Amazon announces another acquisition to boast its robotics division

Amazon on Friday announced to acquire Belgium-based Cloostermans, that designs and manufactures mechatronics solutions, for an undisclosed sum. https://ift.tt/3dCmv1f

Web3 game publisher Revolving Games raised over $13.2M from Pantera Capital, Animoca Brands, and others, bringing its seed funding to $25M+ (Ornella Hernandez/Blockworks)

Ornella Hernandez / Blockworks:
Web3 game publisher Revolving Games raised over $13.2M from Pantera Capital, Animoca Brands, and others, bringing its seed funding to $25M+  —  - $2.4 billion has been invested in GameFi in 2022  — Web3 devs “should look to build on what has worked for over a decade in Web2,” said CEOs

Quentin Tarantino and Miramax settle their copyright infringement lawsuit over Pulp Fiction NFTs and say they may collaborate on more NFTs (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Quentin Tarantino and Miramax settle their copyright infringement lawsuit over Pulp Fiction NFTs and say they may collaborate on more NFTs  —  Quentin Tarantino and Miramax have settled their copyright infringement lawsuit over the “Pulp Fiction” NFT project.

FTX Ventures buys 30% of Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital for an undisclosed amount; SkyBridge will use some of the funds to buy $40M in cryptocurrencies (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
FTX Ventures buys 30% of Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital for an undisclosed amount; SkyBridge will use some of the funds to buy $40M in cryptocurrencies  —  SkyBridge will invest some of the funds into crypto assets for its balance sheet.  —  FTX Ventures, the investment arm …

India says its central bank will prepare a whitelist of legal loan apps and the IT ministry plans to ensure that only approved apps are hosted on app stores (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch:
India says its central bank will prepare a whitelist of legal loan apps and the IT ministry plans to ensure that only approved apps are hosted on app stores  —  India plans to mandate which loan apps are allowed on app stores in the country, the latest in a series of recent steps …

Realme Narzo 50i Prime gets a confirmed launch date in India

Realme Narzo 50i Prime’s 6.5-inch HD+ LCD screen has a 1600 x 720 pixels resolution along with a 120Hz touch sampling rate. The phone also features a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. For imaging duties, the phone houses an 8MP rear camera with an LED flash at the back and a 5MP front camera for selfies and video calls. https://ift.tt/0daIQEX

US seizes $30 million in crypto from North Korea-linked hackers

The United States has seized over $30 million in cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean-linked hackers Lazarus from the popular online game Axie Infinity, crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis said. https://ift.tt/TG7aN6R

A ‘new’ French Revolution: 10 things you need to know about Steelrising

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In a closely watched trial, ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan's lawyers say the company scapegoated him over the 2016 breach after Travis Kalanick's turbulent exit (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Cade Metz / New York Times:
In a closely watched trial, ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan's lawyers say the company scapegoated him over the 2016 breach after Travis Kalanick's turbulent exit  —  A federal trial began on Wednesday for Joe Sullivan, a former federal prosecutor who is accused of not disclosing a data breach while at the company.

Apple's state-backed Chinese data center partner, Guizhou Cloud Big Data, says lockdowns have paralyzed the city of Guiyang, stopping workers from seeing family (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Apple's state-backed Chinese data center partner, Guizhou Cloud Big Data, says lockdowns have paralyzed the city of Guiyang, stopping workers from seeing family  —  China's latest Covid lockdown has virtually paralyzed a city of 6 million that houses much of the country's electronic information …

A Geekbench test shows the iPhone 14's A16 chip, built on a 4nm process, is only marginally faster than the iPhone 13's A15 chip, built on a 5nm process (Sami Fathi/MacRumors)

Sami Fathi / MacRumors:
A Geekbench test shows the iPhone 14's A16 chip, built on a 4nm process, is only marginally faster than the iPhone 13's A15 chip, built on a 5nm process  —  A Geekbench score for the iPhone 14 Pro with the new A16 Bionic chip has revealed little performance improvement compared to the iPhone 13 Pro from last year.

Draft EU legislation, set to be unveiled next week, mandates IoT product makers to meet cybersecurity rules or face heavy fines of €15M or 2.5% of turnover (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
Draft EU legislation, set to be unveiled next week, mandates IoT product makers to meet cybersecurity rules or face heavy fines of €15M or 2.5% of turnover  —  Companies will face fines of €15mn or 2.5% of turnover if they do not comply with cyber security requirements

Apple to appeal Brazil sales ban of iPhone without charger

Apple Inc said it will appeal a Brazilian order banning it from selling iPhones without a battery charger, pushing back on claims that the company provides an incomplete product to consumers. https://ift.tt/koFQVUw

Honor X40 series to launch in China on September 15: Expected features and specs

The Shenzhen-based smartphone manufacturer has confirmed that the X40 series will launch on September 15 in China through a Weibo post. The poster teased by the company suggests the X40 series will also support 5G connectivity. Honor is yet to reveal the price and other details about the X40 series smartphones. https://ift.tt/BoqJyh7

Apple event 2022 today at 10:30 pm IST: Official streaming link, what to expect and more

Apple ‘Far Out’ event is just a couple of hours away. The event is scheduled for today (September 7) and the company will be making quite a few big announcements including iPhone 14 series, Apple Watch Series 8, Watch Pro, next-generation AirPods Pro and more at the event. It is the third big Apple event of the year, however, it is the first Apple event since the pandemic to be held in person. The event will also be live-streamed via select streaming channels. Wondering when and how to watch the event online? Read on to know. https://ift.tt/8mrNMdn