In Q2, the global premium smartphone average selling price rose 8% YoY to $780, driven by growth in $1,000+ devices; Apple captured 57% of the premium market (Varun Mishra/Counterpoint Research)

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In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, 35 House Republicans request communications between Facebook and the FBI in a probe relating to the NY Post's Hunter Biden story (Billy House/Bloomberg)

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Micron plans to invest ~$15B in a new memory manufacturing fab in Idaho, spending a total of $40B in the US by 2030, with grants and credits under the CHIPS Act (Yuvraj Malik/Reuters)

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A Delaware jury says Shopify owes $40M to patent holder Express Mobile for infringing three patents related to software for providing content to mobile devices (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

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Facebook will shutter Neighborhoods, its Nextdoor-like product to help neighbors connect and share local information, in October, after launching it in May 2021 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Court filings: Apple settled with FlickType developer Kosta Eleftheriou; the lawsuit alleged Apple rejected his Watch app and then approved rip-offs of the app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Google announces $20M in new commitments to expand computer science education in the US and expects the funds to improve educational access for 11M+ students (Monica Chin/The Verge)

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