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In a survey, Spotify hints at plans for a subscription podcast service; the survey describes at least four plans, ranging from $3 to $8 per month — No music included — Spotify appears to be interested in launching a subscription podcast service that would offer access to original shows or exclusive episodes for a monthly fee.
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| Heather Kelly / Washington Post: |
Facebook starts putting some political and social groups on a 60 day probation and will closely monitor them, to slow the spread of disinfo about the election — A new system flags groups that violate community standards, and makes volunteer moderators approve all posts for two months
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Code in Google Photos app suggests Google will add new editing features and filters for Google One subscribers — The primary reason that you may decide to have a Google One subscription is to get extra storage for Google Drive and other apps, but the service has other benefits.
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| Omer Benjakob / WIRED UK: |
A vicious culture war is taking place via edit wars on Wikipedia in India, exploiting and aggravating religious tensions in the context of COVID-19 — Edit-warring was already common as India descended into political polarisation. Then along came Covid-19
Tweets: @wireduk, @hkumar747, @omerbenj, and @conorjtobin
| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
Sources: FTC is likely to sue Facebook for antitrust violations before the end of November and FTC Chair Joe Simons favors keeping the suit in-house — The Federal Trade Commission is likely to sue Facebook for antitrust violations before the end of November, three people familiar with the probe said … | Angelica Mari / ZDNet: |
Brazil's Superior Court of Justice was hit by a major ransomware attack this week, suspending all sessions until Nov. 10; Bolsonaro claims attackers were found — The organization is working to recover its systems environment; president Jair Bolsonaro said the authors have been identified.
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| Irina Ivanova / CBS News: |
CFPB issued a rule last week allowing debt collectors to send unlimited texts, emails, and social media messages to debtors, will require opt-out instructions — This time next year, the texts blowing up your phone may be coming not from political campaigns, but rather from debt collectors.
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Sources: Apple and Sony each held talks about acquiring podcast network Wondery, which seeks a possible $300M-$400M sale; Spotify has pulled out of the running — - Company seeking $300 million to $400 million in potential sale — A purchase could become the biggest deal yet in podcasting
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
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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| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
ByteDance to invest $170M in Chinese e-publishing company Zhangyue for an 11% stake; Zhangyue claims to have 170M monthly active users for its e-book reader app — While short videos are what drive ByteDance's revenues and give the Chinese startup international recognition … | Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Montreal-based payments software company Lightspeed POS has agreed to buy NY-based ShopKeep, which offers cloud-based POS system, for $440M in cash and stock — Montréal-based Lightspeed announced Thursday it is set to acquire ShopKeep, a New York City-based leading cloud commerce platform provider.
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| Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: |
Google has quietly released an app in the Play Store, Device Lock Controller, that would let creditors remotely lock a device if payments on it aren't made — Update 1 (11/06/2020 @ 06:05 PM ET): Google has reached out with more details on the Device Lock Controller app. Click here for more information.
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