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Bill and Melinda French Gates are officially divorced following 27-year marriage https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/bill-and-melinda-french-gates-are-officially-divorced.html

Amazon launches smart soap dispenser with timer to make sure you wash for 20 seconds https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/amazon-smart-soap-dispenser-timer-to-wash-hands-for-20-seconds.html

Twitter issues cash bounty for undoing 'racist' photo cropping https://mashable.com/article/twitter-bug-bounty-photo-cropping-algorithmic-bias

Today it’s cool, tomorrow it’s junk. We have to act against our throwaway culture: We need products we can repair, reuse and recycle – not ones deliberately built to become obsolete https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/02/throwaway-culture-products-repair-reuse-recycle-obsolete

Princess Latifa campaigner had ‘phone compromised by Pegasus spyware’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/02/princess-latifa-campaigner-david-haigh-phone-compromised-pegasus-spyware

California has the first cybersecurity committee of any state legislature. Will it get anything done? https://calmatters.org/education/2021/08/california-cybersecurity-committee/

Pegasus spyware found on journalists’ phones, French intelligence confirms | Surveillance https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/aug/02/pegasus-spyware-found-on-journalists-phones-french-intelligence-confirms

Chinese space firm launches and lands small test rocket https://spacenews.com/chinese-space-firm-launches-and-lands-small-test-rocket/

Google will abandon Qualcomm and build its own smartphone processors this year https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/pixel-6-will-have-processor-designed-by-google.html

Here’s how police can get your data — even if you aren’t suspected of a crime - And you may never know they did it. https://www.vox.com/recode/22565926/police-law-enforcement-data-warrant

An electric jet start-up just signed a $1 billion deal with a commercial airliner https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/lilium-electric-jet-start-up-signs-1-billion-deal-with-azul.html

Pentagon believes its precognitive AI can predict events 'days in advance' https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-ai-predicts-days-in-advance-135509604.html

Alibaba and Tencent are getting ahead of Beijing’s sweeping internet reforms — China's biggest tech rivals are moving to make their platforms interoperable. It's a calculated gamble that might just pay off. https://restofworld.org/2021/alibaba-tencent-beijing-internet-reform/

Microsoft tried to explain the joys of Windows 11. Customers weren't happy https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-tried-to-explain-the-joys-of-windows-11-customers-werent-happy/

Cryptocurrency Value: Factors That Determine Price of Digital Currencies https://gadgets.ndtv.com/cryptocurrency/features/cryptocurrency-price-value-market-volatility-factors-investment-public-ledger-node-count-exchange-wallets-2500938#rss-gadgets-cryptocurrency

TikTok resume feature could lead to video job applications becoming the norm https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/02/tiktok-resume-feature-future/

Stockpile of Unfinished Ford Super Duty Pickups Missing Chips Is Now Visible from Space https://www.thedrive.com/news/40458/thousands-of-unfinished-ford-super-duty-trucks-are-parked-at-kentucky-speedway-due-to-chip-shortage

The rise of never-ending job interviews https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210727-the-rise-of-never-ending-job-interviews

Apple removes anti-vaxx dating app Unjected from the App Store for 'inappropriately' referring to the pandemic. The app's owners say it's censorship. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-removes-anti-vaxx-covid-dating-app-unjected-app-store-2021-8

Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58058428