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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google extends free access to Meet's unlimited call times for Gmail accounts through March 2021 — Google is trying hard to make Meet a video conferencing competitor by adding a torrent of new features in quick succession. After making premium features free at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic …
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The Keyword, Android Authority, Engadget, Pocket-lint, Neowin, Android Headlines, Android Central, MakeUseOf, and The Verge
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| Bloomberg: |
Clubhouse courted fresh controversy after a conversation with hundreds of listeners devolved into a platform for anti-Semitic comments on a Jewish holy day — Controversial private social app Clubhouse was again the target of criticism on Monday, after a conversation with hundreds … | Will Evans / Reveal: |
Investigation into Amazon's warehouse safety, based on data from 150 warehouses between 2016-2019, finds rising injury rates, which Amazon has attempted to hide — Robots. Prime Day. Holiday peak. Internal records show Amazon has deceived the public on rising injury rates among its warehouse workers.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
LG says its Wing smartphone will be available in the US beginning October 15 from Verizon and later this fall from AT&T and T-Mobile, starting at $1,000 — LG's wild sliding phone won't be cheap — LG's wild-looking Wing smartphone has gotten a US price and release date …
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Tweets: @realtoptechgeek, @glkcreative, @andymanganelli, @kenbolido, @maxwinebach, @verizonnews, @ianstechyt, and @adamjmatlock
| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
Amazon unveils Amazon One, a biometric technology that lets shoppers pay using their palm, coming first to two Amazon Go stores in Seattle — Amazon wants shoppers at its stores — and those of other retailers — to pay by palm with Amazon One. Amazon — And, it hopes, at other retailers' stores in the future.
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase offers an exit package with four to six months severance pay and six months COBRA for employees who are not comfortable with its apolitical mission — Coinbase is offering a package for employees seeking an exit after the release of a blog post from its CEO outlining …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook introduces Accounts Center, a tool for managing the growing number of settings across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger — Despite being under antitrust investigations in U.S. and E.U., Facebook today is rolling out a new feature that highlights the extent to which its suite of apps now interoperate.
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| David Meyer / Fortune: |
Cloudflare launches a free “privacy-first” analytics tool to rival Google Analytics that records how users engage with websites without invasive tracking — The cybersecurity and content-distribution company Cloudflare has become a major part of the Internet's infrastructure …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Prior to their Wednesday direct listing debuts, the NYSE set reference prices for Palantir at $7.25 and Asana at $21 per share — Both companies are poised to do direct listings on Wednesday; only two other notable companies have done them before — Data firm Palantir Technologies Inc … | Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Seattle unanimously approved new regulations that would ensure Uber and Lyft drivers earn minimum wage, the second US city to establish the standard after NYC — Seattle became the second big city in the nation to establish a minimum wage standard for Uber and Lyft drivers on Tuesday.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Sonos files another patent lawsuit against Google, alleging infringement of five wireless audio patents across the entire line of Nest and Chromecast products — Rocket docket, engage — Sonos has filed another patent lawsuit against Google, alleging that the search giant …
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AppleInsider, MobileSyrup, Engadget, Voicebot.ai, SlashGear, Android Authority, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, Android Headlines, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @reckless
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Twitter hires Rinki Sethi as its new CISO following its July 15 hack; Sethi previously worked at cloud data management company Rubrik — Sethi previously served in security roles at Rubrik, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Intuit, and eBay. — After leaving the position unfilled for months … | Christina Farr / CNBC: |
DivvyDose, an online pharmacy competing with Amazon's PillPack and Walmart's CareZone, is acquired by UnitedHealth; source says deal was worth $300M+ — - UnitedHealth Group has acquired DivvyDose, a competitor to Amazon-owned PillPack. — A spokesperson declined to comment.| DataBreaches.net: |
Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian national convicted by a San Francisco federal jury in July for hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox in 2012, sentenced to 7+ years in prison — More than two years after he was extradited from Czechoslovakia where he was arrested in 2016 for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox … | Bloomberg: |
Facebook promotes longtime growth executive Alex Schultz to take over as chief marketing officer following Antonio Lucio's departure last month — - Alex Schultz is taking over as chief marketing officer — Schultz led Facebook's growth and data analytics efforts
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| Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia: |
A look at the new emojis coming in iOS 14.2, including bubble tea, people bottle-feeding a baby, a transgender flag, a seal, a feather, and more — The wait is nearly over for iOS users: bubble tea, a transgender flag, seal, feather and more emojis are included in the latest iOS beta.
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iPhone Hacks, Trusted Reviews, Neowin, MacDailyNews, BGR, CNET, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MacStories. Tweets: @daniel_duan
| Reuters: |
Sources: DOJ is expected to sue Google as soon as next week and is currently urging state attorneys general to sign onto the lawsuit — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is expected to sue Alphabet's Google as soon as next week, and is currently urging state attorneys general …
Tweets: @dazcolumbo
| Reuters: |
Tencent to take private NYSE-listed Chinese search engine Sogou in a $3.5B deal; Tencent had previously revealed that it had a 39.2% stake in Sogou in July — (Reuters) - Sogou Inc said on Tuesday shareholder Tencent Holdings Ltd would take the web search firm private in a $3.5 billion deal …
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| Hans Nichols / Axios: |
Biden campaign calls Facebook the “nation's foremost propagator of disinformation about the voting process” as Trump keeps attacking the election's integrity — President Trump has turned to Facebook to amplify doubts about the integrity of mail-in ballots.
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Facebook: Fox News. Tweets: @yamiche, @donie, @timothydurigan, @campuscodi, @axios, @junkscience, @jason_kint, @marshallfitz, @iheartapt, @therealwbtc, @markhertling, @drdenagrayson, @bettierose100, @karlbode, and @oneunderscore__
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple says several of its services including App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple Arcade are back online after facing outages on Tuesday evening — Several of Apple's services appear to be experiencing issues, with MacRumors readers reporting problems with Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple News+, the App Store, and more.
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9to5Mac, The Verge, AppleInsider, iMore, Digital Trends, and Engadget
Tweets: @downdetector, @chrismessina, @rstephens, and @theromit
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Taipei-based travel startup KKday raises $75M Series C, says a pivot to domestic package tours has helped after sales plunged 90% in March — - KKday closes $75 million Series C funding despite Covid-19 — Sales from domestic travel in Taiwan grew five times in summer
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| Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post: |
Sources: CFIUS is stepping up scrutiny of past Chinese tech investments in US startups, sending inquiries to some companies about years-old deals — The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has contacted dozens of U.S. companies to screen shareholders for national-security risks.
Tweets: @jeannewhalen
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Baidu's Smart Living Group division, which focuses on voice assistants and smart devices, raises an undisclosed sum at a $2.9B valuation — - Chinese internet giant Baidu has raised an undisclosed sum of money for its business division focused on voice assistants and smart devices.
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