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Microsoft to launch its Xbox Series X console on November 10 for $499, with preorders starting on September 22 — Microsoft is launching its Xbox Series X console on November 10th for $499. Preorders for the new console will begin on September 22nd, with the company also offering …
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| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Microsoft says users with the PC version of Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate will get access to EA Play for no extra cost starting “this holiday” season — One of the best deals in gaming is about to get even better. Today, Microsoft announced that multiple versions of Xbox Game Pass …
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Xbox Wire, The Information, The Verge, Pocket-lint, Ars Technica, TechPowerUp, OnMSFT.com, GameSpot, MSPoweruser, International Business Times, TrueAchievements, Game Rant, Polygon, Wccftech, MCV/DEVELOP, VentureBeat, Windows Central, Twinfinite, VG247, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @nisummers and @deejayknight
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft details $299 Xbox Series S arriving November 10, says it delivers 4x processing power of Xbox One, supports 120fps, and has the same CPU as Series X — The Xbox Series S has the same CPU as the Series X — Microsoft is fully detailing its new Xbox Series S console today.
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Xbox Wire, GamingBolt, SlashGear, Looper, GameSpot, Game Rant, TrueAchievements, PC Gamer, and SlashGear
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Ireland's privacy regulator has sent Facebook a preliminary order to stop sending EU user data to the US, the first big step in enforcing July's Privacy Shield — Privacy regulator's order to suspend the company's data transfers to the U.S. cites concerns over American government surveillance practices
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About Facebook, The Hill, CNET, TechCrunch, RTÉ, noyb.eu, Facebook, International Business Times, Reuters, and Social Media Today
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
SEC filing: former NSA director Keith Alexander is joining Amazon's board of directors — Alexander was the public face of US surveillance during the Snowden leaks — Gen. Keith Alexander is joining Amazon's board of directors, the company revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing today.
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SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, TechCrunch, CNET, Reuters, and CNBC
| Oliver Haslam / iMore: |
Epic says Apple is disabling Sign In with Apple for Fortnite on Sept. 11 and impacted users should update their account email address and password now — What you need to know — Epic has tweeted to warn users that Apple is going to block Sign in with Apple for Fortnite.
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
Eric Ries' Silicon Valley-based Long-Term Stock Exchange opens for trading, nine years after “The Lean Startup” author first proposed it — Trading is starting on the Long-Term Stock Exchange. Next up? Attracting a listing. — A new stock exchange backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Motorola unveils the second-gen Razr, with 5G, Snapdragon 765G, 48MP rear camera, and the same 6.2" foldable display as first-gen, available in fall for $1,399 — Available unlocked for $1,399 later this fall — Earlier this year, Motorola relaunched the Razr, modernizing the iconic flip phone brand …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: ByteDance is continuing its months-long talks with the US, now with greater urgency, about deals to let TikTok avoid a full sale of its US operations — Talks have been under way for months but gained more urgency amid geopolitical wrangling — TikTok's Chinese parent …
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South China Morning Post, 9to5Mac, iMore, The Interface, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, and CNBC
Tweets: @lindsaypgorman, @karissabe, @julianku, @cgasparino, @aatilley, @miriamgottfried, and @modestproposal1
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Portland, Oregon unanimously adopted ordinances banning the use of facial recognition tech by city agencies, including the police, and by private businesses — The Portland, Oregon City Council today unanimously voted to adopt two of the strongest bans of facial recognition technologies …
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| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Walmart says it has started piloting grocery deliveries from its stores in Fayetteville, North Carolina, using automated drones from Israeli startup Flytrex — - Retailer piloting grocery deliveries from North Carolina store — Amazon recently certified by FAA to operate as drone airline
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Mastercard unveils a tool for central banks to simulate issuing digital versions of their currency and test whether they are practical for consumers — In the 10 years since Bitcoin came on the financial scene, central banks have quietly been dabbling in digital currencies of their own.
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Mastercard Content Exchange, CoinGeek, Cointelegraph, and Crowdfund Insider. Tweets: @ianbins. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The inside story of how Microsoft built the Surface Duo, including experiments with different internal architectures, and future plans for dual-screen devices — Microsoft is returning to making phones this week, as part of an ambitious project to usher in a new era of dual-screen and folding devices.
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Protocol, Softpedia News, MSPoweruser, Tom's Guide, OnMSFT.com, International Business Times, Pureinfotech, and BGR India
Tweets: @backlon, @pwthornton, @lockheimer, @tomwarren, and @greengart
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Google's Area 120 launches Fundo, an app for creators to host small paid online events, available now in the US and Canada; Google takes a 20% cut of revenue — Fundo has been in beta for the past year with a few hundred “trusted testers,” who can set the price for access to online events … | Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Tile launches $100/year Premium Protect plan that reimburses users up to $1,000/year if Tile is unable to help with finding lost items within seven days — One of the defining features of Tile's Bluetooth trackers is the ability to tap into a crowdsourced network to help you find your things.| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo is increasing production of its Switch gaming console by another 20%, raising its goal to as much as 30M units for this fiscal year — - Supply chain has recovered, but demand maintains higher pace — Company's new goal for fiscal year close to 30 million units
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Tweets: @6d6f636869, @matpiscatella, @pldhnet, @nintenmau5, @directfeedgames, and @benjisales. Thanks:@pelstrom
| BBC: |
Chinese officials ask Twitter to investigate the possible hacking of the account of the Chinese ambassador to the UK, after it liked posts critical of the CCP — China's UK embassy has asked Twitter to “make thorough investigations” after its ambassador's official account liked a pornographic clip.
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| C Nivedita / Reuters: |
Unity files S-1 for its IPO, seeking to raise up to $1.05B at a range of $34-$42 per share, giving it a valuation of ~$11.06B — (Reuters) - Unity Software Inc will look to raise up to $1.05 billion in its initial public offering, it said on Wednesday, giving the Silicon Valley-based software startup …
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SiliconANGLE and The Generalist
Tweets: @mariodgabriele, @jaminball, @mariodgabriele, and @alex
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
In an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, 41 civil rights groups based in the US, UK, and New Zealand demand Ankhi Das be suspended pending audit of Facebook India — Circumstances ‘show the potential for genocide,’ the groups said in an open letter to Zuckerberg
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BuzzFeed News, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, and GPAHE
Tweets: @muslimadvocates, @witnessorg, @muslimadvocates, and @aminaakausar
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Deel, which provides payroll, compliance tools, and other services for businesses to run remote workforces, raises $30M Series B, months after its $14M Series A — Remote working has become the norm for many of us not on the frontlines, and what's been notable is that this is also changing … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Yubico launches YubiKey 5C NFC with USB-C and support for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux, available today for $55 — It's available today for $55 — Yubico is announcing a new version of its USB-C equipped YubiKey 5 security key with NFC built in, which should theoretically …
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Yubico, MacRumors, Gizmodo, SecurityWeek, CNET, Engadget, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, ZDNet, AppleInsider, and Android Police
| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
An analysis of an academic report on the origins and evolution of Section 230 and how it has allowed platforms to underinvest in content moderation — One aspect of the 2020 presidential campaign that isn't much discussed is the fact that both candidates want to end the internet as we know it.
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
In an updated prospectus, Palantir says it has 1.64B shares outstanding as of Sept. 1, indicating the company is valued at ~$10.5B, down from $20.4B in 2015 — - Palantir said in its updated prospectus on Wednesday that it has 1.64 billion shares outstanding, as of Sept. 1.Sponsor Posts
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