Instagram is testing a new feature called Collab in India and the UK that lets users invite a public account as a collaborator on a post or a Reel (Vikas SN/The Economic Times)

Vikas SN / The Economic Times:
Instagram is testing a new feature called Collab in India and the UK that lets users invite a public account as a collaborator on a post or a Reel  —  Bengaluru: With collaborations being a major part of how people create content on Instagram, the Facebook-owned platform is now making it easier …

Paris-based Spendesk, which develops spend management software for SMBs, raises €100M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to €160M (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

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Paris-based Spendesk, which develops spend management software for SMBs, raises €100M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to €160M  —  Paris-based all-in-one expense claim management service Spendesk has raised €100 million in a Series C round, its largest to date.

Google Maps expands its crowdedness predictions to 10K+ transit agencies in 100 countries, and will show how crowded individual carriages are in NYC and Sydney (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge:
Google Maps expands its crowdedness predictions to 10K+ transit agencies in 100 countries, and will show how crowded individual carriages are in NYC and Sydney  —  Expanding to ‘over 10,000 transit agencies in 100 countries’  —  Google is expanding the number of cities where Maps offers information about public transport crowding.

A look at Axie Infinity, a Pokémon-like blockchain-based game in which people buy digital pets as NFTs; the game generated $12.2M revenue in June, $79M+ in July (Packy McCormick/Not Boring)

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A look at Axie Infinity, a Pokémon-like blockchain-based game in which people buy digital pets as NFTs; the game generated $12.2M revenue in June, $79M+ in July  —  Welcome to the 1,267 newly Not Boring people who have joined us since last Monday!  Join 61,505 smart, curious folks by subscribing here:

Amazon Prime Day sale: Deals that will offer Amazon speakers free, smart TVs at up to 50% discount and more

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Long-Dormant Whale Accounts Suddenly Woke Up to Buy Bitcoin Worth Crores

A group of Bitcoin whale accounts, that were inactive since December 2018, suddenly woke up and bought thousands of Bitcoins over the weekend. According to BitInfoCharts, a website that labels Bitcoin... https://ift.tt/3eFJC4Y

Google to Fix Chrome OS Bug Causing Users to Lock Out of Their Chromebooks

Google has pulled the last Chrome OS update (version 91.0.4472.165) that was causing users to lock out of their Chromebooks and announced a fix that is expected to release later today (July 21). https://ift.tt/3eFJEK8

Raji: An Ancient Epic Becomes First Indian Game to Join Xbox Game Pass

Raji: An Ancient Epic becomes the first Indian game to join Xbox Game Pass, as July 2021 also brings Microsoft Flight Simulator and The Ascent. Xbox Game Pass cloud titles expand with 15 new... https://ift.tt/3iyC7Od

TweetDeck Is Getting a Major Design Overhaul: All You Need to Know

Twitter's TweetDeck is getting a major redesign as the social media platform showcases a preview of how the tweet management tool will look like after its beta testing is completed. It is being tested... https://ift.tt/2UoPCs1

Researchers detail two new local privilege escalation vulnerabilities, one in recent builds of Windows 10 and the preview of Windows 11, and the other in Linux (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

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Researchers detail two new local privilege escalation vulnerabilities, one in recent builds of Windows 10 and the preview of Windows 11, and the other in Linux  —  Both OSes have flaws that allow attackers with a toehold to elevate access.  —  The world woke up on Tuesday to two new vulnerabilities …

China's New Maglev Train 'Levitates' Above Track, Top Speed is 600kmph

China has introduced a maglev train, the fastest ground vehicle globally, that "levitates" above the track with no contact between body and rail. https://ift.tt/3xSQJP4

Pegasus Spyware: What Is It? How Does It Infect Your Phone?

Pegasus Spyware has evolved over time and it now uses zero-click attacks and network injection methods to infect phones. The spyware affects both Android and iOS devices and is able to read the... https://ift.tt/3eDphx1

India-based fitness app HealthifyMe raises $75M Series C from LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures, bringing its total raised to $100M (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
India-based fitness app HealthifyMe raises $75M Series C from LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures, bringing its total raised to $100M  —  People shopping around for a fitness app already have a plethora to pick from: MyFitnessPal, Noom and Lifesum, to name a few.  Founded in India …

DuckDuckGo launches a new Email Protection service that forwards emails from a free "@duck.com" address to users' regular inbox after scanning them for trackers (Dave Gershgorn/The Verge)

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DuckDuckGo launches a new Email Protection service that forwards emails from a free “@duck.com” address to users' regular inbox after scanning them for trackers  —  This is your chance to get an ‘@duck.com’ email address  —  DuckDuckGo is launching a new email privacy service meant …

Wi-Fi enabled washing machines: Capacity number of wash programmes and other key details

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