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AG suit alleges Google tried to "preemptively quash" Samsung's Galaxy app store by offering to pay Samsung, stopping OEMs from offering other stores, and more (Jon Porter/The Verge)

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Amid a global chip shortage, Hong Kong customs says it stopped multiple attempts of CPU smuggling over the past few weeks (Katie Wickens/PC Gamer)

Amid a global chip shortage, Hong Kong customs says it...

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Internal memo shows Microsoft is giving a $1,500 pandemic bonus to all eligible employees in the US and internationally (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Internal memo shows Microsoft is giving a $1,500 pandemic...

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Anger grows among some Google staff about "hypocritical" remote work decisions and transfers as senior exec Urs Hölzle announces plans to work from New Zealand (Richard Nieva/CNET)

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A look at Peacock as it enters its second year, considers expansion abroad, and tries to grow paid subscriptions; sources: 20% of Peacock's 14M MAUs pay for it (Gerry Smith/Bloomberg)

A look at Peacock as it enters its second year, considers...

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Oversight Board reverses a decision banning an Instagram post that criticized solitary confinement, after finding Facebook "lost" a policy exception for 3 years (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

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How dating apps are increasingly used to start platonic friendships, with average time spent on Bumble's BFF growing 83% for men and 44% for women in Q1 2021 (Ray A. Smith/Wall Street Journal)

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A look at Sweden-based Embracer Group, which oversees 69 game development studios and has become Europe's most valuable game developer following an M&A spree (Hanna Hoikkala/Bloomberg)

A look at Sweden-based Embracer Group, which oversees 69...

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How Ireland, the European base of many tech giants due to its 12.5% corporate tax rate, is fighting the new 15% global minimum tax rate agreed by 130 countries (Liz Alderman/New York Times)

How Ireland, the European base of many tech giants due...

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Sens. Bill Hagerty and Chris Van Hollen have called on the SEC to investigate whether Didi Chuxing misled American investors ahead of its IPO last week (Financial Times)

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Australia's Federal Court reverses earlier ruling and allows Epic's antitrust case against Apple's App Store to proceed; Apple says it will appeal the judgment (John Davidson/Australian Financial Review)

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Square announces it will build a hardware wallet for bitcoin, after Jack Dorsey had discussed the possibility of creating one in June (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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Microsoft says it paid $13.6M to 341 security researchers in the past 12 months as part of its bug bounty programs, down slightly from $13.7M it paid a year ago (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)

Microsoft says it paid $13.6M to 341 security researchers...

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Popshop Live, whose app lets sellers create live shopping shows to sell their products, raises Series A at $100M valuation; source: amount raised is ~$20M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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Pfizer sees waning immunity from its Covid-19 vaccine, says it's developing booster

Pfizer sees waning immunity from its Covid-19 vaccine,...

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Rescuers continue search for 76 missing people in Florida condo collapse

Rescuers continue search for 76 missing people in Florida...

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Although authorities at the Surfside condo collapse site have lost hope of finding...