Top interesting announcements
Google will face a $25.4 billion fine over its digital advertising practices
Two upcoming court cases in the U.K and the Netherlands will seek to recover compensation for lost revenue from the sale of advertising space on the websites of news publishers and any site funded by online advertising.
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Adobe will acquire collaborative design platform Figma for $20 billion
Adobe plans to combine its own community with Figma, and it’s likely that will involve bundling Figma products and services into Adobe Creative Suite in the future. The acquisition is expected to be finalized in 2023.
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Meta announces a new feature for Facebook and Messenger called Community Chats
With Community Chats, people can create Facebook groups where they can interact with other users and discuss topics of their interest. It is similar to Discord channels or Twitter Spaces.
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Alexa may answer the users questions with ads
Announced at the company’s Accelerate 2022 conference, the new feature is called Customers Ask Alexa. It allows brands to include answers to customer questions, so when they ask them either online or through an Echo device, Amazon could add a sponsored product response.
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Uber is investigating a ‘cybersecurity incident’
A hacker apparently gained access to vulnerability reports and shared screenshots of the company’s Amazon Web Services console, VMware ESXi virtual machines, Google Workspace email admin dashboard, and Slack server. The breach had reportedly forced Uber to take several internal communications and engineering systems offline.
Top new products
OPPO F21s Pro
OPPO F21s Pro will have a 6.43-inch AMOLED screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 processor and 8GB of RAM. It will come with a 4,500mAh battery.
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Google Pixel 7
Google Pixel 7 will have a 6.7-inch OLED display, Google Tensor G2 processor and a 50MP main camera (Samsung GN1). It will be launched on October 6.
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OPPO K10x
The phone will have a 6.59-inch screen, Snapdragon 695 processor, 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. It will come with a 5,000mAh battery.
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