![Techmeme: Andy Rubin incorporated home security monitoring software startup Simple Things in July 2020 and appears to have hired staff from his defunct startup Essential (Jon Victor/The Information) Techmeme: Andy Rubin incorporated home security monitoring software startup Simple Things in July 2020 and appears to have hired staff from his defunct startup Essential (Jon Victor/The Information)](https://tii.imgix.net/production/articles/8986/d7bdd902-8eda-49cb-bd2a-65987021f9e2.png?fm=jpeg&auto=compress&w=610)
Techmeme: Andy Rubin incorporated home security monitoring software startup Simple Things in July 2020 and appears to have hired staff from his defunct startup Essential (Jon Victor/The Information)
![Techmeme: The FTC files to block Meta's acquisition of VR company Within, saying Meta “chose to buy” instead of compete, the first antitrust lawsuit filed under Lina Khan (New York Times) Techmeme: The FTC files to block Meta's acquisition of VR company Within, saying Meta “chose to buy” instead of compete, the first antitrust lawsuit filed under Lina Khan (New York Times)](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/07/27/business/27ftc-meta-sub/merlin_154203504_40b56689-7633-495f-83d4-7947a675cf3d-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp)
Techmeme: The FTC files to block Meta's acquisition of VR company Within, saying Meta “chose to buy” instead of compete, the first antitrust lawsuit filed under Lina Khan (New York Times)
![Techmeme: Source: Apple is working on an iPad with a 16-inch screen, the largest iPad yet and in line with the company's largest laptop, and is planning a Q4 2023 release (Wayne Techmeme: Source: Apple is working on an iPad with a 16-inch screen, the largest iPad yet and in line with the company's largest laptop, and is planning a Q4 2023 release (Wayne](https://tii.imgix.net/production/articles/8982/6bde5cf2-819c-4b77-a031-808cdfb41c8a.jpg?fm=jpeg&auto=compress&w=610)
Techmeme: Source: Apple is working on an iPad with a 16-inch screen, the largest iPad yet and in line with the company's largest laptop, and is planning a Q4 2023 release (Wayne
![Techmeme: Sources: China's central bank is struggling to get Tencent, Meituan, and others to share user data with state credit scoring firms before the December deadline (Sun Yu/Financial Times) Techmeme: Sources: China's central bank is struggling to get Tencent, Meituan, and others to share user data with state credit scoring firms before the December deadline (Sun Yu/Financial Times)](https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2Ffacfc1c9-2bf2-4f8f-a319-75dcec31a657.jpg?source=next-opengraph&fit=scale-down&width=900)
Techmeme: Sources: China's central bank is struggling to get Tencent, Meituan, and others to share user data with state credit scoring firms before the December deadline (Sun Yu/Financial Times)
![Bloomberg Technology : BLOOMBERG : August 15, 2022 11:00pm-12:00am EDT : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive Bloomberg Technology : BLOOMBERG : August 15, 2022 11:00pm-12:00am EDT : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive](https://ia801401.us.archive.org/33/items/BLOOMBERG_20220816_030000_Bloomberg_Technology/BLOOMBERG_20220816_030000_Bloomberg_Technology.thumbs/BLOOMBERG_20220816_030000_Bloomberg_Technology_003359.jpg)
Bloomberg Technology : BLOOMBERG : August 15, 2022 11:00pm-12:00am EDT : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive
![Techmeme: Meta reports Reality Labs had a $3.67B loss in Q3 on $285M in revenue, vs. $406M est., and says the unit's operating loss will grow “significantly” in 2023 (Nelson Wang/CoinDesk) Techmeme: Meta reports Reality Labs had a $3.67B loss in Q3 on $285M in revenue, vs. $406M est., and says the unit's operating loss will grow “significantly” in 2023 (Nelson Wang/CoinDesk)](https://www.coindesk.com/resizer/0oCVr8lE4QFrnUwZ5zXkTFx-MaM=/1200x628/center/middle/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/coindesk/RDR4ATFYJNGM7F3CRCCQ7DZJNM.jpg)