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Sources: Apple is aiming to release an AR headset in 2022 and a sleeker pair of AR glasses by 2023 — At an internal October meeting, Apple executives shared the company's product roadmap for two augmented reality devices. The stakes for the closely-watched products are sky-high as Apple hunts …
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Amazon to open a new brand of grocery store in California next year, different from Whole Foods; job listings describe it as “Amazon's first grocery store” — The company confirmed plans for a new store format after job openings were posted Monday.
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YouTube to update ToS saying it is under “no obligation” to host content and reinforcing its right to terminate users they deem “no longer commercially viable” — Other changes affect children's content — YouTube is rolling out updated terms of service on December 10th …
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Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt launches its institutional custody business, after getting approval from NY regulators — Bakkt, the cryptocurrency venture backed by Intercontinental Exchange, announced Monday the launch of its institutional custody business.
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Alibaba says it sold goods worth $38.4B on Singles' Day, topping last year's record of $30.7B — After 24 hours of frenzied buying and selling, and weeks of advertising and promotions before it, the Alibaba Group said today its sales hit another record high on Singles' Day, the biggest shopping day on the planet.
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Uber's CEO, in an interview covering Saudi funding, called Khashoggi's murder a “mistake” which the Saudis are taking “seriously”; he later expressed regret — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told “Axios on HBO” that the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was “a mistake” …
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Twitter shares draft of its new deepfakes policy for public input through Nov. 27, says it won't ban deepfakes but will label them and warn users before sharing — Twitter last month said it was introducing a new policy to help fight deepfakes and other “manipulated media” that involve photos …
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Enterprise information management company OpenText is acquiring cloud data backup and protection service Carbonite in a deal worth $1.42B — Enterprise information management (EIM) company OpenText is acquiring cloud data backup and protection service Carbonite in a deal worth $1.42 billion.
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Carbonite, PR Newswire, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Bloomberg, Tom's Guide, and Reuters. Tweets: @joltsik
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Twitter says it is launching a new tool for the December UK election that lets users report deliberately misleading information about the voting process — LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter (TWTR.N) said it would make it easier to report misleading information about the voting process … | Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Prosus-owned classifieds company OLX Group to acquire a majority stake in a global car marketplace Frontier Car Group with an investment of up to $400M — OLX Group, Prosus' Netherlands-based classifieds business, will invest $400 million in global car marketplace Frontier Car Group (FCG) … | Wall Street Journal: |
Tencent, the world's largest videogame company by revenue, is looking to make more console games for US users by leveraging its partnership with Nintendo — World's biggest videogame maker seeks a greater U.S. presence with more console games designed for American gamers
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NY regulator launches a probe into Goldman Sachs after a viral tweet alleges gender discrimination in the Apple Card's algorithms when determining credit limits — - Tech entrepreneur alleged inherent bias in algorithms for card — The card is part of Goldman's new main street business lines
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