Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Seeking to combat the FTC's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, Meta subpoenas 132+ companies, including Snap, ByteDance, and Clubhouse, drawing rebukes over sensitive data (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Seeking to combat the FTC's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, Meta subpoenas 132+ companies, including Snap, ByteDance, and Clubhouse, drawing rebukes over sensitive data  —  To defend itself against the federal government, Meta Platforms Inc. says it needs its rivals to divulge some of their most closely held secrets.



Vivo T1 5G Special Festive Edition teased to launch soon

Recently, the company took to Twitter to tease a new Silky White colour option for the smartphone. The tweet included a link that takes you to the Flipkart page where the phone will be made available for sale. This third colour variant of the smartphone could be the Special Festive Edition of the Vivo T1 5G. https://ift.tt/2WboNVj

KKR partners with Securitize to tokenize an interest in a KKR health care fund on Avalanche, expanding individual investors' access to investment vehicles (Miriam Gottfried/Wall Street Journal)

Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
KKR partners with Securitize to tokenize an interest in a KKR health care fund on Avalanche, expanding individual investors' access to investment vehicles  —  Move will broaden opportunity for individuals to invest in fund  —  KKR & Co. is making a slice of one of its private-equity funds available …



OPPO K10x with Snapdragon 695 to be announced on September 16

Oppo has announced the launch of Oppo K10x in China. The phone is tipped to be powered by the Snapdragon 695 chipset. Recently, the smartphone was reportedly spotted on 3C and TENNA– the Chinese certification platform. The Chinese smartphone maker has confirmed the device to launch on September 16. https://ift.tt/07INS9g

Motorola Edge 30 Ultra with 200MP sensor , Motorola Edge 30 Fusion with Snapdragon 888+ SoC launched in India: Details inside

Motorola has expanded its Edge series with the launch of two flagship smartphones– Motorola Edge 30 and Edge 30 Ultra in the Indian markets. The Ultra variant model houses a 200MP sensor and a 6.7-inch curved display with a 144Hz refresh rate. https://ift.tt/DJk1dTv

Google Pixel 7 series to come powered by the ‘Samsung-made’ Tensor G2 chip

Similar to last year’s Tensor chip, Google has co-developed the new Tensor G2 chip with the help of Samsung’s System LSI division. Apart from this, the latest Google Tensor chip is also manufactured by Samsung Foundry. Moreover, the South Korean tech giant is also rumoured to have started working on the third-gen Tensor chipset, which is likely to be named the G3. https://ift.tt/jUcQCa7

Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; ...