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Simon Sharwood / The Register : AMD reveals 50 security flaws affecting EPYC processors and its graphics driver for Windows 10; Intel discloses 25 security flaws in its products including CPUs   —  Think of an attack - DoS, arbitrary code execution, memory corruption - and one of these vulns allows it

Chris Prentice / Reuters : US states led by Texas file an amended Google lawsuit, providing more details about “Project Bernanke”, which allegedly gave Google's own ad-buying an advantage   —  A group of U.S. states led by Texas have filed an amended complaint against Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) …

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : The person claiming responsibility for the FBI email server hack says they were able to send the messages by abusing poor code in the FBI's LEEP online portal   —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today that its fbi.gov domain name and Internet address were used to blast …

Angus Loten / Wall Street Journal : WSO2, which offers low-code tools to help businesses, hospitals, schools, and public sector organizations build apps, raises $90M from Goldman Sachs   —  Amid a tech-talent crunch, the Wall Street bank is eyeing a growing market for do-it-yourself app builders that put development into the hands of business-line employees

Robert Burnson / Bloomberg : Apple agrees to pay its CA store workers $29.9M, settling a 2013 lawsuit for time spent in required security bag checks; Apple dropped the policy in 2015   —  Apple Inc. agreed to pay $29.9 million to employees at its stores who were forced to submit to security bag checks — off the clock …

Agam Shah / The Register : Mercury Research: ARM's market share in PC chips was about 8% in Q3 2021, up from 2% in Q3 2020 when Apple's ARM-based M1 Macs weren't on sale   —  What a difference a year makes?  —  It took Apple less than a year to seemingly start undoing decades of x86 and Intel dominance in the traditional PC chip market.

Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer : FBI email servers were hacked to send spam email warning about a “sophisticated chain attack”, with a likely goal to discredit security researcher Vinny Troia   —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) email servers were hacked to distribute spam email impersonating FBI warnings …

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : How US cities are deploying drones, robots, and AI to more affordably inspect, diagnose, and repair the country's aging sewer infrastructure   —  Cash-strapped U.S. cities are turning to drones, artificial intelligence and other innovations to help inspect and fix the country's aging underground arteries of waste

Zaheer Merchant / The Economic Times : App Annie: India saw 4.8B mobile game downloads in H1 2021, or one in every five downloads globally, making it the world's top market for mobile games   —  A new report by App Annie, an app market analytics firm, puts numbers to something we've all known for 19 months now …

New York Times : Telegram could become a powerful vector for lies and vitriol before the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil, where it is installed on 53% of smartphones   —  In a social media ecosystem facing mounting pressure to combat fake news and polarization, Telegram is the most permissive disseminator of content — and disinformation.

Chris Stokel-Walker / Wired UK : Substack touts itself as an alternative to toxic, ad-driven social media, but many of its top earners are polarizing figures who were deplatformed elsewhere   —  The company's CEO says the old way of social media is broken—but is his alternative much different?

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal : Gett, which helps companies organize their ride-hailing, taxi, and limousine booking options, is going public via a SPAC merger at a ~$1.1B valuation   —  Company joins with ride-hailing operators to organize transportation options into one platform for corporate customers

Taylor Locke / CNBC : An overview of Taproot, an upgrade to bitcoin that should make transactions more private and less expensive, and is expected to go live in the coming days   —  Taproot, a highly anticipated upgrade to bitcoin, is expected to go into effect in the coming days at block 709,632 — some sources say it'll go live as soon as Saturday.

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal : Presto, which provides restaurants with food ordering hardware and analytics, is going public via a SPAC merger at a ~$1B valuation   —  Presto is known for its pay-at-table kiosks, tablets and artificial-intelligence tools  —  Restaurant-technology startup Presto is combining …

Bloomberg : Sources: Intel scrapped plans to make silicon wafers at a Chinese factory to ease US chip shortages, after the Biden admin strongly discouraged the proposal   —  - Chipmaker had pitched China investment as way to ease shortage  — Administration seeks to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers

Jordan Novet / CNBC : Cloud backup service Backblaze climbed 24% in its Nasdaq debut on Thursday and 12% on Friday, after raising $100M in its IPO, giving it a market cap of ~$650M   —  - Backblaze went public this week after generating just $16 million in revenue in the second quarter.

Fred Pennic / hitconsultant.net : AppliedVR, which provides VR-based therapeutics to patients with chronic pain, raises a $36M Series B, bringing its total funding to $71M   —  What You Should Know:  — AppliedVR, a Los Angeles, CA-based company advancing the next generation of immersive therapeutics …

Louise Matsakis / Wired : Some TikTok users say the app is encouraging them to follow people they know in real life, raising privacy concerns over TikTok's tactics to connect users   —  The social network got huge by ignoring who you know.  That's increasingly no longer the case.  —  Unlike other social apps …

Helen Partz / Cointelegraph : AMC Theatres now accepts bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash, and litecoin for online payments; CEO Adam Aron says dogecoin will be accepted next   —  AMC Theaters now accepts online payments in Bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin, with Dogecoin coming next.  —  279 Total views  —  4 Total shares

Bloomberg : A labor group seeking to organize at Amazon's Staten Island facility have withdrawn their petition to the NLRB, saying they need more time to collect signatures   —  - Group says it needs more time to collect additional signatures  — Backing from 30% of workers required to force union vote

Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat : Canada-based Knak, which offers a codeless campaign creation service for marketing teams, raises a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners   —  Knak, an Ottawa, Canada-based startup that offers a campaign creation platform for marketing teams, today announced it has raised $25 million in a series …

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors : The latest iOS 15.2 beta adds a manual toggle for Macro mode in the Camera app on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max   —  The second beta of iOS 15.2 adds a toggle for Macro mode on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max when Auto Macro is disabled in Settings, enabling users …

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg : A look at lawsuits against Amazon over crashes caused by rushing delivery drivers; Amazon denies responsibility, saying one driver worked for a contractor   —  The company's algorithms were blamed for a crash that paralyzed an aspiring doctor.  Amazon says it's not liable.

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch : Blackshark.ai, the Austrian startup that developed the replica-Earth in Microsoft's Flight Simulator, raises a $20M Series A led by M12   —  Blackshark.ai, the Austrian startup behind the digital globe you fly over in Microsoft's Flight Simulator, has raised a $20 million round A to develop and scale its replica-Earth tech.

Maxwell Strachan / VICE : Interview with Sam Lessin and YouTuber Marina Mogilko about a $1.7M investment in her, in exchange for 5% of her creator-related earnings for the next 30 years   —  She gets $1.7 million.  Sam Lessin's venture firm gets 5% of her creator earnings for 30 years. “it's def not indentured servitude,” he says.