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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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| 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 … | 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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| 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 — A new stock exchange backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights is opening for business Wednesday. The Long-Term Stock Exchange can now trade …
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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 — It isn't clear whether any alternative would satisfy President Trump's concerns about Chinese-owned video-sharing app
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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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google redesigns Google Finance and adds a “Watchlists” feature to help users group stocks and find relevant news, stats and earnings details — Google Finance is getting a desktop and mobile redesign today that is focused on making it easier to “find data for stocks you're interested in … | 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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| Reuters: |
Africa is experiencing a crypto boom, with research finding cryptocurrency monthly transfers under $10K jumped 55% YoY, as young tech-savvy users quickly adopt — LAGOS/LONDON (Reuters) - Four months ago, Abolaji Odunjo made a fundamental change to his business selling mobile phones …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Instagram says it has created an equity team to address bias in product development, updated hate speech policies, and is seeking to hire a new diversity lead — Instagram announced some changes it's making that are geared toward advancing equity within its workplace.
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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, Coinspeaker, and CoinGeek. Tweets: @ianbins. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma suggests that the way social media surfaces and amplifies the worst of humanity is our greatest existential threat today — The Social Dilemma argues that humanity's greatest existential threat is not climate change, but Facebook.| 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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| 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 …
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Iron Ox, which uses AI-powered farming robots for its semi-autonomous greenhouse operations, has raised $20M Series B, bringing its total raise to $45M — Robotics farming company Iron Ox today announced the close of a $20 million funding round. The funding will be used …
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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| Heather Landi / FierceHealthcare: |
Grand Rounds, which uses data and algorithms to match employees with healthcare providers, raises $175M led by The Carlyle Group at a valuation of $1.34B — Digital health companies continue to benefit from a surge in investor interest in virtual care. — Case in point: personal healthcare …
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Panther Labs, which enables security engineers to detect and respond to security threats in real time, raises $15M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Panther Labs, a San Francisco, CA-based cybersecurity startup, raised $15m in Series A funding.
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| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Red Hat and parent IBM announce Red Hat Marketplace, a new hybrid-cloud software marketplace with 50+ commercial partner products certified to run on OpenShift — Want ready-to-run programs using OpenShift Kubernetes? Red Hat and IBM have a selection of programs ready for you in the new Red Hat Marketplace.
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