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September 3, 2020, 5:15 AM

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Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Intel announces 11th-generation Tiger Lake CPUs for laptops, with integrated Xe graphics, Thunderbolt 4 support, Wi-Fi 6, and more, coming this fall  —  The ‘best processor for thin-&-light’ laptops  —  Intel has officially announced its first 11th Gen Tiger Lake processors for laptops …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Federal appeals court rules the NSA's mass surveillance program was possibly unconstitutional and the program's “bulk collection” of metadata was illegal  —  The National Security Agency program that swept up details on billions of Americans' phone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional …
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Federal judges in Chicago rejected three government “geofence warrant” requests, concluding the requests violated 4th Amendment probable cause requirements  —  Two federal magistrate judges in three separate opinions have ruled that a geofence warrant violates …
Soumyarendra Barik / MediaNama:
India bans another 188 Chinese apps, including PUBG, Baidu, and Alipay, saying widespread concerns were flagged against the blocked apps  —  India on Wednesday banned 118 more apps, including popular gaming app PUBG, for allegedly being engaged in activities which are “prejudicial to sovereignty …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Robinhood is under SEC investigation for failing to fully disclose selling clients' orders to high-speed trading firms, with a potential $10M+ fine  —  Company could have to pay a fine exceeding $10 million if it agrees to settle  —  Robinhood Markets Inc. faces a civil fraud investigation …
Wall Street Journal:
In an about face, Facebook bans a BJP politician in India for violating its hate speech policies, after reports its lobbying exec Ankhi Das defended his posts  —  T. Raja Singh is a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party
Boone Ashworth / Wired:
Google updates Your News Update, its Assistant-powered audio news service, with new features including its own “newscaster voice”  —  The company's latest news product is an ever-replenishing playlist of audio stories—curated, in part, by the wealth of data it has on you.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook says, after an FBI tip, it took down several Pages and accounts pushing a fake left-wing news outlet made by people linked to Russian troll group IRA  —  New York (CNN Business)People associated with the infamous St. Petersburg troll group that was part of Russia's attempt to interfere …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook's introduces “Your Topics” to Facebook Watch, allowing users to tailor the feed to include content that they explicitly indicate they want to see  —  Facebook's video destination, Facebook Watch, is introducing a new feature called “Your Topics” that will allow you to tailor …
Monica Alleven / FierceWireless:
FCC says Verizon, Dish, Charter, and Comcast were the 4 highest bidders in a ~$4.6B 3.5GHz band auction; Dish secured the most 3.5GHz licenses with nearly 5,500  —  As widely expected, Verizon showed up at the auction of 3.5 GHz Priority Access Licenses (PALs) in a big way …
Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News:
Microsoft says it will bring its DirectStorage API from the Xbox to PCs, to reduce IO bottlenecks and improve game loading times and graphics details  —  When Microsoft announced the next Xbox console some time ago, it highlighted some features of the console's underlying architecture to demonstrate its power.
The Daily Beast:
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is developing internal forums with “strong moderation” after an internal pro-police post from a staffer stirred outrage  —  “I don't believe people working here should have to be confronted with divisive conversations while they're trying to work …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Hypatos, which is applying language processing AI and computer vision tech to speed up financial document processing, raises ~$11.8M in seed funding  —  Process automation startup Hypatos has raised a €10 million (~$11.8 million) seed round of funding from investors including Blackfin Tech …

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