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Facebook shuts down Trump-linked “Stop the Steal” Group, which was spreading disinfo about the election and amassed 360,000+ followers since launching a day ago — The group, run by Trump allies, is spreading disinformation about the election and calling for “boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote.”
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Twitter permanently bans Steve Bannon's @WarRoomPandemic and YouTube pulls episode of his show after he called for execution of FBI director Wray and Dr. Fauci — Former Presidential advisor and right-wing pundit Steve Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter and an episode removed …
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Sources: Facebook plans to temporarily add more “friction” to users' ability to share posts and other content — New measures would slow down the flow of information and make election misinformation less visible, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Internal Facebook metric that assesses “violence and incitement trends” based on hashtags and search terms in posts increased by 45% since October 31 — As votes are being tallied across the country to determine the next US president, internal Facebook data shows that the company …
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Twitter says Trump's special treatment around offensive or misleading content rule violations will expire in January if he loses the presidency — - For now, violating posts get warning label, not removal — But ‘world leader’ newsworthiness rules wouldn't apply
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Hands-on with iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max: mini's size requires adjustment but some gestures are easier, whereas the Max feels like a scaled up iPhone — Hands-on with Apple's big (and small) iPhone 12 models — Apple's iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are the “default” size iPhones this year.
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| Eli Blumenthal / CNET: |
T-Mobile reports Q3 revenue of $19.3B, up 45.1% YoY, beating analysts estimates of $18.34B, as it passes 100M total customers — T-Mobile is continuing to grow, even amid the pandemic. On Thursday the nation's second-largest wireless carrier announced that it had crossed the 100-million mark …
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Apple says developers will be required to provide new privacy “nutrition labels” to users in the App Store starting December 8 — Apple has announced today that developers will be required to provide new privacy details to users in the App Store starting December 8.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
DOJ says it is suing for the forfeiture of $1B+ in bitcoin, seized on Tuesday, related to the Silk Road marketplace — - Justice Department seeks forfeiture of funds it seized Tuesday — It's the biggest cryptocurrency bust the government has made — The U.S. is suing for the forfeiture … | Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Sources: Fortnite may return to iOS thanks to a version of Nvidia's GeForce Now game streaming service that is designed to run in Safari and other browsers — Owners of iPhones and iPads will soon be able to play Fortnite again, via a cloud service, the BBC has discovered.
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Kuo: iPhone 13 to come in same four sizes as iPhone 12, Pro Models to feature a major upgrade to ultra wide camera with f/1.8, 6P lens with autofocus — TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a new research note, seen by MacRumors, that details his expectations …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 with 100+ new emoji, optimized battery charging for AirPods, intercom support with HomePod and HomePod mini, and more — After releasing the Release Candidate version last week, iOS 14.2 is now available to all iPhone users.| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
PlayStation 5 review: has amazing DualSense controller, fast and smooth performance, more streamlined UI, but it's big and has no “quick resume” feature — The real star of Sony's new console is its controller — A new console generation is usually something you can see.
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Dropbox beats Q3 expectations with revenue of $487.4M, up 14% YoY, vs. estimates of $483.6M, says it has 15.25M paying users, up from 14M YoY — The company said paying users now sit at 15.25 million. — Dropbox published its third quarter financial results on Thursday, beating market estimates.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
EA reports Q2 revenue of $1.15B, down 14% YoY, outperforming expectations, but forecasts a weak next quarter due to a possible waning pandemic gaming bump — Electronic Arts reported financial results today that beat Wall Street's expectations with revenue falling 14% to $1.15 billion … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter removed a student's tweets critical of Proctorio, which makes an exam monitoring tool used by many US schools, for reproducing Proctorio's code — A series of tweets by one Miami University student that were critical of a proctoring software company have been hidden by Twitter … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp rolls out payments in India in ten regional languages on Android and iOS, after getting approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) — WhatsApp, which began testing its payments service in India with 1 million users in early 2018, can finally start to expand …
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