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From election night onwards, Twitter and Facebook have continued to label inaccurate election posts from Trump, his campaign staff, and others — Twitter, Facebook and YouTube remained on alert as the lack of a clear election result kept the online misinformation flowing.
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
YouTube says it won't remove an OANN video called “Trump won”, which claims Democrats are tossing GOP ballots, but says the video undermines election confidence — - Google-owned YouTube refused to take down a video that falsely claims Trump won the Presidential election and democrats committed voter fraud.
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook now says it will label posts from presidential candidates and “other individuals” who declare premature victory in individual states or overall — Election night ended the way many experts predicted it might: with several races too close to call and President Donald Trump claiming victory anyway.| New York Times: |
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| TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp launches ephemeral messages, photos, and videos that disappear after seven days, rolling out on iOS and Android globally starting today — Facebook recently announced that WhatsApp passed the whopping milestone of 100 billion messages sent per day, but not everyone wants those chats to stick around forever.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is grappling with a shortage of power management chips for iPhones and other devices — - Suppliers seen prioritizing Apple's needs over other buyers — Power-management chips key to enabling 5G, new camera features — Apple Inc. is grappling with a shortage …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Xbox Series X review: good performance and impressive backward compatibility, 120Hz mode for smoother gameplay, and quick resume, but no AAA games at launch — The new Xbox feels like you're upgrading your PC — Video by Becca Farsace, Phil Esposito, and Vjeran Pavic |
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| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Sources: Fortnite may return to iOS thanks to a version of Nvidia's GeForce game streaming service that is designed to run in Safari and other browsers — Owners of iPhones and iPads will soon be able to play Fortnite again, via a cloud service, the BBC has discovered.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India to enforce a cap so no single payments app processes more than 30% of all UPI transactions per month from January 2021, affecting Google Pay and PhonePe — Google and Walmart have a new challenge ahead of them as they race to expand the reach of their payments apps in India: They won't be permitted to grow beyond a limit.| Financial Times: |
Sources say Jack Ma's criticism of regulators and state-owned banks in a speech triggered the move by Communist party leaders to limit the power of Ant Group — The billionaire's criticism of regulators triggered the move by Communist leaders to limit the power of the fintech group
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber and Lyft in-app messages urging riders and drivers to vote for Prop 22 could set a precedent for how companies use tech to lobby for political outcomes — The apps told California voters to vote yes on Proposition 22. And the voters listened. — Uber and Lyft spent over $200 million …
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| John Velasco / Digital Trends: |
DJI launches the $449 Mini 2 with upgraded camera for 4K 30fps recording, OcuSync 2.0 with a 10 km video transmission range, claims 31 mins of flight time — - Proper 4K video capture — Handles windy conditions — Stable connection with OcuSync 2.0 — Ridiculously compact size| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo reports operating profit of $1.41B for the quarter ending in September on revenue of $3.9B, and raises Switch sales forecast to 24M units for the year — - The company raised its outlook for Switch sales and profit — Nintendo's forecasts may well remain too conservative
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Razer unveils Book 13, a productivity laptop with a 16:10 screen, RGB keyboard, and Intel's Iris Xe integrated graphics, available in Nov., starting at $1,200 — Gaming hardware makers have been diversifying their laptops recently, and Razer is the latest to join that trend.
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Sources: ByteDance is in talks with investors including Sequoia to raise a $2B+ round at a $180B+ valuation — - ByteDance is in discussions with investors including Sequoia — World's largest startup moves ahead as Oracle deal stalls — ByteDance Ltd. is in discussions … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
TikTok seems to be testing a Learn tab to showcase education and how-to videos — How-to videos have been some of the most popular content on YouTube over the years, and now, to grow engagement and the pool of users that it appeals to, the upstart video app TikTok is getting in on the action, too.Sponsor Posts
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