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TikTok asks federal court to intervene in CFIUS order forcing sale of TikTok's US operations by Nov. 12; sources: TikTok hasn't heard from Trump admin in weeks — - TikTok hasn't heard from the Trump administration in weeks as it tries to figure out whether or not to proceed to sell a minority stake in itself to Oracle and Walmart.| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Analysis of Apple's A14 chip shows an increase in single-thread performance of nearly 3x in 5 years, suggesting M1 will be a formidable rival to x86 incumbents — From Mobile to Mac: What to Expect? — To date, our performance comparisons for Apple's chipsets have always been in the context …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple announces M1, the first Apple silicon SoC for Macs, with 5nm process, 16B transistors, 8-core CPU, up to 8-core GPU, and a 16-core neural engine — A big boost over its Intel-based machines — Apple has introduced the new M1 chip that will power its new generation of Arm-based Macs.
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Apple says its new M1-equipped Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro are available to order today, arriving as early as next week — A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple's breakthrough chip for the Mac — Cupertino, California — On a momentous day for the Mac …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Joe Biden's transition team of advisors includes employees from Amazon, Airbnb, Uber, and other tech companies, as well as several outspoken tech critics — - Biden's transition agency review teams already includes several current and former tech employees from companies …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook says political content makes up about 6% of what is seen on its platform and says CrowdTangle measures engagement but doesn't predict reach — Facebook Tuesday said that political content makes up only about 6% of what users actually see on its platform.
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| Rishi Iyengar / CNN: |
According to a CPSC notice, Ring is recalling around 350K Ring doorbells sold between June 2020 and October 2020 after receiving reports of them catching fire — San Francisco (CNN Business)Amazon-subsidiary Ring is recalling hundreds of thousands of video doorbells after receiving reports of them catching fire.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Roku begins rolling out support for Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, available on the majority of Roku's 4K streaming devices — Roku says its streaming devices are now the first to support all three voice assistants — It's been a long wait, but today Roku is starting to roll out support for Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit features.| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Researchers say YouTube's policy loopholes for election videos have led to an onslaught of videos aiming to undermine the legitimacy of the election — Google video site says election misinformation policies are ‘generally working as intended’ — On Monday, cable outlet One America News Network posted …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
SentinelOne, which develops AI-based endpoint security for all devices and services in a network, raises $267M from Tiger Global and others at a $3.1B valuation — This year, more than ever before because of the Covid-19 pandemic, huge droves of workers and consumers have been turning … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which oversees TV programming, will now regulate policies for streaming platforms and digital news outlets — India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which oversees programs beamed on television and theatres in the country …
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| Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at China's 5G network, which dwarfs the US efforts but still only covers 8% of the population, while South Korea's 5G covers 25% — China is leading the way in the size and consistency of its 5G network — HONG KONG—By most measures, China is no longer just leading the U.S. when it comes to 5G.
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Palo Alto Networks says it will acquire attack surface manager Expanse in an $800M deal; Expanse raised $136M — Expanse's platform will be added to the Cortex product suite. — Palo Alto Networks has announced the acquisition of Expanse to boost the capabilities of the firm's Cortex cybersecurity product portfolio.
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| South China Morning Post: |
China drafts new antitrust guideline to rein in tech giants; Meituan's stock drops 10%+, JD.com is down 5%+, and Alibaba is down 8%+ — Draft guideline ‘targeting tech giants’ in e-commerce, online food delivery and ride hailing, Atta Capital's Alan Li says Tech giants plunge broadly …
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Tweets: @alex, @jathansadowski, @pt, @scmpnews, @damienics, and @alex
| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Profile of Hasan Piker, a progressive Twitch streamer who had 225K+ concurrent viewers at the peak on election night, making him Twitch's most-watched streamer — The 29-year-old progressive political commentator has risen to the top of the platform after 80-plus hours of live election coverage.
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Facebook and Google quietly extend their planned one week bans on political ads, as Trump and GOP continue their claims of voter fraud — Blackouts continue as pro-Trump US election narratives persist — Facebook and Google have quietly extended their bans on political advertising beyond … Sponsor Posts
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