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This Week In XR: Sony’s Next-Gen VR, $18M For Interplay XR...
Forbes reports: "Interplay raises $18 million to expand XR Training platform for workers in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, facilities maintenance, and energy industries. The system...
WhatsApp and Telegram Media Files Aren’t So Secure After They Reach...
The Verge reports: "While they’re known for strongly encrypting messages in transit, apps like WhatsApp and Telegram may not always be able to keep...
Pentagon asks court for time to reconsider JEDI award to Microsoft
TechCrunch reports: "The JEDI contract award process might never be done. Following legal challenges from Amazon after the Pentagon’s massive, $10 billion cloud contract...
Reddit ups Series E round by another $116 million
TechCrunch reports: "Reddit, which announced a $250 million Series E earlier this month, has added over $116 million to the financing event, upping the...
Google is Testing a Play Pass Subscription Service For Premium Apps...
The Verge reports: "Subscription services are all the rage these days, and Google is the latest company to get in on the action, with Android...
Google’s Huawei restrictions are a wake-up call for all Android phone...
VentureBeat reports: "Huawei’s fortunes have gone from bad to worse, as news emerged last night that Google will stop providing the company with support for Android...
Apple defends its takedown of some apps monitoring screen-time
TechCrunch reports: "Apple is defending its removal of certain parental control apps from the iOS App Store in a new statement. The company has come under fire for its removal...
Apple market value tops $2tn
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "Apple's market value has now topped $2 trillion. The company's share price rose as high as $468.65 yesterday, which equates to a...
Radio Giant Entercom Rebrands As Audacy Amid Streaming Push
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Entercom Communications, the country's second largest radio company, wants to make sure consumers and Wall Street know that it's more...
Alibaba Quarterly Results Beat Expectations, With Entertainment Up 6%
Variety reports: "China’s Alibaba Group posted stronger earnings than expected in its first financial quarter thanks to growth in its core e-commerce and cloud...