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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Oracle, working with US investors who own a stake in ByteDance, held preliminary talks to acquire TikTok's operations in US, Canada, Australia, and NZ — Tech group is working with investors in effort to outbid Microsoft after Trump divestment order
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| Apple: |
Apple renames Beats 1, its streaming radio station, Apple Music 1 and launches two new radio stations: Apple Music Hits and Apple Music Country — Apple Music 1 and two new stations, Apple Music Hits and Apple Music Country, feature exclusive original shows from the world's top music hosts and artists
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Tweets: @dontstartswift, @tomthorogood, @dcseifert, @reneritchie, and @ashleyrcarman
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Note20 Ultra review: has fast performance, multiday battery life, big display is great for streaming games, but camera bump is huge, and it's expensive — A refinement of the formula — Samsung has settled into a new routine for its Galaxy Note line of smartphones …
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| Michael Simon / PCWorld: |
Samsung promises three generations of Android updates for many Galaxy S, Note, Foldable, and A series devices, rivaling Google's three year promise for Pixel — When Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 20 earlier this month, the biggest surprise wasn't the faster screen, smoother S Pen, or more powerful processor.
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Samsung Global Newsroom, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, TechRadar, Android Police, SlashGear, MSPoweruser, Wccftech, Gizchina, SamMobile, Android Central, PhoneArena, The Verge, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @propernig
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google Maps says it's rolling out more detailed maps with improved street designs for SF, NYC, and London, and with more accurate natural features worldwide — Making natural features easier to see and streets easier to navigate — Google Maps is being redesigned to make it easier … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple says “the problem Epic has created for itself is one that can easily be remedied” if they revert to comply with the guidelines they agreed to — “The problem Epic has created for itself is one that can easily be remedied.” — Apple has responded to Epic Games' latest salvo … | The Information: |
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Tweets: @markgurman, @iansherr, @mgsiegler, @stroughtonsmith, @herf, @duckybtw, @patrickmoorhead, @reneritchie, @tha_rami, @peterpham, @benhuh, and @mcclure111
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Oculus will soon require all of its VR headset users to sign up with a Facebook account, removing support for new separate Oculus accounts in October — Support for separate Oculus accounts will end in 2023 — Oculus will soon require all of its virtual reality headset users to sign up with a Facebook account.
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Oculus-blog, The Next Web, Windows Central, CNET, VentureBeat, GameSpot, UploadVR, UploadVR, and Road to VR
Tweets: @oculus, @starfire2258, @oculus, and @quinnypig
| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon says it is expanding physical offices and adding 3,500 corporate employees in six major cities, including 2,000 jobs in New York City — The e-commerce giant says it is adding 3,500 employees in six major cities, including 2,000 jobs in New York City
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| Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg: |
Senate Intelligence Committee concludes Putin ordered the 2016 hacking of Democratic Party accounts and the release of emails to harm Hillary Clinton's campaign — - Manafort described as a ‘grave counterintelligence threat’ — Report details plan to hurt Clinton, finds no Trump collusion| Joanna Nelius / Gizmodo: |
Nvidia's cloud gaming service GeForce Now is now available on Chromebooks in beta, but lacks the ability to automatically adjust for poor network conditions — Nvidia's cloud gaming service, GeForce Now, officially hit beta on ChromeOS today and it's helping to make the gaming PC obsolete faster than you'd expect.| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Sources: Uber and Lyft are considering a franchise-like model in California where they would license their brands to operators of vehicle fleets — Under pressure to classify their freelance drivers as full-time employees, the ride-hailing companies are discussing another option.
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Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Digital Trends, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @kyweise, @jeremybwhite, @nytimes, @daveyalba, @lizthegrey, @veenadubal, @eliotwb, @tonyromm, @vermontgmg, @somospostpc, @kateconger, and @veenadubal
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Facebook and NYU research project suggests AI can make MRI scans up to four times faster by “predicting” the final scan from less data — AI learns to create MRI scans from a quarter of the data — If you've ever had an MRI scan before, you'll know how unsettling the experience can be.
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Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, International Business Times, Fast Company, TechCrunch, About Facebook, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, and CNET
Tweets: @techatfacebook and @shiraovide
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says IE 11 support for Teams will end on Nov. 30, 365 apps on Aug. 17, 2021; legacy Edge browser will not receive security updates after March 9, 2021 — Microsoft will begin the gradual phase-out of IE11 by ending Teams support for it this fall.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Security researchers say TeamTNT is the first cryptomining botnet to include a feature that scans and steals AWS credentials from infected servers — TeamTNT has become the first crypto-minining botnet to include a feature that scans and steal AWS credentials.
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Cado Security, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, BleepingComputer, Threatpost, Cryptonews, and Security Affairs. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Axios: |
Sources: Filecoin parent company Protocol Labs, which had a couple seed rounds before raising $205M in an ICO, has faced an investor revolt over who owns what — Filecoin is one of the blockchain world's most highly anticipated projects, promising to decentralize data storage.
Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts, @arbedout, @vc, @danprimack, and @shaig
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Uber expands its Uber Pass subscription to 200 cities across the US, excluding California, after initially testing in 10 — Uber is launching its monthly Uber Pass subscription service across the U.S., following an extended test period in a handful of cities.
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| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
California-based Asian e-grocer Weee! raises $35M Series C from DST Global, bringing its total raised to over $100M — Coronavirus stay-home orders have sparked an unprecedented demand for grocery delivery around the world. Now investors are clamoring to bet on promising players in the field.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Ukraine, helped by Binance's internal investigations, arrests three men who allegedly ran 20 crypto exchanges and laundered more than $42M for ransomware gangs — Gang is believed to have laundered more than $42 million in criminal proceeds. — Law enforcement in Ukraine has announced today …
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