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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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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple announces a September 15 virtual event, where it's expected to unveil an Apple Watch Series 6; new iPhones are reportedly set to be unveiled in October — - Company plans to announce 5G iPhones in October, not September — Event to be held virtually from Cupertino due to Covid-19
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google announces the launch of Android 11, which begins rolling out today on select Pixel, OnePlus, Xiaomi, OPPO, and realme phones — Google today launched Android 11, the latest version of its mobile OS, and pushed the source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils a feature for its Google Phone app called Verified Calls that lets businesses display a reason for their call, shown under their logo and name — Google today is introducing a new feature for Android phones that will help legitimate businesses reach their customers by phone …
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| Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal: |
China launches global data security initiative 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 … | 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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| Tegan Jones / Gizmodo Australia: |
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it will investigate competition between Google and Apple's app stores and how they use and share data — Two teenagers are posing with their Samsung Galaxy S4 (left) and iPhone 4 smartphones. — Apple and Google have been copping quite …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
The Apple TV app is now available on Vizio's SmartCast-enabled TV sets in the US and Canada, with three free months of Apple TV+ for users in the US — The Apple TV app — including access to Apple TV Plus — is now available on Vizio's SmartCast-enabled TV sets to users in the U.S. and Canada.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft is working on a Surface laptop with a 12.5" display, Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM, and 64GB storage to be priced between $500 and $600 — A smaller, midrange Surface Laptop is on the cards this holiday season. — What you need to know — A new, midrange Surface laptop is in the works.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Progress, a Boston area developer tools company, announces it is acquiring software automation platform Chef for $220M — Progress, a Boston area developer tool company, boosted its offerings in a big way today when it announced it was acquiring software automation platform Chef for $220 million.
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| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Google debuts Business Application Platform, which includes tools for API management, no-code app development, process automation, and business analytics — Placing a bet on the red-hot low-code/no-code market, Google LLC today debuted its new Business Application Platform category …
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