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| Reuters: |
Sources: top US cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs told associates he expects to be fired, after CISA refused to delete content debunking election misinfo — WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired …
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CyberScoop, Axios, Gizmodo, Politico, CNN, The Guardian, CoinDesk, The Guardian, CNET, and The Hill
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
DHS says US election was the most secure, with “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised” — “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.” — The November 3rd election was the …
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CISA, Associated Press, NPR, Slate, New York Times, and Engadget
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| Ars Technica: |
Many Mac users experienced app slowdowns during the launch of Big Sur, possibly due to issues with Apple's OCSP service being unable to validate certificates — Even Macs that didn't upgrade to Big Sur had problems. — Mac users today began experiencing unexpected issues …
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9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Jeffrey Paul, TechCrunch, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
| Andrew Griffin / The Independent: |
Interviews with Apple's Greg Joswiak, Craig Federighi, and John Ternus on the development of M1, the future of Macs, buying version one hardware, and more — Exclusive: Apple's hardware, software and marketing chiefs explain how the company's new processors came to exist — Apple's new M1 chip is a lot of things.
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The Omni Group, TrendForce, The Overspill, iDownloadBlog.com, Channel Futures, Trusted Reviews, MacDailyNews, Ubergizmo, and Gizmodo
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases macOS 11 Big Sur with a redesigned interface, new Control Center, redesigned Notification Center with widgets, and more — After nearly five months of beta testing, macOS 11 Big Sur is now available to the general public. Big Sur is a massive update for the Mac …
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Apple, The Next Web, The Verge, Firstpost Tech, BetaNews, and Six Colors
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| BuzzFeed News: |
At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account, Facebook isn't adverse to legislation — As false claims declaring that Joe Biden isn't the president-elect flourish on his platform, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Commerce Department stays its TikTok shutdown order, citing a federal court's ruling last month in Philadelphia — Commerce Department retreat follows federal court ruling, which the U.S. appealed Thursday — WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department said Thursday it wouldn't enforce its order …
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Tweets: @mattnavarra, @lawoftd, @w7voa, @levie, @eringriffith, and @tiffanycli
| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Twitter says it labeled 300K election-related tweets from Oct. 27 to Nov. 11 as disputed, accounting for 0.2% of all messages about the election — Twitter said on Thursday that it labeled as disputed 300,000 tweets related to the presidential election, or .2 percent of the total number …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 14.3 beta code indicates Apple may suggest third-party apps to users during the iPhone or iPad setup process, likely to appease antitrust concerns — As Apple has been investigating for anti-competitive practices, the company is working on new ways to avoid these accusations and even sanctions from governments around the world.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, says he has come out of retirement to join Microsoft's Developer Division — Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language, today announced that he has unretired and joined Microsoft's Developer Division.
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Tweets: @gvanrossum, @jeffsand, @techjournalist, @jaycuthrell, @ndubuisx, @joshbloch, and @markrussinovich
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook brings Vanish Mode, its Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messages, to Messenger and Instagram — Facebook today announced its new Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messaging, Vanish Mode, is arriving on Messenger and Instagram. The feature, meant for more casual conversations …
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Messenger News, The Verge, The Next Web, PCMag, Neowin, socialmediatoday.com, Android Police, SlashGear, Android Central, PhoneDog, Gizmodo, Forbes, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @andybeal, @wongmjane, @alexvoica, and @alexvoica
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Chinese President Xi Jinping, furious about Jack Ma's criticisms of regulators, personally made the decision to stop Ant Group's IPO — Senior government leaders were furious about wealthy entrepreneur's criticisms of regulators; rebuke was the culmination of years of tense relations
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Reuters and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @apompliano, @jackmurphyrgr, @niubi, @niubi, @claritytoast, @lingling_wei, and @brucefenton
| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
Trump signs an EO prohibiting US companies and individuals from owning shares in 31 Chinese companies previously listed as enabling the PLA, effective Jan. 11 — President Trump signed an executive order Thursday prohibiting American companies and individuals from owning shares …
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Tweets: @humeyra_pamuk, @nikkeiasia, and @repmichaelwaltz
| Canalys: |
Total PC market, including tablets, grew to 124.5M units in Q3, up 23% YoY; Lenovo shipped 23.5M devices, up 11.6% YoY, Apple shipped 22.1M, up 41% YoY — The total PC market (including tablets) enjoyed a second successive quarter of stellar growth, with total shipments of 124.5 million units, up 23% year-on-year.
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| Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: |
Disney says Disney+ had 73M+ paid subscribers at the end of September, up from 57.5M at end of June and 60.5M in early August — Disney+ reported today that they have now reached 73.7 million subscribers at the end of September. This is a 16.2 million climb from last quarter …
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Business Wire, Protocol, CNET, The Verge, Thurrott, CNBC, Hollywood Reporter, CNN, Financial Times, CBR, Deadline, CNN, The Wrap, iMore, Cord Cutters News, MacRumors, New York Times, The Economist, Deadline, Variety, Los Angeles Times, CNET, Hollywood Reporter, Fox Business, Collider, TechCrunch, and Yahoo Finance. Tweets: @stevekovach
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple HomePod mini review: has a compact design, is affordable, and Siri is fast, but doesn't sound as good as similarly priced competitors — Apple's newest smart speaker is way more affordable but still chasing Amazon and Google — Two and a half years ago, Apple finally entered the smart speaker market with the HomePod.
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TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, Engadget, MacRumors, CNET, MKBHD, Fast Company, CNBC, iJustine, and Apple Terminal
Tweets: @filipeesposito, @backlon, @richontech, @sdw, @reneritchie, @saradietschy, @scmpnews, @onleaks, @onleaks, @dcseifert, and @joannastern
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
YouTube defends choice to leave up election misinformation videos, saying such videos are “not being surfaced or recommended in any prominent way” — The company says its most popular videos are from ‘authoritative’ sources — YouTube is pushing back against claims its platform … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cisco beats with Q1 revenue of $11.93B vs. $11.85B est., down 9% YoY, and Infrastructure Platforms revenue of $6.34B, down 16% YoY; stock up 8%+ after hours — - Cisco beat expectations while delivering the fourth consecutive quarter of revenue declines on an annualized basis.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Austrian Supreme Court makes a final ruling in a long-running Facebook speech takedown case, ruling it must remove defamatory posts about a politician worldwide — Austria's Supreme Court has dismissed Facebook's appeal in a long running speech takedown case — ruling it must remove references … | Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook redesigns Instagram's layout to add dedicated tabs for shopping and Reels in the navigation bar, after testing the change in September — Instagram is redesigning the layout of its home screen to emphasize shopping and Reels. The company introduced a new design that gives shopping …
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About Facebook, BuzzFeed News, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @instagram, @defnoodles, @lukesbeard, @mosseri, @derekmross, @yaboireezus, @kyurieff, @nicokartel, @vishalshahis, @bmorrissey, @zahikasem, @ellismbeh, @mosseri, and @chrismessina
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Palantir reports post-IPO earnings with Q3 revenue of $289.4M vs est. of $279.4M, up 52% YoY, and says it has secured new contracts with the US Army and NIH — - The software and analytics company went public in September, 17 years after it was co-founded by Peter Thiel, CEO Alex Karp and others.
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Palantir, Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, ZDNet, MarketWatch, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily, and TheStreet. Tweets: @alexcutler247
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