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Google says it will add new features to Pixels in “feature drops”, starting this month with auto call screening on Pixel 4, a post-snap portrait mode, and more — Your phone should get better over time. Your Pixel automatically updates regularly with fixes and improvements.
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Oculus Quest becomes the first VR set with native hand tracking, available to users as an experimental feature this week and with an SDK for devs next week — Goes live “this week;” promising October tease has us cautiously optimistic. — 3 with Starting this week …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
The Archive Team, which wants to save Yahoo Groups content by uploading it to Internet Archive, says Verizon has blocked the email addresses of its volunteers — Verizon says the archivists it has blocked breached its terms of service. — Verizon, which bought Yahoo In 2017 …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google brings incognito mode for Google Maps, where users' activity is not saved to their Google Account, to iOS — Soon, iOS users will be able to tap Google Maps for navigation and location searches without revealing their personal data. In a blog post, Google today announced that Incognito Mode …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
752,000+ applications for US birth certificate copies are exposed on AWS; neither Amazon nor the firm that collected the data took it down after being alerted — An online company that allows users to obtain a copy of their birth and death certificates from U.S. state governments has exposed … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Cofounders of US bitcoin derivatives exchange LedgerX, CEO and COO Paul and Juthica Chou, placed on administrative leave by Ledger Holdings' board of directors — LedgerX CEO and COO Paul and Juthica Chou are no longer running the company they founded. — A press release Monday announced … | Australian Financial Review: |
Beijing orders all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign PC equipment and software within three years, allowing only Chinese-made tech — Yuan Yang and Nian Liu — Beijing has ordered all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Zeus, a marketplace for long-term corporate housing, raises $55M Series B from Airbnb and others, at a valuation of $205M, says it has a $100M revenue run rate — As Airbnb absorbs more and more of the demand for housing, it's exploring how to monetize opportunities beyond vacation rentals.
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Tweets: @turnernovak, @joshconstine, @garrytan, @sriramk, and @alexisohanian
| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
TikTok posts a list of videos, makers, memes, dance trends, more that shaped the fastest-growing platform in 2019, and its North America chief talks TikTok fame — TikTok says it's ready to help its stars get rich. — TikTok has released the TikTok 100, a year-in-review list that names the top videos … | Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Facebook ads with millions of views have pushed misinfo about HIV prevention drugs; LGBT advocates say FB's refusal to take them down is harming public health — Fifty-two top LGBT advocates say the company has ignored their calls to action, creating a major public-health concern that puts patients at risk.
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google under investigation by the US National Labor Relations Board for the “Thanksgiving Four” firings and allegedly discouraging unions — - The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has begun an official investigation into Google after the recent firing of four employees.
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Global shipments of wearable devices totaled a record 84.5M units in 3Q'19, a YoY increase of 94.6%; hearables alone accounted for almost half the shipments — Global shipments of wearable devices totaled 84.5 million units in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), a year-over-year increase …
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