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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google will pay publishers $1B+ through 2023 to create and curate high-quality journalism for the new Google News Showcase, starting in Germany and Brazil — Google will pay publishers more than $1 billion over the next three years to create and curate high-quality journalism for a new set …
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Tweets: @mathewi, @sundarpichai, @pierrechappaz, @charliebeckett, @lutherlowe, @sarafischer, @sarafischer, and @martinapennisi
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils $549 Surface Laptop Go with smaller 12.4" display, 10th-gen Intel Core i5, in three color variants, preorders start today, shipping October 13 — This new Surface laptop is smaller, lighter, and less powerful — Microsoft is introducing a new Surface Laptop Go today …
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Microsoft updates Surface Pro X with a faster SQ2 processor and a new platinum color, starting at $1,500, says it made ARM-optimized versions of Teams and Edge — October is here, which means it's time again for Microsoft to release new hardware. While the Surface Duo may have been the talk … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook announces updates for Groups: automating moderation, surfacing some public group discussions in News Feeds and search results, and more — The company is pushing people to join Groups — Facebook is expanding the reach of public groups today with new features that could lead …
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
DOJ and CFTC charge BitMEX and its founders with allegedly operating an unregistered trading platform and violating CFTC anti-money laundering rules — The U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have filed charges against crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
The Senate Commerce Committee votes to subpoena CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to testify before the panel about concerns over Section 230 — The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday voted on a bipartisan basis to subpoena the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter to testify before the panel …
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| Gordon Corera / BBC: |
UK report says Huawei has failed to adequately tackle security flaws in its telco equipment despite previous complaints — Huawei has failed to adequately tackle security flaws in equipment used in the UK's telecoms networks despite previous complaints, an official report says.
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| Traf: |
A designer shares how he generated $100K+ selling custom app icon sets via a simple website when iPhone home screen customization exploded after iOS 14 release — This title is a little misleading. Sure, it took me 6 days to amass 3,626 sales for a total of $101,528, but like any overnight success, it was years in the making.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches its updated Maps in UK, after completing rollout across the US in 2019, with its Look Around feature in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin — Apple today officially launched its in-house mapping data in the United Kingdom and Ireland, after completing the rollout across the United States in 2019.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook says it will ban Facebook and Instagram ads that seek to delegitimize the outcome of an election, including calling specific voting methods fraudulent — - Facebook on Wednesday announced that it will not allow any ads on its service that seek to delegitimize the outcome of an election …
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| The Economic Times: |
Indian startups blame Google for “unfair exploitation” of Play Store's monopoly after Google began to enforce its in-app purchasing policy with 30% commission — Tech giant says companies have multiple store options, can also use websites — Indian startups are up in arms …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
US Treasury says those who facilitate payments on behalf of ransomware victims, including digital forensics firms, face fines if recipients are under sanctions — Companies victimized by ransomware and firms that facilitate negotiations with ransomware extortionists could face steep fines … | Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Google unveils Pixel 5 with a 6-inch 90Hz OLED display, ultrawide rear-facing camera instead of zoom lens, 5G, 8GB RAM, and fingerprint sensor on back for $699 — It's October, so despite the weird year we're having, Google is hosting a (virtual) event to show off its latest smartphone, the Pixel 5.
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Tweets: @benedictevans, @google, @geoffreyfowler, @vladsavov, @dcseifert, @ohmdee, @heatherkelly, @thetechchap, @markgurman, @themrmobile, @joannastern, @ow, @jank0, @ow, and @ow
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @ziad_reslan, @mspoonauer, @brianroemmele, @cramforce, and @ow
| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Facebook makes Forecast, an app for crowdsourced predictions and collective insights, available to all users — The company thinks Forecast will ‘encourage measured, respectful conversation.’ — Facebook isn't exactly known for balanced conversations or reliable information …
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New Product Experimentation … and Neowin
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
After rising since March, Big Tech stocks dropped in September, with Facebook down 10.7% on August, Apple down 10.25%, Google down 10.1%, and Amazon down 8.8% — - Since March, investors had been pushing the markets to new highs, led by megacap technology stocks. — But September has been a tough month for traders overall.| Shira Ovide / New York Times: |
By integrating Instagram and Messenger, Facebook is entrenching itself, making it harder for a regulator to break it up and for rivals to unseat it — The more Facebook knits together its apps, the harder it becomes for a government to break it up. … Facebook's changes under the hood are a power grab.
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BestTechie, International Business Times, The Verge, Memeburn, Firstpost Tech, Fossbytes, The Interface, and BGR
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| Dylan Byers / NBC News: |
Snap says it helped 1M Snapchat users register to vote on the app, of which over half are first-time voters and 80% are under 30 — When Americans cast their ballots in this year's presidential election, millions will do so because they registered to vote through such social platforms as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: secretive options-trading giant Susquehanna International has a 15% stake in ByteDance, estimated at $15B+, making it the largest outside investor — Susquehanna International Group is sitting on stake in app's owner estimated at more than $15 billionSponsor Posts
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