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Salesforce announces it's buying Slack in a $27.7B deal — Salesforce, the CRM powerhouse that recently surpassed $20 billion in annual revenue, announced today it is wading deeper into enterprise social by acquiring Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal. — Every worker at every company needs …
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Amazon unveils Monitron, a service for monitoring factory workers and machines with low-cost sensors, as it looks to push into the industrial sector — Sensor and computer vision hardware come as tech giant looks to push into industrial sector — Amazon is rolling out cheap new tools …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Researcher details a now patched zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol which would grant attackers access to device hardware and data — A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability — Ever watch that movie, or play that video game …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces Best of 2020 apps and most downloaded apps: home workout app Wakeout! won App of the Year for iPhone, Zoom for iPad, Disney+ for Apple TV — Apple today released its highly anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of 2020. As in previous years …
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President Trump in a late night tweet threatened to veto the annual defense bill authorizing ~$1T in military spending unless Congress repeals Section 230 — President Trump on Tuesday threatened to veto an annual defense bill authorizing nearly $1 trillion in military spending unless Congress opens …
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Google Maps rolls out a new community feed section within Explore tab, featuring posts from local experts, food and drink merchants, and publishers you follow — Google is introducing a new community feed to Maps that the company says will help keep you informed of all the latest developments in your city …
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Tweets: @glenngabe, @martinsfp, @killedbygoogle, @hypervisible, @aleyda, and @darkainmx
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now available to order online for $129, charging brick not included — Don't forget the power brick — Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now on sale online, after initially having been announced without a release date as part of this year's iPhone launch.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Adobe: Cyber Monday online spending in the US was at the lower end of expectations at $10.8B, but 15.1% higher YoY, with 37% of sales made on smartphones — Cyber Monday, traditionally the biggest shopping day online in the year, followed in the footsteps of Thanksgiving and Black Friday this year …
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HPE announces it will relocate its headquarters from San Jose, CA, to Houston, TX, that it's constructing a new campus there, and no layoffs come with the move — - Hewlett Packard Enterprise is relocating its headquarters to Houston, Texas. — The company is currently constructing a new campus.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says Microsoft 365 will only aggregate data at the organization level — Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see data …
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Tweets: @jsnover, @fintanr, @jangles, @hhariri, @dhh, @n0x08, @lee_holmes, @matvelloso, @swiftonsecurity, @chriskeall, @scottgal, and @alexhern. Thanks:@taylor_soper
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Stripe extends its business lending service Stripe Capital to online platforms, offering an “end-to-end lending API” to provide customers with financing options — Payments giant Stripe is taking Stripe Capital, its push into online business finance and lending, to the next level.
Tweets: @patrickc, @stripe, @stripe, @jess, @itsjoeco, @jeremiahdillon, @rohitdotmittal, @ay_o, @patio11, @avibryant, and @alexh_johnson
| João Carrasqueira / Neowin: |
Nvidia unveils RTX 3060 Ti, the cheapest member of the RTX 30 family, available Dec. 2 for $399, claims it is faster than the $699 RTX 2080 SUPER — Nvidia introduced the GeForce RTX 30 series of graphics cards at the start of September, starting things off with the high end of the spectrum- the RTX 3090, 3080, and 3070.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is testing smaller feature updates with Windows Insiders, giving Microsoft a new way to update parts of Windows 10 not directly controlled by the OS — Microsoft is testing these smaller Windows updates with insiders first — Microsoft has started testing smaller feature updates …
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Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass a police reform bill banning the use of facial recognition technology by police departments and public agencies — Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass a new police reform bill that will ban police departments and public agencies … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Israel-based Bizzabo, which helps organizers plan and run both virtual and in-person events, raises $138M Series E led by Insight Partners — Conferences have — for better or worse (and if you've ever been trapped in a cavernous CES exhibition hall, you might say worse) … Sponsor Posts
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