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Interviews with Apple's Greg Joswiak, Craig Federighi, and John Ternus on the development of M1, the future of Macs, buying version one hardware, and more — Exclusive: Apple's hardware, software and marketing chiefs explain how the company's new processors came to exist — Apple's new M1 chip is a lot of things.
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MacRumors, The Omni Group, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, Daring Fireball, iPhone Hacks, Trusted Reviews, Apple Terminal, Wall Street Journal, Six Colors, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @arnoldkim, @tapbot_paul, @stroughtonsmith, @dcominottim, @choco_bit, @federighios, @ganeumann, @jonmasters, @stevesi, @gruber, @stroughtonsmith, @benedictevans, @_andrew_griffin, @_andrew_griffin, @_andrew_griffin, @benedictevans, @reneritchie, and @_andrew_griffin. Thanks:@_andrew_griffin
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases macOS 11 Big Sur with a redesigned interface, new Control Center, redesigned Notification Center with widgets, and more — After nearly five months of beta testing, macOS 11 Big Sur is now available to the general public. Big Sur is a massive update for the Mac …
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Ars Technica, TechCrunch, The Verge, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Apple, macstories.net, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, CNBC, iMore, and Six Colors
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| Reuters: |
Sources: top US cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs told associates he expects to be fired, after CISA refused to delete content debunking election misinfo — WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Commerce Department stays its TikTok shutdown order, citing a federal court's ruling last month in Philadelphia — Commerce Department retreat follows federal court ruling, which the U.S. appealed Thursday — WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department said Thursday it wouldn't enforce its order …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Twitter says it labeled 300K election-related tweets from Oct. 27 to Nov. 11 as disputed, accounting for 0.2% of all messages about the election — Twitter said on Thursday that it labeled as disputed 300,000 tweets related to the presidential election, or .2 percent of the total number …
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Tweets: @kantrowitz, @jesselehrich, @walldo, and @ajb_sf
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, says he has come out of retirement to join Microsoft's Developer Division — Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language, today announced that he has unretired and joined Microsoft's Developer Division.
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Tweets: @gvanrossum, @jeffsand, @techjournalist, @ndubuisx, @jaycuthrell, and @markrussinovich
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple HomePod mini review: has a compact design, is affordable, and Siri is fast, but doesn't sound as good as similarly priced competitors — Apple's newest smart speaker is way more affordable but still chasing Amazon and Google — Two and a half years ago, Apple finally entered the smart speaker market with the HomePod.
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Tweets: @filipeesposito, @backlon, @saradietschy, @dcseifert, and @joannastern
| BuzzFeed News: |
At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account, Facebook isn't adverse to legislation — As false claims declaring that Joe Biden isn't the president-elect flourish on his platform, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees …
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Tweets: @reuters, @chrisinsilico, @lyssaslounge, @fboversight, @shaunking, @qasimrashid, @kentremendous, @kirstinferguson, @b52malmet, @jesselehrich, @kathygriffin, @quinnypig, @akesslerdc, @edwardnorton, @qasimrashid, @olganyc1211, @clarajeffery, @adamcbest, @danpfeiffer, @carolecadwalla, @keitholbermann, @ericgarland, @tvietor08, @youranoncentral, @slpng_giants, @donwinslow, @chelseaclinton, @donwinslow, and @kevinroose
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook brings Vanish Mode, its Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messages, to Messenger and Instagram — Facebook today announced its new Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messaging, Vanish Mode, is arriving on Messenger and Instagram. The feature, meant for more casual conversations …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook redesigns Instagram's layout to add dedicated tabs for shopping and Reels in the navigation bar, after testing the change in September — Instagram is redesigning the layout of its home screen to emphasize shopping and Reels. The company introduced a new design that gives shopping …
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| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Google's free unlimited Photos storage offer is an object lesson in anticompetitive behavior that helped drive startups like Everpix and Loom out of the market — A new policy perfectly illustrates a core issue across the industry — After five years of Google Photos offering unlimited … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Chinese President Xi Jinping, furious about Jack Ma's criticisms of regulators, personally made the decision to stop Ant Group's IPO — Senior government leaders were furious about wealthy entrepreneur's criticisms of regulators; rebuke was the culmination of years of tense relations| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a possible Biden pick for AG, says a “breakup remedy” for Google should be “on the table” and praises DOJ's antitrust suit against Google — - During a virtual keynote speech for the American Bar Association's Fall Forum, Sen. Amy Klobuchar … | Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Palantir reports post-IPO earnings with Q3 revenue of $289.4M vs est. of $279.4M, up 52% YoY, and says it has secured new contracts with the US Army and NIH — - The software and analytics company went public in September, 17 years after it was co-founded by Peter Thiel, CEO Alex Karp and others.| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
PayPal says it is opening up cryptocurrency services to all eligible US users and increased its weekly cryptocurrency purchase limit from $10,000 to $20,000 — PayPal said Thursday that it is opening up its nascent cryptocurrency services to all eligible U.S. users.
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CoinDesk, TechCrunch, The Verge, TechSpot, PYMNTS.com, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Modern Consensus, Tech News, and Crypto Briefing. Tweets: @alexsaundersau. Thanks:@saniyamore
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
YouTube defends choice to leave up election misinformation videos, saying such videos are “not being surfaced or recommended in any prominent way” — The company says its most popular videos are from ‘authoritative’ sources — YouTube is pushing back against claims its platform …
Tweets: @youtubeinsider, @daiwaka, @megancgraham, @shiraovide, @npr, @npr, and @moonalice
| Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: |
Disney says Disney+ had 73M+ paid subscribers at the end of September, up from 57.5M at end of June and 60.5M in early August — Disney+ reported today that they have now reached 73.7 million subscribers at the end of September. This is a 16.2 million climb from last quarter … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: DoorDash, Wish, and Affirm are planning IPOs before the end of the year; DoorDash said in February that it had confidentially filed for an IPO — - Slew of startup filings is expected in next couple of weeks — IPO advisers are expecting record activity in December| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cisco beats with Q1 revenue of $11.93B vs. $11.85B est., down 9% YoY, and Infrastructure Platforms revenue of $6.34B, down 16% YoY; stock up 8%+ after hours — - Cisco beat expectations while delivering the fourth consecutive quarter of revenue declines on an annualized basis.
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| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
Trump signs an EO prohibiting US companies and individuals from owning shares in 31 Chinese companies previously listed as enabling the PLA, effective Jan. 11 — President Trump signed an executive order Thursday prohibiting American companies and individuals from owning shares … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos launches Sonos Radio HD, an ad-free lossless-quality tier of its radio service for $7.99 per month, available today in the US and UK — Sonos Radio is already the fourth-most-listened-to service on the platform — After spending years as a platform for showcasing other music and audio services … Sponsor Posts
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