Top Tech Stories of the Week – July 24th, 2022

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  • Google Maps rolls out location sharing notifications, immersive views and better bike navigation – TechCrunch | Link
  • FTC sues to block Facebook owner Meta from buying VR fitness app maker | CNBC | Link
  • Indonesia blocks Yahoo, Paypal, gaming websites over licence breaches | Reuters | Link
  • Robinhood to cut 23% of its workforce, revenue sinks 44% – CNN | Link
  • Amazon to buy the company behind the Roomba in a $1.7 billion deal – CNN | Link
  • ‘Danuri’: South Korea launches first lunar orbiter as space program advances – CNN | Link
  • Artemis 1 moon rocket to roll out Aug. 18 for lunar launch | Space | Link
  • FCC rejects Starlink request for nearly $900 million in broadband subsidies | Engadget | Link
  • China heatwave: Sichuan shuts factories to save power – CNN | Link
  • Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit Rights Bought By Video Game Super-Publisher, Embracer | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – July 17th, 2022

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  • Google will let European Play Store users pay with alternate billing systems – The Verge | Link
  • Cooling failure brings down Google Cloud data center in London on UK’s hottest day | Link
  • Netflix Lost Nearly 1M Subscribers — and That’s Considered Good News – CNET | Link
  • Amazon to buy One Medical for $3.9 billion as it expands healthcare footprint – CNN | Link
  • Google Cloud joins rivals in opening new cloud region in Mexico – ITPro | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – July 3rd, 2022

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  • HTC quietly announced a new Android tablet — and nobody noticed | The Verge | Link
  • Elon Musk notifies Twitter he is terminating deal | CNBC | Link
  • First images from Nasa’s James Webb space telescope reveal ancient galaxies | James Webb space telescope | The Guardian | Link
  • Twitter sues Elon Musk to force him to complete acquisition – CNN | Link
  • Google offers concessions to avoid U.S. antitrust lawsuit, WSJ reports | Reuters | Link
  • OneWeb backs up Starlink 5G interference warning – SpaceNews | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – June 19th, 2022

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  • EU passes historic law to hold social media sites accountable for illegal content | USA Today | Link
  • Proteus is Amazon’s first fully autonomous warehouse robot | Engadget | Link
  • eBay purchases NFT art marketplace KnownOrigin | Engadget | Link
  • Ads are coming to Netflix, just not the way you might have expected – Tech | Link
  • Netflix lays off around 300 employees in its second round of job cuts – Tech | Link
  • Raspberry Pi announces the Pico W, a $6 microcontroller equipped with Wi-Fi – The Verge | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – June 5th, 2022

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  • Apple Pay Later will let you make no-interest payments on purchases | Engadget | Link
  • Here’s everything Apple announced at WWDC 2022 | Engadget | Link
  • EU agrees to make common charger mandatory for Apple iPhones and other devices | CNBC | Link
  • James Webb Space Telescope hit by tiny meteoroid – BBC News | Link
  • Perseverance rover’s new friend on Mars is a pet rock – CNN | Link
  • Microsoft to retire Internet Explorer browser and redirect users to Edge | Internet Explorer | The Guardian | Link
  • Tesla Begins Laying Off 10% of Staff, LinkedIn Posts Show | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – May 22nd, 2022

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  • Twitter Fined $150 Million by FTC for Alleged User-Privacy Violations – Variety | Link
  • What Lucasfilm just unveiled at Star Wars Celebration | Mashable | Link
  • Broadcom is buying VMware in a $61 billion mega-deal | Engadget | Link
  • France officially bans English gaming terms like ‘eSports’ and ‘streaming’ | Engadget | Link
  • Aramex to fully acquire e-commerce platform MyUS in $265m deal | Arab News | Link
  • NASA chooses two companies to develop next-gen spacesuits | Engadget | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – May 1st, 2022

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  • China launches rocket, 5 satellites from platform at sea | Space | Link
  • SpaceX Starlink satellite Internet Portability now available | Shacknews | Link
  • Behold Nvidia’s Giant New Voyager Building – CNET | Link
  • Apple’s Director of Machine Learning Resigns Due to Return to Office Work – MacRumors | Link
  • DJI officially announces Mini 3 Pro – The Verge | Link
  • Google’s biggest announcements at I/O 2022 – The Verge | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – April 24th, 2022

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  • Twitter has agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk – CNN | Link
  • All-private SpaceX astronaut mission splashes down successfully after week of delays – CNN | Link
  • NASA to repurpose OSIRIS-REx for second asteroid encounter – SpaceNews | Link
  • Disney+ Early Bird Offer Announced For Middle East & North Africa Launch | What’s On Disney Plus | Link
  • Apple now lets you buy parts so you can fix your iPhone yourself | CNBC | Link
  • Snap launches a $230 flying camera called Pixy | CNBC | Link
  • Activision Blizzard stockholders vote in favour of Microsoft acquisition | Eurogamer.net | Link
  • Amazon’s pandemic boom is over. Growth has slowed to a 20-year low as Amazon lost revenue for the first time since 2015 | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – April 3rd, 2022

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  • Elon Musk to get Twitter board seat after becoming biggest shareholder | Science & Tech News | Sky News | Link
  • Dubai lures clutch of big crypto firms with tailored regulations | Financial Times | Link
  • Adobe’s including Frame.io collaboration software in Creative Cloud subscriptions  – The Verge | Link
  • Why Netflix Is Adding A Double Thumbs Up Button | Link
  • Elon Musk is hit with a class action lawsuit over his Twitter investment | Engadget | Link
  • IMDb TV Rebrands to Amazon Freevee – Variety | Link
  • GoPro’s ‘Bones’ is a stripped down Hero 10 Black for FPV drones | Engadget | Link
  • The Twitter board is reportedly not interested in Elon Musk’s takeover offer – The Verge | Link
  • Netflix stock plunges after subscriber losses – CNN | Link
  • CNN+ will shut down at the end of April – CNN | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – March 20th, 2022

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  • DJI’s newest drone can fly in heavy rain — and has its own robotic dock | The Verge | Link
  • The District of Columbia is suing Grubhub for hidden fees, misleading advertising, and more | Mashable | Link
  • Musk’s Starlink is raising prices | Engadget | Link
  • Intel introduces ATX 3.0 and ATX12VO 2.0 standards, 12VHPWR 600W power connector for next-gen GPUs is now official – VideoCardz.com | Link
  • NASA wants another moon lander for Artemis astronauts, not just SpaceX’s Starship | Space | Link
  • FCC Adds Kaspersky and Chinese Telecom Firms to National Security Threat List | Link
  • Uber wins 30-month London license, ending a lengthy battle with city regulators | CNBC | Link
  • Intel’s first Arc GPUs are now available for laptops – The Verge | Link
  • Apple plans to build its own financial infrastructure for payments and lending | Ars Technica | Link
  • Wyze Cam security flaw gave hackers access to video for 3 yrs – 9to5Mac | Link
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