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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple plans a “crash detection” feature next year for iPhones and Watches, which measures a spike in g-forces to detect car accidents and auto-dial 911 — Safety feature is also planned for Apple Watches expected in 2022, according to company documents
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Gizmodo, Macworld, HotHardware.com News, ZDNet, TheStreet, MobileSyrup, MacRumors, iThinkDifferent, Digital Trends, Engadget, Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena, Neowin, PCMag, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, AppleInsider, iMore, KnowTechie, Redmond Pie, BGR, iPhone Hacks, XDA Developers, TechSpot, iClarified, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, CNET, Cult of Mac, and Patently Apple. Tweets: @richontech
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Chip shortage hits Apple at the worst possible time ahead of the holidays, and Meta and Apple are set to be smartwatch and mixed reality headset rivals in 2022 — Apple had seemingly avoided the chip shortage for months, but the company's fortunes have now changed.
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, iMore, AppleInsider, Computerworld, CNET, Gizmodo, Forbes, Input, PhoneArena, Laptop Mag, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, Redmond Pie, Telecoms.com, Wccftech, 9to5Mac, TechCircle, Engadget, TechRadar, AppleInsider, and Benzinga
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Some Mac owners report that upgrading to macOS Monterey bricked their computer — macOS Monterey, released last week as the latest version of macOS, is bricking older Mac computers, rendering them unusable and unable to even turn on, according to a number of reports from users across social media and online forums.
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Tweets: @freddymini, @itsdannylin, @kenlyons, @susuyachan, @grady_booch, @jberrebi, @spitf1r3, @i_chezee, @samifathi_, and @bdav
| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Digital Currency Group raises $700M at a $10B+ valuation led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 and Latin America Fund, with CapitalG and others participating — The Grayscale and CoinDesk owner sells $700 million of shares at a $10 billion valuation, in a funding round led by two SoftBank funds
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CNBC, Decrypt, Crypto Briefing, Blockworks, The Block, CryptoGlobe, Coinspeaker, cryptonews.com, CryptoSlate, Axios, Cointelegraph, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @barrysilbert and @wublockchain
| Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku: |
After a three-day outage, Roblox says it is back online — According to Roblox's status page, all versions of the game have been down since Oct 28 starting at 7 pm EST — Roblox, one of the most popular games in the world, has been down for over a day now and while many frustrated players …
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Roblox Blog, The Verge, BBC, The Information, The Hill, CNBC, SlashGear, PC Gamer, and Engadget
Tweets: @roblox, @roblox, @roblox, @roblox, @bloxy_news, @om, @lanceulanoff, @ischafer, @carnage4life, @mrguyandcandy, @kotaku, @kotaku, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, and @benedictevans
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Review of Beats Fit Pro, announced today for $200: comfortable with very good ANC and transparency mode but no wireless charging and little Android support — The latest Beats earbuds are the company's best product since the Powerbeats Pro — Beats has been busy.
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The Verge, XDA Developers, CNET, iThinkDifferent, iMore, Newsweek, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, Engadget, Digital Trends, CNET, BGR, Pocketnow, Engadget, SlashGear, SlashGear, TechCrunch, TechRadar, and MacRumors
Tweets: @chriswelch, @chancehmiller, and @dcseifert
| Financial Times: |
Meta takes down a troll farm run by the Nicaraguan government since 2018 that involved 937 Facebook accounts, 140 Pages, 24 Groups, and 363 Instagram accounts — Company says it took down hundreds of accounts, pages and groups ahead of Sunday's election — Meta's Facebook has accused … | Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
ByteDance limits staff working hours from 10am to 7pm on weekdays, becoming one of the first tech companies in China to officially end its “996” culture — - Employees will need to seek permission to work overtime — China's 996 culture has drawn criticism, government scrutiny| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says TikTok's app is now available on Fire TV in the US and Canada and is coming soon to Echo Show devices — Amazon announced today that a TikTok app is now available on its Amazon Fire TV for users in the U.S. and Canada. The app is also coming soon to Echo Show devices.
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Amazon Fire TV, Benzinga, CNET, The Verge, Variety, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @amazonfiretv
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Biden admin urges Congress to subject stablecoin issuers to federal oversight like banks and limit their interactions with non-financial companies, such as Meta — If U.S. lawmakers don't act, regulators have the authority to take their own measures, according to the long-awaited report … | The Verge: |
Q&A with Meta's Andrew Bosworth on how metaverse content will be ranked and displayed, balancing between private conversations and moderating content, and more — Last week, Facebook announced a major corporate rebrand by changing its company name to Meta.
Tweets: @alexeheath, @batka_, and @nerdyandnatural
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Pinterest to launch a Pinterest TV shoppable live series on November 8, with weekday episodes airing in its app, featuring some of its top creators — The series will feature creators and celebrities, like Olympic athlete Tom Daley and popular makeup artist Manny MUASponsor Posts
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