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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone XR review: competitive price for Apple's latest processor and cameras with a great battery life, but comes in only one size and the display is not great — Big screen, small compromise — Video by Phil Esposito & Becca Farsace — Here's a question: how much do you care about the display on a phone?
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
iPhone XR review: despite some drawbacks, the XR has a better price, battery, and more colorful design than the XS, making it hard to recommend the XS over XR — The iPhone XR has a few price-cutting compromises, but great battery life, Face ID and a colorful design make it the best iPhone to buy
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple says iOS 12.1 will fix a bug in its smart HDR camera system that resulted in overly smoothed skin in selfies taken by the iPhone XS and XR's front camera — Beautygate no longer — Ever since the iPhone XS came out, there's been criticism of its front camera — specifically, that it overly smooths skin.
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| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation: a network of 125+ Android apps, installed 115M+ times, and websites, some targeted at kids, are part of a multi-million dollar ad fraud scheme — Last April, Steven Schoen received an email from someone named Natalie Andrea who said she worked for a company called We Purchase Apps.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out a redesigned Messenger app with a focus on simplicity, using more white space and fewer tabs, and plans to add a dark mode in coming months — A powerful utility goes back to basics — Facebook is releasing a redesigned version of Messenger today that attempts to put the focus back on your chats.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase adds its first stablecoin, a Circle-issued coin called USDC tied to the US dollar, which US customers outside NY state can buy and sell — Crypto exchange Coinbase announced support for the Circle-issued stablecoin Tuesday. — In a blog post, the exchange said U.S. customers outside …
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| Jessica Toonkel / The Information: |
Sources: Apple plans to offer TV subscription service in 100+ countries, debuting in US in first half of next year, will offer free shows to Apple device owners — Apple is planning to launch its upcoming TV subscription service in more than 100 countries, three people familiar with the company's plans told The Information.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Kuo: new iPad mini is in the works and could be announced as soon as next week's event; new AirPods and AirPower charging pad coming in late 2018 or early 2019 — Ahead of Apple's October 30th event, respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared some details about what we can expect to see Apple …
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| Julian E. Barnes / New York Times: |
Sources: US Cyber Command targets Russian operatives to deter them from spreading disinformation, in first known overseas cyberoperation to protect elections — WASHINGTON — The United States Cyber Command is targeting individual Russian operatives to try to deter them from spreading disinformation …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Pixel 3 phones, which can fast charge wirelessly, can only do so with certified chargers, but Qi is an open standard, so this amounts to a DRM-like restriction — Qi wireless charging is a standard. This isn't supposed to happen. — Google's Pixel 3 smartphone is shipping out to the masses …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
A look at Thalmic Labs' new normal-looking smart glasses, called Focals, that display info in the right lens and will ship next year for $1,000 — Although few people seem to really want to wear smart glasses or goggles — think Google Glass or Snapchat Spectacles — a startup thinks it's figured …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber plans to expand Uber Eats to cover over 70% of the US by the end of the year, up from 50%+ today; rival Postmates recently said it covers 60% — Megan Rose Dickey @meganrosedickey / 9 hours — Uber is continuing to expand its on-demand food delivery service, Eats.| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase gets approval from NY regulators to create the Coinbase Custody Trust Company, which will offer custody services for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and more — Coinbase has received approval from New York regulators to form a qualified custodial firm for cryptocurrencies.
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Department of Financial …, Bitcoin Magazine, and CryptoGlobe
| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Three recent books argue that big tech became powerful not because of “software disruption” but by ducking regulation, squeezing workers, strangling competitors — A FEW YEARS after the Great Recession, you couldn't scroll through Google Reader without seeing the word “disrupt.”
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
HTC begins taking preorders, only in cryptocurrency, for its blockchain phone Exodus 1 for 0.15 BTC or 4.78 ETH, about ~$960, and expects to ship in December — You have to buy it in bitcoin or Ether — HTC just announced actual specs for its much-hyped blockchain phone, the Exodus 1, and is letting people sign up for preorders.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Patreon partners with Reddit to promote creators' Patreon accounts by making them more visible, adding special flair tags for supporters, and more — New widgets and flairs coming to Reddit — Patreon, a crowdfunding membership platform for creators, announced today that it's partnering … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Lyft acquires UK-based AR startup Blue Vision Labs and unveils its first Ford test vehicle for its Level 5 self-driving initiative — The company has acquired the AR startup Blue Vision Labs and unveiled its first Ford test vehicle — Ingrid Lunden , Jonathan Shieber 7 hours
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SiliconANGLE, Crunchbase News, Lyft Level 5, Telegraph, The Verge, Engadget, and PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @bluevisionlabs. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Mozilla launches Firefox 63, introducing Enhanced Tracking Protection, which blocks third-party trackers to increase privacy but is off by default, and more — Mozilla has released Firefox 63, which introduces Enhanced Tracking Protection, a feature that blocks third-party trackers to increase your privacy online.
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Envoy, which sells an iPad-based visitor management product, raises $43M Series B led by Menlo Ventures and plans new smart office products by end of year — Larry Gadea says he knew his startup Envoy was truly taking off when he found out WD-40 was using its software in multiple offices.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's former Windows chief Terry Myerson says he's joining Madrona Venture Group as a venture partner and the Carlyle Group as an operating executive — The former head of Microsoft's Windows unit has resurfaced after leaving the company earlier this summer and will be involved with two different investment firms.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son cancels speaking engagement at Saudi Arabia's Future Investment Initiative, but may still attend the event — Mr. Son becomes latest executive to cancel plans after the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — RIYADH—SoftBank Group Corp.'s Chief Executive Masayoshi Son …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Cloudflare is looking to go public in the first half of 2019 at a $3.5B+ valuation with Goldman Sachs working as the lead investment bank — (Reuters) - Cloudflare Inc, a U.S. startup whose software makes websites load faster and with greater security, is preparing for an initial public offering …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Misfit announces the Vapor 2, available “soon” for $249.99, with NFC, standalone GPS, two size options, and a higher-PPI display — After the delayed and drawn-out launch of its first touchscreen smartwatch last year, Misfit is back with its successor.
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| BBC: |
Taxi company Addison Lee says it is partnering with Oxbotica to produce detailed maps of London, with an aim to launch self-driving taxis in the city by 2021 — Would you trust a taxi with no driver? — Taxi firm Addison Lee is betting its customers will be ready to, in London at least, in just three years' time.
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 675, an 11nm mid-range ARM Cortex A76-based SOC with support for triple camera setups, promises better gaming performance — Today we're seeing a very interesting announcement from Qualcomm: The new Snapdragon 675 chipset is a direct successor …
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| Arti Kulkarni / Facebook: |
Facebook spent $12M+ on ads related to its election integrity efforts and getting out the vote, issues report on US groups that paid for political ads since May — Today we're introducing the Ad Archive Report for ads in the US related to politics and issues of national importance.
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