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Apple's Weather app refuses to show the nicest temperature. If you’re an iPhone user, the weather is always a particularly nice 70 degrees. Or 68 degrees. Any temperature but 69 degrees, actually, because it turns out that the built-in weather app on some versions of iOS — including the current version, iOS 14.6 — will refuse to display the internet’s favorite number, even if the actual temperature in a given location is, in fact, 69 degrees, along with several other (less meme-able) numerals like 65 and 71 degrees. (Chaim Gartenberg via The Verge)
Alibaba and Tencent consider opening up their 'Walled Gardens'. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. are considering moves to gradually open up their services to one another, as Beijing’s tech crackdown makes it harder for China’s two online giants to maintain the virtual barriers they have built in recent years. (Jing Yang via Wall Street Journal)
Facebook fired dozens for abusing access to user data. Facebook fired 52 people from 2014 to August 2015 for abusing access to user data, a new book says. One person reportedly used data to track down a woman he was traveling with who had left him after a fight. (Sarah Jackson via Business Insider)
Gogo in-flight internet has been renamed Intelsat. The next time you're on a plane, searching for a Wi-Fi connection while soaring thousands of feet above the ground, don't look for the Gogo name. The longstanding standard of in-flight internet, Gogo Commercial Aviation, has been rebranded to Intelsat. (Jessica Conditt via Engadget)
The Uyghur Chronicles: Escaping the Genocide in Xinjiang. If you took an Uber in Washington, D.C., a couple of years ago, there was a chance your driver was one of the greatest living Uyghur poets. Tahir Hamut Izgil arrived with his family in the United States in 2017, fleeing the Chinese government’s merciless persecution of his people. (Tahir Hamut Izgil via The Atlantic)
Apple, Goldman Plan 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Service to Rival Affirm. Service to let users pay off any Apple Pay purchase over time Fresh partnership with Apple could boost Goldman consumer push Apple Inc. is working on a new service that will let consumers pay for any Apple Pay purchase in installments over time… (Mark Gurman via Bloomberg)
Female Founder Fund closes third fund with $57M for female, BIPOC founders. Female Founders Fund announced Tuesday the closing of its Fund III after raising $57 million to create what the seven-year-old New York-based early-stage fund considers “the largest fund for seed capital specifically for female…(Christine Hall via TechCrunch)
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