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Adobe says it has hired Marc Levoy, a top researcher who developed computational photography for Google's Pixel line, to help it make a universal camera app — Marc Levoy is now at Adobe — Marc Levoy, the researcher who used software to turn Google's Pixel camera into a powerhouse …
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Email shows Facebook execs mulling how to remove a fact check label, determined to be well founded, after it was applied to a viral climate misinfo post — This is a special joint edition of Popular Information and HEATED, a climate newsletter by journalist Emily Atkin.
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Coinbase says that, in the wake of Twitter's hack on Wednesday, it prevented over 1,100 of its customers from sending 30.4 BTC, or ~$275K total, to the hackers — Crypto exchange Coinbase has said that it prevented little over 1,100 customers from sending bitcoin to Twitter hackers …
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| Macy Bayern / TechRepublic: |
Linux Foundation announces initiative to help public health officials in pandemic battle, launches two COVID-19 tracker apps using Google and Apple APIs — The project will use the Google Apple Exposure Notification system to support public health authority's testing, tracing, and isolation practices.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to release Windows 10X for some single-screen devices in spring 2021, and dual-screen in spring 2022, with limited Win32 app support — Microsoft may change the cadence of its Windows 10 feature rollouts starting next year in order to help prioritize Windows 10X development.
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| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
US accuses Nanchang O-Film Tech, a supplier for Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, of helping China's human rights abuses against Uighurs and places restrictions on it — The US Department of Commerce added 11 Chinese companies to its list of firms implicated in human rights violations …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: in Q2, US smartphone YoY sales fell 10% for Samsung, 23% for Apple, 25% overall; iPhone SE popular among people with older iPhones and Android switchers — New data from Counterpoint Research today highlights the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on smartphone sales.
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| Tina Bellon / Reuters: |
Uber has quietly debuted a service to give public health officials access to data on users thought to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID-19 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data … | Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Jack Ma's Ant Group, payments processor for Alibaba, plans a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, sources say seeking a valuation of $200B+ — - Ant is planning to list on Shanghai's STAR market, Hong Kong — Firm was valued at $150 billion in previous funding round
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CoinDesk, CNBC, South China Morning Post, The Block, CNN, TechNode, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and Fortune. Tweets: @jackycwong
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Inside the FTC's Facebook probe, as sources detail disagreements between two units over how forcefully to apply existing competition standards — A low-key conflict inside the Federal Trade Commission has strengthened the likelihood the agency will toughen its stance with Facebook.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Ahead of next week's antitrust hearing, sources say the committee spoke with Microsoft's Brad Smith on his concerns about how Apple operates its App Store — Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Alphabet/Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are all set to participate … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China is considering retaliating against the Chinese operations of Nokia and Ericsson should EU members follow US and UK in banning Huawei's 5G tech — Chinese Commerce Ministry weighs export controls on Nokia and Ericsson China-made products — Beijing is considering retaliating …
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