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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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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: Apple is planning to launch iPhone SE 2 and new iPad Pro models in Q1 2020, and an Apple AR headset in collaboration with third-party brands in Q2 2020 — 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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| 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.| 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.
Tweets: @wired, @hshaban, @arigesher, @chrisoutofspace, @stevenstrogatz, @raffasadun, @tanmayis20, @pardesoteric, and @zackkanter
| 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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Tweets: @tonyromm, @hshaban, @samsabin923, @monicaranders, @isaacsmei, @pewresearch, @digiphile, and @daveschroeder
| Zachary Evans / National Review: |
FISA court rules that an FBI foreign surveillance program violated Americans' civil liberties, deeming tens of thousands of searches from 2017-2018 illegal — The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ruled that an FBI program intended to target foreign suspects violated Americans' constitutional right …
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IC ON THE RECORD, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, TechSpot, Engadget, Techdirt, CNET, and The Verge
| 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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Tweets: @ceciliakang, @dylanbyers, and @ceciliakang
| 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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| Neha Malara / Reuters: |
Sensor Tower: Tencent's Call of Duty: Mobile had 100M downloads in its first week, breaking the prior record of 26M set by PUBG, and is yet to launch in China — (Reuters) - The mobile version of videogame franchise “Call of Duty” racked up 100 million downloads in its first week …
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Sensor Tower Blog, CNBC, BBC, TechSpot, Coinspeaker, KnowTechie, The Next Web, Android Central, CCN.com, Cult of Mac, TechNode, The Verge, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, and IGN
Tweets: @charlieintel and @kalijvc
| 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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Reuters, 9to5Mac, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Business Insider
Tweets: @leemakiyama and @chrisgiles_
| Washington Post: |
Bipartisan Senate report makes recommendations to prevent Russian election interference in 2020, saying Russia sowed social media discord to help Trump in 2016 — GOP-led panel endorses finding that Russia interfered to help Donald Trump — A bipartisan panel of U.S. senators Tuesday called …
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Select Committee …, Wired, Bloomberg, Mashable, Axios, CBS News, VICE, MIT Technology Review, Politico, and Business Insider
| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
More than 30 civil rights groups sign an open letter asking mayors and city councils to cancel 500+ existing local police partnerships with Amazon's Ring — Ring has more than 500 police partnerships across the US, and a coalition of civil rights groups are calling for local governments to cancel them all.
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Threatpost, Vox, MediaNama, ZDNet, and Beyond Search
Tweets: @voxdotcom, @profferguson, @fightfortheftr, @raicestexas, @ranimolla, @fightfortheftr, and @torproject
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