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Apple sues former chief architect of the iPhone and iPad microprocessors, who quit in February to start data center chip startup Nuvia, for breach of contract — CEO accused of breaching contract with Cupertino, fires back in court — Apple is suing the former chief architect of its iPhone …
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| Gregory Barber / Wired: |
Analysis shows five cities, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston, gained the lion's share of “innovation industry” US jobs from 2005 to 2017 — Five coastal cities—San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston—gained the lion's share of lucrative “innovation industry” jobs from 2005 to 2017.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
The differences between “platforms” and “aggregators” show that lawmakers must take different and opposing approaches when attempting to regulating the two — A prompt for writing this piece is a conference I will be participating in tomorrow entitled Antitrust … | Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Dog walking startup Wag says SoftBank no longer has board seats; source: SoftBank has sold its stake back to Wag at a loss after investing $300M in January 2018 — SoftBank Group agreed to sell its nearly 50 per cent stake in Wag back to the dog walking company, ending a disappointing investment …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Report: since Apple debuted Intelligent Tracking Prevention, the cost for advertisers to reach Safari users has dropped 60%+, as such ads are less desirable — In the two years since Apple released Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature that keeps websites from tracking users around the web …
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Oculus Quest becomes the first VR set with native hand tracking, available to users as an experimental feature this week and with an SDK for devs next week — Goes live “this week;” promising October tease has us cautiously optimistic. — 3 with Starting this week …
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| Yuan Yang / Financial Times: |
GitHub COO says the company is considering a China-based branch as Chinese developers worry about losing access to open-source software amid US sanctions — GitHub, the world's biggest software development platform, is looking to open a subsidiary in China, as the Chinese government tries …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google brings incognito mode for Google Maps, where users' activity is not saved to their Google Account, to iOS — Soon, iOS users will be able to tap Google Maps for navigation and location searches without revealing their personal data. In a blog post, Google today announced that Incognito Mode …
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| IDC: |
Global shipments of wearable devices totaled a record 84.5M units in 3Q'19, a YoY increase of 94.6%; hearables alone accounted for almost half the shipments — Global shipments of wearable devices totaled 84.5 million units in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), a year-over-year increase …
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Thurrott, Macworld, iMore, Wareable, 9to5Mac, Gizchina, Yahoo Finance, AppleInsider, Pandaily, BGR, CNET, Patently Apple, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @stevesi, @sameer_singh17, and @fjeronimo
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India proposes new data protection bill requiring companies to garner consent from citizens before collecting and processing users' personal data — India has proposed groundbreaking new rules that would require companies to garner consent from citizens in the country before collecting and processing their personal data.
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Avast explains how it has been monetizing browsing habits of its users since 2013, after Mozilla and Opera removed some Avast tools from their add-on stores — Avast, the multibillion-dollar Czech security company, doesn't just make money from protecting its 400 million users' information.
Tweets: @lorenzofb, @forbes, and @iblametom
| Jake Bright / TechCrunch: |
Pan-African digital classifieds company Jiji raises $21M Series C and C-1 led by Knuru Capital, says it has 2M listings and had 8M unique monthly users in 2018 — Pan-African digital classifieds company Jiji has raised $21 million in Series C and C-1 financing from six investors, led by Knuru Capital.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Facebook ads with millions of views have pushed misinfo about HIV prevention drugs; LGBT advocates say FB's refusal to take them down is harming public health — Fifty-two top LGBT advocates say the company has ignored their calls to action, creating a major public-health concern that puts patients at risk.
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