, the UK's CMA launches an investigation into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, and Meta open sources a large AI language translatio…

European Parliament approved the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, Chinese tech companies sign a "self-discipline initiative" on digital collectables, and BYD surpasses Telsa in EV sales.…

Amazon opens its first micromobility hub in London, TikTok sends a letter to US Senators describing "Project Texas" which it claims will resolve privacy and national security concerns, and IDC finds …

EU member states agree on the Markets in Crypto-Assets law, Niantic will launch its Campfire social network "in the coming days," and Samsung launches its Gaming Hub on smart TVs and monitors.

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Arm announces its next-gen core designs, Google Workspace's Javier Soltero leaving the company, and researchers find a new sophisticated custom malware targeting routers.

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Arm announces its first mobile GPU to support hardware-based ray tracing, India will delay enforcement of new rules on VPNs for three months, and W3C will become a public-interest non-profit next yea…

Google will offer commercial service for its Google Earth Engine, a new McKinsey survey finds 58% if US workers have the option to work remotely at least one day a week, and Airbnb makes its party ba…

LG expanded its presence in the EV charging market by acquiring the charger developer AppleMango, GlobalWafer announces it will build a $5 billion wafer factory in Sherman, Texas, and Americans paid …

Italy's data protection authority rules that Google Analytics doesn't comply with EU data transfer rules to the US, the startup OSAM is making the web3-focused Solana Saga phone, and Ming-Chi Kuo say…

Amazon showed a demo of training a new Alexa voice using less than a minute of sample audio, Netflix confirmed its speaking to potential ad partners, and GM will support the Plug and Charge capabilit…

Wikimedia Enterprise launched last year but just announced its first customers, Meta will change its ad algorithm for housing ads as part of a settlement with HUD, and Twitter partners with Shopify.

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Meta announces new monetization tools including a creator marketplace for brands on Instagram, Google drops its appeal in France on a $592 million antitrust fine, and iOS 16's Automatic Verification …

Telegram launches a premium tier, Meta will sell you digital designer clothes for your avatars, and TikTok says US user traffic now routes through Oracle Cloud.

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Roku partners with Walmart on shoppable ads, Snap tests Snapchat Plus subscription, and Fairphone launches the Fairphone Easy subscription.

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Facebook head Tom Alison said the new goal for Facebook is to build a "discovery engine," Discord launches its AutoMod moderation tool, and the European Commission updates its Code of Practice on Dis…

The NHTSA releases crash data on autonomous and Level 2 vehicles, YouTube announces a new Corrections feature, and Microsoft patches the Folina zero-day vulnerability.

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