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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Leaked audio recordings and internal posts show Mark Zuckerberg's balancing act, as employees demand a harder line against Trump but users want the opposite — In 2020, Facebook would be roiled by a global pandemic, internal protests over racial injustice, a deeply polarizing election …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out updates to Maps with a layer showing COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, with labels to indicate trends, coming to 220 countries and territories — Google today announced an update to Google Maps that will bring a new COVID-19 layer to the service to help you better understand the number of cases in a given area.
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The Keyword, XDA Developers, CNET, Ubergizmo, The Verge, TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, CNBC, MSPoweruser, Android Police, Android Central, SlashGear, 9to5Google, Neowin, International Business Times, Engadget, and Fast Company
Tweets: @google, @sundarpichai, @haleighhoffman, @sanjg2k1, @gigastacey, and @califf001
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
DOJ, in a rare legislative proposal, asks Congress to adopt a law weakening Section 230, in an effort to hold Facebook, Google, and others liable for content — The administration called on state attorneys general to open their own investigation on the same day it unveiled a legislative proposal …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Reuters, Bloomberg, Vox, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Techdirt, New York Times, AppleInsider, Axios, CNET, Digital Trends, International Business Times, Engadget, Seeking Alpha, PYMNTS.com, Stop the Cap!, and Politico
Tweets: @realjameswoods, @tvmohandaspai, @lauren_feiner, @wsj, and @kantrowitz
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 review: a big change for iPhones, with widgets, better notifications, and useful App Library, while iPad gets a more incremental update — It's time to blow up your iPhone's home screen — Apple spells out the significance of its new iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 updates right …
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Six Colors, iMore, The Next Web, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Polygon, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, The Verge, and Bustle
Tweets: @maxwinebach, @palafo, @mgsiegler, and @tomwarren
| David Yaffe-Bellany / Bloomberg: |
ByteDance asks a US court for a preliminary injunction to prevent the US government from banning TikTok from app stores, as Trump's ban looms — - Chinese owner ByteDance seeks to block president's U.S. ban — Keeps legal iron in fire as Oracle, Walmart pact works its way
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New York Times, Axios, Financial Times, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, Variety, The Verge, TechCrunch, NBC News, PYMNTS.com, Protocol, Washington Post, The Daily Dot, Reuters, Business Insider, and South China Morning Post
Tweets: @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, and @scottnover
| Bloomberg: |
Shopify says two “rogue members” of its support teams stole customer data from over 100 merchants; the company is working with the FBI to investigate — - Emails, names, addresses, order details may have been exposed — E-commerce platform is working with FBI on investigation| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Twitter says it will begin testing audio DMs soon, after introducing support for audio in tweets, starting in Brazil — Shout into my DMs — After rolling out audio tweets for iOS in June, Twitter is now experimenting with the idea of letting people record and send voice messages through direct messages.
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9to5Mac, Protocol, Neowin, Engadget, Slashdot, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @andreagonram, @fucksimoncoweli, @martinsfp, @wongmjane, @markgurman, and @backlon
| Bloomberg: |
Sources detail what went wrong at Magic Leap, which raised $3.5B and failed to build its much-hyped AR headset, with most blame placed on founder Rony Abovitz — The augmented reality startup was undone by profligate spending and its own hype. Investors finally lost patience when the pandemic struck.| Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: |
GoodRx, a price comparison service for prescription drugs at pharmacies, closes up 50%+ after its IPO, raising $1.14B and valuing the company at $19.4B — GoodRx Holdings Inc., which operates a telemedicine site and platform to track drug prices, rose as much as 50% in its trading debut … | Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
Reddit, one of QAnon's original hubs, has no meaningful QAnon presence now, although Reddit says it hasn't made a concerted effort to remove the conspiracy — Two years ago, most Americans knew nothing about QAnon, the ever-growing, diffuse, and violent movement devoted to a loosely connected set …
Tweets: @kait_tiffany, @theatlantic, @paulbisceglio, and @adriennelaf
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: Peter Thiel and Richard Li have created a SPAC called Bridgetown Holdings Ltd., targeting SE Asia investment, and are seeking to raise $575M via IPO — - Bridgetown also backed by Richard Li's Pacific Century — SPAC aims to raise $575 million, according to filing
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| Christopher Bing / Reuters: |
Sources: US election day exercises simulating attacks like hacks and disruption to voting show US officials will struggle to counter online misinformation — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. election day exercises simulating attacks ranging from hackers to anthrax to disrupt voting show state …
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IC3.gov News, The Daily Dot, and CNET
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils its Galaxy S20 FE, with a 6.5-inch display, Snapdragon 865, 120Hz refresh rate, starting at $699 for sub-6GHz model or $749 for mmWave 5G model — The ‘Fan Edition’ will be available October 2nd — Samsung already makes three different kinds of Galaxy S20 phones: a regular, a Plus, and an Ultra.
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Laptop Mag, Android Police, CNET, Verizon, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, Neowin, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, Mashable, Engadget, Gizmodo, BGR, and Phone Scoop
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Amazon launches “Climate Pledge Friendly” label in search results for more than 25K products that have one or more of 19 different sustainability certifications — The company is launching a new climate program for certified sustainable products
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Amazon.com, Inc., The Amazon Blog, USA Today, CNN, The Business of Fashion, CNET, Reuters, GeekWire, Android Central, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, and Tamebay
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire Preempt Security, a provider of zero trust and conditional access tech for enterprise threat management, for about $96M — The company said it plans to use the deal to bolster its Falcon platform with conditional access technology.
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Business Wire, Seeking Alpha, SiliconANGLE, and CRN
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram updates Reels with longer videos, an extended timer, and better editing tools, after reports the TikTok competitor is failing to gain traction — Instagram is today rolling out a few changes to its TikTok competitor, Reels, after early reviews of the feature criticized its design …
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The Verge, Android Headlines, The Next Web, Engadget, MakeUseOf, Social Media Today, and CNET
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Nick Clegg denies Facebook could pull out of EU over data transfer ban, saying legal action is “to send a signal” that the ban could be a disaster for the EU — Facebook's head of global policy has denied the tech giant could close its service to Europeans if local regulators order …
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About Facebook, The Guardian, Android Headlines, and Telecoms.com
Tweets: @alexhern, @ia, @jamestitcomb, @alexhern, and @alexhern
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Online fitness coaching app Freeletics raises $25M Series B led by JAZZ Venture Partners and Causeway Media Partners, following a $45M Series A in 2018 — Freeletics, the “AI-powered” fitness coaching app, has closed $25 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is U.S.-based JAZZ Venture Partners … | Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says developers can now use its open source UI framework Flutter to develop Windows apps, currently in alpha, with support for Windows 7 and newer — While Flutter first made its name for making it easy to create apps for iOS and Android, the app development framework has since grown …
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Flutter, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, Thurrott, Windows Central, SiliconANGLE, and VentureBeat
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Adobe debuts Liquid Mode, an update for Acrobat Reader that uses AI to reformat PDFs for easier reading on smaller screens, coming first to mobile and Chrome OS — Adobe today announced an update for Acrobat Reader that leverages Sensei, the company's machine learning platform …
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Adobe Blog, TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, Fast Company, Michael Tsai, ZDNet, and Axios
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Sling TV launches Sling Watch Party, the first co-watching feature from a pay-TV provider, in beta on Chrome for laptops and desktops only — Sling Watch Party is available now in beta on Chrome — Sling TV is joining the quarantine-era watch party bandwagon with a unique edge … | Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Tesla sues the Trump administration to end tariffs on imports of Chinese parts that are used in Tesla's Autopilot 3.0 hardware, enabling “Full Self-Driving” — Tesla is suing the Trump administration over tariffs on a computer chip and other parts it imports from China … | Sarah Jeong / OneZero: |
Q&A with Casey Newton on leaving The Verge to start a newsletter on Substack called Platformer, after many years as The Verge's Silicon Valley editor — Sarah Jeong talks to Newton about the details of his deal, subscription journalism, and the magic of email
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New York Times and Platformer
Tweets: @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @joshsternberg, @frankba, @nytmedia, @benyt, @sallyshin, @pkafka, @thekenyeung, @sarahcuda, @samsheffer, @waltmossberg, @owswills, @backlon, @kerrymflynn, @jyarow, @taylorlorenz, @alexstamos, @caseynewton, @thejonlewis, @benthompson, @kerrymflynn, @kerrymflynn, @caseynewton, @mathewi, @alex, @alexrkonrad, @carnage4life, @jonrussell, @alex, @ashleyesqueda, @martinsfp, @kantrowitz, @wongmjane, @caseynewton, @anthony, @jakuuire, @mathewi, @kantrowitz, @mgsiegler, and @richardrushfield
| Brian Fung / CNN: |
Avaaz analysis: Facebook has allowed hundreds of misleading super PAC ads, primarily spreading misinformation about Biden and USPS, with 10M+ views collectively — (CNN Business)Facebook has allowed political advertisers to target hundreds of misleading ads about Joe Biden and the US Postal Service …
Tweets: @b_fung, @oliverdarcy, and @marshallcohen
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google expands Google Cloud's Chronicle cybersecurity analysis tools with threat detection and alerts — Google is officially expanding its Chronicle cybersecurity platform into the threat detection realm, with the promise to bring “Google-scale threat analysis” to enterprises.
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ZDNet, Google Cloud Blog, Dark Reading, Security Boulevard, SiliconANGLE, and SC Media
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Intel launches 11th-gen CPUs aimed at edge computing, like kiosks, medical devices, and robots, with improved security and performance — Intel today announced the launch of new products tailored to edge computing scenarios like digital signage, interactive kiosks, medical devices, and health care service robots.
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AnandTech, Phoronix, SemiAccurate, ZDNet, Android Authority, Business Insider, and SiliconANGLE
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Report: Facebook's CrowdTangle tool, used by US state election officials to monitor misinformation, doesn't effectively monitor most posts, like those in Groups — - Tech watchdog says Facebook content monitor shows limited data — Private groups, individual posts aren't tracked by CrowdTangle
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Tech Transparency Project and Engadget
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