Techmeme: GitHub says it now hosts over 100M repositories and supports 31M developers, who collectively have created over 1.1B contributions (Khari Johnson/VentureBeat)

Sundar Pichai / The Keyword:

Google says it will make arbitration optional for individual sexual harassment claims, provide more info about investigations, expand training, and more — At Google we try hard to build a workplace that supports our employees and empowers them to do their best work.

David Gelles / New York Times:

Sundar Pichai on the walkout, company culture, and how, China aside, Google already operates in countries with censorship laws like “right to be forgotten” — Growing up in India, he slept on the floor of a house without a refrigerator. Today, the chief executive …

More: Columbia Journalism Review, CNBC, Business Insider, and New York Times

Tweets: @caseyjohnston, @nytimestech, @caseyjohnston, @ranimolla, @gwbstr, @shiraovide, @dmac1, @lauren_feiner, @kateconger, @angelquicksey, @nytmedia, @nytimesbusiness, @clairewaves, and @puiwingtam

Google Walkout For Real Change:

Google walkout organizers say Google made progress toward addressing their demands but it must still address systemic racism and discrimination at the company — Last week, 20,000 Google employees and TVCs (Temps, Vendors and Contractors) walked out to protest discrimination, racism …

More: TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Recode, Gizmodo, Vox, and Mashable

Tweets: @googlewalkout, @thistechgirl, @karaswisher, and @mcmillen

Michelle Castillo / CNBC:

Disney says its new streaming service will be called Disney+ and will launch in the US in late 2019 — - Disney's new streaming service, Disney+, will be a home for its past titles and original series, including new content from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises.

More: The Walt Disney Company, StarWars.com, The Verge, AppleInsider, Variety, Marvel, Tubefilter, iPhone Hacks, iMore, IGN, GameSpot, The Hill, MacRumors, Digital Trends, Geek News Central, and Firstpost

Tweets: @readdanwrite and @trentlmoore

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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft says it has fixed an issue deactivating licenses on some Windows 10 Pro machines, says update will be automatically applied over next 24 hours — Microsoft's back-end activation issues which caused a number of Windows users to get false product-activation-error messages seems to be nearly fixed.

Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News:

Amazon staff meeting transcript: AWS CEO Andy Jassy defends Rekognition, says it's the government's duty to help specify regulations for facial recognition tech — Amazon executives defended the company's controversial facial recognition technology at an all-hands staff meeting on Thursday …

More: The Register, Business Insider, The Verge, and Gizmodo

Tweets: @buzzfeednews, @snowjake, and @daveyalba

Christina Farr / CNBC:

Google hires David Feinberg, CEO of health services organization Geisinger, to lead its health initiatives; sources say he will report to AI head Jeff Dean — - Feinberg will work to coordinate health care efforts across many groups, including Google Brain, Nest and Google Fit.

More: Geisinger, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, and Business Insider

Tweets: @mattrosoff, @policywonk1, @chrissyfarr, and @chrissyfarr. Thanks:@mattrosoff

Jordan Novet / CNBC:

Cisco partners with AWS to provide companies with hybrid cloud solutions for Kubernetes on AWS, available next month — - The collaboration is meant to simplify the deployment of applications on Amazon's cloud or in corporate data centers. — Cisco and other traditional data center companies …

More: Cisco Blog, Cisco, cloudcomputing-news.net, and Business Insider

Rosalie Chan / Business Insider:

Dropbox reports Q3 revenue of $360.3M, up 26% YoY and beating expectations, says it had 12.3M paid users, up from 10.4M a year ago; stock up 8%+ after hours — - Dropbox has been trying to break into the enterprise space, but investors and analysts see that as a big challenge, since its service was originally targeted at consumers.

More: Dropbox, SiliconANGLE, Business Wire, ZDNet, and CNBC

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

HTC brings Vive Focus, its standalone VR headset available in China, to North America and Europe for $599 with an Advantage service option costing $749 — HTC will start selling its standalone Vive Focus virtual reality headset worldwide today, after an initial launch in China earlier this year.

More: VentureBeat, VIVE Blog, Engadget, Variety, Neowin, and PCWorld

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Portal and Portal+ review: they work great for video calls using Facebook Messenger, but as general purpose smart displays, they lag behind the competition — Facebook's video calling device demands lots of trust for little return — It's not often that a new gadget gets announced and I don't immediately want to get my hands on it.

More: Bloomberg, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Engadget, TechSpot, CNET, CNET, Financial Times, Gotta Be Mobile, CNBC, and Android Police

Tweets: @nattgarun, @mgsiegler, @mikeisaac, @fmanjoo, @kevinroose, @willoremus, and @puiwingtam

Megan Wollerton / CNET:

Facebook Portal and Portal+ video chat devices go on sale on Thursday on Portal online store, Amazon, and Best Buy

More: TechCrunch, Facebook, The Verge, Digital Trends, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, Forbes, Softpedia News, Neowin, SlashGear, KnowTechie, BetaNews, PYMNTS.com, BGR, Trusted Reviews, Android Police, USA Today, Engadget, and Facebook

Tweets: @joannastern, @mims, @thehackersnews, @boztank, @bxchen, @ow, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, and @joshconstine

CoinDesk:

Coinbase says it is adding Brave browser's Basic Attention Token to its retail trading platform, less than a week after listing it on Coinbase Pro — Crypto exchange Coinbase is adding web browser Brave's Basic Attention Token (BAT) to its retail trading platform, less than a week after listing it on Coinbase Pro.

More: The Coinbase Blog and SludgeFeed. Tweets: @coinbase

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:

Study using Wehe app, which detects net neutrality violations, finds that Sprint is throttling Skype across the US and almost exclusively on Android phones — - Researcher says the behavior seems ‘directly anti-competitive’ — Sprint says it doesn't single out individual content providers

More: The Register

Dara Kerr / CNET:

Bird unveils a new feature called Community Mode, which lets people report badly parked and damaged scooters to the company — Scooter company Bird is looking for tattletales. — It unveiled a new feature on Thursday called Community Mode, which lets people report badly parked and damaged scooters to the company.

More: Mashable. Tweets: @mcwm and @cnetnews. Thanks:@darakerr

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

Xiaomi opens its first UK store in London and rolls out the flagship Mi 8 Pro, alongside other products, as it continues its push into Europe — Xiaomi marked its official entry into the U.K. today with the launch of the Mi 8 Pro, a smartphone with a 6.21-inch screen, alongside a range of other products …

More: Mi Blog, China Money Network, Reuters, XDA Developers, Digital Trends, Forbes, TechNode, PYMNTS.com, Android Police, The Verge, and 9to5Google

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Google renames its popular Android storage management app Files Go to Files by Google and says it is now used by over 30M people each month — Google is renaming Files Go, its lightweight files app for phones with limited storage, to “Files by Google” to reflect that the app works no matter …

More: The Keyword, Digital Trends, BleepingComputer, Neowin, and Android Authority

Tweets: @jorisvanmens and @caseynewton

Dylan Martin / CRN:

SEC filings show that GE has sold 63% of its shares in Pivotal, reducing its stake from 20.8% to 7%, and earning it $173M — GE significantly reduces its stake in Dell-backed Pivotal Software, the Platform-as-a-Service developer that helped the conglomerate build its industrial Internet of Things platform.

Thanks:@dylanljmartin

Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google says Chrome 71, which arrives next month, will warn users about unclear billing charges and subscription signups — Earlier this week, Google announced that Chrome would remove ads from sites with persistently abusive experiences. The browser will soon protect against sites that try …

More: Google Webmaster Central Blog, The Verge, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, CNET, ZDNet, TechSpot, PYMNTS.com, and XDA Developers

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:

Alipay strikes an eight-year deal with European soccer governing body UEFA allowing Alipay to be accepted at tournaments including Euro 2020 and Euro 2024 — - Alipay, the payments app operated by Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial, has struck a partnership with UEFA, Europe's soccer governing body, the two firms announced Friday.

Tweets: @antfinancial

Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:

GitHub says it now hosts over 100M repositories and supports 31M developers, who collectively have created over 1.1B contributions — Source code management and developer collaboration platform GitHub today announced users have now created 100 million repositories.

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:

Interviews with current and former Google staff about its China-related projects reveal tensions between preserving its founding ideals and a desire for growth — CEO Sundar Pichai thinks the search engine should be willing to work with Chinese censors. Will employees go along with the plan?

More: Quartz. Tweets: @bradstone and @shiraovide

Telis Demos / Wall Street Journal:

Wall Street is now selling more data like social media sentiment and geospatial mapping, and less analysis as only ~21% of research emails are opened — Research units take different tack to refine information for clients; geospatial mapping for mall trips and Googling interest in ‘Luke Cage’

Tweets: @briantimoney and @charlesraaii

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