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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases more pricing details for Mac Pro, now available to order: maxed-out 4TB model costs $50K+ and wheels are $400, delivering between December 19-27 — Apple's new Mac Pro became available for purchase today, giving us our first look at all of the available upgrade options and pricing tiers.
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| Shaun Nichols / The Register: |
Apple sues former chief architect of the iPhone and iPad microprocessors, who quit in February to start data center chip startup Nuvia, for breach of contract — CEO accused of breaching contract with Cupertino, fires back in court — Apple is suing the former chief architect of its iPhone …
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Engadget, Axios, Bloomberg, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, CNBC, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider, iMore, The Mac Observer, Firstpost Tech, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @alistairmbarr, @rozzie, @baxiabhishek, @patrickmoorhead, and @carnage4life
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google rolls out Chrome 79 adding security features like notifications for data breaches affecting users' passwords, new phishing prevention tools, tab freezing — Chrome 79 also ships with support for predictive phishing, for real-time Safe Browsing detections, and a built-in Password Checkup tool.
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Google Online Security Blog, The Keyword, The Verge, XDA Developers, Engadget, PCWorld, VentureBeat, BleepingComputer, 9to5Google, Slashdot, and Droid Life
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| Reuters: |
How White House veterans helped the UAE build a surveillance unit in 9/11's wake that would go on to target activists and journalists as well as terrorists — In the years after 9/11, former U.S. counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke warned Congress that the country needed more expansive spying powers to prevent another catastrophe.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple Card's interest-free iPhone installment plan goes live, now with 6% back on Apple purchases through December 31 — Apple is today launching a new feature for Apple Card which allows cardholders to purchase a new iPhone then pay it back over 24 months with no interest.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases watchOS 6.1.1 and version 13.3 for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, with updates to Screen Time, Apple News, support for physical security keys, and more — As expected, Apple today has released iOS 13.3, iPadOS 13.3, tvOS 13.3, and watchOS 6.1.1 to the public.
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MacRumors, Ars Technica, MacRumors, MacRumors, The Verge, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, Gotta Be Mobile, MacStories, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @rstephens
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft is bringing its first Office app to Linux with Microsoft Teams, now in public preview — Microsoft today launched Microsoft Teams for Linux in public preview. No, that's not a typo — Microsoft Teams is indeed the first Office app that the company has ported to Linux.
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TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM, GeekWire, Thurrott, The Verge, ZDNet, Petri, and Softpedia News
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
The differences between “platforms” and “aggregators” show that lawmakers must take different and opposing approaches when attempting to regulate the two — A prompt for writing this piece is a conference I will be participating in tomorrow entitled Antitrust in Times of Upheaval … | Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook says it will not weaken end-to-end encryption across its messaging apps, in response to a letter from US AG Bill Barr and UK, Australian officials — Facebook said it would not weaken end-to-end encryption across its messaging apps, despite pressure from world governments …
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New York Times, Reuters, MIT Technology Review, The Verge, MacRumors, CyberScoop, Engadget, CNBC, About Facebook, CNN, CNBC, and BGR
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
VSCO acquires video editing startup Rylo, which had raised ~$38M, reached a valuation of ~$120.25M, and was backed by Sequoia Capital, among others — The photo-sharing app behind the 2019 meme craze “VSCO girls” has acquired Rylo, a video editing startup founded by the original developer of Instagram's Hyperlapse.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google brings Android 10 to Android TV, with performance and security improvements, and unveils the ADT-3, a tiny full-fledged Android TV device for developers — Android 10 is also coming to Android TV today, but don't expect much — Today, Google is announcing that Android 10 is arriving on Android TV …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Report: since Apple debuted Intelligent Tracking Prevention, the cost for advertisers to reach Safari users has dropped 60%+, as such ads are less desirable — In the two years since Apple released Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature that keeps websites from tracking users around the web …
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The Information, AppleInsider, iMore, The Overspill, Seeking Alpha, Daring Fireball, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, and The Mac Observer
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
North stops selling its Focals smart AR glasses 14 months after debuting them, says it plans to launch a sleeker version with 10x higher resolution in 2020 — North, an augmented reality (AR) wearables company backed by Amazon and Intel, has announced that it's pulling its current Focals smart glasses off …
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Tom's Hardware, In Focus - North, The Verge, BetaKit, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @focalsbynorth and @paulg
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Magic Leap is renaming its AR headset from the Magic Leap One Creator Edition to the Magic Leap 1, as it pivots from consumers to business customers — The same headset, aimed at a different market — Magic Leap is pitching its headset to businesses with a new name.
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Financial Times, GamesIndustry.biz, and Light Reading
Tweets: @reckless, @alexeheath, @yoda, and @mcwm
| Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post: |
Researchers find Facebook's ad targeting tools, which charge less for ads to users already interested in the content, have worsened polarization in US politics — For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a skew in the delivery of political ads based on the content of those ads alone.
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arXiv.org and The Daily Dot
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
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| New York Times: |
The UK general election provides new insights into how disinformation spreads online, showing many in the ruling Conservative Party have joined in the practice — Foreign meddling was once the most feared source of online deception before critical elections. Now, some candidates themselves are turning to such manipulative tactics.
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BBC. Tweets: @obornetweets, @nytimesbusiness, @lukewsavage, @janebsinger, @dpatrikarakos, and @karaswisher
| Yuan Yang / Financial Times: |
GitHub COO says the company is considering a China-based branch as Chinese developers worry about losing access to open-source software amid US sanctions — GitHub, the world's biggest software development platform, is looking to open a subsidiary in China, as the Chinese government tries …
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Tom's Hardware, Softpedia News, The Guardian, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, KnowTechie, Neowin, TechCrunch, The Hill, and Windows Central
Tweets: @yuanfenyang, @jessefelder, @charlesmok, and @yuanfenyang
| Gregory Barber / Wired: |
Analysis shows five cities, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston, gained the lion's share of “innovation industry” US jobs from 2005 to 2017 — Five coastal cities—San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston—gained the lion's share of lucrative “innovation industry” jobs from 2005 to 2017.
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New York Times, Vox, Brookings, Washington Post, and GeekWire
| Ben Gilbert / Business Insider: |
Google's virtual assistant-powered robocall screening feature is coming to Pixel 4 this month and to all Pixel devices with Android 10 over the coming weeks — - Google's journey to end automated telemarketing — also known as “robocalls” — is taking another step forward this week …
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Android Police, 9to5Google, and Android Central
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
FintechOS, which develops personalized automated financial technology for use by banks and insurers, raises $14M Series A — Over the last few years, we've seen the rise of FinTech startups like N26 and Monzo to challenge the incumbents with new products like challenger banks.
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PR Newswire, Emerging Europe, Red Herring, FinSMEs, and IBS Intelligence Market News
| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Dog walking startup Wag says SoftBank no longer has board seats; source: SoftBank has sold its stake back to Wag at a loss after investing $300M in January 2018 — SoftBank Group agreed to sell its nearly 50 per cent stake in Wag back to the dog walking company, ending a disappointing investment …
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Tweets: @financialtimes and @aawayne
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India proposes new data protection bill requiring companies to garner consent from citizens before collecting and processing users' personal data — India has proposed groundbreaking new rules that would require companies to garner consent from citizens in the country before collecting and processing their personal data.
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MediaNama, The Economic Times, and Firstpost Tech
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