| 11:15 PM • | Matt Burns / TechCrunch: Lyft says riders will have the option to pay for and split fares using Venmo in the coming weeks |
| 11:00 PM • | Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal: A look at Google's Next Billion Users team, tasked with building products and apps for people who have yet to use the internet, often in developing markets |
| 10:30 PM • | Biz Carson / Protocol: Expensify's CEO emailed all users to encourage them to vote for Biden, says “anything less than a vote for Biden is a vote against democracy” |
| 9:35 PM • | Jay Peters / The Verge: Google announces a Fi subscription program where users can buy a Pixel 4a for $9/month for two years, costing a total of $216 instead of the $349 upfront price |
| 8:40 PM • | Cyrus Farivar / NBC News: As voters weigh Prop 22, a California appeals court upheld a lower court ruling ordering Uber and Lyft to stop classifying drivers as independent contractors |
| 8:15 PM • | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Microsoft, IBM, Nvidia, and others released an open framework to help security analysts detect, counter, and remediate threats against machine learning systems |
| 7:40 PM • | Sean Hollister / The Verge: TikTok will now specify which content policy a removed video violated, after testing the notification feature and seeing a 14% reduction in user appeals |
| 6:30 PM • | Bloomberg: Sources: PayPal is exploring acquisitions of cryptocurrency companies, including holding talks with BitGo, which makes multi-signature cryptocurrency wallets |
| 6:05 PM • | Todd Spangler / Variety: Quibi says it will shut down “on or about” December 1 and does not know if its original content will be made available elsewhere after it shuts down |
| 5:50 PM • | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: Enterprise software provider Tibco acquires data and analytics firm Information Builders to expand its analytics portfolio and customer base |
| 5:20 PM • | Adi Robertson / The Verge: Twitter and the White House deny claims that a Dutch researcher logged in to Trump's Twitter account, as experts scrutinize screenshots |
| 4:20 PM • | Jordan Novet / CNBC: Intel reports Q3 revenue of $18.3B, down 4% YoY, vs $18.24B est., and Data Center Group revenue of $5.9B, down 7% YoY |
| 3:50 PM • | Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: US says Russia-linked group targeted IT systems used by state and local officials, but there was no evidence “integrity of elections data has been compromised” |
| 3:35 PM • | Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times: WHO grants Wikipedia free use of its published data, allowing it to be reposted widely in almost 200 languages and starting with COVID-19 information |
| 2:05 PM • | Joseph Cox / VICE: How Phantom Secure, which started as a privacy-focused phone company in Canada, became a network for the Sinaloa Cartel before being shut down by the FBI |
| 1:30 PM • | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: EU imposes sanctions against GRU and two of its officers for their involvement in the 2015 German Parliament hack |
| 12:15 PM • | Daniel Cooper / Engadget: Hands-on with Huawei's new Mate 40 Pro: incredible cameras and powerful processors, but the app selection is atrocious and makes the handset hard to recommend |
| 12:05 PM • | Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Apple says it is expanding its COVID-safe “Express” retail stores, with a counter protected by plexiglass at the front of a store, ahead of the holiday season |
| 11:55 AM • | Alex Konrad / Forbes: Applied Intuition raises $125M Series C for its autonomous vehicle testing software, sources say at a valuation of $1.25B |
| 11:45 AM • | Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: Facebook's Oversight Board says it is now accepting cases for review, both from users who have exhausted the company's appeals process and from Facebook itself |
| 11:40 AM • | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Lili, which offers bank accounts and associated products designed for freelancers, raises $15M Series A, a few months after raising $10M in seed funding |
| 11:30 AM • | Huib Modderkolk / de Volkskrant: A Dutch security researcher says he logged into Trump's Twitter account, which didn't have 2FA, using the password “maga2020!”; the account has now been secured |
| 11:10 AM • | Sebastian Sinclair / CoinDesk: The Central Bank of the Bahamas has officially launched Sand Dollar, its national digital currency, the first of its kind in the world to be fully deployed |
| 10:45 AM • | Jon Porter / The Verge: Huawei debuts €1,199 Mate 40 Pro and €1,399 Pro Plus, with 5nm Kirin 9000 chip, 6.76" display, 50 MP main camera, 50W wireless charging, available Nov. 13 in UK |
| 10:30 AM • | Ryan Hoover / Product Hunt: Product Hunt announces founder of Mino Games and angel investor Josh Buckley as its new CEO |
| 10:10 AM • | Dan Seifert / The Verge: Amazon Echo (2020) review: has loud, room-filling sound with bass you can hear and feel, good voice response, but music can sometimes sound overly processed |
| 10:00 AM • | Manuel Vonau / Android Police: Google adds price insights for comparisons with typical prices and deal alerts to Google Shopping |
| 9:50 AM • | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to authorize subpoenas for Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey to testify about their handling of NY Post story |
| 9:40 AM • | Wall Street Journal: Sources: Palantir is helping the US government track the manufacture, distribution, and administration of COVID-19 vaccines |
| 9:35 AM • | Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: DANCE, an invite-only e-bike subscription service in Berlin from the founders of SoundCloud, raises €15M Series A led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures |
| 9:20 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Facebook says it will start charging for WhatsApp Business and add hosting services for businesses' online assets and shopping features |
| 8:50 AM • | Canalys.com: Canalys: India's smartphone market grew 8% YoY in Q3 2020 to 50M units; Xiaomi led with 13.1M units, Samsung was second with 10.2M, and Vivo was third with 8.8M |
| 8:30 AM • | Mother Jones: Former Facebook employees describe tests of News Feed algorithm changes and their impact on left- and right-leaning news sites, with tweaks to favor the right |
| 8:00 AM • | John Koetsier / Forbes: MediaRadar: Quibi spent $63M on TV, web, and print ads during its six-month lifespan, in fifth place behind other players in the streaming video category |
| 7:40 AM • | Reuters: China-based Yuanfudao, which offers online courses and homework plans to students, has raised $2.2B in two recent rounds, raising its valuation to $15.5B |
| 6:30 AM • | David Uberti / Wall Street Journal: Contact tracing in the US has been hampered by the lack of a single national app, with 10 states and DC creating their own and most having no app at all |
| 2:50 AM • | Kashmir Hill / New York Times: Activists around the world are building facial recognition tools to identify police officers using off-the-shelf image recognition software |
| 11:20 PM • | Kenrick Cai / Forbes: Robust Intelligence, which helps developers deploy AI models in a secure manner, comes out of stealth with $14M in seed and Series A funding led by Sequoia |
| 10:55 PM • | Vikas SN / The Economic Times: Snap executive says Snapchat's DAU in India grew 150% YoY in Q3, as Snap announces a slate of new India-specific original series and mini games |
| 10:35 PM • | Isabelle Kirkwood / BetaKit: Federal district court approves the settlement between Kik and the SEC where Kik will pay a $5M fine to settle dispute over a 2017 token sale that raised ~$100M |
| 10:05 PM • | Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: McAfee raises $740M in its IPO at $20 per share in its return to the public market, valuing the company at $8.6B |
| 9:20 PM • | Sam Shead / CNBC: Facebook Dating launches in Europe, after an Irish regulator forced a delay of its planned February debut, and claims it made 1.5B matches across 20 countries |
| 8:20 PM • | Kevin Collier / NBC News: US intelligence director says Iran was behind threatening emails to FL Democratic voters demanding they vote for Trump; voter info was likely publicly available |
| 8:00 PM • | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says Jony Ive will collaborate with Airbnb as a design consultant, as part of a multi-year partnership with Ive's firm LoveFrom |
| 7:55 PM • | Hugh Son / CNBC: JPMorgan launches QuickAccept, a smartphone card reader and payments service for SMBs providing instant deposits of POS transactions for free, unlike Square |
| 7:10 PM • | Nathan Grayson / Kotaku: Twitch sent DMCA notices to streamers on Tuesday, deleting content without allowing counterclaims; Twitch says “thousands” of music rights holders complained |
| 6:30 PM • | Medium: Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg confirm Quibi is shutting down: “Our failure was not for lack of trying; we've considered and exhausted every option” |
| 5:30 PM • | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: FCC's top lawyer defends its authority to interpret Section 230, saying 1996 legislation that included Section 230 amended a 1934 act that created the FCC |
| 4:20 PM • | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Israeli startup Mine, which helps users control their data, raises $9.5M Series A led by Google's Gradient Ventures and has helped send 1.3M deletion requests |
| 4:10 PM • | New York Times: A look at the well-funded Big Tech opponents, from lawyers to academics, that have helped guide potential government regulation like Google's antitrust suit |
| 3:55 PM • | The Intercept: Documents show Google Cloud will be used for its AI capabilities by the CBP in conjunction with Anduril Industries' surveillance tech on the US-Mexico border |
| 3:38 PM • | Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Quibi decided to shut down and return $350M to investors rather than try and prolong the life of the company through another big investment |
| 3:15 PM • | Robert Stevens / Decrypt: CasperLabs, which develops the proof-of-stake blockchain Casper Network, raises $14M in a private token sale and says its mainnet launch is slated for Q1 2021 |
| 2:30 PM • | Jared Newman / Fast Company: Descript, which offers a simple podcast editing tool, expands into video editing, letting users edit videos by rearranging a transcript |
| 2:00 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: App Annie survey of Gen Z smartphone users in Q3 finds they spend an average of over 4.1 hours/month in non-gaming apps, 10% longer than older demographics |
| 1:45 PM • | Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: Pulley, which offers a cap table management service to help startup founders and employees work out equity, raises $10M Series A led by Stripe |
| 1:35 PM • | Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: Elon Musk says Tesla is rolling out a Full Self-Driving “beta” in an “extremely slow and cautious” way; critics remain worried about Tesla's bet against lidar |
| 12:45 PM • | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Microsoft releases its 2020 US diversity report: workforce was 4.9% Black and 6.6% Latinx and Hispanic, both up just 0.3% YoY, and 6.1% identify as disabled |
| 12:15 PM • | Sam Byford / The Verge: Chinese manufacturer Vivo says it is bringing its smartphones to Europe, including the flagship Vivo X51 5G |
| 12:10 PM • | Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Tekion, which offers a service that connects car makers, dealers, and buyers, raises $150M Series C led by Advent at a $1B+ valuation |
| 12:00 PM • | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Filings for Q3 lobbying: Facebook spent $4.9M, up 1.5% QoQ, Google spent $1.9M, up 14.2%, Microsoft spent $1.9M, down 35.4%, Apple spent $1.6M, up 5.4% |
| 11:37 AM • | Bloomberg: ThredUp, an online marketplace for secondhand clothes, files for a US IPO, reportedly looking to raise $200M-$300M |
| 11:20 AM • | Nat Ives / Wall Street Journal: Cameo, which lets fans request custom videos from celebrities, integrates with Sendoso, a service that lets businesses send gifts to clients |
| 11:05 AM • | Sam Shead / CNBC: TikTok says it will do more to tackle coded language and symbols that promote hate speech, after reports found viral anti-Semitic videos |
| 11:00 AM • | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: HPE says it has been awarded $160M in EU funds to build a supercomputer in Finland, with theoretical 550 petaflops peak performance |
| 10:50 AM • | Steve Lohr / New York Times: DOJ's case against Google relies on proving restrictive contracts protected its dominant position, a similar move to the antitrust case against Microsoft |
| 10:45 AM • | Gregor Stuart Hunter / Bloomberg: Study: companies are increasingly tailoring their financial statements to cater to algorithms parsing text and speech and avoiding phrases perceived as negative |
| 10:35 AM • | Jack Nicas / New York Times: Report: at least 2,000 US law enforcement agencies, including 49 of the 50 largest police departments, have the tools to access locked, encrypted phones |
| 10:25 AM • | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: DOJ's lawsuit against Google is appropriately narrow, focusing on search and providing a template for congressional action against Big Tech even if it fails |
| 10:12 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Anyscale, which offers tools to securely and efficiently run apps built with the Ray open source distributed programming framework, raises $40M Series B |
| 9:55 AM • | Bloomberg: Sources: Chinese tech companies including Huawei have expressed strong concerns to local regulators about Nvidia's proposed acquisition of Arm |
| 9:40 AM • | Mariella Moon / Engadget: Dropbox launches a shared family plan with 2TB for up to six people for $17 per month |
| 9:25 AM • | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Syte, which offers visual search tech to e-commerce companies, raises $30M Series C led by Viola Ventures and $10M in debt, bringing its total raised to $71M |
| 9:10 AM • | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: iPad Air (2020) review: has an excellent screen, very fast processor, and is compatible with iPad Pro accessories, but it's expensive and has no 128GB option |
| 8:15 AM • | Anna Irrera / Reuters: PayPal will let users buy and sell cryptocurrency using its online wallets in the coming weeks and shop at merchants on its network starting in early 2021 |
| 7:20 AM • | Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Facebook confirms it is testing a feature for users to connect with their neighbors, as rival Nextdoor considers options for going public |
| 6:45 AM • | Anna Wiener / New Yorker: Profile of Moxie Marlinspike, CEO of Signal, as he defends centralization as a necessary condition for Signal's widespread adoption, and for its ease of use |
| 4:55 AM • | Sara Fischer / Axios: VENN, a linear TV and esports network available on various streaming services like Roku, Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Gaming, and Plex, raises $26M Series A |
| 1:30 AM • | Karl Bode / Techdirt: DOJ's antitrust suit against Google is being driven by cronyism and election season politics, not by a serious concern about monopoly power |
| 11:55 PM • | Ina Fried / Axios: Over 430,000 viewers tuned in simultaneously to watch Rep. Ocasio-Cortez play Among Us on Twitch, the third highest ever for an individual Twitch stream |
| 11:20 PM • | Janko Roettgers / Protocol: Netflix plans to test a 48-hour free weekend in India, dubbed StreamFest and scheduled for Dec. 4, and may bring the promotion to other countries later |
| 11:00 PM • | David Gargaro / IT PRO: eVisit, a SaaS startup that helps hospitals and health care systems provide telehealth services, raises $14M Series A led by TVC Capital |
| 10:40 PM • | Todd Spangler / Variety: WarnerMedia debuts WarnerMedia RIDE, a free video service for smartphones and tablets connected to in-car WiFi via AT&T's unlimited data connected-car plans |
| 10:00 PM • | Rest of World: Facebook moderators in India, working for a third-party contractor, say they felt pressured to return to the office this summer, even as the pandemic surged |
| 9:30 PM • | Reuters: US officials offer Brazil telecoms financing to buy equipment from Huawei competitors, in an effort to keep China out of Brazil's 5G market |
| 8:15 PM • | Jake Tapper / CNN: Sources: WH is seeking to fast-track a no-bid contract to lease DOD mid-band 5G spectrum to Rivada Networks, which has Peter Thiel and Karl Rove as investors |
| 7:50 PM • | The Information: Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg tried to sell Quibi's catalog to NBCUniversal and Facebook, but both passed |
| 7:05 PM • | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Amazon's Luna in early access: streaming performance can be spotty without a strong connection, iOS web app support is decent, channel groups silo game choice |
| 6:30 PM • | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: NSA publishes a report of the top 25 vulnerabilities with patches available that are currently being found and exploited by “Chinese state-sponsored hackers” |
| 6:15 PM • | Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Pinterest adds Salaam Coleman Smith, former top exec of Disney's ABC Family and president of NBCUniversal's Style Media, to its board of directors |
| 5:55 PM • | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: Intel launches PhiSat-1 satellite into space, aiming to use its built-in Movidius Myriad 2 Vision Processing Unit to analyze cloud cover using AI |
| 5:40 PM • | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: In lawsuit, DOJ says nearly half of Google search traffic in 2019 came from Apple products and estimates Google pays Apple $8B to $12B per year |
| 5:20 PM • | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Google releases Chrome update to deploy security fixes, including a patch for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability |
| 4:28 PM • | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Snap reports Q3 revenue of $679M, up 52% YoY, vs $555.9M est., DAUs were up ~18% YoY to 249M, average number of daily Snaps up 25% YoY; stock up 25%+ |
| 4:14 PM • | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $6.44B, up 22.7% YoY, vs $6.38B est., and 2.2M paid net adds in Q3 vs 6.8M in Q3 2019 and 10.1M in Q2 2020 |
| 3:50 PM • | Jay Peters / The Verge: From today until “at least” the end of election week, Twitter will show the Quote Tweet composer when you click or tap the retweet icon, discouraging basic RTs |
| 3:31 PM • | Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: The DOJ's antitrust complaint against Google alleges it paid US mobile carriers $1B+ last year in search advertising revenue sharing deals to box out rivals |
| 2:35 PM • | CoinDesk: Kik and the SEC propose a $5M fine to settle their dispute over a 2017 token sale that raised ~$100M; the settlement still needs approval from a judge |
| 2:25 PM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Boston-based Perch, which acquires D2C businesses that sell products on Amazon, raises $123.5M led by Spark Capital |
| 2:00 PM • | Chris Welch / The Verge: Beats Flex review: the basics of the earbuds are done right, with improved battery life, USB-C connector, easy to use controls, but it lacks sweat resistance |
| 1:55 PM • | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researcher discovers address bar spoofing bugs in Safari, Opera, and Yandex, all now fixed, but other popular browsers, like UC Browser, have not issued a patch |
| 1:45 PM • | Richard Milne / Financial Times: Sweden bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks, giving telecoms operators until 2025 to remove equipment made by the companies from their existing infrastructure |
| 1:33 PM • | Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 14.1 with multiple bug fixes ahead of the iPhone 12 launch and adds support for 10-bit HDR video playback and editing in Photos |
| 1:25 PM • | Tom Warren / The Verge: Parallels launches Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise, available at $69.99 per user, letting Windows apps run on Chromebooks |
| 12:56 PM • | BuzzFeed News: Source: in an all-hands, Zuckerberg said recent content rules banning hate and conspiracy content were added following concerns about violence amid US elections |
| 12:35 PM • | Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg: Retool, a low-code tool for creating enterprise apps, raises $50M in Sequoia-led round, valuing it at $925M, with GitHub CEO and Stripe founders among investors |
| 12:15 PM • | Kent Walker / The Keyword: Google calls DOJ's case deeply flawed: “People use Google because they choose to, not because they're forced to, or because they can't find alternatives” |
| 12:00 PM • | James Vincent / The Verge: Researchers find a bot that generates fake nudes from photos of women; by July, 100K+ images of women had been transformed, shared in public Telegram channels |
| 11:35 AM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Instagram rolls out premium badges on Instagram Live, giving fans a way to support creators and stand out in the comments |
| 11:25 AM • | Adi Robertson / The Verge: Adobe is adding its “content authenticity” tool to the latest Photoshop beta, to help users build trustworthy attribution directly into a picture |
| 10:40 AM • | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: 4iQ, which uses AI to counter the trade of stolen digital identities, raises $30M Series C led by ForgePoint Capital, bringing its total raised to $63M+ |
| 10:35 AM • | Juli Clover / MacRumors: Adobe debuts improvements to Creative Cloud, with Neural Filters in Photoshop, Illustrator coming to iPad, Adobe Fresco coming to iPhone, and more |
| 9:55 AM • | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: Microsoft partners with SpaceX for satellite-powered internet connectivity on Azure and debuts Azure Space, a set of products for the space-related cloud market |
| 9:35 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Handshake, a diversity-focused LinkedIn for college students, raises $80M Series D led by GGV, source says at a $550M-$600M valuation |
| 9:20 AM • | Nilay Patel / The Verge: iPhone 12 Pro review: excellent camera and performance, Dolby Vision video is great, 5G can be very fast, but 5G usage noticeably affects battery life |
| 9:10 AM • | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: iPhone 12 review: excellent camera, display, and design, promising MagSafe ecosystem, but battery life regresses a little from iPhone 11 and it's more expensive |
| 9:00 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: LearnUpon, which develops an online learning management system for enterprises, raises $56M from Summit Partners |
| 8:25 AM • | Wall Street Journal: DOJ and 11 state AGs, all Republican, file a suit alleging that Google acted anticompetitively to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising |
| 7:50 AM • | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: GravityRAT malware, known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows PCs to detect virtual machines or sandboxes, now also targets Android and macOS devices |
| 6:30 AM • | Reuters: Major founder-led tech companies have seen their share prices double in 2020 vs. 7.8% gain for the S&P 500, while outperforming non-founder led tech companies |
| 4:30 AM • | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: New mathematical model-based research suggests that exposing US social media users to viewpoints different than their own furthers political polarization |
| 2:15 AM • | Reuters: Sources: Didi Chuxing is considering Hong Kong for an IPO in the first half of 2021, rethinking its previous aims of NYSE, and targeting a valuation of $60B+ |
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