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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Inside story of how Microsoft built the Surface Duo, including experiments with different internal architectures, and its 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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| 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| CNN: |
In his latest book, Rage, Bob Woodward says NSA and CIA have classified evidence of Russians placing malware in voting systems of at least two Florida counties — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous … | 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.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon rolls out a partnership with AT&T to let customers link their phone numbers to their Alexa accounts, after launching the feature in the UK and Germany — ‘Alexa, answer the phone’ — Amazon is rolling out a new partnership with AT&T today that will let customers link …
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| Andrew Marino / The Verge: |
Interview with Marc Levoy, former Pixel researcher now working for Adobe, on the limits of smartphone cameras, the megapixel wars, and artistic expression — A major focus of any smartphone release is the camera. For a while, all eyes were on the camera's hardware — megapixels, sensors, lenses, and so on.
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| Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: |
In the latest iOS 14 beta, Smart App Banners prompt users to open stories in the News app when they open webpages of a News+ partner, instead of publisher apps — Apple has made a change to its Smart App Banner API that points users to the Apple News app instead of a third-party app … | 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 …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Snyk, which helps fix vulnerabilities in open source dependencies and container images, raises $200M at a $2.6B valuation, bringing its total raised to $450M — When we last reported on Snyk in January, eons ago in COVID time, the company announced $150 million investment on a valuation of over $1 billion.
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| Sascha Segan / PCMag: |
Testing carrier networks in 26 US cities shows that while 4G speeds are up overall, 5G does not live up to the hype, with AT&T's 5G largely slower than its 4G — After a decade of testing 3G and 4G wireless networks, this year we drove around 26 US cities amidst a pandemic to determine whether 5G is ready for prime time.
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| 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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| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Report: Samsung and SK Hynix plan to stop component sales to Huawei on September 15, the day US Commerce Department limits take effect — SK Hynix is also reportedly dropping Huawei — Samsung and SK Hynix will reportedly stop selling components to Huawei as the Trump administration tightens sanctions on the Chinese phone maker.
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Epic unveils a three week concert series on Fortnite, starting Sept. 12, which will broadcast from a new LA studio specially outfitted for live performances — It starts with Dominic Fike performing on Saturday — Music is about to become a much bigger part of Fortnite.
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| Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill: |
Three Senate Republicans introduced a new bill aiming to narrow the scope of Section 230, modifying platforms' protections through more restrictive language — Republican Sens. Roger Wicker (Miss.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) introduced legislation Tuesday aimed …
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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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| Bloomberg: |
Customer service software startup Sprinklr raises $200M from PE firm H&F at a $2.7B valuation; sources: H&F is investing another $300M to buy out some investors — - Hellman & Friedman's total bet on company now $500 million — Sprinklr could be weighing an IPO as early as late-2021| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 review: the cover display is usable, the tablet interface is improved but needs more work, and the cameras are a step down from S20 — Two screens, five cameras, one hinge, $2,000 — It's a weird sort of relief to be reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2.| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Source: digital advertising platforms Taboola and Outbrain have ended merger talks after failing to agree on revised deal terms, a year after announcing merger — - Nearly a year after announcing a deal to unite, merger talks between digital advertising platforms Taboola and Outbrain have ended.
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