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Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple releases macOS Catalina with new apps Find My and Screen Time, as well as Music, TV, and Podcast apps to replace iTunes, Sidecar for companion iPads, more — Apple today released the newest version of its operating system for Macs, macOS Catalina, to the public. macOS Catalina comes …

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Tweets: @zdnet, @stroughtonsmith, @backlon, @ow, @ryansatin, @popcrave, @benjedwards, and @coolasspuppy

Dani Deahl / The Verge:

Apple recommends that users such as DJs avoid Catalina until developers update their apps, as the option to export music libraries as XML files has been removed — Apple recommends users avoid Catalina until developers update their apps — Apple's latest desktop operating system update …

More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iMore, and AppleInsider

Tweets: @robertlowry, @mattdeco, @danideahl, and @davezatz

John Voorhees / MacStories:

In-depth Catalina review: iTunes breakup is a success and Catalyst disappoints but it is the first step to integrate macOS into an unbroken computing continuum — Ironically, Apple chose to name this year's update to macOS after an island. Since the iPhone and iOS took off …

More: iMore. Tweets: @johnvoorhees and @viticci

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Catalina review: Sidecar is great, Arcade is solid but has fewer games than on iOS, iPad apps via Catalyst are lacking, and security prompts are overbearing — iTunes is gone, but what comes next? — It's been a messy fall for Apple software releases. iOS and iPadOS have already …

Tweets: @reckless

Bloomberg:

Trump admin blacklists eight Chinese tech companies, including video surveillance camera giants, implicated in human rights violations against Muslim minorities — - Move comes as U.S.-China high-level trade talks set to resume — Action targets Chinese surveillance companies, public entities

More: New York Times, The Verge, ZDNet, Yahoo Finance, The Seattle Times, BuzzFeed News, Wall Street Journal, and The Hill

Tweets: @kenroth, @business, @chadbown, @ewong, @hayekf1, @anaswanson, @emilyzfeng, @hardmaru, and @kennedycsis

Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers:

Google to require new devices launching with Android 9 or later to come with a wellness app and parental controls, either Google's own apps or third-party ones — One of the biggest themes of Google I/O 2018 was improving digital wellness. As consumers realized they're spending way too much time online …

More: XDA Developers, XDA Developers, Android Headlines, Android Police, The Verge, Neowin, 9to5Google, and Android Central. Thanks:@mishaalrahman

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:

The latest Google Mobile Services agreement states that OEMs' custom gesture navigation controls for Android must be enabled only via settings moving forward

More: Android Police, Android Open Source Project, Android Authority, Yahoo Finance, Gotta Be Mobile, Android Police, Neowin, Ars Technica, MSPoweruser, Gizchina, Android Headlines, and Android Central

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Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News:

Instagram is removing the Activity feed's Following tab, which showed users what their friends were liking, saying that few people used it — Instagram is ditching the “Following” tab in the Activity feed. — A Catholic priest notices a fellow priest liking gay porn star pics on Instagram.

Financial Times:

Sources: Apple has recently approached big music labels about bundling together Apple Music and Apple TV+ for one flat monthly fee — Apple's hopes of creating a super-bundle of media content for one flat monthly fee have run into early opposition, with some record labels nervous …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Hulu launches support for offline viewing, letting users download up to 25 titles across 5 devices, initially available only to iOS users on its “No Ads” plan — Hulu is finally adding downloads to its streaming service, years after Netflix and Amazon Prime Video did the same.

More: The Verge, iMore, Ars Technica, Variety, Engadget, MacRumors, CNET, Cord Cutters News, 9to5Mac, Polygon, Fast Company, The Next Web, Gizmodo, and Thurrott

Tweets: @sabartonwrites, @chriswelch, and @dcseifert

Peter C Baker / The Guardian:

Pedestrian deaths in US have steadily increased since 2010, and experts are skeptical that pedestrian detection systems and autonomous vehicles are the solution — For drivers, roads are safer than ever - but for people on foot, they are getting deadlier. Car companies and Silicon Valley claim that they have the solution.

Tweets: @guardian, @pedbikeinfo, @carolinerussell, @peterwalker99, and @walk_to

Kate Rooney / CNBC:

Profile of Katie Haun, who targeted Bitcoin as a US DOJ prosecutor and is the first female general partner at a16z, now co-heading its $350M cryptocurrency fund — - Katie Haun is the first female general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and co-heads its $350 million cryptocurrency fund.

More: FutureSin, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, and Wired

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Roku to sell low-cost versions of its Smart Soundbar and Wireless Subwoofer under Walmart's onn brand for $129 — Roku will produce lower-cost versions of its new Smart Soundbar and Wireless Subwoofer for Walmart under the retailer's own onn brand, the company announced this morning.

More: Business Wire, TechSpot, SlashGear, CNET, Variety, The Mac Observer, and Android Police. Tweets: @ophirgottlieb

Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia:

In iOS 13.1.2, Hong Kong users' emoji keyboard does not include the Taiwanese flag, a year after a more complete ban on the flag for iOS in mainland China — iPhone users in Hong Kong have noticed a change in the latest version of iOS: the 🇹🇼 Flag for Taiwan emoji is missing.

More: The Verge, Boing Boing, and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tweets: @emojipedia, @sallyshin, @callumj, @wongmjane, and @smile_lee

David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:

SCOTUS affirms lower court ruling that found the Americans With Disabilities Act protects access not just to physical businesses but also their websites, apps — The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for blind people to sue Domino's Pizza and other retailers if their websites are not accessible to these people.

More: Bloomberg Law, Gizmodo, CNBC, Fast Company, and Slate

Tweets: @michaelgrant_cj, @leeflower, @latimes, @merylkevans, and @jschwabish

Reuters:

Samsung projects operating income of $6.4B in Q3, beating estimates, but down 56% YoY amid continued weakness in memory chip price and demand — SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics on Tuesday reported its third-quarter operating profit likely tumbled 56% …

More: Bloomberg, Nikkei Asian Review, Financial Times, CNET, Samsung Global Newsroom, and CNBC

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Michael Gold / New York Times:

President-elect Donald Trump announces he has chosen Karoline Leavitt, who served as his campaign's press secretary, to be his White House press secretary

John Koblin / New York Times:

NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:

On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

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Ian Allison / CoinDesk:

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance creates a system of trusted reward tokens backed by Microsoft and Intel, to incentivize teamwork in consortiums of companies

More: Cointelegraph and Messari Crypto

Tweets: @sjaaaakster and @coindesk

Andrew Chung / Reuters:

SCOTUS rejects Amazon's appeal to avoid a lawsuit from Nevada warehouse workers seeking compensation for time spent in required post-shift security searches

More: The Next Web and Bloomberg

VICE:

Twitter employees explain the platform's more relaxed approach to policing content, while keeping a 1,500-strong enforcement team vs. Facebook's 15,000

Tweets: @josephfcox, @vice, @agoldmund, @katiedrumm, @devonzuegel, @josephfcox, @davezatz, @maxsparber, @josephfcox, @davidsven, and @jess_miers

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post:

Tinder debuts Swipe Night, a choose-your-own adventure game inside its app with weekly episodes, and hopes to match users based on their in-game choices

Wall Street Journal:

Egyptian authorities are targeting online dissidents and activists and imposing random searches of phones and laptops on the streets to clamp down on unrest

Tweets: @jmalsin, @wsj, @afekki, and @hima_follower

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Integration platform as a service provider and MuleSoft rival Celigo raises $20M Series B, says its Salesforce-NetSuite integration app is used by 1,000+ firms

More: Enterprise Times and FinSMEs

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Next Insurance, which offers digital insurance products for small businesses, raises $250M Series C at a valuation of $1B+, bringing its total raised to $381M

More: Wall Street Journal, PR Newswire, Coinspeaker, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, FinSMEs, Silicon Valley Business …, and Crowdfund Insider

Andrew Chung / Reuters:

SCOTUS declines to reinstate a Univ. of Wisconsin patent win against Apple in 2015, which was overturned by a lower court in 2018 and included $506M in damages

More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iMore, and iDownloadBlog.com

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Facebook agrees to pay $40M in proposed settlement with several advertising agencies that claimed the company misstated video metrics by 150-900%

More: Silicon Valley Business … and Fortune

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