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Facebook shuts down Trump-linked “Stop the Steal” Group, which was spreading disinfo about the election and amassed 360,000+ followers since launching a day ago — The group, run by Trump allies, is spreading disinformation about the election and calling for “boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote.”
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Facebook plans to temporarily add more “friction” to users' ability to share posts and other content — New measures would slow down the flow of information and make election misinformation less visible, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Twitter says Trump's special treatment around offensive or misleading content rule violations will expire in January if he loses the presidency — - For now, violating posts get warning label, not removal — But ‘world leader’ newsworthiness rules wouldn't apply
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Twitter permanently bans Steve Bannon's @WarRoomPandemic and YouTube pulls episode of his show after he called for execution of FBI director Wray and Dr. Fauci — Former Presidential advisor and right-wing pundit Steve Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter and an episode removed …
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Internal Facebook metric that assesses “violence and incitement trends” based on hashtags and search terms in posts increased by 45% since October 31 — As votes are being tallied across the country to determine the next US president, internal Facebook data shows that the company …
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
DOJ says it is suing for the forfeiture of $1B+ in bitcoin, seized on Tuesday, related to the Silk Road marketplace — - Justice Department seeks forfeiture of funds it seized Tuesday — It's the biggest cryptocurrency bust the government has made — The U.S. is suing for the forfeiture … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Hands-on with iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max: mini's size requires adjustment but some gestures are easier, whereas the Max feels like a scaled up iPhone — Hands-on with Apple's big (and small) iPhone 12 models — Apple's iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are the “default” size iPhones this year.
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| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Sources: Fortnite may return to iOS thanks to a version of Nvidia's GeForce Now 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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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 with 100+ new emoji, optimized battery charging for AirPods, intercom support with HomePod and HomePod mini, and more — After releasing the Release Candidate version last week, iOS 14.2 is now available to all iPhone users.
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| Eli Blumenthal / CNET: |
T-Mobile reports Q3 revenue of $19.3B, up 45.1% YoY, beating analysts estimates of $18.34B, as it passes 100M total customers — T-Mobile is continuing to grow, even amid the pandemic. On Thursday the nation's second-largest wireless carrier announced that it had crossed the 100-million mark … | Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Square beats expectations in Q3, with revenue of $3.03B vs. estimates of $2.04B, up 140% YoY, Cash app revenue up 174% to $435M, Seller gross profits up 12% YoY — Square said Cash App also generated $1.63 billion of bitcoin revenue and $32 million of bitcoin gross profit.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
goPuff, which delivers convenience store items in under 30 minutes, buys liquor store chain BevMo for $350M; goPuff raised $380M in October at a $3.9B valuation — GoPuff is making a big acquisition less than a month after it announced a $380 million round that valued the Philadelphia-headquartered delivery startup at $3.9 billion.
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Tweets: @katie_roof, @bizcarson, @benlower, @kimmytaylor, @pitdesi, @yoda, and @marshallosborne
| Joshua Franklin / Reuters: |
Source: Airbnb plans to make its IPO registration public as early as next week and debut next month — (Reuters) - U.S. home rental company Airbnb Inc plans to make its initial public offering (IPO) registration public as early next week, setting course for a stock market debut next month …
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Uber Q3: $3.13B revenue, down 18% YoY, net loss of $1.1B, gross bookings of $14.7B, down 10% YoY; Mobility gross bookings down 50% YoY but Delivery was up 135% — - Uber's third-quarter earnings are out, and the company reported losses of 62 cents per share and revenue of $3.13 billion.
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
DOJ files an antitrust lawsuit challenging Visa's proposed $5.3B acquisition of Plaid; Visa says the arguments are “legally flawed” — The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging Visa's proposed $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid .
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| AnandTech: |
Review of AMD's 5000 series lineup: AMD's Zen 3 chips demonstrate 19%+ IPC uplift from Zen 2 and best Intel across different workloads with new core design — When AMD announced that its new Zen 3 core was a ground-up redesign and offered complete performance leadership, we had to ask them to confirm if that's exactly what they said.
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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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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Sony confirms PS5 won't support SSD storage expansion at launch, despite the presence of a dedicated internal slot, says it “is reserved for a future update” — ‘This is reserved for a future update’ — Sony says its PlayStation 5 can load virtual worlds far faster than ever before …
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Tweets: @jeffgrubb, @zhugeex, and @mrprowestie
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says developers will be required to provide new privacy “nutrition labels” to users in the App Store starting December 8 — Apple has announced today that developers will be required to provide new privacy details to users in the App Store starting December 8.
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