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Blizzard is facing an intense backlash after banning a player over Hong Kong pro-democracy comments, with some fans boycotting its games — Players are boycotting games like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone after a user was punished for supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong during a tournament.
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| Verna Yu / The Guardian: |
Chinese state media warns Apple over app that tracks Hong Kong police, says Apple's approval of the app made it an “accomplice” in the protests — State media says ‘poisonous’ app made Apple an accomplice in the Hong Kong protests — China's state media has accused Apple …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: iPhone SE 2 and new iPad Pro models are coming in Q1'20; MacBooks with new keyboard and an Apple AR headset in partnership with third-party brands in Q2'20 — According to a Chinese language Ming-Chi Kuo report, Apple is readying the release of the iPhone SE 2 and new iPad Pro models for the first quarter of next year.
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Facebook refuses Biden campaign's request to take down a misleading Trump campaign ad, rejected by CNN, reigniting a debate about Facebook and political speech — WASHINGTON — The 30-second video ad released by the Trump campaign last week is grainy, and the narrator's voice is foreboding.
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| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
A growing number of astrophysicists are leaving academia to join data science teams at tech companies amid a surging demand for machine learning expertise — Space scientists are abandoning the heavens to help you decide what to wear and watch and listen to. Whether it's stars or Stitch Fix, it's all about machine learning.
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| VICE: |
Leaked email from GitHub CEO shows the company will renew its $200K contract with ICE, despite stated opposition to child separation policies — Even though GitHub leadership and others oppose ICE's child separation policy, an internal email suggests GitHub won't stop ICE from renewing a contract with the tech company.
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| Pew Research Center: |
Survey of 4,272 US adults shows patchy knowledge on tech issues: many answered correctly on cookies and phishing, few knew about 2FA, https, or private browsing — A majority of U.S. adults can answer fewer than half the questions correctly on a digital knowledge quiz, and many struggle with certain cybersecurity and privacy questions
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Twitter says it has unintentionally used some email addresses and phone numbers provided for account security purposes for ad targeting — Twitter disclosed Tuesday that it “unintentionally” used some mail address and phone numbers for advertising even though the information was provided for account security.
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| Anna Baydakova / CoinDesk: |
The IRS publishes its first guidance in five years for calculating taxes owed on cryptocurrency holdings, clearing up how hard forks should be treated — The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published its first guidance in five years for calculating taxes owed on cryptocurrency holdings.| CNBC: |
House Financial Services Committee says Mark Zuckerberg will testify on October 23 as part of a hearing on Libra and more — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time, the committee announced Wednesday.
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| Rose Eveleth / Vox: |
The biggest lie technologists tell themselves and others is that there is nothing we can do to stop the natural and inevitable evolution of technology — They see facial recognition, smart diapers, and surveillance devices as inevitable evolutions. They're not.| Financial Times: |
OECD countries unveil proposals to tax giant multinationals, especially tech giants, after months of negotiations, cracking down on the use of tax havens — The OECD has proposed a global shake-up of corporate taxation, overturning a century of rules that had allowed digital groups such as Facebook …
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| Danielle Abril / Fortune: |
A look at Google's product inclusion team, tasked with making sure its products are without bias related to race, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities — Choose Your Region: … Sign up now to receive FORTUNE's best content, special offers, and much more. — © 2019 Fortune Media IP Limited.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber to launch Uber Pet, letting users bring pets on rides without risking cancellation, for a $3-$5 surcharge, in select US cities starting October 16 — It used to be that bringing a dog or cat in an Uber was unpredictable — Uber is experimenting with a new feature that aims …
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| Nicola Davis / The Guardian: |
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to three scientists for their work in developing lithium-ion batteries, which sparked the portable technology revolution — John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino honoured for development that sparked portable technology revolution
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