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Apple says it will release iOS 12.1 on October 30 with Group FaceTime, new emoji, Dual SIM support, and more — iOS 12.1 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch will be available tomorrow as a free software update. The first significant update to iOS 12 brings a variety of features including Group FaceTime …
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How Foxconn's initial plans for a heavily taxpayer-subsidized $10B mega plant in Wisconsin have devolved into a more modest factory with a robotic assembly line — Governor Scott Walker promised billions to get a Foxconn factory. Now he's running away from it
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Sources: 200+ Google engineers organizing company-wide “women's walk” walkout, expected Nov. 1, following reports of Google protecting alleged sexual harassers — A group of more than two hundred engineers at Google are organizing a company-wide “women's walk” …
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In an attempt to recreate its success from the '90s, IBM has bought Red Hat; it's not clear, though, that the company or the market are the same — The best way to understand how it is Red Hat built a multi-billion dollar business off of open source software is to start with IBM.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts $25M AI Impact Challenge, a contest to support projects for social good, similar to other tech giants' efforts, like Microsoft's $50M AI for Earth — Google AI today announced the AI for Social Good initiative, an ongoing project to apply core AI research and engineering efforts …
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Sources: Snap's Evan Spiegel promoted Kristen O'Hara as Chief Business Officer, then changed his mind two days later, hiring an Amazon exec; O'Hara has departed — - Kristen O'Hara was picked first then offer was rescinded — Company has had high level of executive turnover since IPO
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
OnePlus 6T debuted with in-screen fingerprint scanner, 6.41" screen, dual rear cameras, smaller notch, starting at $549, unlocked or via T-Mobile in US — After month of leaks and teases, OnePlus has finally launched its ninth smartphone. — The OnePlus 6T was officially unveiled at an event …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Gab.com takes its service offline after GoDaddy informed the company they had violated terms of service and had 24 hours to move the domain to another provider — Gab, the controversial social network with a far-right following, has pulled its website offline after domain provider GoDaddy gave it 24 hours to move to another service.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google releases reCAPTCHA v3 API that is more customizable and runs adaptive risk analysis in the background to alert webmasters of suspicious traffic — CAPTCHAs are a common test on the web and are designed to differentiate between actual users and bots.| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
StarkWare, which develops privacy-focused blockchain tech, closes $30M Series A led by Paradigm with Intel Capital, Sequoia, Coinbase Ventures among investors — Cryptography startup StarkWare just closed a $30 million equity funding round led by Paradigm and featuring a number of other major investors …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
RED Hydrogen One review: unique design and long-lasting battery, but holographic display is poor and blurry, and it falls far short of other $1,000+ phones — It's obvious this is RED's first phone — RED's debut smartphone is such a mess that it made me question what fundamental parts of a phone we truly need.
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TechCrunch, Android Central, PCMag, BBC, Tom's Guide, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, CNET, KnowTechie, BGR, Android Police, Android Authority, TechSpot, and Android Police
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK chancellor announces a new 2% digital services tax that will come into effect in April 2020 for profitable tech companies that generate £500M a year globally — The UK government has announced a new “digital services” tax of two percent that it plans to start levying on the UK revenues …
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SiliconANGLE, BBC, Engadget, CNET, Ars Technica, Financial Times, City A.M., Telegraph, and Bloomberg
| Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: |
South Korea-based NXC, which owns local cryptocurrency exchange Korbit, has acquired Bitstamp, EU's largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume — NEW YORK (Reuters) - NXMH, a Belgium-based investment company, has acquired digital currency exchange Bitstamp in an all cash deal …
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Fortune, CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine, NewsBTC, CCN, The Next Web, ZDNet, and CryptoGlobe
| Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News: |
After Orlando let its pilot with Amazon's facial “Rekognition” tech expire amid public outcry in June, FOIA docs show a new pilot has begun under a mutual NDA — Walking around downtown Orlando, you might not notice the lightbulb-sized camera affixed to one of the traffic signal poles along … Sponsor Posts
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