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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service launches in beta on iOS as a web app, bypassing Apple's App Store and letting iOS users play Fortnite — Nvidia joins Microsoft in bypassing Apple's App Store — Nvidia is joining its fellow cloud gaming providers in choosing to bypass Apple's App Store …
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The Official NVIDIA Blog, ZDNet, VentureBeat, BBC, Thurrott, HotHardware.com News, PCWorld, XDA Developers, Reuters, 9to5Google, Appleosophy, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, iClarified, IGN, CNBC, Gamasutra, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, SlashGear, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @nickstatt and @tomwarren
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google says Stadia is coming to iOS as a Safari PWA within “several weeks” — Apple's tough enforcement of its App Store policies has led to a sad lack of a playable version of Google Stadia on iOS. That is set to change very soon as public testing of a dedicated progressive web app …
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Ars Technica, Engadget, The Verge, CNBC, and CNET
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it has completed a global rollout of RCS and will start testing end-to-end encryption in Android Messages — In mid-2019, Google decided to take over and speed up the launch of RCS. A little over 17 months later, Google announced today that it has completed a global rollout of RCS …
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The Keyword, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, Android Police, and Droid Life
Tweets: @maxwinebach, @ohmdee, and @backlon
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: state and federal investigators are preparing to bring antitrust charges against Facebook for buying rivals Instagram and WhatsApp — State and federal investigators are preparing to bring antitrust charges against Facebook that will challenge the tech giant's acquisition of two rivals …
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CNET. Tweets: @sivavaid, @jason_kint, @evan_greer, @carlquintanilla, @ohmdee, @tonyromm, and @tonyromm
| Sebastiaan de With / Halide: |
iPhone 12 Pro Max's camera achieves images of quality previously only seen in dedicated cameras that have sensors four times its size — At Halide HQ, we've been busily working away on a very deep, technical analysis of what's new in iPhone 12 cameras this year. All four of 'em.
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9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, iMore, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
Tweets: @sdw, @chartier, @chrismlacy, @reneritchie, @pschiller, and @carreteromolero
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
The M1 Macs are astonishingly good and Rosetta is the exemplification of “it just works”, but the iOS app experience ranges from terrible to OK, at best — Better necessarily implies different. — That's one of my favorite axioms. It's both intuitively and undeniably true.
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The Verge, MacRumors, next big thing, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, Macworld, 9to5Mac, and BGR
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
The second-gen version of Echo Frames, Amazon's Alexa-enabled glasses that debuted last year for some customers, will be available generally on Dec. 10 for $250 — - Amazon on Thursday said it's making the Echo Frames available to the general public, after launching the device last year …
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The Verge, About Amazon, TechCrunch, and CNET
| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Amazon is laying off dozens of R&D and manufacturing staff on its drone delivery project; source says company is seeking help from two external EU manufacturers — Restructuring comes as US tech giant turns to third parties to build component parts of long-awaited drone| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube says channels of all sizes may now see ads on them, though only creators big enough to qualify for its Partner Program will be paid any ad revenue — The company is rolling it out on a ‘limited number of videos’ — Starting today, YouTube will begin running ads on some creators' videos …
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| Leika Kihara / Reuters: |
30+ major Japanese firms will begin experiments next year towards issuing a common, private digital currency to promote digitalization in the cash-loving nation — TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 30 major Japanese firms will begin experiments next year towards issuing a common …
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Decrypt, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, and coinspeaker.com
| Eric Geller / Politico: |
CISA is now being led by 15-year DHS veteran Brandon Wales; source says Wales wants to keep operating CISA's Rumor Control site, which debunked election misinfo — Five months before President Donald Trump fired him, federal cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs made a key addition to his leadership team …
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CyberScoop, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @ericgeller, @politico, @ron_miller, @milestaylorusa, @n0x08, @marquardta, and @ericgeller
| Amanda Macias / CNBC: |
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger: |
Affirm files its draft S-1 for an IPO; in its fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, Affirm's revenue was $509.5M, up ~93% YoY, while net losses fell to $112.6M — Buy now, pay later innovator has over 6.2 million consumers on its network — Alternative payments provider Affirm Holdings …
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SEC.gov, TechCrunch, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, MarketWatch, CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fortune
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram revamps its standalone mobile messaging app Threads with an updated navigation and Status tab, support for posting photos and videos to Stories, more — Instagram is continuing to develop its standalone messaging app, Threads. Last month, the company modified the app to make it possible …
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CNET, Android Police, and Adweek
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Symantec says a hacking group believed to be Chinese government-sponsored has exploited the Zerologon vulnerability in companies worldwide since October 2019 — A massive campaign is underway around the globe, with automotive, pharmaceutical and engineering entities top targets.
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Ars Technica, TechRadar, Threatpost, infosecurity-magazine.com, and TechNadu
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Clinical trial management software developer Medable raises $91M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures, says its software is being used to develop COVID-19 vaccines — The clinical trial management software developer Medable has raised $91 million in a new round of financing as life sciences companies struggle …
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Silicon Valley Business … and Verbit
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Fitbit rolls out OS 5.1 for Sense and Versa 3 smartwatches, with Google Assistant, voice-to-text, phone calls, and automatic blood oxygen readings — The latest Fitbit smartwatches offer a lot more when it comes to hardware, but on the software, they shipped a few of those features without taking full advantage of them.
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The Verge, CNET, Android Police, Android Authority, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Engadget, and Android Central
| Scott Zamost / NBC News: |
Criminals launder COVID-19 relief money through Venmo, Cash App, PayPal and other apps; so far 80 have been charged with trying to steal $240M+ from the PPP — Criminals are laundering illegally obtained funds meant for Covid-19 relief through the most popular apps for legally sending and receiving money …
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CNBC
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Apple debuts a forked version of TensorFlow optimized for macOS, says it trains up to 7x faster on 13" MacBook Pro with M1 than 2020 Macbook Pro 13" with Intel — Google today released a new version of TensorFlow, its AI and machine learning development environment, optimized for Intel Macs and Macs powered by Apple's new M1 chip.
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The TensorFlow Blog, ZDNet, GitHub, Apple Machine Learning …, TechRadar, SlashGear, AnandTech, BetaNews, and InfoWorld
Tweets: @tensorflow, @minimaxir, @reneritchie, @elie, @minimaxir, @sandeepssrin, @waleakinfaderin, and @stshank
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Forter, which uses AI to detect and prevent fraud in online retail transactions, raises $125M Series E at a valuation of more than $1.3B — Forter, an automated fraud detection platform for ecommerce, has raised $125 million in a series E round of funding valuing the company at more than $1.3 billion.
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
PayPal launches the Generosity Network, a GoFundMe-like service that lets individuals raise up to $20,000 over a span of 30 days — PayPal is launching the “Generosity Network,” a new GoFundMe-esque service that enables individuals to launch fundraising campaigns.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils major redesign for Google Pay for iOS and Android and partners with 11 banks to launch a mobile-first bank accounts service called Plex in 2021 — Google is launching a major redesign of its Google Pay app on both Android and iOS today. Like similar phone-based contactless …
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The Keyword, The Verge, Thurrott, CNBC, Axios, 9to5Google, AndroidGuys, Android Central, BGR India, NextPit, Pocketnow, Android Police, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @googlepay, @sundarpichai, @bigblackjacobin, @killedbygoogle, @gatzby_, @felixsalmon, @econliberties, @google, @rdrv3, @google, @backlon, @jyarow, @backlon, @rdrv3, @backlon, @backlon, @backlon, @backlon, @backlon, and @backlon
| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Over 200 Facebook contract moderators sign an open letter criticizing Facebook, Accenture, and CPL for ending WFH policies and call for better protections — Here's what you need to know: — Facebook moderators forced back to the office raise alarms about Covid-19 protections.
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Foxglove, Engadget, Newser, CNBC, BBC, SiliconANGLE, NPR, news.com.au, The Guardian, Forbes, Gizmodo, and Mashable
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
SellerX, which buys and grows Amazon's marketplace businesses, raises $118M seed round co-led by Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital, and TriplePoint Capital — As Amazon's Marketplace continues to grow and mature, a new opportunity has emerged in the world of e-commerce for a new breed of startups …
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Tech.eu, Crunchbase News, and PR Newswire
| Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: |
FirstVet, which offers on-demand video consultations with veterinarians to pet owners, raises €29.5M led by Mubadala Capital to support its launch in the US — FirstVet, the company that provides pet-owners with on-demand video consultations from local, qualified veterinarians …
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Tech.eu and Crunchbase News
| Jake Bright / TechCrunch: |
Chipper Cash, which provides cross-border payments services in Africa, raises $30M Series B led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Bezos Expeditions — African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Ribbit Capital with participation …
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Techpoint Africa, coinspeaker.com, and New.blicio.us
Tweets: @wizaj, @andresbarreto, @chamsface4music, @thembandala, and @asemota
| Lananh Nguyen / Bloomberg: |
Nasdaq to acquire Verafin, which develops cloud-based software to help customers detect and report financial crimes, for $2.75B — - Canadian firm helps clients detect fraud, money laundering — Market for combating financial crime expected to grow 17%Sponsor Posts
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