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Google partnered with Ascension, the 2nd-largest US health-care system, to analyze personal health info of millions, sources say as part of Project Nightingale — Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed
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Sources: Apple is aiming to release an AR headset in 2022 and a sleeker pair of AR glasses by 2023 — At an internal October meeting, Apple executives shared the company's product roadmap for two augmented reality devices. The stakes for the closely-watched products are sky-high as Apple hunts …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple to debut a new 3D sensor module in an iPad Pro coming in H1'20 and higher-end 2020 iPhones, to be followed by a AR/VR headset and AR glasses — - Company designs new 3-D system as hub for range of AR devices — Next iPad, iPhone to have 3-D system, followed by two headsets
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter shares draft of its new deepfakes policy for public input through Nov. 27, says it won't ban deepfakes but will label them and warn users before sharing — Twitter last month said it was introducing a new policy to help fight deepfakes and other “manipulated media” that involve photos …
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| Reuters: |
Microsoft says it will honor California's digital privacy law throughout the US; source: CCPA offers special treatment to “service providers” like Microsoft — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California's privacy law …
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Amazon to open a new brand of grocery store in California next year, different from Whole Foods; job listings describe it as “Amazon's first grocery store” — The company confirmed plans for a new store format after job openings were posted Monday.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is rolling out a new option called Shortcuts Bar Settings that lets users remove certain tabs in the app's navigation bar and silence notification dots — Are those red notification dots on your Facebook home screen driving you crazy? Sick of Facebook Marketplace wasting your screen space?
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Sources: WeWork's parent company is in talks to hire T-Mobile US CEO John Legere, following the exit of co-founder Adam Neumann — SoftBank searching for new leader of office-sharing startup following exit of co-founder Adam Neumann — WeWork is in discussions with T-Mobile US Inc. Chief …
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt launches its institutional custody business, after getting approval from NY regulators — Bakkt, the cryptocurrency venture backed by Intercontinental Exchange, announced Monday the launch of its institutional custody business.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Enterprise information management company OpenText is acquiring cloud data backup and protection service Carbonite in a deal worth $1.42B — Enterprise information management (EIM) company OpenText is acquiring cloud data backup and protection service Carbonite in a deal worth $1.42 billion.
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Carbonite, PR Newswire, Reuters, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, ZDNet, and Tom's Guide. Tweets: @joltsik
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube to update ToS saying it is under “no obligation” to host content and reinforcing its right to terminate users they deem “no longer commercially viable” — Other changes affect children's content — YouTube is rolling out updated terms of service on December 10th …
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Uber CEO, in interview covering Saudi funding, called Khashoggi's murder a “mistake” that Saudis are taking “seriously”; he later expressed regret for comments — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told “Axios on HBO” that the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was …
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