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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches a redesign for its Assistant app on Android and iOS, including introducing larger visuals and controls for smart devices — Google today is launching a major visual redesign of its Assistant experience on phones. While the original vision of the Assistant focused mostly on voice …
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The Keyword, The Verge, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Android Police, Engadget, VentureBeat, PCWorld, CNET, and TechSpot
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Wi-Fi Alliance rebrands 802.11n as Wi-Fi 4, 802.11ac as Wi-Fi 5, and the upcoming 802.11ax as Wi-Fi 6 — Quick quiz: Which is better, 802.11n or 802.11ac? — The answer, if you're familiar with Wi-Fi standards coming from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is 802.11ac …
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Wi-Fi Alliance, Android Authority, MacRumors, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, Android Police, Redmond Pie, Cult of Mac, PC Gamer, Inquirer, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, FierceWireless, Engadget, MSPoweruser, TechSpot, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, and Fortune
Tweets: @reckless, @cnetnews, @darylbaxter, and @notpatrick
| Guy Rosen / Facebook: |
Facebook says it has found no evidence “so far” that hackers accessed connected third-party apps and is building a dev tool to help log out affected users — We wanted to provide an update on the security attack that we announced that week. This was a serious issue and we worked fast …
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The Information, New York Times, Federal Trade Commission, The Hill, Forbes, Lifehacker, CNNMoney, The Parallax, BetaNews, NBC News, KnowTechie, SecurityWeek, Threatpost, BBC, WeLiveSecurity, Help Net Security, Jon Loomer Digital, The Hacker News, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, The Register, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, CNET, The Verge, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @dpcireland, @skuranda, and @malwarejake
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook briefed DHS officials last week and select lawmakers this week about its massive breach to help quell potential backlash in Washington — Social-media company has stepped up its cooperation with Washington as it faces the increasing possibility of more regulation
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Reuters, Financial Times, Axios, The Irish Times, and New York Times
Tweets: @dnvolz and @dseetharaman
| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
In cease-and-desist letter, eBay alleges that ~50 Amazon sales representatives worldwide used eBay's messaging system to try and poach sellers from its platform — In a cease-and-desist letter, EBay alleges Amazon sales representatives sent more than 1,000 messages to sellers on its platform
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New York Times, The Hill, GeekWire, Engadget, CNET, InvestorPlace, Telegraph, CNBC, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @shiraovide and @yoda
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Amazon unveils Fire TV stick with 4K, Dolby Atmos, and HDR10+ support, with a new Alexa Voice Remote, for $50, available for preorder now, ships October 31 — After years of offering 4K playback on its higher-end Fire TV devices, Amazon is ready to bring that extra resolution to its most affordable hardware.| Owen Williams / Charged Tech Blog: |
After years of trying, and as Apple increasingly drops the ball, Microsoft's hardware event showed a coherent and appealing lineup of PCs, desktops, and tablets — At a low-key event held in a New York City warehouse, Microsoft unveiled its next iterations in the Surface lineup.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
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Tweets: @surface, @ow, @luvsinha, @markhachman, @realmacdan, @ohmdee, @nmoneypenny, @panos_panay, @thurrott, @markhachman, @bradchacos, @daniel_rubino, @thurrott, @thurrott, @thurrott, and @thurrott
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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Tweets: @surface, @surface, @tomwarren, @jonnybelton, @pierce, @tomwarren, @backlon, @tim_woodson, @cliftonmthomas, @tomwarren, @ow, @ow, and @thurrott
| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Report: after years of steady decline, BitTorrent usage is once again growing, thanks to the fragmentation of streaming services with exclusive content — BitTorrent usage has bounced back because there's too many streaming services, and too much exclusive content.
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Sandvine, The Next Web, TorrentFreak, Polygon, PR Newswire, Fortune, The Mac Observer, and CNET
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Marketplace introduces buyer and seller ratings and adds AI-based features to offer price range suggestions and auto-categorize items — Facebook is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its Craigslist competitor, Facebook Marketplace, with the launch of new features powered …
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Facebook, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, Facebook Code, Android Police, Digital Trends, Engadget, and ZDNet
| David McCabe / Axios: |
US government ran its first nationwide test of its wireless emergency alert system at 2:18PM ET today, with a message going to all US wireless users — Federal officials on Wednesday afternoon will run the first nationwide test of the wireless emergency alert system.
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Wired, New York Times, The Verge, GeekWire, The Hill, Quartz, Associated Press, The Register, CNN, Slate, USA Today, Engadget, Android Police, BuzzFeed News, The Atlantic, Mashable, Verizon Fios & Custom TV, Motherboard, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Baltimore Business Journal, Android Authority, The Daily Caller, BuzzFeed News, Business Insider, Vox, and Newser
Tweets: @cwarzel, @ashleyfeinberg, @natashabertrand, @fema, @mattmcgee, @wired, and @pinboard
| Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
Report: blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused startups have raised nearly $3.9B through VC investments in the first three quarters of this year, up 280% YoY — As the crypto industry sees a decline in initial coin offerings (ICOs) amid regulatory concerns and major losses across token markets …
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Diar, Bitcoin Magazine, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, SludgeFeed, PYMNTS.com, and NullTX. Tweets: @coindesk
| Tim Fernholz / Quartz: |
GM and Honda partner to develop autonomous vehicles, with Honda investing $750M in GM's Cruise Automation subsidiary and contributing $2B towards development — Japan is bringing big money to self-driving car partnerships: General Motors has struck a new alliance with Honda to produce …
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Cruise, TechCrunch, Honda Newsroom, CNBC, Wired, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, TechSpot, Bloomberg, InvestorPlace, Engadget, and New York Times
Tweets: @cruise, @binarybits, and @binarybits
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Four industry groups representing major cable companies and ISPs, like AT&T and Verizon, file suit seeking to block California's mandatory net neutrality rules — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Mobile travel booking app Hopper raises $100M Series D led by OMERS Ventures, sources says at a $780M valuation — Hopper — a mobile-only travel booking app cofounded by a former Expedia executive in Montreal, Canada that uses artificial intelligence to help you search for and book hotels and flights …
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PR Newswire, BetaKit, Bloomberg, tnooz, VentureBeat, Xconomy, and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @mdudas. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times: |
More worrisome than foreign interference in US elections is how tech companies feed and profit from deepening domestic political polarization — More worrisome than foreign interference in our elections is how our own tech and media companies feed and profit from our deepening domestic political polarization.
Facebook: Zeynep Tufekci. Tweets: @justinhendrix, @karaswisher, @zeynep, @aradwanski, @carnage4life, @frank_schaeffer, @marcacaputo, and @jwiechers
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook confirms it recently increased the grace period to reinstate an account a user chooses to terminate from 14 to 30 days — Best to deactivate now if you want your data deleted — Facebook recently extended the deletion grace period for terminating your main account from 14 to 30 days, the company confirmed to The Verge.
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for US warehouse workers after raising wage to $15/hour; sources say bonuses could be hundreds per month — - Some long-time workers say the changes make their raises less — Amazon says all workers will see overall compensation increase| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Report: online office suite Zoho's domains are being abused on a massive scale to exfiltrate data collected by malicious programs from compromised machines — The Indian online office suite is reportedly being abused on a massive scale to exfiltrate data from compromised machines.| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Alphabet's Jigsaw introduces Intra, an Android security app that prevents DNS manipulation attacks often used by governments to censor the internet — When Jigsaw tested this privacy app with a few dozen political activists in Venezuela, the company wanted to keep the trial small.| Sean Lyngaas / Cyberscoop: |
FireEye researchers identify North Korean hacking group APT38, which focuses almost exclusively on financial crimes and has tried to steal $1.1B so far — There is a distinct and aggressive group of hackers bent on financing the North Korean regime and responsible for millions of dollars …
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US-CERT, ZDNet, FireEye, Fortune, SecurityWeek, and The Hacker News
| Lucia Moses / Digiday: |
Publishers are wary of Apple News given the company's secretive culture, disdain for advertising and the fact that big traffic doesn't translate to more money — You can't blame publishers for being wary when a giant Silicon Valley tech platform comes to them promising big new audiences and (someday) a way to make money off them.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Plex announces Plex Web Shows in beta, which offer unlimited on-demand streaming shows from brands for free, with 67 shows at launch — At CES, media software maker Plex said it would this year add support for podcasts, web series and other digital media to its platform.
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Digital Trends, BetaNews, Pocketables, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Android Police, 9to5Mac, The Verge, and iLounge
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