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Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max review: terrific camera, battery life, and performance, but it's close to being too big and 60Hz display lags behind the competition — Apple's biggest iPhone brings along an impressive camera — The iPhone 12 Pro Max is a big phone. The biggest iPhone ever made, in fact.
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple MagSafe Duo charger review: useful, but underwhelming build quality and is expensive at $129, especially considering it does not come with a power adapter — In addition to the new iPhone 12 mini and the iPhone 12 Pro Max, I was able to try out Apple's new MagSafe Duo Charger.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
What to expect from Apple's “One More Thing” event: first Apple Silicon powered Macs, a macOS Big Sur release date, and potentially AirTags, over-ear headphones — It seems likely Apple will reveal the first computers powered by its custom silicon
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Silicon Macs will run iOS apps but some developers, including Facebook, Google, and the developers of Candy Crush and Among Us, have already opted out — Apple will hold another special event tomorrow, and we expect to see the first Mac with Apple Silicon chips.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Facebook removed seven pages, with over 2.45 million followers, tied to Steve Bannon for pushing misinformation about voter fraud and election results — The pages, which promoted the ‘Stop the Steal’ effort and other misleading messages related to the election, were removed over the weekend …
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| Chris Burns / SlashGear: |
Sling Media, a subsidiary of DISH, says it is closing down today and all Slingbox devices and services will become inoperable in November 2022 — Slingbox will no longer function as of November 9, 2022. Sling Media, a subsidiary of DISH, announced that they were closing shop on November 9, 2020.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Zoom agrees to enhance its security as part of a proposed settlement with FTC, after Zoom was accused of deceiving customers over end-to-end encryption and more — The Federal Trade Commission has announced a settlement with Zoom, after it accused the video calling giant of engaging in …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
An ex-Microsoft engineer is sentenced to 9 years in prison for stealing $10M in digital currency from Microsoft, in US' first Bitcoin case involving tax fraud — An ex-Microsoft engineer was sentenced to nine years in prison for 18 federal felonies after he stole more than $10 million worth …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Taiwan's Compal, the second-largest ODM of laptops globally for Apple, Dell, and others, suffered a ransomware attack on Sunday; hackers demanding $16.7M — Taiwanese laptop maker Compal Electronics suffered a DoppelPaymer ransomware attack over the weekend, with the attackers demanding an almost $17 million ransom.
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| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
Facebook and Twitter's warning labels during the election were a win for their public relations, but as a tech product, they were too little, too late — This election proved Big Tech still hasn't figured out how to make truth spread faster than lies — It was the equivalent of Big Tech slapping the …
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
EU tightens rules on surveillance tech, forcing companies selling spyware, facial recognition, and tech with military uses to get a license, be more transparent — The goal is to make sales of technologies like spyware and facial recognition more transparent in Europe first, and then worldwide.| Todd Feathers / VICE: |
A look at exam monitoring software, which uses facial detection, eye tracking, mouse clicks, full room scans, and more to flag students who may be cheating — Using hand mirrors and making 3D room scans are among the bizarre instructions students must follow while using software like ProctorU and Respondus.| Bloomberg: |
Adobe says it will acquire Workfront, maker of employee collaboration and project management software for marketers, for $1.5B — - Closely held software company has about 1 million users — Deal brings business collaboration tools to Photoshop maker| Fred Imbert / CNBC: |
Following positive COVID-19 vaccine news, Zoom's shares fell 13%+ and other “stay-at-home” stocks like Amazon and Netflix dropped 3.4%-5.4% — - Zoom Video stock fell as names benefitting from people staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic came under pressure by the vaccine news.
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| Financial Times: |
SoftBank has removed three of its most senior executives, including Vision Fund head Rajeev Misra, from its board, amid calls to improve corporate governance — Japanese conglomerate also books a $1.3bn loss on its Nasdaq trades over the summer — Japan's SoftBank has culled three …
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