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October 2, 2019, 11:00 AM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Live blog of Microsoft's Surface hardware event  —  This could be a big Surface event  —  Microsoft is back with its annual Surface event to showcase the latest hardware the company has ready for the holiday season.  Last year, Microsoft revealed new black finishes for its Surface Pro 6 …
Microsoft:
Live stream of Microsoft's Surface Event in New York City  —  Tune in to see what's next.  10.02.19 at 10 a.m. ET |  #MicrosoftEvent Save the date
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Following scrutiny, Apple says it will release an iOS update later this year that will let Siri default to frequently-used third-party messaging apps  —  Apple Inc. said it will ease some restrictions on developers of third-party apps, responding to a Bloomberg News story about the rise …
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Google launches Password Checkup, which checks if users' saved passwords have been breached elsewhere, available for the Google web dashboard and Android  —  Google's Password Checkup is currently available for Android devices and Google's web dashboard.  —  Google launched today …
Eric Miraglia / The Keyword:
Google brings incognito mode to Maps, expands auto-delete history to YouTube, and adds better privacy controls to Google Assistant  —  Director of Product Management, Privacy and Data Protection Office  —  Our goal has always been to create products that are simple, helpful, and intuitive.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Visa, Mastercard, and other financial partners that signed on to help Facebook build the Libra payments network are reconsidering their involvement  —  After backlash from U.S. and European government officials, executives of some of Libra's backers decline Facebook's requests to publicly support the project
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Twitter and Tweetdeck experience partial outages worldwide, causing problems with login, images, polls, DMs, and more  —  Be nice to any journalists you see on Twitter right now — Tweetdeck is down and it's a headache for everyone.  While the company has said it's aware of issues and investigating …
Ju-min Park / Reuters:
Samsung says it has ceased mobile phone production in China, following its rising labor costs and economic slowdown  —  SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) has ended mobile telephone production in China, it said on Wednesday, hurt by intensifying competition from domestic rivals …
Nathan DiCamillo / CoinDesk:
Ripple's Xpring investment subsidiary announces a set of open source developer tools it says makes integrating the XRP ledger into apps much easier  —  Ripple's Xpring is launching a platform it says makes it possible for developers to integrate fiat and cryptocurrency payments into any application.
The Verge:
A look at iPhone 11's Deep Fusion camera tech, meant to offer a big step forward for images taken in medium-light, coming in the iOS 13 developer beta  —  Sweater mode is on its way  —  Apple's Deep Fusion photography system has arrived in the latest developer betas of iOS 13 …
Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech:
Intel's high-end desktop CPU line Cascade Lake-X gets a price drop of up to ~50% as AMD prepares to launch comparable Ryzen 9 3950X in November for $749  —  With someone in the press having broken their embargo earlier today, Intel is lifting the lid earlier than planned …
Alex Davies / Wired:
UPS says its drone service is the first of its kind to be recognized by the FAA as a commercial airline, but each new site it operates in must be approved  —  The FAA has granted a Part 135 certification for the logistics giant's drone business, propelling the little fliers closer to a commercial future.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Appeals court upholds FCC's 2017 repeal of net neutrality, but also rules the FCC can't stop states from setting their own regulations  —  But the 200-page ruling says the FCC was wrong to issue a blanket ban against states considering their own regulations

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