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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
What to expect from Microsoft's event on October 2: Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop 3, an ARM-based Surface, and at least a teaser of a dual-screen device — Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop 3, and some mysterious new hardware — Microsoft is holding a big Surface hardware event in New York City on Wednesday, October 2nd.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Leaked images reveal the upcoming Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop 3 (13-inch and 15-inch), and an ARM-powered Surface 2-in-1 device — Well dang, there they are — Microsoft's new Surface lineup appears to have leaked almost in its entirety, thanks to product images obtained by journalist and leaker Evan Blass.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Block.one settles with the SEC for $24M in penalties for conducting an unregistered securities sale; Block.one had raised ~$4.1B via ICO over a one-year period — EOS maker Block.One must pay $24 million in penalties for conducting an unregistered securities sale, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission … | Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott: |
Microsoft now lets OneDrive users expand 1TB storage in 200GB increments and launches OneDrive Personal Vault, to protect folders using 2FA, available globally — Microsoft announced two major features for OneDrive back in June: Personal Vault and expandable storage. Both of the features are launching worldwide today.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft rolls out its Azure-based Windows Virtual Desktop globally, with a WVD client app available for Windows, Android, Mac, iOS, and HTML 5 — Microsoft is rolling out its Azure-based Windows Virtual Desktop service and readying some new capabilities around Teams support and MSIX App Attach which could make it even more useful.
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Microsoft 365 Blog, TechCrunch, Thurrott, Redmond, CRN, OnMSFT.com, Windows Central, Neowin, Microsoft Azure Cloud …, SiliconANGLE, MSPoweruser, Petri, VentureBeat, and Neowin
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| Jules Wang / Android Police: |
Google confirms it is testing Duplex-powered Assistant for Chrome, initially with movie ticket booking websites like AMC and Fandango — Back at I/O, Google announced a major expansion to its Assistant-based concierge automation engine, Duplex. Up until then, it would help people book restaurant tables … | Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Coalition of creators and researchers accuses YouTube of automatically demonetizing videos with LGBTQ-related words in metadata and titles, which YouTube denies — YouTube spokesperson states this isn't the case — A new investigation from a coalition of YouTube creators and researchers … | Rick Paulas / OneZero: |
Nextdoor's verification requirement excludes homeless people from neighborhood discussions, leading to echo chambers that demonize them — The platform built for neighborhood news often scapegoats the most disadvantaged communities — August 14, a man broke into a home in the Shafter neighborhood in Oakland, California.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Twitter is rolling out a filter that moves unwanted DMs containing questionable language or spam to an “additional messages” folder on Android, iOS, and the web — Twitter is quickly acting on plans to filter potentially offensive direct messages. It's rolling out the filter to all users on Android, iOS and the web.| Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane: |
Uber is testing a safety feature to let passengers record and send audio to the company if they are “uncomfortable” during a ride — Uber is testing “Record Audio” in case the rider is uncomfortable with the ride https://twitter.com/...
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The Next Web, SlashGear, Digital Trends, USA Today, TechSpot, Engadget, MSPoweruser, Fast Company, and Memeburn. Tweets: @chrismessina
| Reuters: |
Sources: a US online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress in 2019, forcing companies to deal with a stricter law in CA that takes effect on Jan. 1 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress this year, three sources said …
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| Jason Torchinsky / Jalopnik: |
Videos of owners trying Tesla's new Smart Summon feature, which show Teslas autonomously driving to owners with varying degrees of success, go viral — Just a few days ago, Tesla announced their new Version 10 software update, which included such things as the ability to play Cuphead …
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The Verge, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, LarrysWorld.com, and Electrek
Tweets: @dtunkelang, @verge, @artemr, @danielbrim, @drinkslinger321, @herne, @chrismessina, and @gideonro
| Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News: |
Hacker claims to have breached Zynga and stolen info on Words with Friends players; Zynga has started notifying users but has not disclosed size of breach — A Pakistani hacker who previously made headlines earlier this year for selling almost a billion user records stolen …
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| Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News: |
Twitter to leave up a tweet about a “full-blown ‘hot’ civil war” by a far-right militia with almost 24,000 followers; the militia was quote-tweeting Trump — When is promoting violent extremism not promoting violent extremism? When Twitter says so.
Tweets: @mat, @peterme, @monteiro, @kantrowitz, @retail_risk, @sivavaid, @dangillmor, and @buzzfeednews
| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
A look at the rapidly declining morale at Uber amid budget cuts for basic amenities, mass layoffs, and a 30% decline in stock price since its IPO — Uber's CEO told staff: “We need to ship more quickly and operate more effectively and efficiently than we are today.”
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Newser. Tweets: @gigworkersrise, @carnage4life, @faizsays, @mikeisaac, @thestalwart, @nitashatiku, @carlquintanilla, @dhh, and @hipster_trader
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
China approves PayPal's acquisition of a 70% equity stake in GoPay, making PayPal the first foreign payment platform to provide online payment services in China — The People's Bank of China has approved PayPal's acquisition of a 70% equity state in GoPay (Guofubao Information Technology Co. …
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CNBC, Reuters, CNN, Silicon Valley Business …, Gizchina, and VentureBeat
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 13.1.2 and iPadOS 13.1.2 with fixes for several bugs including those affecting Camera, iCloud Backup, shortcuts on HomePod, and flashlight — Apple today released iOS and iPadOS 13.1.2, updates to the iOS and iPadOS 13.1.1 software that was released on Friday.
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The Verge, Ars Technica, The Verge, The Next Web, Macworld, and iMore
Tweets: @viticci, @markgurman, @marcoarment, @_am1t, @mattcassinelli, and @marcoarment
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Dave, which offers money management tools to let its 4M users avoid overdraft fees, raises $50M, says it now has a valuation of $1B+ — Two years after the Los Angeles-based fintech startup Dave launched with a suite of money management tools to save consumers from overdraft fees …
Tweets: @iankar_ and @pottsjustin
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