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Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $5.25B, up 31% YoY, 158M paid subs globally, up 21% YoY, as net adds increase to 6.8M, up 12% YoY but below 7M company forecast — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings split the company in two in 2011, thinking that the growing ubiquity of high-speed Internet access …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
US, UK, and South Korea dismantle one of the largest child exploitation dark web sites, with 200K unique videos; over three dozen people have been arrested — The Justice Department says it's dismantled one of the largest child exploitation sites on the dark web.
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
FCC has formally approved the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint on a party-line vote, with Democrats dissenting — But the deal won't close just yet — On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission formally approved the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, an FCC official told The Verge.
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| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation: US ad agency Ads Inc. ran a subscription-based Facebook scam whereby users rented their account to Ads Inc., which ran $50M in ads since 2016 — Asher Burke built his company, Ads Inc, on the back of one of the internet's most persistent, lucrative, and sophisticated scams — the subscription trap.
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| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
Yahoo says it is shutting down its long-running Yahoo Groups platform on October 21 and will permanently delete all posted content on December 14 — Users won't be able to upload new content to the site after October 21 and have until December 14 to archive their content, Yahoo said in an announcement.
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Google's “ambient computing” vision, powered by smartphones and in-home devices, plays to its strengths, but challenges remain, like high costs to consumers — The most surprising revelation from yesterday's Made by Google 19 keynote came in Google Senior Vice President of Devices … | Rob Merrick / The Independent: |
After delays, the UK government quietly drops its controversial plan to implement an age verification requirement for porn websites — The long-delayed measure - one of the first of its kind in any democratic country - had been plagued by legal and technical difficulties
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google pulls Google Clips, its AI-powered automatic camera from 2017, from its store — Google makes a lot of bets on AI, but one of its most strange was that of Google Clips. Launched in 2017, the camera was designed to take pictures completely on its own to capture moments that it otherwise wouldn't.
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| Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: |
Inside Bob Iger's risky bet on Disney+, set to launch with 35 originals in first year, which executives hope will have 60M to 90M global subscribers by 2024 — Disney+ leads a wave of billion-dollar Netflix competitors that are transforming the entertainment industry and launching a new age of ambition … | Hollywood Reporter: |
Inside's Apple steep learning curve with TV+ and Hollywood, as sources say the company already well outspent its projected $1B annual content budget — After a few false starts and a little offscreen drama, AppleTV+ finally makes its big debut with a slate of shows, Jennifer Aniston …
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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Instagram is rolling out new features over six months that help users manage third-party app permissions, including removing them and seeing requested data — See who has your data at a glance — Instagram has added a new feature for users to control the data they're sharing with third-party apps.| Wall Street Journal: |
Inside Facebook's attempt to launch its cryptocurrency, as major partners and most payments providers withdraw from Libra Association amid regulatory pressure — Major partners bolted after Washington challenged the social-media giant's foray into finance — David Marcus gathered … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Interview with Google execs about Project Soli, the tech behind Pixel 4's Motion Sense radar, and why they think gesture-sensing is not just a gimmick — Why does a phone need radar? — By now, you've heard: the new Google Pixel 4 has a tiny radar chip inside it, which allows you to swipe or wave your hand to do a few things.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok hires law firm K&L Gates to help it form a US content moderation committee, following criticism of its uneven banning of political content — As TikTok continues its rapid U.S. growth, the company is being challenged to better explain its content moderation choices.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Amazon says its consumer business has decommissioned its final Oracle database and migrated 75 petabytes in ~7,500 Oracle DBs to multiple AWS database services — AWS said that Amazon's consumer business has decommissioned its final Oracle database and migrated 75 petabytes of data … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
As Works with Nest winds down, Google shares new initiatives to securely automate homes, including limited Home Routines and a Device Access opt-in program — ‘Works With Nest’ will be replaced by a tighter set of rules for partner devices — For years, home automation tech has been a nightmare for security and privacy.| Joe Otterson / Variety: |
Mike Isaac's book, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, will be the basis for a Showtime series by Billions creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien — Brian Koppelman and David Levien are developing a limited series about ridesharing company Uber for Showtime.
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