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Livestream of Apple's “Hi, Speed” event — October 13, 2020| The Verge: |
Live blog of Apple's event, where four new models of the iPhone and a new mini Homepod will likely be announced — Hi, speed: here come four new iPhones — Although it's happening just a little later than usual, Apple is ready to announce its next iPhones.
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Voice, AnandTech, The Verge, Gizmodo, The Independent, CNET, Engadget, The Verge, Forbes, Tom's Guide, Wired, TechRadar, and MacRumors
Tweets: @marcoarment and @techledes
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Alleged iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max renders leak before Apple's event, showing color options, including blue, and LIDAR sensor — The best look yet at Apple's new iPhones — Apple will reveal its latest iPhones in just a few hours, but if you can't wait until …
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MacRumors, The Verge, MacRumors, MacRumors, MacRumors, Android Authority, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Macworld, Gizmodo, Voice, iMore, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, Pocket-lint, TmoNews, Business Insider, PhoneArena, Wccftech, 9to5Mac, and Tom's Guide. Tweets: @markgurman
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and AppleInsider
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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iMore, Popular Mechanics, Macworld, MacRumors, Telegraph, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, 9to5Mac, GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Irish Times, Android Authority, Appleosophy, Silicon Valley Business …, and CNET
Tweets: @markgurman, @thurrott, @counternotions, @samir_madani, @backlon, and @mcwm
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says its new policy that bans the denial or distortion of the Holocaust does not apply to other genocides, such as the Armenian or Rwandan genocides — Facebook Inc. will ban posts that deny the Holocaust in a reversal of a long-held and controversial policy.
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New York Times, About Facebook, Input, The Overspill, and SiliconANGLE
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @sarahfrier, @ourobororoboruo, @mattschrader_dc, @sterlingcrispin, @rmac18, @howarda_esq, @ninadschick, @gadyepstein, @robinwauters, @althomelandsec, @benedictevans, and @slpng_giants
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger gets a visual update, custom reactions, chat themes, and more, as cross-app communication between Instagram and FB rolls out to North America — Facebook Messenger is getting a visual update and a number of new features, including support for chat themes, custom reactions, and soon, selfie stickers and vanish mode.
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Messenger News, Android Police, The Verge, CNET, Android Central, About Facebook, Neowin, MSPoweruser, and Engadget
Tweets: @messenger, @richontech, @alexvoica, @alexvoica, and @martinsfp
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Q3 2020: Gartner says PC shipments in the US totaled 16.57M, up 11.4% YoY, while IDC finds PC shipments to be 81.3M units worldwide, up 14.6% YoY — According to Gartner, PC shipments in the US increased 11.4% in the third quarter of 2020 — the strongest growth in the US in a decade.
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IDC, Gartner, South China Morning Post, Thurrott, Cult of Mac, TechSpot, MacRumors, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and iMore. Tweets: @bryanbma
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Surface Laptop Go review: solid design, fast, excellent keyboard and trackpad, but very low screen resolution, 8GB RAM limit, and max 256GB storage — It's hard not to love the Surface Laptop Go at first sight. Microsoft took the basic style of its Laptop line, shrunk it down, and created an adorable sibling with a 12.4-inch screen.
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PCWorld, The Verge, Windows Central, ZDNet, TechRadar, Tom's Hardware, CNET, Windows Central, Gizmodo, SlashGear, and Neowin. Tweets: @devindra
| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Researchers demo plugging a modified USB-C cable into a Mac to hack T2 chip; Apple has debuted six Mac models with T2 chips since the checkm8 flaw became public — The T2 exploit team who found a way to take over the security chip in modern Macs has demonstrated a way to do so without user intervention …
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The T2 Development Blog, MacRumors, AppleInsider, YouTube, YouTube, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @benlovejoy, @mjg59, and @aurynn
| Michael Scherer / Washington Post: |
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $100M to election administrators, despite pushback from a conservative legal group, following a previous gift of $300M — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced Tuesday an additional $100 million in donations …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
WordPress debuts a tool that can take blog posts, including accompanying images and videos, and post them as Twitter threads automatically — Earlier this year, WordPress .com introduced an easier way to post your Twitter threads, also known as tweetstorms, to your blog with the introduction of “unroll” option for Twitter embeds.
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The WordPress.com Blog. Tweets: @kplikethebird, @caseynewton, @kantrowitz, @martinsfp, @mattnavarra, and @gartenberg
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft, Symantec, ESET, and other tech companies orchestrated an attempt to take down the TrickBot malware botnet, which had infected 1M+ computers — FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and the Microsoft Defender team participated in the takedown.
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Microsoft on the Issues, Threatpost, The Independent, CNN, Associated Press, Reuters, and ESET
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
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Gizmodo, The Hill, International Business Times, The Hacker News, Fossbytes, SiliconANGLE, CNET, Microsoft Security, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @campuscodi, @nakashimae, @briankrebs, and @briankrebs
| CNBC: |
Facebook announces a global policy banning anti-vaccination ads but will allow ads that advocate for legislation around vaccination policies — - Facebook said Tuesday it is launching a new global policy that bans ads that discourage people from getting vaccines.
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About Facebook, The Independent, Bloomberg, Reuters, Adweek, and Engadget
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Interview with Cory Doctorow about his new sci-fi book Attack Surface, the third work in his Little Brother series that influenced hacktivists like Aaron Swartz — Cory Doctorow's Little Brother series has been a young-adult sci-fi bible for teen hacktivists. But with the latest and darkest book in the trilogy, it's all grown up.
Tweets: @trevortimm, @weblearning, @bikesnbukes, @gulpa, @ambermac, @trekonomics, @monstroso, @damini_satija, @jvagle, @a_greenberg, and @doctorow
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft announces that it is working with several nonprofits and advocacy organizations to make AI systems more inclusive of people with disabilities — AI-based tools like computer vision and voice interfaces have the potential to be life-changing for people with disabilities …
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The AI Blog - Microsoft, The Next Web, and New.blicio.us
Tweets: @chriscapossela, @msftresearch, @wendyabc, @stevecla, and @stevegleason
| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Disney announces a reorg, says its “primary focus” for entertainment will be streaming, as the pandemic has dramatically impacted its theatrical business — - Disney is restructuring its media and entertainment divisions. — In order to further accelerate its direct-to-consumer strategy …
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Stratechery, Wall Street Journal, Business Wire, Bloomberg, Light Reading, Engadget, Coinspeaker, Android Headlines, Looper, IndieWire, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @ropedropchris, @ourielohayon, @cnbc, @sameer_singh17, @mattbelloni, @mikekalinowski, @benmullin, @adrianweckler, @ponysmasher, and @jerrycap
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Qatalog, which develops a virtual workspace that brings together disparate SaaS tools, raises $15M Series A led by Atomico, bringing its total funding to $18.5M — Qatalog, a London-based startup that has developed a “virtual workspace” that brings together disparate SaaS tools …
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VentureBeat and Tech.eu
| Daniel Bader / Android Central: |
Sources: Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, has left the company in recent weeks after rumors of a power struggle with current CEO, Pete Lau — His departure comes after launching the Nord sub-brand earlier this year. — OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has left the company, Android Central can confirm.
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Android Police, Gizmodo, Gizchina, TechPP, Engadget, Wccftech, Firstpost Tech, XDA Developers, Fossbytes, The Next Web, TechRadar, BGR India, Neowin, SlashGear, Phandroid, Pocketnow, Android Headlines, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, and CNET
Tweets: @2shar, @pudiharicharan, @varunkrish, @r3dash, @aamirxda, @prateekp95, @sandeep9sarma, @chunkynerd, and @qbking77
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Alkira, which offers tools to quickly build and deploy multicloud networks, raises $54M Series B led by Koch Disruptive Technologies — Networking-as-a-service startup Alkira Inc. said today it has raised $54 million in a funding round that brings its total amount raised to $76 million.
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