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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple AirPods Pro (second-gen) review: improved ANC, sound quality, and clarity, but same old design, a Lightning connector, and no major new software features — Redesigned inside but not out, the new AirPods Pro are destined to be another hit — even if the magic is waning
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| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
A look at the quiet success of AirPods, of which Apple sold an estimated ~120M pairs in 2021, showing how big a business its upcoming niche VR headset could be — Sometime next year, Tim Cook will appear before the Apple Inc. faithful and unveil the company's next major computing platform …
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Tweets: @clairehoworth, @chafkin, @chafkin, @chafkin, @emilyjnicolle, @retogregori, @chafkin, and @joelwebershow
| New York Times: |
An investigation based on nearly 160K Roskomnadzor documents details Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain power — Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work.
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| TechCrunch: |
Twitter informs some users that due to a bug, the company didn't close all of their active logged-in sessions on Android and iOS after their password was reset — Weeks after Twitter's ex-security chief accused the company of cybersecurity mismanagement, Twitter has now informed its users …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Instagram, and now TikTok, have fallen afoul of the “Bootleg Ratio”, as clout-chasing accounts overtake content created by users specifically for each platform — TikTok is changing. … That stuff is still on the platform, but it's largely fallen off my For You page … | Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Google unveils Chromecast with Google TV (HD), featuring a remote control and supporting only 1080p content with HDR, for $30; the 4K version costs $50 — Confirming rumors, Google has unveiled the Chromecast with Google TV (HD) device that offers features from the $50 4K model at a significantly cheaper $30 price.
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| Gina Chon / Semafor Media: |
Nick Clegg says Meta could lift its ban on Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in January 2023, when his suspension expires, after consulting experts — Semafor launches this fall, but we wanted to get this news right out to you. Sign up for Semafor Technology for regular coverage …
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says he's confident regulators will approve the company's $69B Activision Blizzard purchase, citing several recent Sony acquisitions — Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said he's confident the company can gain regulatory approval …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
UK media regulator Ofcom plans to investigate the cloud computing, personal messaging, and smart device markets over the next year due to competition concerns — - Ofcom, the U.K. media watchdog, is set to launch a study examining the role of Amazon, Microsoft and Google in the cloud services market.
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| Gregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: to increase profits, Coinbase hired Wall Street traders and explored using its own money to trade crypto in 2021, including a $100M test trade in 2022 — The company completed a $100 million transaction before ending the effort. It says that it hasn't engaged in proprietary trading.
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| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
Geneva-based Proton VPN becomes the latest VPN provider to leave India over government rules forcing customer data collection, after Surfshark, Nord, and others — Swiss service is latest to pull servers over requirement that companies must save user data and disclose to authorities on demand| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
The FTC says Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy cannot avoid testifying in an investigation into Amazon's Prime program after the company pushed back against the request — Commissioners deny company's request to quash subpoenas and pare back investigation — Amazon vs. Walmart: How the Giants Look to Each Other to Best Each Other
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| Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Nielsen says Amazon Prime's first Thursday NFL game averaged 13.03M viewers while Amazon says it had 15.3M viewers; Amazon guaranteed advertisers 12.5M — Nielsen says 13 million viewers watched the Sept. 15 contest on Prime Video and local over-the-air affiliates.
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| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Disney, P&G, LVMH, and other large companies have hired chief metaverse officers to capitalize on Web3 trends, but it's unclear how long they will be needed — Advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA introduced the newest member of its C-suite at a technology conference in Paris this year.
Tweets: @bizboyle, @bizboyle, @armstrongdrew, @eliotwb, @alexweprin, @martinsfp, @carlquintanilla, @oliviasolon, and @jonathanex
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
ByteDance unveils Pico 4 VR headset with dual 2,160x2,160 displays, Snapdragon XR2, 128GB for €429 or 256GB for €499, shipping in Europe and Asia on October 18 — Pico, the Chinese startup acquired last year by TikTok parent company ByteDance, has a new virtual reality headset on the way.
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| Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: |
Alphabet's DeepMind unveils Sparrow, an AI chatbot that uses a reinforcement learning algorithm plus human feedback and searches Google to support its claims — The lab trained a chatbot to learn from human feedback and search the internet for information to support its claims.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Twitter expands its Moderation Research Consortium, for studying its platform governance issues, from select trusted partners to letting all researchers apply — Earlier this year, Twitter launched the Twitter Moderation Research Consortium (TMRC), a group of experts from across academia … | Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Instagram is working on a feature to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs; Meta says the tech won't let the company view the photos — Instagram is working on a way to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs.
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Meta-commissioned report from BSR details censorship and allegations of “unintentional bias” against Palestinians during violence by Israeli forces in May 2021 — Facebook and Instagram's speech policies harmed fundamental human rights of Palestinian users during a conflagration … | Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: |
Delaware Chancery judge rules that Elon Musk can amend his counterclaims and use Twitter's $7.8M severance payment to Peiter Zatko to justify ending the deal — Elon Musk can use a $7.8 million severance payment to a Twitter Inc. whistle-blower to argue he was justified in walking away … | Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Immunefi, which helps crypto services create bug bounty programs, raised a $24M Series A led by Framework Ventures — - Immunefi has raised $24 million in Series A funding led by Framework Ventures. — The startup hosts bug bounty programs by crypto projects and earns a 10% commission on bounty payouts.
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
OpenStore, an e-commerce roll-up company for Shopify merchants, raised $32M led by Lux at a $970M valuation, up 25% from November 2021 when it raised $75M — Many of the e-commerce roll-up companies, also known as aggregators, slowed down this year after a record 2021.
Tweets: @christinemhall
| Moneycontrol: |
WhatsApp confirms Manesh Mahatme, who led its Indian payments business, has stepped down after 18 months; a source says Mahatme plans to rejoin Amazon — Mahatme's resignation comes at a time when WhatsApp's mobile payments business has failed to take off in a significant fashion in India| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Take-Two Interactive's 2K, the publisher of Bioshock, Xcom, and popular sports games, says a hacker accessed its help desk and sent customers links to malware — American video game publisher 2K has confirmed that its help desk platform was hacked and used to target customers …
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Tweets: @2ksupport, @videotech_, @bleepincomputer, @davidshipley, and @ewolkstein
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
A Python directory traversal vulnerability disclosed in August 2007, but never patched, likely affects 350K+ open-source projects and can lead to code execution — A vulnerability in the Python programming language that has been overlooked for 15 years is now back in the spotlight …
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Tweets: @mcflyhh, @trellix, @felixcleclair, and @trellixlabs
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