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PayPal will let users buy and sell cryptocurrency using its online wallets in the coming weeks and shop at merchants on its network starting in early 2021 — LONDON (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy …
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Google calls DOJ's case deeply flawed: “People use Google because they choose to, not because they're forced to, or because they can't find alternatives” — Google Search has put the world's information at the fingertips of over a billion people.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
In lawsuit, DOJ says nearly half of Google search traffic in 2019 came from Apple products and estimates Google pays Apple $8B to $12B per year — - DOJ antitrust lawsuit goes after a multibillion-dollar pact — Google documents say losing Apple deal would be ‘Code Red’
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| Karl Bode / Techdirt: |
DOJ's antitrust suit against Google is being driven by cronyism and election season politics, not by a serious concern about monopoly power — Last month we noted how Bill Barr was rushing DOJ staffers (much to their chagrin) to launch his “antitrust inquiry” into Google. Why? Three reasons.
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Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg tried to sell Quibi's catalog to NBCUniversal and Facebook, but both passed; Katzenberg told others he may shut down the company — Jeffrey Katzenberg may be nearing the end of the road with his mobile video streaming service Quibi.
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Netflix plans to test a 48-hour free weekend in India, dubbed StreamFest and scheduled for Dec. 4, and may bring the promotion to other countries later — Netflix is looking to promote its service with a 48-hour free streaming event, confirmed COO Greg Peters during the company's Q3 2020 earnings call Tuesday afternoon.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon's Luna in early access: streaming performance can be spotty without a strong connection, iOS web app support is decent, channel groups silo game choice — A first look at Luna — Amazon's Luna streaming service has arrived, with the company rolling out early access to a limited set of customers today.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPad Air (2020) review: has an excellent screen, very fast processor, and is compatible with iPad Pro accessories, but it's expensive and has no 128GB option — Despite the higher cost, this iPad is the one to get — If you're looking to get an iPad right now and can afford it …
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| Jake Tapper / CNN: |
Sources: WH is seeking to fast-track a no-bid contract to lease DOD mid-band 5G spectrum to Rivada Networks, which has Peter Thiel and Karl Rove as investors — Washington (CNN)Senior officials throughout various departments and agencies of the Trump administration tell CNN they are alarmed … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
NSA publishes a report of the top 25 vulnerabilities with patches available that are currently being found and exploited by “Chinese state-sponsored hackers” — NSA urges US public and private sector to apply patches or mitigations to prevent attacks.| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Over 430,000 viewers tuned in simultaneously to watch Rep. Alexia Ocasio-Cortez play Among Us on Twitch, the third highest ever for an individual Twitch stream — More than 430,000 people tuned in simultaneously to Twitch on Tuesday night to watch Rep. Alexia Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook confirms it is testing a feature for users to connect with their neighbors, as rival Nextdoor considers options for going public — - Product for local connections is being tested in Canada now — Nextdoor is considering options, including a public offering
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Dropbox launches a shared family plan with 2TB for up to six people for $17 per month — Dropbox is giving families and groups of friends the option to team up and get Plus perks for less than the price of two accounts. The service's Family plan is now available for $17 a month and gives …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google releases Chrome update to deploy security fixes, including a patch for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability — Google Chrome 86.0.4240.111 released with a fix. — Google has released Chrome version 86.0.4240.111 earlier today to deploy security fixes …
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US officials offer Brazil telecoms financing to buy equipment from Huawei competitors, in an effort to keep China out of Brazil's 5G market — BRASILIA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government stepped up an offensive on Tuesday to keep China's Huawei Technologies out of Brazil's 5G market …
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Sources: Chinese tech companies including Huawei have expressed strong concerns to local regulators about Nvidia's proposed acquisition of Arm — - China is unlikely to grant its unconditional blessing — Arm may become another flashpoint in the U.S.-China tech war| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
WarnerMedia debuts WarnerMedia RIDE, a free video service for smartphones and tablets connected to in-car WiFi via AT&T's unlimited data connected-car plans — Are we there yet? — WarnerMedia is bringing its premium video programming to bored kids and other road-weary passengers … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Anyscale, which offers tools to securely and efficiently run apps built with the Ray open source distributed programming framework, raises $40M Series B — The world of distributed computing took on a new profile this year when Folding@home, a 20-year-old distributed computing project … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
From today until “at least” the end of election week, Twitter will show the Quote Tweet composer when you click or tap the retweet icon, discouraging basic RTs — The changes will be in place until ‘at least’ the end of election week — Twitter is temporarily changing …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Syte, which offers visual search tech to e-commerce companies, raises $30M Series C led by Viola Ventures and $10M in debt, bringing its total raised to $71M — Tel Aviv-based visual search and product discovery platform Syte, already used by brands like Farfetch and Fashion Nova …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
VENN, a linear TV and esports network available on various streaming services like Roku, Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Gaming, and Plex, raises $26M Series A — The Video Game Entertainment and News Network (VENN) will announce Tuesday a $26 million Series A investment round co-led by BITKRAFT Ventures … Sponsor Posts
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