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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Media center app maker Plex announces it's shutting down its Plex Cloud service at the end of November, citing costs — Media center app maker Plex informed its users Tuesday that it is shutting down its Plex Cloud service at the end of November. Plex Cloud was meant to simplify the management …
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Plex Forum, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, The Verge, MacRumors, AFTVnews, and Liliputing
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Facebook deploys new AI system called Rosetta to extract text in real time from 1B+ images and video frames daily — People online tend to communicate not just with words, but also with images. For a platform like Facebook with over 2 billion monthly active users, that means a plethora … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
RiskIQ report on British Airways data breach links it to Magecart group, active since 2015, which used tactics similar to their recent Ticketmaster breach — ON FRIDAY, BRITISH Airways disclosed a data breach impacting customer information from roughly 380,000 booking transactions made between August 21 and September 5 of this year.
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RiskIQ, The Verge, CNET, TechCrunch, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, ZDNet, Gizmodo, Panda Security Mediacenter, CSO, and Forbes
Tweets: @info_activism, @gossithedog, and @troyhunt
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Coinbase, Circle, and other crypto companies are forming the Blockchain Association, the first lobbying group in DC representing the cryptocurrency industry — The price of bitcoin may be down, compared with last year's meteoric heights. But industry officials aren't waiting for the next spike … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
US federal judge rules that a pair of allegedly fraudulent ICOs fall under securities laws, allowing the criminal case to proceed to trial next year — A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a pair of reportedly fraudulent initial coin offerings fall under securities laws.
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Bloomberg, Telegraph, and NewsBTC
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1, @coindesk, @jason, and @nic__carter
| Rani Molla / Recode: |
A look at the rising prevalence of Amazon ads, as report suggests share of Amazon product page views that come from sponsored ads has roughly doubled YoY to 8% — Amazon-sponsored product ads have been around since 2012. But lately, as the company has invested in growing its advertising business, they've become more aggressive.
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Digital Commerce 360. Tweets: @x0rz, @jbenton, @ranimolla, @seenigel, @haydencapital, and @tonyromm. Thanks:@ranimolla
| Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress: |
ThinkProgress alleges censorship after its story on Kavanaugh's approach to abortion was deemed “false” by the Weekly Standard, a Facebook fact-checking partner — A perfect example of how Facebook is catering to conservatives. — Last year, Facebook announced that it would partner …
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| Joseph Pisani / Associated Press: |
Amazon to sell $115 7-foot Fraser firs, per an Amazon holiday preview book, and other holiday plants, offering preorders, with some trees to have Prime shipping — NEW YORK (AP) — Watch out for the 7-foot box on the doorstep. Amazon plans to sell and ship fresh, full-size Christmas trees this year.
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Engadget, The Verge, and TechCrunch
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
eBay open sources HeadGaze, an ARKit-based tool that uses the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera to help visually impaired users interact with apps via head movements — eBay has lifted the lid on new technology that helps physically impaired users interact with their iPhone X screen through head movements.
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eBay Newsroom, The Verge, CNET, ZDNet, TechCrunch, SlashGear, MacRumors, and BGR. Tweets: @ebaynewsroom
| Shaun Nichols / The Register: |
Researcher shows how it was possible to spoof URLs in Safari and Edge while visiting a malicious link; Microsoft has patched flaw, but Apple hasn't, weeks later — Egghead says Apple has yet to patch spoofing vulnerability — A security researcher has disclosed a flaw that could be used … | Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Before EU's top court, the EU's executive arm joined Google in opposing expanding “right to be forgotten” beyond EU; a non-binding court opinion expected Dec 11 — European Commission argued that a global application would stretch privacy laws beyond their intended scope
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
In a letter, the FCC has told Sprint and T-Mobile that it needs more time to review their proposed merger — - The agency has paused an “informal” 180-day transaction clock “to allow for thorough staff and third-party review” of recently submitted materials.
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MacRumors, Engadget, Reuters, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Axios, AndroidHeadlines.com, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS …, and Federal Communications …. Tweets: @cnbcnow
| Hayley Peterson / Business Insider: |
Interviews with 31 current and former delivery drivers for Amazon's third-party partners describe missing or late pay, no health insurance, pace pressure, more — - Business Insider spoke with 31 current or recently employed drivers about what it's like to deliver packages for Amazon.
Tweets: @businessinsider, @hcpeterson, @ajs, @yoda, @harringtonbecca, @julie188, @aflcio, and @mims
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
California bill that would require “reasonable security” for all new IoT devices, the first of its kind in US, heads to governor's desk to be signed into law — California IoT security bill criticized by security researcher. Expert says bill “is based upon an obviously superficial understanding of the problem.”
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Source: Google's location privacy practices are under investigation in Arizona, in probe initiated by the AG a week after a bombshell report about the practice — Google's alleged practice of recording location data about Android device owners even when they believe they have opted … | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Opendoor acquires Open Listings, which automates much of the home sales process, in its first acquisition as sources say funding from SoftBank is imminent — Opendoor, a four year-old, San Francisco-based company, has from the outset intended to make it possible to buy and sell residential real estate with a few key strokes.
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Houston Chronicle and GeekWire
| Kevin Maney / BREAKER: |
Q&A with Chris Dixon on a decentralized internet, bitcoin's block size debate, the Ethereum network, Andreessen Horowitz's crypto fund, future investments, more — Chris Dixon, arguably the most prominent venture capitalist focusing on blockchain, is friggin' tall.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Packet, a New York City-based bare metal cloud hosting startup that is taking on rivals like AWS and Azure, raises $25M Series B led by Third Point Ventures — In a world where large hyperscale companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Google dominate the public cloud, it would seem foolhardy …
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PRWeb and SiliconANGLE
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says sales from Amazon Business, its business-to-business platform that launched in 2015, hit an annualized rate of $10B globally — - Business-to-business platform launched three years ago — Customers include schools, hospitals and corporations
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Amazon Business Blog, Business Insider, CNBC, GeekWire, and Digital Commerce 360
Tweets: @amazonbusiness, @libertyrpf, @isaackrasny, and @matt_townsend
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple's iPhone event will be live streamed on Twitter for the first time — Apple's iPhone press event will be live streamed on Twitter for the first time, TechCrunch has confirmed. This news backs up an earlier report from last month, which claimed Apple would expand the ability to watch …
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, Mashable, The Next Web, KnowTechie, SlashGear, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, BetaNews, Macworld, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, iLounge, MacStories, Insanely Great Mac, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @apple and @film_girl
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
PayPal debuts Funds Now, instant payouts for sellers on its platform, following similar functionality brought by rivals like Stripe — PayPal, now with 19.5 million businesses and 250 million customers using its payment rails to sell and buy goods and services, is today taking the wraps off …
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Engadget
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tinder debuts globally its curated Top Picks feature, which groups prospective matches into categories like “foodie”, for Tinder Gold subscribers — Earlier this summer, Tinder began testing a new feature that surfaces a curated list of your best potential matches, called “Top Picks.”
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Engadget and Washington Post
| Reuters: |
Japan-based Renesas, the second-biggest supplier of chips used in cars, has agreed to buy US-based wireless chip maker Integrated Device Technology for ~$6.7B — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp (6723.T) said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy U.S. peer Integrated … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
7-Eleven says that Apple Pay and Google Pay will be accepted at most of its 10,000+ US locations by the end of September — 7-Eleven today announced that Apple Pay and Google Pay are accepted at nearly all of its 10,000+ locations across the United States, following a rollout that began in August.
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PR Newswire, Android Authority, TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, Digital Trends, KnowTechie, and O'Grady's PowerPage
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Verizon says its wireless 5G home broadband service launching Oct. 1 in Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento starting at $50/mo after free trial — Verizon announced that, starting Thursday, customers in its four 5G launch markets will be able to sign up for Internet service.
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Verizon Fios & Custom TV, The Verge, MacRumors, and Android Authority
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