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Sources: Xbox Series X will be priced at $499 and will launch on November 10, 2020 alongside the Xbox Series S — The Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X together. — Microsoft is set to hold a press event soon to showcase the next-gen console pricing, and it's pretty familiar. — What you need to know
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| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Microsoft confirms a budget version of its next-gen console, the $299 Xbox Series S, says it is the “smallest Xbox ever” — After a flurry of leaks, Microsoft has been forced to prematurely confirm the existence of a second-generation console: the Xbox Series S. The company …
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| Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal: |
China launches global data security initiative to to counter US' “Clean Network” program, urges countries to oppose “mass surveillance against other states” — Move, unveiled Tuesday is meant to counter U.S. Clean Network effort — HONG KONG—China is launching …
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| Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: |
Reed Hastings calls working from home “a pure negative” for employees and that the Netflix workforce will return to its offices once a vaccine is approved — Co-CEO of streaming giant discusses company's culture of candor and how working from home is harder
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Forbes: |
Profile of Reed Hastings as Netflix thrives during the pandemic, adding ~1M subscribers/month in the US and Canada and another 2M/month globally since March — The man responsible for keeping the world entertained does so, at least this day, alone in front of a computer screen, in his son's largely unadorned childhood bedroom.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple has hired Tim Connolly, a former executive at Hulu and Quibi, to work on Apple TV+, as the company explores bundling content — In addition to expanding the amount of content on the service, Apple has shown an interest in bundling Apple TV+ with other properties.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
TikTok is trying to remove a graphic suicide video from its app and is banning accounts that re-upload the clip, says video was originally streamed on Facebook — Clips started circulating on Sunday night — TikTok is trying to remove graphic videos circulating the app that show …
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
How iOS app developers draw on behavioral psychology to design user ratings pop-ups that appear at opportune times, like after a high score or on payday — Rating an iPhone app takes just a second, maybe two. “Enjoying Skype?” a prompt will ask, and you click on a star rating from 1 to 5.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Italy's antitrust authority says it has opened an inquiry into Google, Apple, and Dropbox over cloud computing services, including “unfair clauses in contracts” — Italy's competition authority has opened an investigation into cloud storage services operated by Apple …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple says it stores Hong Kong users' iCloud data in US and that HK authorities' data requests go through DOJ, after saying it was “assessing” HK's security law — After Beijing unilaterally imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong on July 1, many saw the move as an effort … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amsterdam-based Mollie, which offers plugins and an API to easily integrate payments into a site or an app, raises $106M Series B led by TCV valuing it at $1B+ — E-commerce has seen a huge jump in the last eight months, driven by consumers shopping more for goods online while spending more time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
France-based Sarbacane, which develops email and text marketing software, raises $27M led by French investment company IDI — Marketing technology — and specifically tools that help companies leverage the internet to connect with customers in a way that is compliant with a new wave …
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