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October 30, 2018, 4:05 AM

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Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple says it will release iOS 12.1 on October 30 with Group FaceTime, new emoji, Dual SIM support, and more  —  iOS 12.1 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch will be available tomorrow as a free software update.  The first significant update to iOS 12 brings a variety of features including Group FaceTime …
Jason Cross / Macworld:
What to expect from Apple's Oct. 30 event: new iPad Pros with Face ID and USB-C, Apple Pencil with gestures, new MacBook, upgraded iMacs and Mac mini, and more  —  On October 18, Apple sent out colorful invitations to a new event, to be held at the Howard Gilman Opera House in the Brooklyn Academy of Music on October 30.
BuzzFeed News:
Sources: 200+ Google engineers organizing company-wide “women's walk” walkout, expected Nov. 1, following reports of Google protecting alleged sexual harassers  —  A group of more than two hundred engineers at Google are organizing a company-wide “women's walk” …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Snap's Evan Spiegel promoted Kristen O'Hara as Chief Business Officer, then changed his mind two days later, hiring an Amazon exec; O'Hara has departed  —  - Kristen O'Hara was picked first then offer was rescinded  — Company has had high level of executive turnover since IPO
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
IBM has agreed to acquire Red Hat in a deal valued at $34B, a 60%+ premium over Friday's closing price; Red Hat will become part of IBM's Hybrid Cloud division  —  IBM is acquiring Red Hat, a major distributor of open-source software and technology, in a deal valued around $34 billion, the companies announced on Sunday.
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Bruce Murphy / The Verge:
How Foxconn's initial plans for a heavily taxpayer-subsidized $10B mega plant in Wisconsin have devolved into a more modest factory with a robotic assembly line  —  Governor Scott Walker promised billions to get a Foxconn factory.  Now he's running away from it
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
OnePlus 6T debuted with in-screen fingerprint scanner, 6.41" screen, dual rear cameras, smaller notch, starting at $549, unlocked or via T-Mobile in US  —  After month of leaks and teases, OnePlus has finally launched its ninth smartphone.  —  The OnePlus 6T was officially unveiled at an event …
Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How Gab, the social network where the Pittsburgh shooting suspect aired his hatred in full, became a platform of choice for neo-Nazis and other extremists  —  Early Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire, Robert D. Bowers's anti-Semitic …
Sam Byford / The Verge:

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